Eugene William HesterAge: 60 years1888–1949
- Name
- Eugene William Hester
- Given names
- Eugene William
- Surname
- Hester
 Birth | July 25, 1888 38 32 |
 Birth of a brother | Robert Mack Hester April 6, 1892 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 9 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 19, 1900 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Robert Macon Moss April 11, 1904 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Henrietta L Clardy October 28, 1906 (Age 18 years) |
 Marriage | Betty “Betsy” Magraw — View this family calculated 1908 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Richard M Hester September 2, 1908 (Age 20 years) |
| Census | April 21, 1910 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Magraw Hester January 13, 1911 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | James William Hester December 3, 1913 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 27 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 daughter #4 | Sarah E Hester July 3, 1918 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 28 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 29 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 | February 23, 1920 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a mother | Eudora “Dora” Moss July 30, 1924 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 41 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 | Robert Mack Hester November 9, 1929 (Age 41 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1930 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a father | Richard M “Dick” Hester November 14, 1935 (Age 47 years) Cause: Lobar Pneumonia |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 53 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 |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 57 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 | July 23, 1949 (Age 60 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Powell Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Richard M “Dick” Hester Birth: March 29, 1850 46 40 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: November 14, 1935 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Eudora “Dora” Moss Birth: March 12, 1856 31 24 — LaFayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: July 30, 1924 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: calculated 1882 — |
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3 years elder sister |
Etta N Hester Birth: June 2, 1885 35 29 — LaFayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: October 8, 1974 — Richmond, Wise, Virginia, United States |
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3 years himself |
Eugene William Hester Birth: July 25, 1888 38 32 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: July 23, 1949 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Robert Mack Hester Birth: April 6, 1892 42 36 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: November 9, 1929 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Betty “Betsy” Magraw |
| himself |
Eugene William Hester Birth: July 25, 1888 38 32 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: July 23, 1949 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Betty “Betsy” Magraw Birth: October 22, 1888 — Roaring Springs, Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: January 5, 1970 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: calculated 1908 — |
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8 months son |
Richard M Hester Birth: September 2, 1908 20 19 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: June 8, 1988 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years son |
Magraw Hester Birth: January 13, 1911 22 22 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: November 25, 1997 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years son |
James William Hester Birth: December 3, 1913 25 25 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: February 18, 2005 — Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
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5 years daughter |
Sarah E Hester Birth: July 3, 1918 29 29 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: March 8, 2003 — Kentucky, United States |
Eugene William Hester has 19 first cousins recorded
Father's family (19)
Parents Edmund Garner Hester + Susan Francis “Sally” Wilson
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
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Richard M Hester - Household
Christian, Kentucky
Next door to Anse | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Richard M Hester - Household
1002 Broadway Mayfield, Graves, KY
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Eugene William Hester - Household
Harrison St.? Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Eugene William Hester - Household
Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky
Says Betsy's 1st Marriage was at 38. -b |