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1. WILLIAM1 HESTER was born March 1781 in North Carolina, and died September 14, 1867 in Roane Co., Tennessee. He married (1) CHRISTINA (ELIZABETH) RIGGS about 1803. He married (2) DEVINA WAKEFIELD October 13, 1846 in Roane Co., Tennessee, daughter of JAMES WAKEFIELD.
Children of WILLIAM HESTER and CHRISTINA RIGGS are:
i. JOHN2 HESTER, b. July 22, 1804; d. prob. Indiana; m. POLLY WEISNER.
2. ii. WILLIAM HESTER, JR., b. January 8, 1807; d. 1885.
3. iii. ABNER HESTER, b. April 12, 1809, Tennessee; d. 1891, Monroe Co., Tennessee.
4. iv. ROBERT HESTER, b. May 18, 1811; d. May 8, 1890, Illinois.
v. ELIZABETH HESTER, b. September 11, 1813; d. January 12, 1889, Roane Co., Tennessee; m. BLUFORD Y. GREEN, October 1, 1857, Roane Co., Tennessee.
vi. SALLY HESTER, b. February 7, 1816; m. JAMES RICHARDSON.
5. vii. ANNA "ANNIE" HESTER, b. May 3, 1819, Roane Co., Tennessee; d. June 21, 1902, Roane Co., Tennessee.
Children of WILLIAM HESTER and DEVINA WAKEFIELD are:
6. viii. PEARLY FAIRBANKS2 HESTER, b. September 1848, Roane Co., Tennessee; d. September 17, 1922, Roane Co., Tennessee.
7. ix. MILLARD FILMORE HESTER, b. March 9, 1852, Roane Co., Tennessee; d. February 21, 1933, Morgan Co., Tennessee.
Generation No. 2
2. WILLIAM2 HESTER, JR. (WILLIAM1) was born January 8, 1807, and died 1885. He married (1) MARY REYNOLDS about 1827. He married (2) MINNA (MORD) WARD January 13, 1876 in Anderson Co., Tennessee.
Children of WILLIAM HESTER and MARY REYNOLDS are:
i. ELIZA (LOUISA) J.3 HESTER, b. 1828; m. JAMES C. WELLS, February 2, 1843, Roane Co., Tennessee.
ii. ANGELINA HESTER, b. September 8, 1831; d. March 28, 1875; m. SIMEON W. WELLS, July 24, 1853, Roane Co., Tennessee.
iii. ELIZABETH HESTER, b. 1833.
iv. CHRISTINA HESTER, b. 1836; m. ______ DAVIS.
v. CAROLINE HESTER, b. 1839.
vi. SARAH J. HESTER, b. 1840; m. WILLIAM WELCH, December 13, 1860, Daviess Co., Indiana.
vii. WILLIAM B. HESTER, b. 1842; m. SARAH M. FROST, November 18, 1869, Daviess Co., Indiana.
viii. MARY C. HESTER, b. 1844; m. DANIEL MCARTHUR, October 29, 1867, Daviess Co., Indiana.
3. ABNER2 HESTER (WILLIAM1) was born April 12, 1809 in Tennessee, and died 1891 in Monroe Co., Tennessee. He married (1) MARY "POLLY" BRASHEAR July 8, 1834 in Roane Co., Tennessee, daughter of BASIL BRASHEAR and MARGARET HORTON. He met (2) REBECCA LILES about 1845. He married (2) SARAH LIVELY March 21, 1859 in Roane Co., Tennessee.
Children of ABNER HESTER and MARY BRASHEAR are:
8. i. BAZZEL (BASIL)3 HESTER, b. about 1835, Roane Co., Tennessee; d. April 14, 1865, Davidson Co., Tennessee.
9. ii. LOUISA HESTER, b. November 18, 1836, Roane Co., Tennessee; d. January 8, 1895, Anderson Co., Tennessee.
10. iii. MARGARET HESTER, b. 1839, Roane Co., Tennessee; d. Dent Co., Missouri.
11. iv. CHRISTINA HESTER, b. 1840, Roane Co., Tennessee.
12. v. CHURCHWELL HESTER, b. about 1842, Roane Co., Tennessee; d. April 19, 1887, Roane Co., Tennessee.
13. vi. LEWIS WILKER HESTER, b. April 5, 1847, Roane Co., Tennessee; d. June 22, 1913, Sugar Grove, Roane Co., Tennessee. [I suspect this middle name is WELCKER, which was a prominent local family - PatMc]
[Note from Pat Mc: 10 July 1858, Mary Hester vs Abner Hester- Charge Adultery with one Rebecca Liles. The plaintiff was restored to all the rights and privileges of a single unmarried woman. Roane Circuit Minutes, Volume 10, pages 160, 183; Criminal & circuit Minutes, vol 9, pages 641-643.]
