Carroll-Tippecanoe County IN Archives Biographies.....Jester, Sereno 1875 - 1915
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

SERENO JESTER.

   The late Sereno Jester, who met an untimely death in 1915, was one of the
best-known and most highly respected farmers of Deer Creek township, Carroll
county, Indiana. He was especially prominent in the agricultural life of the
township and county and was a successful stockman. His labors were a potent
force in developing this rich agricultural region. While he prospered as a
farmer, he also found time and ample opportunities to assist in the civic
development of the county where he spent most of his life.

   The late Sereno Jester was a native of Tippecanoe county, Indiana, having
been born near Colburn, June 13, 1875. He was the son of Lewis N. and Margaret
E. (Schnepp) Jester, the former of whom was born in Tippecanoe county, Indiana,
and the latter a native of Montgomery county, Ohio. She came with her parents,
when a small girl, to Tippecanoe county, and there was married to Lewis N.
Jester. They spent all of their lives in Tippecanoe county and she died there on
the farm on June 9, 1884. Lewis N. Jester is still living near Colburn. Of the
four children born to Lewis N. and Margaret E. (Schnepp) Jester, only one is
living, Eauro, who lives in St. Louis, Missouri.

   Educated in the district schools of Tippecanoe county and reared on a farm,
Sereno Jester was united in marriage with Nora B. Kite, a daughter of Thomas B.
and Mary E. (Schnepp) Kite, the former of whom was born in Carroll county, March
18, 1842. He was the son of Michael E. Kite, a native of Tennessee, who moved
from Tennessee to Indiana and who was among the pioneers of this section.
Michael Kite was, a justice of the peace for a great many years in Madison
township. Mrs. Jester's mother died on January 11, 1911. She was the mother of
six children, two of whom died in infancy. Three are now living, Nora B., the
widow of Mr. Jester; Grover D., who lives in Delphi, and Dean G., who lives with
Mrs. Jester. Fannie B. died at the age of three years.

   Mr. and Mrs. Sereno Jester were the parents of six children, all of whom are
living, namely: Ethel May, born on May 1, 1896, in Tippecanoe county, who is at
present a student in the Delphi high school; Ralph Emerson, February 28, 1898,
in Tippecanoe county, who lives at home and attends high school; Merle Marie,
December 5, 1900, in Carroll county; Glenn Schnepp, September 20, 1902, in
Carroll county; Charles Crampton, August 27, 1904, in Carroll county, and Mary
Margaret, December 15, 1913.

   Sereno Jester farmed in Tippecanoe county until 1899, when he received one
hundred and sixty acres as his share of the Peter Schnepp estate. He moved to
Carroll county in August, 1899, and subsequently remodeled the house and made
other substantial improvements, living here until his death. He made a specialty
of Ohio Improved Chester White hogs and owned, at the time of his death, the one
hundred and sixty acres of land which he had inherited, located two miles south
of Delphi, in Carroll county. Mr. Jester was accidentally killed in a runaway on
March 30, 1915, and left, at the time of his death, a host of friends not only
in Deer Creek township, but throughout Carroll and Tippecanoe counties to mourn
his loss.

   Mr. Jester was a member of Delphi Lodge No. 28, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, and the Daughters of Rebekah, No. 79, of which Mrs. Jester is also a
member. The late Sereno Jester was a Republican in politics. He was a member of
the Delphi Methodist Episcopal church, in fact, all the members of the family
belong to this denomination and are identified with the Delphi church. Mrs.
Jester's father lives a retired life with his daughter. Mrs. Jester still
retains the management of the home farm and has been very successful.


Additional Comments:
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Biographical Section of
HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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