Frances Mae “Mack” HesterAge: 78 years1847–1926
- Name
- Frances Mae “Mack” Hester
- Given names
- Frances Mae
- Surname
- Hester
- Married name
- Frances Mae Ragsdale
- Nickname
- Mack
 Birth | September 18, 1847 43 38 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
 Birth of a brother | Richard M “Dick” Hester March 29, 1850 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a sister | Martha Shemwell Hester April 1850 (Age 2 years) |
 Census | August 8, 1850 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mariam Jones “Milly” Whatley October 16, 1858 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 9 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Census | August 10, 1860 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a sister | Fredonia Hester September 25, 1862 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a father | Samuel Hester February 5, 1864 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 13 years)Note: 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 |
 Marriage | James Samuel Ragsdale — View this family November 11, 1865 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Frank M Ragsdale October 1867 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 19 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 19 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 21 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 daughter #2 | Lotta G Ragsdale January 31, 1872 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | James Allen Ragsdale May 1877 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 30 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 9, 1880 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a mother | Eleanor Kittrell “Ellen” Shemwell November 14, 1880 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a brother | Henry James Hester about 1881 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Louise Ragsdale May 1882 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Nell Ragsdale September 15, 1884 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a brother | Edmund Garner Hester March 3, 1886 (Age 38 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Lacy E Davidson — Lotta G Ragsdale — View this family December 18, 1896 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 50 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 |
| Census | June 28, 1900 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a brother | Robert A Hester November 9, 1901 (Age 54 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Herbert Scarborough — Louise Ragsdale — View this family calculated 1907 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Louise Virginia Scarborough 1908 (Age 60 years) |
| Census | April 22, 1910 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | James Milton Scarborough June 20, 1910 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 68 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 69 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 70 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/ |
| Census | January 10, 1920 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a husband | James Samuel Ragsdale November 9, 1923 (Age 76 years) |
| Death of a brother | Joseph Anderson “Anse” Hester January 27, 1924 (Age 76 years) |
 Death | February 14, 1926 (Age 78 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Riverside Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Samuel Hester Birth: March 16, 1804 22 22 — Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States Death: February 5, 1864 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Eleanor Kittrell “Ellen” Shemwell Birth: August 15, 1809 26 20 — Tennessee, United States Death: November 14, 1880 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: about 1826 — |
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15 months elder brother |
Edmund Garner Hester Birth: March 25, 1827 23 17 — Tennessee, United States Death: March 3, 1886 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Henry James Hester Birth: about 1829 24 19 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: about 1881 |
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2 years elder brother |
Robert A Hester Birth: February 1831 26 21 Death: November 9, 1901 — Layfaette, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years elder sister |
Martha Shemwell Hester Birth: December 6, 1835 31 26 Death: April 1850 |
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18 months elder brother |
Joseph Anderson “Anse” Hester Birth: May 25, 1837 33 27 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 27, 1924 — Lake, Stark, Ohio, United States |
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23 months elder sister |
Fredonia Hester Birth: April 16, 1839 35 29 — Kentucky, United States Death: September 25, 1862 |
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3 years elder brother |
Samuel Buford Hester Birth: October 5, 1841 37 32 — Lafayette, Kentucky, United States Death: September 13, 1932 — Conway, Faulkner, Arkansas, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Eudora G “Puss” Hester Birth: January 11, 1844 39 34 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 16, 1929 — Hopkinvsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years herself |
Frances Mae “Mack” Hester Birth: September 18, 1847 43 38 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: February 14, 1926 — Hopkinvsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Richard M “Dick” Hester Birth: March 29, 1850 46 40 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: November 14, 1935 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with James Samuel Ragsdale |
| husband |
James Samuel Ragsdale Birth: May 23, 1845 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States Death: November 9, 1923 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Frances Mae “Mack” Hester Birth: September 18, 1847 43 38 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: February 14, 1926 — Hopkinvsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: November 11, 1865 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years son |
Frank M Ragsdale Birth: October 1867 22 20 — Kentucky, United States Death: November 24, 1932 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Lotta G Ragsdale Birth: January 31, 1872 26 24 — LaFayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: February 5, 1954 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years son |
James Allen Ragsdale Birth: May 1877 31 29 — Kentucky, United States Death: 1946 |
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5 years daughter |
Louise Ragsdale Birth: May 1882 36 34 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: December 1970 — Rio Arriba, New Mexico, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Nell Ragsdale Birth: September 15, 1884 39 36 — Jefferson, Kentucky, United States Death: March 18, 1969 — Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
Frances Mae “Mack” Hester has 45 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (45)
Parents Allen J “A J” Shemwell + Elizabeth Nolan Lassiter
Parents Harrison Higgs “Harry” Shemwell + Elizabeth “Lizzie” Cheek
Parents Harrison Higgs “Harry” Shemwell + Martha Sinnot
Parents Thomas Charles Hewell + Mary Lucinda Shemwell
Parents Zachariah Thomas “Z T” Shemwell + Elizabeth “Betsey” Evans
Parents Dr. James Jackson “J J” Shemwell + Elizabeth Nolin
Parents Dr. James Jackson “J J” Shemwell + Olivia “Ollie” McCauley
Parents Joseph Daniel “Joe” Clardy + Emily Ellen Shemwell
Parents David Mushet + Mary Ann Shemwell
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Hester - Household
Christian, Kentucky
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Hester - Household
Christian, Kentucky
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - James Ragsdale - Household
Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - James Ragsdale - Household
Lafayette, Christian, KY
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James S Ragsdale - Household
Dover Christian, KY
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - James S Ragsdale - Household
East Seventh St. Hopkinsville, Christian, KY
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