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  #1 Hester Genealogy by M. Hester, 175   ["Ralph W. Cokonougher" <rcokon@hot]

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               "HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THE DESCENDENTS OF
          JOHN LAWRENCE HESTER AND GODFREY STOUGH.  1752 - 1905."
          Compiled by Martin M. Hester in 1905 at Norwalk, Ohio.
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521.  ELVA, b. September 22, 1876; m. Ralph Holmes, farmer, of Firwood, 
Oregon, March 6, 1901.  Child is:
           522.  CHRISTENIA, b. November 26, 1901.
     523.  NELLIE, b. April 13, 1879.
     524.  GEORGE, b. July 14, 1881; d. March 18, 1893.
     525.  TULA, b. February 13, 1883.
     526.  ALICE, b. August 12, 1886.
     527.  ZELLA, b. April 6, 1890; d. August 18, 1893.

No. 161.
     Descendants of Amasa Harve and Sarah Elizabeth (Hester) Young, being 
the fifth generation, was:
     528.  CHARLES CASS, b. January 6, 1874; d. March 19, 1894.

No. 163.
     Descendants of Samuel Marion and Ida (Charlton) Hester, being the fifth 
and sixth generations, are:
     529.  WILLIAM ADDISON, b. July 3, 1880.
     530.  NINA MAY, b. September 23, 1882; m. Gustav Hahn Harlin, grain 
dealer, Shattue, Ill., November 11, 1903.
     531.  FRED ALLAN, b. January 19, 1886.
     532.  PEARL PAYNE, b. October 11, 1887.
     533.  WALTER MARION, b. August 25, 1893.

No. 166.
     Descendants of Albertus U. V. and Addie D. (Taylor) Hester, who live on 
a farm near Dallas, Tex., being the fifth generation, are:
     534.  DONALD MILTON, b. November 5, 1897.
     535.  ALBERT, b. in Dallas, Tex., May 18, 1899.

No. 167.
     Descendant of Mark and Carrie (Hester) Anthony, being the fifth 
generation, is:
     536.  WILLIAM CORNELISON, b. August 26, 1890.

No. 168.
     Descendants of George Charles and Martha Lillian (Hester) Cairns, being 
the fifth generation, are:
     537.  HESTER HAMILTON, b. March 12, 1901.
     538.  MARGARET MAY, b. April 15, 1902.
                                 Page (147).
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No. 173.
     539.  The daughter of Daniel Hester, being the fifth generation, lives 
at Chillicothe, O.; name unknown.

No. 179.
     Descendants of Taylor and Margaret (Cadwalder) Hester, who live at 
Austin, O., being the fifth generation, are:
     540.  CHARLES M., b. October 7, 1870; m. Ada Andrews, January 1, 1902.
     541.  LUCY BELL, b. December 20, 1872; m. Michael T. Devine, November 
21, 1899; lives at Circleville, O.

No. 182.
     Descendant of Barney and Fanny (Hester) Grieves, being the fifth 
generation, is:
     542.  ALBERT, lives at Springfield, O.

No. 184.
     Descendants of Henry Clay and Mary Elizabeth (Newland) Hester, who live 
at Hillsboro, O., being the fifth generation, are:
     543.  INFANT SON, b. and d. Oct. 28, 1864.
     544.  ELLA, b. Sept. 30, 1866.
     545.  ALLIE, b. Sept. 30, 1866; d. Aug. 10, 1867.
     546.  EDWARD, b. Dec. 1, 1867.
     547.  ANNIE, b. Sept. 24, 1870.
     548.  MARGARET, b. Oct. 19, 1873.
     549.  IDA, b. April 26, 1876.
     550.  FRANCIS BALDWIN, b. Aug. 20, 1878.
     551.  BERTHA, b. Aug. 17, 1882.

No. 187.
     Descendants of John Miles and Fanny E. (Hoop) Hester who live at 
Hillsboro, O., being the fifth generation, are:
     552.  HENRY, b. May 20, 1881; d. June 12, 1905, of consumption.
     553.  NETTIE MAY, b. Aug. 15, 1883.
     554.  BURCH, b. Sept. 10, 1885.
     555.  EVERETT L., b. July 6, 1900.
                                   Page (148).
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                                 APPENDIX

     The following articles were received too late to be inserted in full in 
the proper place in the book, but at the request of Mrs. Susan A. Druley and 
her friends (she being the only surviving daughter of the Lee family) we 
insert them in full in an appendix to the Hester part of the book.
     The persons referred to in this article are the father and brother of 
John W. Lee, who was the husband of Effie Winlock Hester, No. 31 in the 
Hester records.   [ED.]

