Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Thomas S. Kester    
                Born: Apr-26-1826           1
                Died: Mar- 4-1904           1
              Buried:                      in Victory (aka Big Moses) Cemetery, Indian Crk Rd, Booher, Tyler Co, WV  2
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Margaret Elder   3  
                Born: Jan- 9-1824          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1
                Died: Aug-13-1904          in Tyler Co, WV  1
              Buried:                      in Victory (aka Big Moses) Cemetery, Indian Crk Rd, Booher, Tyler Co, WV  2
              Father: Joseph Elder   (1796 - 1877) 
              Mother: Mary Elizabeth "Betsy" Shields   (1795 - 1841) 
           F Child 1: Margaret M. Kester      
                Born: Sep- 4-1850          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1,4
                Died: Mar-18-1924           1
              Buried:                      in Victory (aka Big Moses) Cemetery, Indian Crk Rd, Booher, Tyler Co, WV  2
             Resided: 1871                 in Tyler Co, WV  4
             Husband: William W. Gatrell  b. May-11-1849  d. Jun-29-1904  
             Married: Jul- 6-1871          in Tyler Co, WV  4
           F Child 2: Elizabeth Jane Kester      
         Census name: Jane 
                Born: Dec-  -1853          in Tyler Co, (W)VA  5,4
              Census: 1930                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 1)
             Resided: 1904                 in Booher, Tyler Co, WV  4
              Census: 1900, 1900           in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1884                 in Tyler Co, WV  4
             Husband: John Independence McMillan  b. Jun-10-1847  d. Nov- 4-1893  
       Also known as: John I. McMillen 6
             Married: Aug-18-1884          in Tyler Co, WV  7
             Husband: William Elzy Lemasters  b. ca 1851  
             Married: Feb- 5-1904          in Tyler Co, WV  4
           F Child 3: Mahala Adeline Kester      
       Also known as: Adeline Kester 8,9,10,1
                Born: Apr-26-1863          in Tyler Co, WV  8,4,11
                Died: May-14-1948          in Alma, Tyler Co, WV  8,11
              Buried:                      in Victory (aka Big Moses) Cemetery, Indian Crk Rd, Booher, Tyler Co, WV  8,12
             Resided:                      in Alma, Tyler Co, WV  8
              Census: 1920                 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV  
             Husband: Justus Wildman, Jr.  b. Sep- 5-1856  d. Jan- 1-1940  
         Census name: Justice Wildman, Jr. 13
             Married: Dec- 2-1890          in Tyler Co, WV  4

Sources:
(1) Headstone. 
(2) Findagrave.com. 
(3) Death record of daughter. 
(4) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. 
(5) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) 
(6) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(7) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, Identified as J. I. McMillan, 37, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and 
Elisabeth J. Kester, 29, b. & res. in Tyler Co.  Married Aug 18 1884 in Tyler County. MR p. 56 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12039345&Type=Marriage. 
(8) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(9) Death record of husband. 
(10) Marriage record of son. 
(11) Headstone (year only) 
(12) Gary Patterson, Tyler County West Virginia Cemeteries (website), 
http://myplace.frontier.com/~garyepatterson/cemidx.htm. 
(13) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant Twp) 

Event Notes
Note (1) Listed as mother Elizabeth Lemasters, 78, widowed, in household of son Clyde
and his family.







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