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Lewis Franklin Hester 1842–1909 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Dec 1842

Birth Location: Alabama, USA

Death Date: 15 Oct 1909

Death Location: Bell, Texas, USA

Father: Wilson Hester

Mother: Mary Hester

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Lewis Franklin Hester was born in 1842 in Alabama, USA, the child of Wilson Wilborn Hester And Mary Polly Hester. Lewis Franklin Hester passed away in 1909 in Bell, Texas, USA.

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Biography

  • Lewis Franklin Hester was born in 1842 in Alabama, USA, the child of Wilson Wilborn Hester And Mary Polly Hester.
  • Lewis Franklin Hester passed away in 1909 in Bell, Texas, USA.

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Lewis Hester's Ancestors

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Lewis Hester
1842–1909
Birth Place: Alabama, USA
Parents
Wilson Wilborn Hester
1811–1904
Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, USA
Mary (Polly) Hester
1820–1869
Dacusville, Pickens, South Carolina, USA
Grandparents
Pleasant (Hester) Sr.
1787–1866
Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina
Rebecca Stone
1791–1885
Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, United States,
William (Henry) Hester
1785–1860
Granville, North Carolina, United States
Susan ("Sukie") Crenshaw
1785–1876
Granville, North Carolina, United States
Great-Grandparents
John Hester
1758–1820
Nancy Hanvey
1737–
William Stone
1770–1861
Nancy Dooley
1770–1838
Charles Hester
1747–1833
Martha Logan
1743–1789
Abraham Crenshaw
1751–1807
Nancy Hester
1752–1857
2nd-Great-Grandparents
David Hester
1718–1795
Letitia Hester
1718–1747
Mourning (Cherokee)
1700–1793
Summer Cherokee
1700–1764
Micajah Stone
1745–1799
Apphia Hurt
1755–1813
Captain Dooley
1743–1818
Margaret Birks
1743–1783
Robert Hester
1720–1770
Barbara Cook
1722–1802
David Logan
1706–1763
Martha Dudgeon
1720–1763
Gideon Crenshaw
1710–1801
Sarah Cook
1690–1766
James Hester
1716–1786
Francis Cook
1711–1769

Lewis Hester's Timeline

2 Records

1842
25 Dec 1842
Birth of Lewis Franklin Hester in Alabama, USA
Alabama, USA
1909
15 Oct 1909
Age 67
Death of Lewis Franklin Hester in Bell, Texas, USA
Bell, Texas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Dec 1842
    Event Place: Alabama, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Oct 1909
    Event Place: Bell, Texas, USA

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