Doddridge County Roots


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James A. KESTER

James A. KESTER

Male 1845 - 1910  (65 years)


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  • Name James A. KESTER
    Birth 7 Jun 1845  Wood Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Military From 11 Jun 1863 to 9 Aug 1865  [4] 
    Pvt, Co H, 11th W.Va. Infantry, Civil War 
    Residence 1866  Pleasants Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Occupation 1873  [5] 
    engineer 
    Residence 1890  Volcano, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1900  Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1900  [2] 
    gauger (oil wells) 
    Death 2 Jul 1910  Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Burial St. Johns Episcopal Cemetery, St. Marys, Pleasants Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I77834  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 9 Nov 2025

    Father Peter KESTER,   b. 1791, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jun 1869, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Mother Mary C. FRESHOUR,   b. CA 1798, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Dec 1879, Davisson Run (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 81 years)
    Family ID F42471  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary F. DUNN,   b. Feb 1845, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage 27 Dec 1866  Pleasants Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 8] 
    Children 
     1. Rebecca KESTER,   b. 28 Sep 1873, Pleasants Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Mabel Josephine KESTER,   b. 5 Jul 1887, Volcano, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Aug 1970, Phoenix, Maricopa Co, AZ Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F33297  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1864] Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.

    2. [S2105] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District).

    3. [S2279] Pleasants County Marriage Records, St. Marys, WV, p. 13, Line 10 : https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=868171&frame=00019.

    4. [S2222] 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    5. [S1592] Birth record of daughter.

    6. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    7. [S2669] U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com, Office of Quartermaster General, and National Archives & Records Administration).

    8. [S2567] West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).