West, William (2)

West, William (2)

an English Wesleyan minister, was born in Ireland He was converted in early life; entered the itinerancy in 1779; was totally blind for many years; became a supernumerary in 1817; and died in Aberdeen, Scotland, Sept. 2, 1822, in the eightieth year of his age. West was a man of strict integrity, piety, and of no mean gifts. See Minutes of the Conference, 1823; Wesl. Meth. Magazine, Oct. 1822, p. 686.