Lewis John LESTER

1829 - 1906  (76 years)

• Name	Lewis John LESTER  [1]
  Birth	25 Aug 1829	Giles County, TN   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	1831	Giles County, TN   [1]
  Death	1906	Denton County, TX   [1]
  Death	7 Jan 1906  [3]
  Person ID	I15226	Wood-Lester
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Isham LESTER, Sr.,   b. 1799, Chesterfield County, Virginia d. Aft 1860, Alcorn County, MS (Age > 62 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Manassa MCDONALD,   b. 1799, Shelby County, KY d. 1855, Alcorn County, MS (Age 56 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Between 1818 and 1819	Limestone County, AL   [1, 3]
  Family ID	F4774	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Julia Ann MOODY,   b. 1842, Mississippi d. 2 Sep 1877, Denton County, TX (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	12 Dec 1859	Tippah County, MS   [1]
  Married	31 Dec 1859	Tippah County, MS   [4]
  Children	+ 1. John Lewis LESTER,   b. 19 Apr 1862, Tippah County, MS d. 8 Aug 1924, Dalton, OK (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Edward Richard LESTER,   b. 16 Mar 1864, Alcorn County, MS  [Father: natural]   3. Alice B LESTER,   b. 9 Nov 1865  [Father: natural]   4. Katie LESTER,   b. 11 Oct 1867  [Father: natural] + 5. Jessie Ellis LESTER,   b. 1 Jan 1869, Lamar County, TX d. Apr 1963, Denton County, TX (Age 94 years)  [Father: natural]   6. Willie LESTER,   b. 28 Dec 1870  [Father: natural]   7. Henry LESTER,   b. 3 Dec 1872, Texas  [Father: natural]   8. Mary Ella LESTER,   b. 2 Aug 1875, Texas  [Father: natural]   9. Annie LESTER,   b. 1 Sep 1877, Texas  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F5386	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Nancy Emeline HARKEY,   b. 28 Aug 1847   d. 1936 (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	5 Oct 1878  [5]
  Family ID	F5408	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Family 3	Mary (UNK)
  Children	1. Mary F LESTER,   b. 1855   d. 1859 (Age 4 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Thomas Benton LESTER,   b. 29 Feb 1856  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F5417	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Lewis John Lester and Julia Moody married Dec. 12, 1859 in Tippah County, Mississippi. After the Civil War, they moved to Lamar County, TX and subsequently to Denton County, TX, where many descendants of Lewis John Lester and James Reed Lester (a brother of Lewis John Lester, and son of Isham) still reside. - Information provided by Paul David Lester in an email dated 23-May-2007 _____________ The 1860 census for the southern subdivision of Tippah MS lists Lewis J. Lester age 30 b 1829, Julia Lester age 18 b 1841 and Thomas B. Lester age 4 b 1855. Note the 1841 birthdate for Julia. Other sources indicate her birthdate as 1840 or 1842. - Information provided by Paul David Lester in an email dated 27-May-2007 _____________ Other than Thomas Benton Lester, all the rest of Lewis J. Lester’s children were by Julia. One child who shows up in the family bible but not in the 1880 census is Willie, born December 28, 1870 in Texas. He apparently died before 1880. After Julia’s death in 1877 as a result of giving birth to Annie, John Lewis married his third wife Nancy Emeline Harkey in 1878. They had no children. Nancy Emeline died in 1936. - Information provided by Paul David Lester in an email dated 27-May-2007 _____________

  
  

• Sources

  [S211] Paul David Lester (Houston, TX), research data, email dated 23-May-2007. [S265] Julie Riffe, Rootsweb forum - Riffe Genealogy Page. Lester Family Bible and World Family Tree Vol. 4, Ed. 1 [S265] Julie Riffe, Rootsweb forum - Riffe Genealogy Page. [S265] Julie Riffe, Rootsweb forum - Riffe Genealogy Page, Ann Daberko; World Family Tree Vol. 4, Ed. 1. [S265] Julie Riffe, Rootsweb forum - Riffe Genealogy Page, Lester Family Bible entry.