Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: James A. Kester    
                Born: Jun-  -1845           1
              Census: 1900                 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      gauger (oil wells)  1
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Mary F. ___     
             Married: ca 1867               1
                Born: Feb-  -1845           1
              Census: 1900                 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Mabel Josephine Kester      
          Birth name: Josephine Mabel Kester 2
                Born: Jul- 5-1887          in Volcano, Wood Co, WV  3,1
                Died: Aug- 5-1970          in Phoenix, Maricopa Co, AZ  4
              Buried: Greenwood Mem Lawn   in Phoenix, Maricopa Co, AZ  4
             Resided: since 1961           in Phoenix, Maricopa Co, AZ  5
             Resided: 1922-1961            in Miami, Gila Co, AZ  5
              Census: 1930, 1940           in Miami, Gila Co, AZ  
             Resided: 1917                 in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  6
              Census: 1910                 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 cashier at service station  7
             Husband: Sylvester Orval Prunty  b. Jul-17-1878  d. Feb- 7-1956  
         Census name: Orval Prunty 
             Married: Apr- 4-1906          in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  8
            Divorced: 1913                  9
             Husband: Frank Zachariah Pride  b. Sep- 1-1882  d. Dec-  -1968  
       Also known as: Frank Zachary Pride 
             Married: Dec-29-1917          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  10

Sources:
(1) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District) 
(2) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(3) Wood County Birth Records, Parkersburg, WV. 
(4) Findagrave.com. 
(5) Obituary. 
(6) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. 
(7) 1940 Census. 
(8) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as S. Orval Prunty, single, 27, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, 
son of (blank); and Mabel Josephine Kester, single, 19, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, dau of (blank).  Married Apr 4 1906 in 
Cairo, W.Va. MR p. 376 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11536316&Type=Marriage. 
(9) Randy E. Prunty, Descendants of Barnabus Prunty (self-published) 
(10) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV, Identified as Frank Zachariah Pride, 34, b. Doddridge Co, res. Pennsboro; 
and Mrs. Mabel K. Prunty, b. Ritchie Co, res. Cairo.  Married Dec 29 1917 in Parkersburg; ceremony performed by E. A. 
Culley, Minister of the First Presbyterian Church, Parkersburg. MR p. 165 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10254052&Type=Marriage. 







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