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Jacob Lester 1838–1924 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 November 1838

Birth Location: Wayne County, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 9 Dec 1924

Death Location: Wayne, Kentucky, United States

Father: William Lester

Mother: Mary Bertram

Spouse(s): Dicey Hancock

Children(s): Mary Lester

Jacob Lester was born in 1838 in Wayne County, Kentucky, USA, the child of William Lester And Mary E Polly Bertram. Jacob Lester married Dicey E Hancock, and had children including Mary C Lester. Jacob Lester passed away in 1924 in Wayne, Kentucky, United States.

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Biography

  • Jacob Lester was born in 1838 in Wayne County, Kentucky, USA, the child of William Lester And Mary E Polly Bertram.
  • Jacob Lester married Dicey E Hancock, and had children including Mary C Lester.
  • Jacob Lester passed away in 1924 in Wayne, Kentucky, United States.

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Jacob Lester's Ancestors

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Jacob Lester
1838–1924
Birth Place: Wayne County, Kentucky, USA
Parents
William Lester
1800–1884
Greene County, Tennessee, USA
Mary (E “Polly”) Bertram
1809–1893
Mount Pisgah, Wayne County, Kentucky, United States of America
Grandparents
Edward Luster
1767–1839
Henry County, Kentucky, USA
Barbara (Maria Elizabeth) Harmon
1767–1840
Bedford County, Virginia
William (B Buttram (Stinson) III,) Rev
1783–1865
Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina
Great-Grandparents
Margaret (HARMON)
1733–1787
REV III
1759–1853
SARAH PATTERSON
1760–1855
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William CHOULYN
1710–1764
Eva (CHOULYN)
1712–1801
William (mfa)
1735–1806
Margaret (ma)
1735–1795

Jacob Lester's Descendants

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Jacob Lester (11 November 1838–9 Dec 1924) m. Dicey (E) Hancock (8 February 1840–16 April 1909)
  1. 1. Mary (C) Lester 1863–1925 m. Levi (Cattron) Jr. 1856–1939
    1. 1. Laura (Jane) Catron 1896–1977 m. William (Eddie) Denney 1888–1946
      1. 1. Anna (S Denney) Carter 1911–1994 m. Walter Carter 1907–1996
        1. 1. J.B. Carter 1942–2003

Jacob Lester's Timeline

2 Records

1838
11 November 1838
Birth of Jacob Lester in Wayne County, Kentucky, USA
Wayne County, Kentucky, USA
1924
9 Dec 1924
Age 86
Death of Jacob Lester in Wayne, Kentucky, United States
Wayne, Kentucky, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 November 1838
    Event Place: Wayne County, Kentucky, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 Dec 1924
    Event Place: Wayne, Kentucky, United States

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