     The following tribute to William Lee and son Eli was furnished by the 
late Richard S. Druley, of Geronimo, Arizona:
     John W. Lee was a native of South Carolina, his father, William Lee, 
having emigrated to that state prior to the Revolutionary war, and who lost 
a leg in the service of the Colonies.  He was a man of sterling integrity 
and above all of unswerving Christian character and undying faith, as 
illustrated by following incident:
     His oldest son of a large family, Eli, was stricken with a fever and at 
the point of death, the neighbors in waiting to perform their last services 
for the dying boy.  The old father retired to pray in secret for the 
restoration of his dying son as a last hope.
     Like Abraham of old his faith was strong, his petition being to spare 
the boy, the stay of the family, and to take instead the old servant.  To 
him came the answer from the throne in no unmistaken terms, and he returned 
rejoicing in the belief that Eli would live.
     The angel of death departed and Eli lived to be not only the staff and 
stay of his own family but as a father to the widow and orphans of his 
youngest brother, John W. Lee.
     Eli Lee was a man among men.  He was a minister of the Christian Church 
in the early pioneer days, was a true follower of the meek and lowly 
Nazarene.  He crossed to the great beyond in eighteen hundred and fifty-one, 
full of years and full of faith.  Many rise and call him blessed.
                            Page (149).
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     The Rev. John G. Sawin, a Baptist minister of Mattoon, Ill., was 
intimately acquainted with the Lee family.  He writes concerning them:
     To say all I would like to say and all that is in my heart to say of 
the family of the late John W. and Effie Winlock Hester Lee would require 
more space than is usually allotted in a family history.  Having lived in 
close and affectionate touch with this remarkable family for over a third of 
a century, it is hard to decide what to say and what to leave out of this 
brief sketch.
     Of the father I know nothing personally.  That he possessed a capable 
and forceful character is evident.  He was a descendant of that sturdy, 
patriotic branch of the Lee family that stood squarely for liberty and 
independence in colonial days.  The same noble spirit was transmitted to his 
offspring and four gallant and loyal sons served with distinction and honor 
in the late Civil war.  The father and husband died in 1846 near (Newcastle) 
Greencastle, Ind.  The wife and mother was left with eight children ranging 
in age from one to nineteen years.  It was a crucial moment for the grief 
stricken mother.  The country was new and only sparsely settled.  The 
prospects were dark and forbidding.  A heavy responsibility lay on her 
shoulders.  But she was equal to the occasion, for she too came of no 
ordinary stock.  And she was no ordinary woman.  Her ancestors were of the 
noblest and best blood of the land.  The care of eight orphan children did 
not strike terror to her heart and cause her shrink from the task.  The 
outlook would have appalled others, less heroic, into irretrievable 
helplessness.  Not so with this God-fearing and God-trusting mother.  With 
heroic fortitude she marshaled every energy for the good of her dependent 
children.  Her buoyant faith became an inspiration to them.  This created 
family ties never to be broken on earth.  Moral and religious forces, 
beautifully exemplified by the mother, did the work.   She professed and 
lived the religion of Christ.  In the hour of adversity and trial her 
prayers would go up from the family altar as incense from the altar of 
Aaron.  Divine help came in response to her earnest appeals.
     Year after year the mother's tireless work goes on.  Each succeeding 
year the burden becomes lighter, the task easier.
                                Page (150).
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Six sons, viz.:  Andrew J., George W., Thomas J., William M., Jesse M. and 
John W. and two daughters, Elizabeth and Susan A., grew to manhood and 
womanhood, rich in the love and blessings of mother, whose Christian 
teachings left their impress on each one, differing only in a more modified 
intensity in some than others.
     As a group they were intellectually and morally strong, honest, 
capable, bright, cheery and attractive in every essential characteristic of 
true manhood and womanhood.  What an imperishable monument to a mother's 
laudable ambition!  No wonder they were a unit in calling her blessed.  She 
was proud of the distinction and grand achievements in their respective 
professions.
     The writer bears humble testimony that they were equally proud of her 
to whom they owed and do owe so much.  But her course was finished.  The 
good fight of faith was ended.  The hour of her departure was at hand.  With 
a cloudless mind and soul and face aglow with heavenly serenity, a soft 
sweet voice greets her ears saying, "Well done thou good and faithful 
servant, enter into the joys of thy Lord," and she closed her eyes in 
death's eternal sleep.  Then six devoted and honored sons with sad hearts 
tenderly bore the casket that held the precious form to its last resting 
place to await the blessed resurrection morn.
     Since then four sons and one daughter have followed the sainted mother. 
  They were the noblest and best of earth.  To speak of their virtues and 
the high order of their lives would be only to repeat what I have written of 
the mother.
     Words are inadequate to express a greater eulogy than this comparison 
of virtues of mother and children.  They were and are all dear to my heart.
                                          John G. Sawin,
                                          Mattoon, Ill.

