Ross County OhArchives Photo Group.....Jackson And May Hester. About1900
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      This photo shows Jackson Hester and his wife May Hester, as well as 
Marybelle Hixson Piles.  I don't know what relation Marybelle was to May.
      Jackson Hester is listed on pages 514 and 515 in the Biographical 
Sketches of the 1902 book, "A History of Ross County, Ohio", by Henry Holcomb 
Bennett. The book says, "Jackson Hester was born in Buckskin township, Ross 
county, January 28, 1844, son of Charles M. and Mary (Christian) Hester, the 
former a native of Buckskin township in 1810. The father and mother of Charles 
M. Hester were Pennsylvanians, who came to Ohio at a very early period, first 
settling at Chillicothe and then removing to Buckskin township. The father, 
Henry Hester, served through the war of 1812 and bore his share of all the 
pioneer hardships in the West. Charles M. helped on the farm during summers 
and attended subscription school in the winter time. After marrying, he went 
to housekeeping on his own place, where he remained until 1850, when he sold 
out and bought the place where his son Jackson now resides. e was a farmer, 
but worked some at the carpenter's trade. Both himself and wife are now 
numbered among the dead. They had seven children in all, of whom three died in 
infancy, and Sarah Ann's death occurred after her marriage to James Grieves. 
The living children are Washington, Jackson and Lucinda, who is the wife of 
William Grieves. Jackson Hester received his education in the schools of the 
district, and was in his seventeenth year when the civil war broke out. On May 
1, 1864, he enlisted at Chillicothe in Company I, One Hundred and Forty-ninth 
Ohio infantry, under command of Captain Rhodes. They were mustered in at Camp 
Dennison and sent from there to Baltimore, at which place and other points 
they did guard duty. They participated in the battles of Monocacy, near 
Frederick, Md., on July 9, 1864, and in several smaller engagements. The 
command returned to Baltimore, went from there to Washington and back to Camp 
Dennison in September, 1864, where they were mustered out. Immediately 
thereafter, Mr. Hester went to his home and resumed his duties on the farm. In 
1877, he married May Hixon, a native of Ross county of German descent. He 
continued to live and do business on the old home place of 250 acres which he 
inherited from his father. Besides general farming, Mr. Hester operates a saw-
mill and thresher. He is a member of Prater post, G. A. R., at Bourneville, 
and his political affiliations are Democratic. To Mr. and Mrs. Hester were 
born four children, whose names are Allen, Mary, Harley, and Daisy, all at 
home and unmarried."


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