Joseph M. Gest

Birth Date

1818-02-12

Death Date

1890-06-14

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Fulton County, Kentucky, U.S. customs agent. Ohio native. Married to Sarah Ann Hagerman Gest. Father of Ann Maria Gest, William Gest, Julia M. Gest, and Charles J. Gest. U.S. Customs agent on steamboats and special revenue aid in Fulton County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Indiana, Floyd County, New Albany, p. 428B.
Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1965), KDLA,Film # 7016174: All Counties, Fulton County, 1915, File #12157, p. 2263 of 3311 of microfilm.
Official Register of the United States, Containing a List of the Officers and Employees in the Civil, Military, and Naval Service. Records of the Department of Commerce and Labor (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1864), vol. 1, p. 90, p. 112 of 852 of microfilm.
Find A Grave, “Joseph M. Gest (1818-1890)," Memorial # 71002896, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71002896/joseph-m-gest (accessed March 9, 2021).
KYR-0001-029-0508.

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