The Shemwell Family

Birth March 25, 1827 23 17
Birth of a brotherHenry James Hester
about 1829 (Age 21 months)
Birth of a brotherRobert A Hester
February 1831 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterMartha Shemwell Hester
December 6, 1835 (Age 8 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJoseph M Shemwell
March 6, 1837 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherJoseph Anderson “Anse” Hester
May 25, 1837 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a sisterFredonia Hester
April 16, 1839 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a brotherSamuel Buford Hester
October 5, 1841 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a sisterEudora G “Puss” Hester
January 11, 1844 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a sisterFrances Mae “Mack” Hester
September 18, 1847 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a brotherRichard M “Dick” Hester
March 29, 1850 (Age 23 years)
Death of a sisterMartha Shemwell Hester
April 1850 (Age 23 years)
MarriageSusan Francis “Sally” Wilson — View this family
August 12, 1852 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#1John K. Hester
December 28, 1855 (Age 28 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMariam Jones “Milly” Whatley
October 16, 1858 (Age 31 years)
Death of a sonJohn K. Hester
October 20, 1858 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2Martha Hewell “Mattie” Hester
October 1, 1859 (Age 32 years)
Census 1860 (Age 32 years)
Death of a sisterFredonia Hester
September 25, 1862 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a son
#3Lee Willie Hester
May 17, 1863 (Age 36 years)
Death of a fatherSamuel Hester
February 5, 1864 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4Cornelia Hayes Hester
October 11, 1866 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a son
#5Murray Edmond Hester
August 14, 1870 (Age 43 years)
Census September 8, 1870 (Age 43 years)
Census June 16, 1880 (Age 53 years)
Death of a motherEleanor Kittrell “Ellen” Shemwell
November 19, 1880 (Age 53 years)
Death of a brotherHenry James Hester
about 1881 (Age 53 years)
Death March 3, 1886 (Age 58 years)
Burialunknown

Family with parents
father Parents Captain Robert Hester Susan Garner	Samuel Hester 1804–1864
mother Parents Joseph M Shemwell Mariam Jones “Milly” Whatley	Eleanor Kittrell “Ellen” Shemwell 1809–1880
himself Family Susan Francis “Sally” Wilson John K. Hester Martha Hewell “Mattie” Hester Lee Willie Hester Cornelia Hayes Hester Murray Edmond Hester	Edmund Garner Hester 1827–1886
younger brother Family (none)	Henry James Hester 1829–1881
younger brother Family Mildred S Green	Robert A Hester 1831–1901
younger sister Family (none)	Martha Shemwell Hester 1835–1850
younger brother Family Mattie Marlowe Mildred Hester Russell Hester	Joseph Anderson “Anse” Hester 1837–1924
younger sister Family (none)	Fredonia Hester 1839–1862
younger brother Family Amanda A Jeffriss Ether Hester Mary Hester Alice Hester Walter Richard Hester Ida B Loveless William Martin Hester Private	Samuel Buford Hester 1841–1932
younger sister Family John Oscar Cushman Mary E Cushman	Eudora G “Puss” Hester 1844–1929
younger sister Family James Samuel Ragsdale Frank M Ragsdale Lotta G Ragsdale James Allen Ragsdale Louise Ragsdale Nell Ragsdale	Frances Mae “Mack” Hester 1847–1926
younger brother Family Eudora “Dora” Moss Etta N Hester Eugene William Hester Robert Mack Hester	Richard M “Dick” Hester 1850–1935
Family with Susan Francis “Sally” Wilson
himself Parents Samuel Hester Eleanor Kittrell “Ellen” Shemwell	Edmund Garner Hester 1827–1886
wife Parents (unknown)	Susan Francis “Sally” Wilson 1831–1897
son Family (none)	John K. Hester 1855–1858
daughter Family James Eugene Burks Joseph Moore Burks Frances E. Burks Montie Marie Burks Edmund Garner Burks Sr. Ethel Dulin Burks James Albert Burks Sr.	Martha Hewell “Mattie” Hester 1859–1939
son Family George Ann Murphy Edmond Dan Hester	Lee Willie Hester 1863–1951
daughter Family (none)	Cornelia Hayes Hester 1866–1947
son Family (none)	Murray Edmond Hester 1870–1945