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Leland Kesterson 7 Dec 1821 Greene TN - 22 June 1910 Clackamus OR
Son of John Henry and Sarah (Foster) Kesterson
Many of the photos from Tom Sims son of Benton Kesterson
Leland Family -
Berl, Mayme, Harvey, Charlie, Robert, Hales, and ?? -- Leland bottom right white hair
Leland Kesterson
Son of John Henry & Sarah (Davis) Kesterson
Married to Charlotte McClue and Mary Ann Johnson
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 Damascus
Pioneer
Cemetery
Located 5.5 miles east from the town of Clackamas
on Hwy 212 on the westerly outskirts of Damascus. Photos contributed by
Dave Kesterson
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Leland D Kesterson
7 December 1821 - 1903
Son of John Henry & Sarah (Davis) Kesterson Jr
Husband of Charlotte McClure 7 May 1846 MO
Husband of Mary Ann Johnson 11 July 1865 MO
Leland was married to Charlotte McClure 07 May 1846. There is a theory that they were divorced. Leland married Mary Ann (Johnson) Hink McDonald 11 July 1865
in Lafayette County MO. They moved to Oregon sometime after 1870. Leland & Charlotte were the parents of Sarah, Mary E, Catherine Jane, Nancy E,
Florence Caroline and Martha L. Leland & Mary were the parents of William L, Charles Franklin, George Harvey, Joel Hilloch, Minnie T, Rhoda Belle and
Noah D. This photo, contributed by Valerie Schomburg, is five generations. Mary Johnson Hink Kesterson bottom right, her
daughter Sarah Hink Robinson, bottom left - Margaret Robinson Oldham, daughter of Sarah, top right and her daughter Lillian Oldham Flynn top left holding her son Clyde Flynn.
Marriage Notice Leland and Charlotte McClue Kesterson 7 May 1846
Mary Ann (Johnson) Donaldson Kesterson
1837 - 15 June 1922
Daughter of Josiah & Hannah (DeHart) Johnson
Wife of Leland D Kesterson
The separate, smaller headstone, standing next to the large
double headstone, was the original monument with the name of Leland Kesterson
on it.
I suppose after Mary Kesterson died the family must have decided to get the
large double stone and just left the small one there to show where Leland is
actually buried.
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Children of Leland and Charlotte (McClure) Kesterson
Sarah Kesterson 1849 died before 1860
Mary E. Kesterson 1851 married Daniel Sims
Mary E Kesterson was the daughter of Leland D & Charlotte (McClure)
Kesterson. Mary was born in 1851 and died in 1958. Mary was married to
Daniel Sims on the 26th day of January 1871, in Lafayette County Missouri.
She & Daniel Sims are the parents of Robert, Mattie, Ernest & Carrie Sims. As of this date Mary seems to be the only child of Charlotte & Leland that moved to Oregon along with them.
Catherine/Katharine 01 Aug 1853 - 24 Jul 1935 married Isaac Sims
Obituary Contributed by Tom Sims
Several nieces and nephews and many friends who feel that: "You cannot say, You must not say. That she is dead, She is just away. With a cherry smile and a wave of the hand, She has wandered into an unknown land. And left us dreaming, how very fair, It means must be, since she lingers there; So think of her faring on, as dear In the love of there as the love of here! Think of her still a the same and say, she is not dead, she is just away. Funeral services were held at Concord Church Friday, conducted by ev. G.N. Magruder. Interment in cemetery by the side of her husband. Pallbearers are her grandsons, Jim and Claude Raynes, Lloyd Sims, Horace Sullivan, Hubert Robinson and Bibby Sims. Flower girls were he grandaughters, and one great-grandaughter, Mrs. Earl Walters, Mrs. Clyde Oney, Misses Amy Sullivan, Helen Louise, Evelyn and Maxine Sims and Rachel Sims and Onis Robinsons.
Top: Photo Sims family 1894 Pearl, Joseph and Lena Kesterson
Bottom: Steven, Kate, Fred, Peter, Isaac, Benton, James, Sarah
Below Photo
Isaac and Katherine (Kesterson) Sims
Nancy E. Kesterson 1856 married Dalton also married Erwin Carter
Florence Caroline Kesterson 1857 - 23 Nov 1892 m Charles Melton Harrison
Martha L. Kesterson 1858 m Hyde
Children of Leland and Mary Ann Johnson McDonald
William L. Kesterson
Charles Franklin Kesterson
Charles Franklin Kesterson
1868 - 21 October 1956 Plot 78
Douglas Co OR Cert. #11568
Son of Leland D & Mary (Johnson) Kesterson
Elva Tryphena (Richey) Kesterson
1868 - 1950
Wife of Charles Franklin Kesterson
Charles and Elva Richey were married 08 Mar 1894
George Harvey Kesterson 13 Feb 1870 -
Berl, Mayme, Harvey, Charlie, Rachel, Hale and Leland at the bottom right
Joel H. Kesterson
Joel H Kesterson was born 26 February 1872 in Lafayette County Missouri and
died 02 June 1946 in Gresham Oregon. Joel Kesterson was the son of Leland D &
Mary Ann (Johnson) Kesterson and the husband of Clara Irene Giese who died
3 March 1941. Joel was married for the 2nd time to a woman named Ina who died
22 April 1950. Joel and Clara were the parents of Raymond Cecil Kesterson who
is buried in the Williamette National Cemetery.
Minnie T. Kesterson
Rhoda Belle Kesterson
Noah Kesterson
The pictures is of Harvey, Maxme and Noah Kesterson
Harvey is probably his brother "George Harvey Kesterson" listed above
Not at all sure who Maxme is
Also buried in this cemetery is Emma Kesterson in plot # 134. There are no dates on the headstone.
The Plot # is the same as that of Leland and Mary - so can only guess that she might be a grandaughter.
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