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From: "Ralph W. Cokonougher" <>
Subject: Hester Genealogy by M. Hester, 1752-1905, pp 86-97.
Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 03:15:04 -0000





Pages (86) through (97).
"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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(Photograph of M.M. Hester Grandchildren.)

Jacob Miller Hester, son of John Jr. and Hannah Hester, lives near
Bryan, O., and has a small fruit farm. He is a life-long Methodist.
Descendants of Jacob M. and Catharine (Shields) Hester, being the fifth
and sixth generations, are:
268. ARVAD G., b. September 12, 1852; m. Diana Weaver, October 3,
1877; lives in Toledo, O.
269. EDITH JANE, b. May 13, 1854; m. Robert McGowan, August 11, 1880;
lives at 1325 Brooklyn avenue, Kansas City, Mo. Children are:
270. GRACE AGNES, b. July 31, 1883.
271. OLETTA MAY, b. January 6, 1890.
272. LEWIS ASBURY, b. January 22, 1860; m. Alice Barton, June 24,
1897; lives in Elgin, Ill., 430 Prairie street.
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Children of Jacob M. and Abigail (Perkins) Hester, being the fifth
generation, are:
273. MARY A., b. December 8, 1863.
274. ELMIRA FRANCES, b. October 15, 1866.
275. SOPHIA ELIZABETH, b. November 25, 1867; d. March 2, 1872.

No. 51.
The following sketch was furnished by Frank N. Hester, a son:
Jesse Hester, when he came to Peoria, Ill., went into the manufacture
of furniture and continued at it for a number of years. Later selling out
he went to farming, at which he continued until about 1872 or 1873, when he
sold out and went into the manufacture of buggies and wagons, which he
finally sold and retired from actual business. In religious belief, he was
a Methodist.
Descendants of Jesse and Hannah Ellen (Dredge) Hester, being the fifth
and sixth generations, are:
276. LILLIAN VIOLA, b. January 12, 1854; d. July 15, 1855.
277. FRANK N., b. July 6, 1856; m. Dora L. Osborn, October 19, 1882;
lives in Peoria, Ill. Child is:
278. EUGENE C., b. September 2, 1883.
279. GEORGE, b. April 8, 1860; d. August 17, 1860.
280. MINNIE BELL, b. August 14, 1865; d. October 30, 1878.

No. 52.
Descendants of Samuel and Lydia (Hester) Bowman, being the fifth and
sixth generations, are:
281. MELANCTHON, b. July 8, 1844; d. June 8, 1868.
282. SOPHIA HANNAH, b. January 8, 1849; m. William Ramsey Smiley,
1869. He d. March 11, 1872. Child is:
283. HERMAN McCOY, b. January 20, 1871; lives at Lisbon, O.
Second m. of Sophia H. to Wm. D. Rayl, June 18, 1895; lives at Elkton,
O.
284. AMELIA C., b. July 10, 1853; m. Presley Campbell Petitt, 1876;
lives in Cleveland, O. Children are:
285. RALPH BOWMAN, b. November 19, 1879.
286. RUBY, b. December 17, 1881.
Page (87).
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Descendants of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Hester) Hawley, who live at
Smith's Center, Kansas, being the fifth and sixth generations, are:
287. EMMOR, b. July 18, 1851.
288. ALCENIUS, b. January 2, 1855.
289. LILLIAN, b. April 8, 1862; m. Wm. Munsinger. Children are:
290. MARVEL, b. January 19, 1886.
291. MILDRED, b. October 3, 1887.
292. ELDORA, b. May 9, 1866; m. John Hays. Children are:
293. JENNIE, b. May 2, 1885.
294. MILO, b. December 9, 1886.
295. LAWRENCE, b. December 20, 1888.
296. MARVIN, b. December 14, 1890.
297. MARION, b. December 14, 1890.
298. JULIA, b. April 17, 1895.
299. EDWIN, b. ---, 1897.
300. ETHEL, b. August 15, 1901.

No. 55.
Children of Jason and Hannah (Hester) Richardson, being the fifth
generation, are:
301. GIDDINGS L., b. June 5, 1848; lives at Redwood Falls, Minn.
302. BYRON A., b. April 5, 1850; d. in Oklahoma.
303. OLLIE B., b. December 3, 1857.
304. IDA M., b. November 12, 1860.

