Nancy Hester1836–
- Name
- Nancy Hester
- Given names
- Nancy
- Surname
- Hester
 Birth | 1836 28 26 |
 Birth of a sister | Mary Ann Hester September 27, 1839 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | John Wesley Hester March 14, 1842 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Margaret Hester 1845 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a brother | James William Hester February 14, 1847 (Age 11 years) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 10 years)Note: 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 sister | Elizabeth Hester 1848 (Age 12 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1850 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Fanny L Hester 1853 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 21 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 25 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 |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 31 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 31 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 33 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 |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 42 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a mother | Elizabeth Brownhouse June 10, 1881 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a father | James H Hester January 3, 1895 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 62 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 |
| Death of a sister | Mary Ann Hester March 26, 1914 (Age 78 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 80 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 81 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 82 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/ |
| Death of a brother | James William Hester July 2, 1926 (Age 90 years) Cause: Dysentery |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 93 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 brother | John Wesley Hester March 17, 1935 (Age 99 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 105 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 | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James H Hester Birth: April 15, 1807 — North Carolina, United States Death: January 3, 1895 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Elizabeth Brownhouse Birth: July 22, 1809 — Virginia, United States Death: June 10, 1881 — Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: about 1831 — |
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2 years elder sister |
Martha A Hester Birth: 1832 24 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: |
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3 years elder sister |
Levisa “Lou” Hester Birth: 1834 26 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: |
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3 years herself |
Nancy Hester Birth: 1836 28 26 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: |
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4 years younger sister |
Mary Ann Hester Birth: September 27, 1839 32 30 — Bedford, Tennessee, United States Death: March 26, 1914 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
John Wesley Hester Birth: March 14, 1842 34 32 — Tennessee, United States Death: March 17, 1935 |
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4 years younger sister |
Margaret Hester Birth: 1845 37 35 Death: |
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2 years younger brother |
James William Hester Birth: February 14, 1847 39 37 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 2, 1926 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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23 months younger sister |
Elizabeth Hester Birth: 1848 40 38 Death: |
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6 years younger sister |
Fanny L Hester Birth: 1853 45 43 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: |
Nancy Hester has 0 first cousins recorded
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| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - James H Hester - Household
Todd Ky
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