                                  Page (151).
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                    (Photograph of Mrs. Lettie Lee Hurst.)

     The first husband of Mrs. Letitia (Thornburg) Hurst was the late Prof. 
Thomas J. Lee, No. 140 in the Hester record.  She is now the wife of Marion 
Hurst, of Greencastle, Ind.

     Henry Hester (No. 8 in the Hester Record) was captain in the war of 
1812.  The star from his cap is still in possession of one of his 
descendents.

     David Gaskill Hester, eldest son of the late Matthias and Susan Hester 
(being No. 63 in Hester records), died at Alliance, O., December 4, 1905, 
being the oldest resident of that place.  He had for some years clerked in 
his father's store, also held the office of postmaster for two terms.  Later 
he was freight clerk on the C.&P.R.R.
     He was for many years a faithful member of the Baptist Church and was a 
member of the choir, in which he played a bass viol of his own make.
                                 Page (152).
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HESTER TREE

FIRST GENERATION
1. John Lawrence Hester.

SECOND GENERATION
       1.
Children of John L. Hester:
2.  John Sr.
3.  Mary M., m. J. Van Deman.
4.  Matthias.
5.  Elizabeth, m. C. Coleman.
6.  Ann, m. A. Spangler.
7.  Susan, m. M. Huckleberry.
8.  Henry.
Three other children were born to them, one in Germany, one on the ocean and 
one in America.

THIRD GENERATION
      2.
Children of John Sr. and Elizabeth Hester:
9.  Martin.
10.  John Jr.
11.  Matthias.
12.  Elizabeth, m. P. Biddinger.
13.  Sarah.
14.  Mary, m. G. Leinard.
15.  Margaret, m. J. Mason.
16.  Hannah, m. J. Hinds.

      3.
Children of Mary M. and John Van Deman:
17.  Henry.
18.  Coonrad.
19.  Elias.
20.  Matthias.
21.  Charles.
22.  Joseph.
23.  John.
24.  Nancy.
25.  Mary.

      4.
Children of Matthias and Susanna Hester:
26.  George Knight.
27.  Craven P.
28.  William.
29.  Mary, m. W.L.Muir.
30.  Elizabeth.
31.  Effie W., m. J.W. Lee.
32.  David.
33.  Sarah, m. J. Coombs.
34.  Rebecca, m. L. McCoy.
35.  William Allan.
36.  Milton P.
37.  Uriah A.V.

      8.
Children of Henry and Rebecca Hester:
38.  Zaccheus.
39.  Henry.
40.  Charles M.
41.  Jackson.
42.  Elander.
43.  Rebecca, m. J. Huckleberry.
44.  James Dickey.

FOURTH GENERATION
       9.
Children of Martin and Mary Hester:
45.  John S.
46.  Eliza W., m. J. Wilson; E. Savage.
47.  Samuel.
48.  Matthias.
49.  Martin M.

       10.
Children of John Jr. and Hannah Hester:
50.  Jacob M.
51.  Jesse.
52.  Lydia, m. S. Bowman.
53.  Rachel.
54.  Elizabeth, m. B. Hawley.
Children of John Jr. and Elizabeth Hester:
55.  Hannah, m. J. Richardson.
56.  Phoeba A., m. T. Shankster.
57.  George.
58.  Mary Ann.
59.  Jemima Reed, m. R.C. Sheets.
                                       Page (153).
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60.  Wm. Henry Harrison.
61.  Martha Myrtella.
62.  John Newton.

       11.
Children of Matthias and Susan Hester:
63.  David G.
64.  John Newton.
65.  Sarah Roselle, m. E. Teeters.
66.  Eliza Mason, m. L.L. Arney.
67.  Henry Newton.
68.  George Washington.
69.  Charles Mason.
70.  Rebecca Williams.
71.  Thomas Rozell.
72.  Wm. Henry Harrison.

       12.
Children of Elizabeth and Phillip Biddinger:
73.  Hannah, m. J. Young.
74.  Sarah, m. J.J. Fast.

       14.
Children of Mary and George Leinard:
75.  Harriet Rebecca.
76.  Elizabeth, m. D. Myers.
77.  John.
78.  Hannah.
79.  Martin.
80.  Jesse.
81.  Sarah, m. J. Phillips.
82.  Aaron.
83.  Mary, m. J. Lattaner.

