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Sam
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From: Carl English Porter <rosebud(a)gtec.com>
To: Sam Cline <scline(a)hoosierweb.org>
Date: Monday, July 27, 1998 1:06 AM
Subject: Re: Lester - O'Neall et al
Dear Sam,
I did a little proofreading, & so here is my part again.
Dear list,
In my hurry to get this out, I goofed a time or two, and I omitted a
family. Try again!
Thomas Clarkston Lester b 3 Aug 1816 d 22 May 1851 m ca 1837 Eliza
Hughen
children include:
1. Lambert Lester b 11 Feb 1839 d 29 Dec 1914 m 14 Oct 1869 Mary
Esther
Dixon b 13 Apr 1849 d 20 Jun 1936 d/o Eli & Jemima (Boyd) Dixon
2. Mary Lester m Walter Paine
3. Elisha Lester
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Peter Ruble Lester b 23 Dec 1790 Newberry Dist. SC, d 1 Sep 1887 bur
Lester Cem. Cass Twp. Greene Co. IN m ca 1813 prob SC, Hannaueel
'Hainey" O'Neal b 8 Jan 1797 SC d 27 Sep 1831 prob Newberry, Greene
Co.
IN bur Lester Cem Cass Twp. Greene Co. IN d/o John & Hepzibah
(Gilbert)
O'Neal children include:
1. Hephzibah, note spelling, Lester b 1 May 1814 Newberry Dist. SC d
23
Feb 1877 m ca 1831 Charles Gillam b ca 1810 Orange Co. NC d bef 1850
s/o Edmund & Nancy (Stalcup) Gillam
2. Thomas Clarkston Lester (above)
3. Judge Willis Drayton Lester b 21 Jun 1818 d 3 Jun 1880 m (1) 8
Aug
1839 Margaret Buckner m (2) Mary Tate
4?. Emily Lester b 28 Sep 1822, d 5 Jan 1845 bur Lester Cem Cass
Twp.
Greene Co. IN m Isaac Benham ( interpretation was necessary here,
Ike
may have been the Lester.)
5?. John N. Lester b ? d 30 Dec 1824 (in infancy)
6. Peter Lester b 3 Sep 1827 d 25 July 1829 (in infancy)
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Charles Gillam came to Richland Twp. Greene Co. IN in 1818. He &
"Hepsey" had at least, 1. Hainey Hana Gillam b 16 May 1832 d 19 Jan
1883
m 6 Jun 1850, Ashiel Asbel Zook b 5 Feb 1827, d 15 Dec 1854
2. Edmund Gillam b 23 Dec 1833 d 18 Oct 1854
3. Peter Gillam b 19 May 1836 d 6 Jun 1855
4. Lucy Ann Gillam b 1844
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Judge Willis Drayton & Margaret (Buckner) Lester had at least this
child:
1. Nancy Lester b 22 Jun 1840 d 26 Jul 1918 m 26 Aug 1869 William
Francis Thomas b 3 May 1840 d 23 Feb 1911. Their Children include:
A. Alva Thomas m Eliza Strauser
B. Laura Thomas m Joseph Hasler
C. Oliver Thomas m Laura Crossland
Judge Willis Drayton & Mary (Tate) Lester had at least:
1. Peter Simpson Lester m Nancy Lyons d/o Joseph b OH, & Margaret
(Harbert) b PA, Lyons their son: A. Joseph Willis Lester m Bertha
Jane
Wright of Ridgeport, IN d/o Joseph Perry & Margaret Ann (Porter)
Wright
their children include:
1. Roy Wright Lester b 18 Jul 1907 Taylor Twp. Greene Co. IN, d
18
Jan 1986 m 28 Jan 1939 Mable Roberta Alexander, presumed living. (2
ch)
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Here is one family I inadvertently omitted: s/o Thomas Clarkston &
Eliza
>(Hughen) Lester:
> Lambert Lester b 11 Feb 1831 d 29 Dec 1914 m 14 Oct 1869 Mary Esther
>Dixon b 13 Apr 1849 d 20 Jun 1936 children:
> 1. Myrtie Effie Lester b 27 Oct 1870 d 26 Aug 1872
> 2. Willis D. Lester b 5 Mar 1874 d 20 Mar 1874
> 3. Minnie J. Lester b 7 Feb 1876 d 20 Jun 1974
> 4. Lambert D. Lester b 18 Jun 1879 d 9 May 1880
> 5. Edna Lester b 3 Jul 1888 d 20 May 1973 m 24 Jun 1914 Jay Davis
>Adkisson
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There is a Dra(y?)ton Ritchey Lester m Malinda Huffman b ca 1855 d/o
Richard & Rebecca Street (Brazell) Huffman.. I think, he belongs
somewhere in this branch. Probably s/o the Judge, & Mary (Tate)
Lester.
I have 4 generations of Lesters before Peter Ruble Lester, which I
will
share with Pat or the list if interested. I do hope this is helpful!
Carl