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Conrad KESTER

Conrad KESTER

Male 1803 - 1892  (89 years)

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  • Name Conrad KESTER 
    Born 1803  Rockingham Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation gunsmith  [3, 5] 
    Died 1892  [1] 
    Buried Arnold (aka Old Hill) Cemetery, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I32377  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2016 

    Father Joseph KESTER,   b. 14 Mar 1752, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jul 1839, Morrow Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Mother Mary MORRISON,   b. Jan 1771, Moorefield, Hardy Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Oct 1847, Morrow Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Family ID F18980  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth "Betsy" LOWTHER,   b. 8 Oct 1810, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1859, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)  [4, 6, 7] 
    Married 20 Jun 1830  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Children 
    +1. Marcellus J. KESTER,   b. Nov 1830, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1913  (Age ~ 82 years)
     2. Mary A. KESTER,   b. CA 1833
     3. Jerome KESTER,   b. 10 Apr 1834,   d. 26 Jun 1920  (Age 86 years)
     4. Amanda E. KESTER,   b. CA 1836,   d. 1920  (Age ~ 84 years)
    +5. Newton C. KESTER,   b. 31 May 1841,   d. 13 Oct 1922  (Age 81 years)
     6. Eliza A. (Lyda) KESTER,   b. 1844,   d. 1909  (Age 65 years)
     7. Helen Olivia KESTER,   b. 1847, Weston, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Mar 1923, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     8. Dora Virginia KESTER,   b. CA 1849
     9. Wilmot KESTER
     10. (Unnamed child) KESTER,   b. 16 Feb 1856,   d. 22 Dec 1856, Weston, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F12576  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S340] The Gibson and Related Families, Penny & O.D. Linder, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991), p. 446.

    2. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    3. [S2122] 1850 Census, Lewis County, (W)VA.

    4. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    5. [S668] 1880 Census, Lewis County, WV.

    6. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 16.

    7. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    8. [S1792] Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)).