Child of ABNER HESTER and REBECCA LILES is:
14. vii. ABNER CLINT3 LILES, b. February 28, 1845, Roane Co., Tennessee; d. June 2, 1924, Morgan Co., Tennessee.
4. ROBERT2 HESTER (WILLIAM (WILLIAM1) was born May 18, 1811, and died May 8, 1890 in Illinois. He married (1) ELIZA TODD November 8, 1832 in Roane Co., Tennessee, daughter of JAMES TODD and FRANCIS HUGHES. He married (2) ANN VARNER March 28, 1861 in Morgan Co., IL
From Barbara Hester Schilling baschil@gw.kckps.k12.ks.us
Robert married Eliza Todd (1810 in TN) and had Martin, Martha Jane, Sarah, William, Mary Ann, James, John Dallas, & Robert. In 1861, he married Ann Bow and had Elizabeth, Wiley (my g grandfather), George, Joseph, Virgil, Bert, Charles, Ann E., E E, & Alexander.
5. ANNA "ANNIE"2 HESTER (WILLIAM1) was born May 3, 1819 in Roane Co., Tennessee, and died June 21, 1902 in Roane Co., Tennessee. She married (1) DAVID ROBERTS October 15, 1840 in Roane Co., Tennessee, son of JOHN ROBERTS and ELIZABETH BLACKWELL. She married (2) NIMROD UNDERWOOD May 28, 1853 in Roane Co., Tennessee.
Child of ANNA HESTER and DAVID ROBERTS is:
17. i. ELIZABETH3 ROBERTS, b. July 22, 1841, Roane Co., Tennessee; d. June 21, 1911, Roane Co., Tennessee.
Children of ANNA HESTER and NIMROD UNDERWOOD are:
ii. CAROLINE3 UNDERWOOD, b. May 16, 1854.
iii. JOHN A. UNDERWOOD, b. November 25, 1855; d. October 28, 1908; m. ELIZABETH ______.
iv. SUSAN UNDERWOOD, b. April 3, 1857; m. MERCILLIS CHAPMAN, August 30, 1884, Roane Co., Tennessee.
v. ROBERT UNDERWOOD, b. December 14, 1859; d. January 5, 1948; m. IDA GREEN.
vi. SALLIE "SARAH" V. UNDERWOOD, b. September 29, 1861, Roane Co., Tennessee; d. March 14, 1949, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinios; m. HENRY WILSON BURNS, December 25, 1890, Roane Co., Tennessee.
6. PEARLY FAIRBANKS2 HESTER (WILLIAM (WILLIAM (WILLIAM1) was born September 1848 in Roane Co., Tennessee, and died September 17, 1922 in Roane Co., Tennessee. He married LOUISA TENNESSEE HACKER November 19, 1874 in Roane Co., Tennessee, daughter of JOEL HACKER and SARAH CLARK.
Children of PEARLY HESTER and LOUISA HACKER are:
i. NEVADA3 HESTER, b. August 18, 1875; d. November 30, 1956, prob. Roane Co., Tennessee; m. JOHN BISHOP, March 8, 1904, Roane Co., Tennessee.
18. ii. WILLIAM THOMAS HESTER, b. May 22, 1877; d. November 3, 1953, Roane Co., Tennessee.
iii. EDITH S. HESTER, b. May 14, 1879; d. May 22, 1936, Roane Co., Tennessee; m. J. R. BURCHFIELD, April 9, 1916, Roane Co., Tennessee.
iv. JOHNNIE HESTER, b. September 1881.
v. ARIZONA HESTER, b. 1885; d. 1894.
vi. ROBERT HESTER, b. April 1888; m. SALLIE WALKER, April 2, 1916, Roane Co., Tennessee.
7. MILLARD FILMORE2 HESTER (WILLIAM (WILLIAM (WILLIAM1) was born March 9, 1852 in Roane Co., Tennessee, and died February 21, 1933 in Morgan Co., Tennessee. He married (1) MARIAH HACKER January 1, 1874 in Roane Co., Tennessee. He married (2) PATSY M. POTTER October 15, 1877 in Roane Co., Tennessee.
Child of MILLARD HESTER and MARIAH HACKER is:
i. SARAH3 HESTER, b. 1875.
Children of MILLARD HESTER and PATSY POTTER are:
ii. DENNIS C.3 HESTER, b. May 1879.
iii. CHRISTOPHER C. HESTER, b. May 11, 1881; d. April 3, 1888, prob. Cumberland Co., Tennessee.
iv. BERTHA C. HESTER, b. September 1885; m. JOHN M. CARTER.
v. CORDILIA HESTER, b. June 1887; m. SALLY HARUM.
vi. CRECIA HESTER, b. June 1889; m. DICK BRANSTUTLER.
vii. FANNIE HESTER, b. September 1894; m. ARTHUR JOHNSON.