      16.
Children of John and Hannah Hinds:
84.  John Hester.
85.  Cornelius McGuire.
86.  Zenas Matthias.
87.  Mary M., m. Jeff Beatty.
88.  Belinda, m. J. Hanson.

      17.
Children of Henry and Sarah Van Deman:
89.  Eliza.
90.  Sarah Wilson, m. I. Buck.
91.  Joseph.
92.  John D.
93.  Emily.
94.  Carey.
95.  Addie.
96.  Angeline, m. Rev. S.B. Maltbie.
97.  Willie L.
98.  Catherine Amanda.

      20.
Children of Matthias Van Deman:
99.   Daughter.
100.  Daughter.
101.  John.

      21.
Children of Charles Van Deman:
102.  Son.
103.  Son.

      22.
Children of Joseph Van Deman:
104.  Esther.
105.  Elizabeth, m. - McLaughlin.

      23.
Child of John Van Deman:
106.  One son.

      26.
Children of George Knight and Benee Hester:
110.  George Knight.
111.  Francis Asbury.
112.  Matthias Addison.
113.  Thomas Briggs.
114.  Wm. McKendrie.
115.  Andrew Briggs.
116.  Melville Craven.

      27.
Children of Craven P. and Martha T. Hester:
117.  Effie Knight.
118.  Helen Knight.
119.  James Scott.
120.  Julia Thompson.
121.  Martha Jane.
122.  George Knight.
123.  Wm. Findlay.
124.  Sarah Pauline, m. Maddock.
125.  John Craven.
126.  Laura Ann, m. Thompson Phelps.

      29.
Children of Mary and Wm. L. Muir:
127.  Susan, m. A.M. Walker.
128.  Dr. James L.
129.  Harriet.
130.  Hon. Jasper W., Sr.
131.  Brentwood.
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132.  John M.
133.  Margaret, m. J. Blue.
134.  Elizabeth, m. Wm. Waller.
135.  Dr. Joseph.

      31.
Children of Effie W. and J.W. Lee:
136.  Eli.
137.  Elizabeth, m. J.S. Shrewsbury.
138.  Andrew Jackson.
139.  George Washington.
140.  Thomas Jefferson.
141.  William Matthias.
142.  Susan A., m. R.S. Druley.
143.  Jesse M.
144.  John Wesley.

      32.
Child of David Hester:
32a.  Catherine.

      33.
Children of Sarah and John Coombs:
145.  Hester Ann, m. J.S. Hester;  -- Jones.
146.  Thomas J.
147.  Wm. M.
148.  Dr. John M.
149.  Laura, m. - Bolinger.

      34.
Children of Rebecca and Lewis McCoy:
150.  Dr. George Knight.
151.  John Milton.
152.  Henrietta, m. W.H. Taggart.
153.  Dr. Wm. A.

      35.
Children of Wm. Allan and Nancy Hester:
154.  James.
155.  Dr. W.W.
156.  Robert.

      36.
Children of Milton P. and Christena Hester:
157.  David Matthias.
158.  Julia Ann, m. M. Young.
159.  Wm. Addison.
160.  John Coombs.
161.  Sarah Elizabeth, m. A.H. Young.
162.  Isaac Owen.
163.  Samuel Marion.
164.  Mary Rebe
Children of Milton P. and Martha C. Hester:
165.  Ella May.
166.  Albert V.
167.  Carrie Bell, m. M. Anthony.
168.  Martha Lillian, m. G. Cairns.

      37.
Children of Dr. U.A.V. and Rachel Ann Hester:
169.  Albert Milton.
170.  John McCoy.
171.  William.
172.  Susan Jane.

      38.
Children of Zaccheus and Margaret Hester:
173.  Daniel.
174.  Sarah, m. G. Hollar.
175.  Rebecca, m. - McGough.
176.  Rose Ann, m. G. Miller.
177.  Timothy.
178.  John M.
179.  Taylor.
180.  William.
181.  Joseph.

      39.
Children of Henry Jr., and Rachel Ann Hester:
182.  Fanny Cowan, m. B. Grieves.
183.  Rebecca.
184.  Henry Clay.
185.  Margaret Ann, m. J. Frye.
186.  Eliza.
187.  John Miles.

      40.
Children of Charles M. and Mary Hester:
188.  Washington.
189.  Lucinda, m. Wm. Grieves.
190.  Sarah, m. Jas. Grieves.
191.  Jackson.

      44.
Children of James Dickey and Rebecca Hester:
192.  Emily, m. D. Clouser.
193.  Wm. Henry.
194.  Daniel.
195.  Elsie, m. Wm. Parisott.
196.  Sarah, m. J. Binns.
197.  David.
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