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William Wiley Hester 1877 – 1894 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Jul 1877

Birth Location: Georgia, United States

Death Date: 4 Sept 1894

Death Location: Fort Payne, De Kalb, Alabama, United States

Father: William Hester

Mother: Sarah Edwards

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According to available records, William Wiley Hester was born in 1877 in Georgia, United States, the child of William Howard Hester and Sarah Catherine Edwards. In the later years of life, William Wiley Hester died in 1894 in Fort Payne, De Kalb, Alabama, United States.

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William Hester
1852 – 1936
Birth Location: Tennessee, United States
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Sarah Edwards
1852 – 1912
Birth Location: Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 17 Jul 1877
    Event Place: Georgia, United States
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Year: 1880; Census Place: Coldwater, Chattooga, Georgia; Roll: 139; Family History Film: 1254139; Page: 59A; Enumeration District: 17; Image: 0515.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1880
    Event Place: Coldwater, Chattooga, Georgia, United States
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Coldwater, Chattooga, Georgia; Roll: 139; Family History Film: 1254139; Page: 59A; Enumeration District: 17; Image: 0515.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 4 Sept 1894
    Event Place: Fort Payne, De Kalb, Alabama, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Fort Payne, DeKalb County, Alabama, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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