No. 56.
Children of Thomas and Phoebe A. (Hester) Shankster, who live at
Pulaski, Williams county, O., being the fifth generation, are:
305. AMELIA BELL, b. May 15, 1869; m. Eli Ames.
306. ALICE, b. June 6, 1873; m. Melvin Glenn.
Page (88).
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No. 57.
(Photograph of George Hester, Esq.)

George Hester, Esq., of Cleveland, O., son of John Jr. and Elizabeth
(Miller) Hester, was born in Columbiana county, O., December 1, 1831. The
following brief sketch of his life was furnished by himself:
"In 1851 I determined to obtain an education. I had to rely solely
upon my own efforts, and defrayed all of my expenses. I earned money by
teaching in winter and attending college in summer. I thus continued doing,
till I graduated at Mt. Union College in 1858. After leaving college I
taught school in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Illinois. The last school I
taught was in Alliance, O., where I was superintendent of the Union Schools.
I graduated at the Ohio State and Union Law College in Cleveland in 1862,
and in the same year I was admitted to the bar to practice in both State and
United States Courts, and opened an office in Cleveland, O.
"In 1864 I was elected justice of the peace and held that office for
six years, and have practiced law from that to
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the present time. Just after being elected justice of the peace I enlisted
in the army for 100 days.
"I became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1853, and am
still a member. My entire family are members of the same church."
He died suddenly April 19, 1905, aged seventy-four. Practicing
attorney in Cleveland forty-three years.
Descendants of George and Marietta (Dennison) Hester, being the fifth
and sixth generations, are:
307. FRANK L., b. May 19, 1866; m. Maud Gertrude Miller, August 15,
1901. She was born March 5, 1877. They live in Cleveland, O. One son is:
307a. DONALD MILLER, b. June 15, 1904.
308. FLORA BELL, b. September 17, 1867.
309. EDWIN DENNISON, b. April 26, 1869; m. Mabelle Gorham, September
23, 1897; merchant, lives in Alliance, O. Children are:
310. GEORGE GORHAM, b. January 30, 1899.
311. HELEN VIRGINIA, b. October 3, 1901.

No. 59.
Children of Reuben Cook and Jemima R. (Hester) Sheets, who live in
Brookfield, Mo., being fifth generation, are:
312. JUSTIN CURTIS, b. May 11, 1858; d. November 17, 1886.
313. LYMAN HESTER, b. March 8, 1860; m. Margaret L. Boyd.
314. ELLA MAY, b. August 15, 1863; m. Frank O. Conner.
315. ELIZA, b. January 31, 1869; m. Frederic L. Chesney.
316. REUBEN CLEMENT, b. March 8, 1871; m. Maggie M. Gibson.
317. WM. H. HARRISON, b. July 13, 1873.

No. 60.
Descendants of Wm. Henry Harrison and Mary J. (Bierbower) Hester, being
the fifth and sixth generations, are:
318. EDWIN M., b. September 3, 1876; m. Cora May Myers, March 16,
1898. One child:
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319. FLORENCE MAY, b. October 28, 1900.
320. CHARLES F., b. March, 1879.
321. LAURA, b. December 16, 1886; d. December 23, 1886.
322. ROSA E., b. March 5, 1890.

No. 62.
Children of John Newton and Ella (Sweeny) Hester, live in Washington,
D.C., being the fifth generation, are:
323. MARY, b. September 21, 1889.
324. MYRTELLA, b. April 24, 1897.

No. 63.
Children of David G. and Sarah (Fox) Hester, being the fifth
generation, are:
325. SHELLEY, b. August, 1860; m. Margaret Murray. She d. December 1,
1902. He lives in Cleveland, O.
326. WILLIAM, b. August, 1860; d. ---.
327. FREDERIC, b. ---; d. ---.

No. 67.
Descendants of Henry Newton and Malinda (Senter) Hester, being the
fifth and sixth generations, are:
328. Dehlia, b. October 17, 1863; m. --- Scott. Children are:
329. NORMAN.
330. DOROTHA.
331. FLORA, b. July 1, 1865; m. Louis Jenkins. Children are:
332. HELEN.
333. MARGARET.

