Fairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK
Clinton F. & wife Videll (Thomas) Kesterson son of Harold N. & Emma Kesterson (Videll married 2nd time to Rupert Morgan)
Hannah (Cochran) Kesterson
1828 - May 1910
Wife of William D Kesterson (Son of Samuel & Catherine)
9 May 1910. Mrs Hannah Kesterson died near Coldwater at the home of a relative and was buried Sunday afternoon at Farmington. She was born in TN in
1828 but has lived in this county over 3 score and 10 years. She was the widow of William Kesterson who died many years ago. She had only one child - John T
Kesterson who is now a resident of St Louis and who was unable to attend the funeral, being unable to notify him. Member of Methodist Church.
Mayfield Library - Harry G Key of Madras Oregon
Malinda Lucinda Kesterson was born arond 1857 in Graves Co KY. She was the daughter of Bailey J Kesterson and Lucinda Chapman. Malinda was raised by her grandparents, George & Malinda (Colley) Kesterson Jr. Malinda married William Henley sometime around 1875, probably in Graves Co KY. William was the son of Thomas & Zilpha (Nolen) Henley born 1798 and died around 1878.
Malinda and William were the parents of 6 children: Laonia, Dellar, William Walter, Calvin Wesley, Jesse Hanford and Addie.
Photo courtsey of descendant Melvin Henley
Jesse James Kesterson
07 August 1843 - 16 May 1925
J. J. Kesterson was a Minister
Son of George & Malinda (Colley) Kesterson Jr
Rev. J. J. (Jesse James) Kesterson, passes to his reward. Veteran in service of Baptists in this section, succumbs to illness of longstanding. With the closing of the week, and with the record of a long life of service behind him in the work of His Master, the Rev. J. J. Kesterson, of Sedalia, passed away at the home of his son, Bernard Kesterson, a short distance from the village, late Saturday evening. The venerable servant of the Master was 81 years and three months old, the major portion of his life having been in the work he was called to do.
To many of the older residents of the county and of this section, the name of J. J. Kesterson was known as one who was instant in season and out of season, and although an invalid for the past seven years of a more or less serious nature, he had often been found telling the old story in his declining years. The deceased is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mollie Kesterson, and five children, three sons and two
daughters, as follows: G. A. Kesterson, of St. Louis; Dr. W. J. Kesterson, of the government hospital at Dawson Springs, and Bernard Kesterson, at whose home he passed away; Mrs. Elmer Boyett, of Wingo, and Mrs. Lillian Jones, of Ft. Myers, Fla. All were present at the funeral, save Mrs. Jones, G. A. Kesterson arriving yesterday morning, after the passing of the father.
The death is attributed in the main to the general debilities of age, although the reverend gentleman had been a sufferer from dropsy, other than his invalided condition. The funeral was held at the Sedalia Baptist Church Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock, with the Rev. A. H. Murphey, one of his comrades in arms, in charge. Interment followed in the Sedalia Cemetery.
Frank Byrd Kesterson, Age 89, retired fire chief, died Wednesday. Services 2 p.m. Friday, Green Hill Funeral Home Chapel, Sapulpa OK
Tulsa World May 15, 1997
Funeral services for J. L. Kesterson, 45, Louisville, will be held Friday morning at 11:00 in the Heady Funeral Home in Louisville. Burial will be in a Louisville Cemetery.
Kesterson, who is married to the former Miss Nevaline Alexander of this city and was a former employee of the Outwood Veterans Hospital, died at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday (Dec. 3, 1957), as a result of an accident involving his car, another car and a truck. The accident occurred on the Louisville-Frankfort Highway, near Shelbyville.
Kesterson died of head and internal injuries and multiple fractures, according to Deputy Coroner Harry Elston of Jefferson County. A passenger in Kesterson car, James B. Millhart, 38, Louisville was also killed. Two other occupants were injured. All four on the way to their jobs in Frankfurt.
Kesterson was a veteran of World War two. His father, Dr. W. J. Kesterson, was a physician at the Outwood Veterans hospital for many years.
He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Miss Carole Kesterson; a son, James Kesterson; his father, Dr. Kesterson, Lexington, and a brother, Dr. R. Carrol L. Kesterson, San Leandro, Calif..
