Colonel R P LESTER, Sr.

1832 - 1902  (69 years)

• Name	R P LESTER  [1]
  Title	Colonel
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	30 Nov 1832  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Lawyer  [2]
  Military	1861  [1]
  	Colonel in CSA Army. 14TH Georgia Regiment, Company E
  Death	29 Nov 1902  [2]
  Person ID	I11362	Wood-Lester
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Family	Mary J WADDEL   d. 24 Apr 1902
  Marriage	1 Nov 1855  [2]
  Children	+ 1. Clifton Medora LESTER  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F4044	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Newton-Forsyth County GaArchives Obituaries.....Col. R. P. Lester, Sr. November 29 1902 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Phyllis Thompson mandpthompson@bellsouth.net October 22, 2003, 10:36 am The Georgia Enterprise, December 5, 1902 Col R. P. Lester Sr. Dead The sudden and uexpected death of Col R. P. Lester Sr. at his home in Midway at noon last Saturday, cast a gloom over the entire city. It came as a shock to everybody and to those who were in conversation that morning could hardly believe the sad news. Colonel Lester had been in feeble health for several months but nothing of a serious nature was entertained by his friends. He continued to work and when the summons came he had just gone home to take a rest. Colonel Lester was born in Lawrencville, Gwinnett county, Georgia, November 30, 1832, and consequently lacked only one day of being seventy years old. He spent his childhood and early manhood in Cumming, Forsyth county and was married to MISS MARY J. WADDELL, daughter of Rev. J. W. Waddell, and eminent Presbyterian divine on November 1, 1855, who preceded him to the grave on April 24, 1902. He recieved a liberal education for his day, and entered the legal profession, which he pursued successfully until the call to arms in 1861, when he raised a splendid company of voluntee and was elected captain. The company was organized into the Fourteenth Georgia regiment, and was designated as Company E, of that gallant command, which comprised a part of General E. L. Thomas' brigade. He served four years in the Army of Northern Virginia, being promoted by regular graduations from captain to colonel, and was in command of the Fourteen Georgia Regiment at the surrender at Appomattox on April 9, 1865. After the surrender Colonel Lester returned to his home at Cumming, GA., where he practiced law for more than thirty years. He was a man of broad learning and an able advocate at the bar. He was always found on one si of all public questions and after he had taken his stand, he threw his entire energies into it for its accomplishment. Four years ago, Col. Lester gave up the practice of law and moved to Covington, where he has since resided. He was warm hearted and true and to his friends generous to a fault. He was a consistent member of the Methodist church for more than fifty years and a prominent member of the masonic lodge. He leaves four children, Col. J. G. Lester and R. P. Lester, Jr. of Covington, Mrs. J. H. R?ke, of Augusta, and Mrs. C. C. Foster, of Roswell. The interment took place in South Veiw cemetery Monday morning. Additional Comments: According to the 1902 calender, Col. Lester Sr. died on November 29, 1902. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/

  
  

• Sources

  [S216] David Bartow Sargent, Jr., Personal Recollections of, 20-Apr-2007. [S204] Newton-Forsyth County GaArchives Obituaries.....Col. R. P. Lester,Sr.November 29 1902.