No. 71.
Descendants of Thomas Rozelle and Rosa (Gilbert) Hester, being the
fifth generation, are:
334. HARRY MATTHIAS, m. ---. Have two children.
335. MARY BELL, m. Will Cortha. Have one child.
Page (91).
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No. 74.
The descendants of Jesse J. and Sarah (Biddinger) Fast, being the fifth
and sixth generations, are:
336. ERASTUS E., b. August 16, 1866; m. Etta M. Dubees, August 29,
1889. Children are:
337. BIRDIE, b. July 12, 1890.
338. HAROLD, b. January 7, 1893.
339. ETHEL, b. January 19, 1896.

No. 84.
Descendants of John Hester and Sophia (Behner) Hinds, being the fifth
and sixth generations, are:
340. CHARLES CORNELIUS, b. January 24, 1855; d. May 4, 1863.
341. ZINAS, b. January 24, 1855; d. February 24, 1855.
342. EDGAR CHAMLIN, b. December 13, 1856; m. Mary Clark, January 30,
1879. He d. December 24, 1888. Children are:
343. ROSE HESTER, b. November 19, 1879; d. February 1, 1882.
344. CHARLES EDGAR, b. September 12, 1883.

No. 85.
CORNELIUS McGUIRE HINDS enlisted in the 19th O. V. I. and afterward
re-enlisted in the 30th Ind. V. I. February 29, 1863.
Descendants of Cornelius McGuire and Mary Elizabeth (Tennant) Hinds,
being the fifth and sixth generations, are:
345. LAURA HESTERLINE, b. January 12, 1870; m. D. Clinton Hodges, May
29, 1890. He d. Children are:
346. COITE HUDSON, b. March 8, 1891.
347. RALPH HINDS, b. December 8, 1894.
Second m. of Laura H. to Don E. Bolens, October 18, 1896; live in Fort
Wayne, Ind. Child:
348. WALTER LOUIS, b. 1897.
349. MARY ELIZABETH, b. 1873; d. 1874.

No. 87.
Jefferson and his wife, Mary (Hinds) Beatty, were members of the
Methodist Espiscopal Church for forty years. He
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was class leader, steward, trustee and Sunday School superintendent for many
years. Have one adopted child.
350. ROBERT RUSSELL, b. 1867.

No. 88.
Joseph Hanson served three years in the 74th Ind. V. I., was severely
wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, Ga., September 20, 1863.
Descendants of Joseph and Belinda (Hinds) Hanson, being the fifth and
sixth generations, are:
351. MIRTIE M., b. June 12, 1868; m. Jas. W. Miller, August 26, 1896.
Child:
352. CHARLES HANSON, b. October 8, 1900.
353. CORA HESTER, b. January 14, 1870; m. Franklin Klatz. She d. June
10, 1900. Child:
354. MARY FIDELIA, b. September 3, 1897.
355. ROLLIN J., b. November 18, 1871; d. September 15, 1875.
356. JOSEPH LEONARD, b. August 13, 1878.

No. 90.
The descendants of Israel E. and Sarah Wilson (Van Deman) Buck, being
the fifth and sixth generations, are:
357. HENRIE EDMUND, b. March 1, 1849; m. Jennie Glenn, of Urbana, O.
They live in Delaware, O. Children are:
358. ANNA D., b. October 16, 1878.
359. CLARA G., b. January 5, 1880.
360. JOSEPH H. VAN D., b. February 13, 1886.

No. 92.
Descendants of John D. and Lydia (Runkle) Van Deman, being the fifth
generation, are:
361. RALPH.
362. EUNELLA.
363. MILDRED.
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No. 96.
Child of Rev. Silas B. and Angeline (Van Deman) Maltbie, being the
fifth generation, is:
364. WM. H., m. Kate McCurly, of Baltimore, Md. He is professor in
Woman's College of Baltimore, Md.

No. 97.
Children of Willie Lewellen and Roma (Baldwin) Van Deman, being the
fifth generation, are:
365. EARL.
366. REBECCA.

No. 111.

(Photograph of Rev. F. A. Hester, D. D.)

