Lee Willie HesterAge: 87 years1863–1951
- Name
- Lee Willie Hester
- Given names
- Lee Willie
- Surname
- Hester
 Birth | May 17, 1863 36 31 |
 Marriage | George Ann Murphy — View this family unknown |
 Death of a paternal grandfather | Samuel Hester February 5, 1864 (Age 8 months) |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Birth of a sister | Cornelia Hayes Hester October 11, 1866 (Age 3 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 3 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 3 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 5 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Birth of a brother | Murray Edmond Hester August 14, 1870 (Age 7 years) |
 Census | September 8, 1870 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 14 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 16, 1880 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Eleanor Kittrell “Ellen” Shemwell November 14, 1880 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a father | Edmund Garner Hester March 3, 1886 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Edmond Dan Hester November 19, 1891 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a mother | Susan Francis “Sally” Wilson April 20, 1897 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 34 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Lehman Miles Hester October 26, 1914 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 52 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Geraldine Louise Hester August 23, 1917 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 53 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 54 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Lester Eugene Hester March 9, 1920 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Marjorie Minerva Hester March 9, 1924 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 66 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a sister | Martha Hewell “Mattie” Hester February 25, 1939 (Age 75 years) |
| Death of a brother | Murray Edmond Hester March 29, 1945 (Age 81 years) Cause: Cerebral Hemorrhage |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 78 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a sister | Cornelia Hayes Hester July 27, 1947 (Age 84 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 86 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 82 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | April 21, 1951 (Age 87 years) Cause of death: Heart Failure |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Wofford Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Edmund Garner Hester Birth: March 25, 1827 23 17 — Tennessee, United States Death: March 3, 1886 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Susan Francis “Sally” Wilson Birth: July 29, 1831 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: April 20, 1897 — LaFayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: August 12, 1852 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
John K Hester Birth: December 28, 1855 28 24 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: October 20, 1858 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years elder sister |
Martha Hewell “Mattie” Hester Birth: October 1, 1859 32 28 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: February 25, 1939 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years himself |
Lee Willie Hester Birth: May 17, 1863 36 31 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: April 21, 1951 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Cornelia Hayes Hester Birth: October 11, 1866 39 35 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 27, 1947 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Murray Edmond Hester Birth: August 14, 1870 43 39 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: March 29, 1945 — Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with George Ann Murphy |
| himself |
Lee Willie Hester Birth: May 17, 1863 36 31 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: April 21, 1951 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
George Ann Murphy Birth: December 15, 1865 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: February 13, 1952 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| son |
Edmond Dan Hester Birth: November 19, 1891 28 25 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: August 19, 1975 — Ashland City, Cheatham, Tennessee, United States |
Lee Willie Hester has 17 first cousins recorded
Father's family (17)
Parents Joseph Anderson “Anse” Hester + Mattie Marlowe
Parents Samuel Buford Hester + Amanda A Jeffriss
Parents Samuel Buford Hester + Ida B Loveless
Parents John Oscar Cushman + Eudora G “Puss” Hester
Parents James Samuel Ragsdale + Frances Mae “Mack” Hester
Parents Richard M “Dick” Hester + Eudora “Dora” Moss
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Edmund Garner Hester - Household
Christian, Kentucky
Murray is listed as "Infant" see 1880 census. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Edmund Garner Hester - Household
Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky
Next door to Sam |