Princeton Kentucky Leader Dec. 1957
James Benjamin Richard Lester
20 September 1844 - 25 December 1907
Son of John & Elizabeth (Kesterson) Lester
Husband of Henrietta Georgia Ann Mitchell
Henrietta Georgia Ann (Mitchell) Lester
02 September 1851 - 01 April 1921
Wife of James Benjamin Richard Lester
Daughter of Riley & Elizabeth (Adams) Mitchell
Elm Grove Cemetery, Van Zant TX
Obit:
FORMER TRIGG COUNTY LADY DIES IN TEXAS.
Mother, Two Sisters And One Brother Still Reside in Trigg County (KY).
Texas papers of recent date announce the death of
Mrs. Georgia Ann Lester, formerly of Trigg county (KY), at Mabank, Texas. Mrs. Lester was the third daughter of RILEY and Elizabeth Mitchell, of Trigg county, the aged mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Ramey, still living in Trigg county (KY), although she has past the ripe old age of ninety-six years. Two sisters, Mrs. W.L. Stephens and Mrs. T.J. Roberts, and one brother W.R. Mitchell, still reside in this county. Mrs. Lester moved away from the county forty-two years ago and made her first and only visit back to her girlhood home in 1914. She also leaves nine children, five sons and four Daughters. She has a number of other relatives in both Trigg and Caldwell counties.
The following beautiful tribute by her pastor, Elder W. A.T. Murray, will be of interest to the family and friends yet remaining in Kentucky.
"It is not often that we can truthfully say it is our pleasure to conduct the funeral services of anyone, but as we spoke of the demise of Sister Lester, who had lived so long as a faithful child of God, and realized that our hearers would endorse our sayings, our very being was made glad to know that after living this temporal life of more than sixty-nine year and about fifty years a member of the Baptist church (three years of which I was her pastor) we, like Paul could see things that are not seen. Her life was one bearing fruits of a hope in Christ, not only in this life but in the life eternal. In conducting the service we read from one of her worn out Bibles, with the imprint of her fingers throughout its pages. During the last eleven or tweleve years of her life, she wore out two Bibles, not by rough treatment or by the children, but in carefully reading their pages. You can the more clearly see why we could see her upon the other shore of life nevermore to confront the turmoils of this old world. Why did she lover her Bible? "For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh' but they that are after the spirit the things of the spirit." Those finger prints on the leaves of her bible mean more than pen can write or mind conceive. She was a Baptist and could tell why and that means something in these day. Her lifeless body was buried in the beautiful cemetery at Elm Grove on ths afternoon of April 2, in the presence of her four sons, three daughters and a host of neighbors and friends. We tried to warn the unsaved and give cheer to the bereaved family and friends who mourn her departure. To me, not only her life, but those worn cut Bibles would mean treasures the value of which cannot be given."
Cadiz Record - April 1920
From the Website of: Pamela Mitchell Hall
James Robert Davis
22 February 1847 - 10 June 1913
Son of Nathaniel & Sarah (Kesterson) Davis
Husband of Nancy June Kesterson
Oxville Cemetery - Scott Co IL
James R. Davis, the son of Nathanial and Sarah Davis was born February 22, 1847 and died on June 10, 1913 age 66 years, 3 months, and 12 days.
He was united in marriage to Nancy J. Kesterson on November 9, 1870 and to this union was born 8 children, 3 girls and 5 sons. His wife and 3 sons, James, Edward, and Joseph preceded him to the better world where there is no sorrow or trouble. He leaves to mourn his death 2 sons and 3 daughters, namely: Wesley R. of Louisiana, MO., William G. of Bluffs, IL, Rosa at home, Mrs. Lizzie Bunch of Oxville, Mrs. Daisy Gregory of Plano, IL. and 15 grandchildren, 1 brother and 3 sisters, besides a host of other relatives and friends. He was loved and respected by all who knew him.
Funeral services occurred from the Methodist Church at Oxville on Wednesday at 2 o'clock p.m. The Rev. Scott Peak officiated. The internment was in the Oxville cemetery.
Scott County Herald, Winchester, IL Thurs, June 19, 1913
