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John Lester, Sr. (Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1833-03-07 d. 1897-08-19

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Obadiah Lester and Nancy Young Lester. Married to Millie Elizabeth Powell Lester in Mercer County, Kentucky in January 1851. Father of William O. Lester, Martha A. Lester, Erasmus F. Lester, Lewis A. Lester, Nancy C. Lester, Julia A. Lester, John W. Lester, Jesse M. Lester, and Thomas M. Lester. Farmer in Mercer County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860. Farmer in Mercer County in 1863.

Details

Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 352A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 580.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Precinct 8, p. 578A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, Film 000191860.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Mercer County, KY, August 1863, p. 17.

"John Lester (1833-1897)," Find A Grave, Memorial 36585573, accessed July 12, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36585573.

Citation

Lester, John, Sr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207897 (November 12, 2026).

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