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Elizabeth Jane KESTER

Elizabeth Jane KESTER

Female 1852 - 1930  (77 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth Jane KESTER
    Birth 4 Dec 1852  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as Dec 1853.
    Gender Female
    Residence 1884  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1900, 1900  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1904  Booher, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1930  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Listed as mother Elizabeth Lemasters, 78, widowed, in household of son Clyde and his family.
    Death 16 Sep 1930  Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial Chestnut Grove Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I83834  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2025

    Father Thomas Simon KESTER,   b. 26 Apr 1826   d. 4 Mar 1904 (Age 77 years)
    Mother Margaret ELDER,   b. 9 Jan 1824, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Aug 1904, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F31136  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 John Independence MCMILLAN,   b. 10 Jun 1847, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Nov 1893 (Age 46 years)  [4]
    Marriage 18 Aug 1884  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District):
      Jane McMillan, 47, b. Dec 1853, married 16 yrs, mother of 4 children (3 still living); son Ira C, 14, b. Nov 1885; son Clyde C (?), 12, b. Jul 1887.
    Children 
     1. Ira C. MCMILLAN,   b. Nov 1885
    +2. Clyde Sylvester MCMILLAN,   b. 4 Jul 1887, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Sep 1953, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    Family ID F35869  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 William Elzy LEMASTERS,   b. CA 1851, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage 5 Feb 1904  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Family ID F35871  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S2093] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).

    3. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV.

    4. [S1604] Death record of son.

    5. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, MR p. 56 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12039345&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as J. I. McMillan, 37, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Elisabeth J. Kester, 29, b. & res. in Tyler Co. Married Aug 18 1884 in Tyler County.