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From: MR KENNETH W SHUTE< >
Subject: [OHHURON-L] Re: HESTER Family
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 16:22:12, -0500


-- [ From: Kenneth W. Shute * EMC.Ver #2.5.3 ] --

For Donna Booth.

Hi Donna,

In checking our History of the Fire Lands, Comprising Huron and Erie
Counties, Ohio, by W. W. Williams, 1879, I got a line on the marriage
date of Martin HESTER and Mary M. STOUGH. I also located marriage dates
for their sons John S., Mathias, and Samuel, but was unable to find a
marriage date for son Martin M. HESTER.

Here are pertinent extracts from the Fire Lands Book:

Page 231.

"Martin HESTER, with his parents, settled in Columbiana county, Ohio, in
the year 1807. He married, November 30 1809, Mary M. STOUGH, and at the
close of the war of 1812 settled in Orange township, now Ashland county.
He removed to Bronson in the year 1827, and settled near the west line
of the township, where his son, Martin M. HESTER, now resides. He died
in that place January 31, 1870 at the ripe age of nearly eighty-three,
surviving his wife about seven years. They reared a family of five
children, all of whom are living as follows: John S., in the township
of Norwich; Eliza W. (Mrs. Savage) in Berea; Samuel, in Anderson,
Indiana; Matthias and Martin M. in Bronson."

Page 426.

"Martin HESTER, the father of the subject of this sketch (John S. HESTER
), was a native of Greene County, Pennsylvania where he was born
September 6, 1787. When twenty years of age he removed with his parents
to Ohio and settled in Columbiana county. Two years afterward, March 30,
1809, he married Mary M. STOUGH, daughter of Rev. John STOUGH, a
Lutheran clergyman, who came to Columbiana county with his family in
1806. She was born in "The Glades" (now Maryland), February 15, 1789. In
1814 Mr. HESTER and family settled in Orange township, Richland (now
Ashland) county, where he entered a quarter section of government land.
They resided there until 1827, when they removed to Bronson, Huron
County, Ohio, and settled on the farm now owned and occupied by the son,
Martin M. HESTER, where the father and mother spent the remainder of
their days. Mr. HESTER died January 31, 1870, and Mrs. HESTER June 25,
1863."

(Note: in the two excerpts above, the marriage dates for Martin and Mary
HESTER are the same except for the month of marriage.)

>From Huron County, Ohio Marriages, Compiled and Published by Scheuer
Publications, 1992:

John S. HESTER m. Jane S. PANCOST 14 Oct 1836.
John S. HESTER m. Lucinda M. HILDRETH 6 April 1842.
Mathias HESTER m. Louisa KIZER 25 Apr 1843.
Samuel HESTER m. Emily BARNUM 8 Feb 1838.

In the Fire Lands Book here are many more details on this HESTER family
in two biographical sketches on Charles T. HESTER (son of John S. and
Lucinda HESTER) and John S. HESTER (son of Martin and Mary M. HESTER).
Also, there is in the same Book pictures of Mr. and Mrs. John S. HESTER,
and the residence of John S. HESTER, Norwich Twp, Huron Co., Ohio. If
you are interested, send me your snail mail address and I'll be happy to
photocopy these items and send them to you.

Regards,

Ken Shute, Silver Spring, MD (Ken ).-

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