Page (94).
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(Photograph of Mrs. Rebecca O. (Slack) Hester.)

Rev. Francis Asbury, son of Rev. George K. Hester, was for many years a
prominent and very useful member of the Indiana Conference of the M. E.
Church. A frequent contributor to the Western Christian Advocate; now a
super-annuate member, living at 2330 Broadway, Indianapolis, Ind.
On September 24, 1846, he married Elizabeth Miner. She died March 4,
1848; left one son.
367. GEO. KNIGHT, b. September 28, 1847; d. June 7, 1848.
His second marriage was to Rebecca Oram Slack, of whom the following
sketch is given:
She was born in New Brunswick, N. J., June 28, 1824, and was, when
about twelve years of age, taken with her parents
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to Mt. Carmel, Ill., where in the space of two years her mother died. From
this time on there devolved upon her to act the part of a mother to the
family.
Later the family home was located at Princeton, Ind. At this place on
September 18, 1849, she was united in marriage to Rev. F.A. Hester, of the
Indiana Conference of the M.E. Church. She was the mother of nine children,
six daughters and three sons; one daughter dying in infancy.
During a period of thirty-two years she was the constant companion and
helpmate of an effective Methodist preacher. In all the appointments he
received she gained the respect and love of the people.
Her interest in her family was strong and inspiring. Being a woman of
strong convictions, rare executive ability, unselfishness and great faith
she, by her character, was prepared to live a life of unusual helpfulness.
In early life she gave her heart to God, and to her, religion was a
most satisfying possession. Thus she was prepared to enter on the duties of
a wife of a Methodist itinerant with cheerfulness and zeal.
On Sunday, July 5, 1903, she breathed her last. Funeral sermon was
delivered by Rev. J. P. D. John, D.D. She was laid to rest in hope of a
glorious resurrection to eternal life.
Descendants of Rev. F. A. and Rebecca O. (Slack) Hester, being the
fifth and sixth generations, were:
368. MARGARETTA BENEE, b. November 20, 1850; d. June 9, 1852.
369. MATTHIAS ADDISON, b. April 29, 1852. Teacher at Goodland, Ind.
370. CHARLES EDWARD, b. November 3, 1853; m. Laura E. Karnes,
September 24, 1886.
Sketch of Rev. Charles Edward Hester, as furnished by himself:
"I was born the third in a family of nine children in Madison, Ind.,
November 3, 1853. My schooling was obtained in the public schools of
Lawrenceburg, Charlestown, Madison, and in Brookville and Moores Hill
colleges. I taught school for five years, then entered the ministry in the
fall of 1882. I have been a Methodist itinerant for nearly twenty-two
years. I was married to Laura E. Karnes, of Charlestown, Ind.,
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September 24, 1886. Of the seven children born to us, all but the first
born are living.
Children of Charles Edward and Laura E. (Karnes) Hester are:
371. PAUL VINCENT, b. 1889.
372. LAWRENCE O. H., b. 1891.
373. EDITH MAUDE, b. 1893
374. CLARA MARGARETTA, b. 1895.
375. IONI FERN, b. 1897.
376. FRANCIS NELSON, b. 1899.
377. ELIZABETH REBECCA, b. April 14, 1856; m. Oliver Peebles Jenkins,
a professor in the Leland Stanford University, California, June 26, 1878.
378. WILLIAM ANDREW, b. March 17, 1858. For a number of years a
teacher but now in business in Owensboro, Ky.; m. Sallie Helen Ogden, August
18, 1883.
379. MARY MARSEE, b. January 29, 1860; m. Wm. Pitt Shannon, June 29,
1887. She is now a widow and teacher.
380. SARAH LOWRIE, b. February 18, 1862; m. Edwin Greenleaf Ritchie,
June 28, 1888; lives at 2330 Broadway, Indianapolis, Ind.
381. CHARLOTTE O'NEAL, b. July 5, 1864; m. Geo. Edson Murray, June 26,
1889; lives at Rensselaer, Ind.
382. EMMA MOORE, b. October 19, 1867; teacher; lives at 2330 Broadway,
Indianapolis, Ind.
Among the descendants of the Rev. F.A.Hester are a number of ministers
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, teachers and superintendents of high
schools, etc.
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