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William Netter Hester 1912 – 2002 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Aug 1912

Birth Location: Beaver Dam, Ohio County, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 15 Nov 2002

Death Location: Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA

Father: Andrew Hester

Mother: Willie Smith

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William Netter Hester was born in 1912 in Beaver Dam, Ohio County, Kentucky, USA, the child of Andrew Jackson Hester and Willie Josephine Smith. William Netter Hester passed away in 2002 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA.

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Biography

  • William Netter Hester was born in 1912 in Beaver Dam, Ohio County, Kentucky, USA, the child of Andrew Jackson Hester and Willie Josephine Smith.
  • William Netter Hester passed away in 2002 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA.

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William Hester's Ancestors

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William Hester
1912 – 2002
Birth Place: Beaver Dam, Ohio County, Kentucky, USA
Parents
Andrew Jackson Hester
1868 – 1941
Kentucky, USA
Willie (Josephine) Smith
1879 – 1969
Curdsville, Daviess, Kentucky, USA
Grandparents
William (Thomas) Smith
1849 – 1904
Daviess County, Kentucky, USA
Cordelia (Clayborn) Pitt
1850 – 1906
Kentucky, USA
Great-Grandparents
William Smith
1819 – 1852
Martha Wall
1825 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Moses Smith
1787 – 1859
Frances Allen
1793 – 1884
David Wall,
1785 – 1834
Rebecca Newman
1786 – 1861

William Hester's Timeline

2 Records

1912
25 Aug 1912
Birth of William Netter Hester in Beaver Dam, Ohio County, Kentucky, USA
Beaver Dam, Ohio County, Kentucky, USA
2002
15 Nov 2002
Age 90
Death of William Netter Hester in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Aug 1912
    Event Place: Beaver Dam, Ohio County, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Nov 2002
    Event Place: Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Beaver Dam, Ohio County, Kentucky, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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