Joseph Marion LESTER

1848 - 1918  (69 years)

• Name	Joseph Marion LESTER  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1845  [1]
  Birth	10 Oct 1845	Athens, Clarke County, GA   [3]
  Birth	10 Oct 1848  [4]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Joe
  Military	CSA from Lafayett County, AR  [1]
  Death	13 Feb 1918	Arkana, Baxter County, AR   [3]
  Burial	Chalybeate Springs, Bossier Parish, LA   [2]
  Person ID	I13335	Wood-Lester
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Father	William M LESTER,   b. 23 May 1817, Oglethorpe County, GA
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Frances Jane WOOD,   b. 23 Jun 1823, Jackson County, GA d. 14 Oct 1868 (Age 45 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	30 Aug 1838	Jackson County, GA   [5]
  Family ID	F4725	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lucy L SESSIONS,   b. 1853, Louisana d. Aft 1880 (Age > 28 years)
  Children	1. William N LESTER,   b. 19 Dec 1869, Walnut Hill, AR d. 14 Sep 1891 (Age 21 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Lillie M LESTER,   b. 1872  [Father: natural]   3. Sidney Marion LESTER,   b. 20 Aug 1874   d. 2 Aug 1947, Benton, AR (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]   4. (infant) LESTER  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F6299	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Alice Mahala BARNETT,   b. 3 Dec 1861, Bossier Parish, LA d. 13 Dec 1905, Arkana, Baxter County, AR (Age 44 years)
  Children	1. Frankie O. LESTER,   b. 8 Aug 1885, Arkana, Baxter County, AR d. 19 Sep 1927, Louisana (Age 42 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Tommie Ola LESTER,   b. 15 Dec 1887, Arkana, Baxter County, AR d. 14 Jul 1975, Louisana (Age 87 years)  [Father: natural]   3. Hobson Pearson LESTER,   b. 6 Aug 1898, Arkana, Baxter County, AR d. 20 Oct 1967, Lewisville, Lafayette County, AR (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural] + 4. George Dewey LESTER,   b. 6 Aug 1898, Arkana, Baxter County, AR d. 23 Sep 1951, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, LA (Age 53 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F6300	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Family 3	Frances M RODGERS
  Family ID	F6307	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Lester, Joseph M Private—Enlisted in Co. C, 10th Arkansas Cavalry, in Lafayette county, Arkansas, September 1, 1863; present, February 29, 1864; filed Federal land patent in Lafayette county in 1875. _______________________ Died at age 69 years, 4 months, 3 days.

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] Robert Darious Wood, Sr and J Glenn Wood, "Our Time in History: This Wood & Lester Family", file 109A.txt. [S235] Research of Erin Cullifer. via email dated 1-June-2010 [S115] Flowers Family Web Site, (Name: Name: Location: C:\ProgramFiles\TeleportPro\Projects\flowersfhs\fam00001.htm;;;). [S113] Findagrave.com Website. Created by: David Hill Record added: Mar 13, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 49656520 Cannot discern dates on tombstone photo. [S6] Robert Darious Wood, Sr and J Glenn Wood, "Our Time in History: This Wood & Lester Family", file 105A.txt.