Elijah Shannon LESTER, Sr.

1831 - 1916  (85 years)

• Name	Elijah Shannon LESTER  [1]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	9 Jun 1831	Clarke County, GA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military	Co. C 44 GA Johnson Guards - CSA
  Death	28 Dec 1916	Clarke County, GA   [1]
  Burial	Lester Family Cemetery, Cleveland Road, Clarke County, GA   [1]
  Person ID	i13305	Wood-Lester
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Lewis LESTER, Jr.,   b. 9 Aug 1790, Chesterfield County, VA d. 16 Sep 1869, Athens, Clarke County, GA (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth PATMAN,   b. 15 Jun 1797   d. 2 Apr 1885, Clarke County, GA (Age 87 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	7 May 1812	Oglethorpe County, GA   [2]
  Family ID	F4710	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elijah Shannon LESTER, Sr.,   b. 9 Jun 1831, Clarke County, GA d. 28 Dec 1916, Clarke County, GA (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	21 Dec 1853	Oglethorpe County, GA
  Children	1. Lewis B LESTER,   b. 3 Jun 1856, Clarke County, GA d. 23 Oct 1912, Clarke County, GA (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural] + 2. William T LESTER,   b. 16 Oct 1858, Clarke County, GA d. 16 Feb 1924, Clarke County, GA (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural] + 3. Mary Elizabeth LESTER,   b. 13 Oct 1863, Clarke County, GA d. 19 Jul 1890, Clarke County, GA (Age 26 years)  [Father: natural] + 4. Sarah Eugenia LESTER,   b. 10 Jan 1867, Clarke County, GA d. 23 Sep 1889, Clarke County, GA (Age 22 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F4722	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Elijah Shannon LESTER, Sr.,   b. 9 Jun 1831, Clarke County, GA d. 28 Dec 1916, Clarke County, GA (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	17 Nov 1872
  Children	1. (Infant) LESTER  [Father: natural]   2. Elijah Shannon LESTER, Jr.,   b. 29 Sep 1873, Clarke County, GA d. 10 Sep 1874, Clarke County, GA (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]   3. (Infant son) LESTER,   b. 15 Aug 1875, Clarke County, GA d. 15 Aug 1875, Clarke County, GA (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]   4. Otis Young LESTER,   b. 5 Nov 1875, Clarke County, GA d. 26 May 1877, Clarke County, GA (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]   5. Susan Addie LESTER,   b. 29 Apr 1877, Clarke County, GA d. 19 Jun 1924, Clarke County, GA (Age 47 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F4744	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

• Documents

  Survey of Lester Family Cemetery - Cleveland Road, Clarke County, GA PDF document with photos of headstones and relationship information.

  
  

  Headstones		Footstone for Elijah Shannon Lester, Sr (1831-1916)
  		Headstone for Elijah Shannon Lester, Sr.

  
  

• Notes

  [Lester_20050619.FTW] [1]...ELIJAH SHANNON LESTER (AAC M) and his first wife, MARY LESTER (AAE E), were 1st cousins, their fathers were brothers. You can follow either family lineage on down, Elijah's from this page (116A) and Mary's from page 127A. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ LESTER, ELIJAH S., Private, March 17, 1862. Captured at Spotsylvania, Va. Exchanged December, 1864. Reference: MUSTER ROLL OF JOHNSON GUARDS, CO. "C"; FORTY-FOURTH REGIMENT, GEORGIA; VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, C. S. A.

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] Robert Darious Wood, Sr and J Glenn Wood, "Our Time in History: This Wood & Lester Family", file 105A.txt and file 127A.txt. [S6] Robert Darious Wood, Sr and J Glenn Wood, "Our Time in History: This Wood & Lester Family", file 102A.txt and file 105A.txt.