Person

James M. Lester (Lyon County, Kentucky, merchant.)

b. 1810-09-06 d. 1896-02-10

Lyon County, Kentucky, merchant. Adair County, Kentucky, native. Son of Thomas Lester and Isabella Hay Lester. Married to Mary Jane Applegate on May 11, 1837. Father of George C. Lester, Mary Isabella Lester, John Lester, Thomas A. Lester, Willie C. Lester, James A. Lester, and Jesse Lester. Merchant in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Employed James M. Bigham as a clerk in Caldwell County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Caldwell County in 1850. Merchant in Lyon County in 1860. Employed William B. Bowman as a clerk in Lyon County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Lyon County in 1860.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 327B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 765.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 416A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 41B.

J.H. Battle, W.H. Perrin, G.C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State, vol 2 (Louisville, KY: F.A. Battey Publishing Company, 1885), 857.

"James Lester (1810-1896)," Find A Grave, Memorial 137770646, accessed January 30, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137770646.

Citation

Lester, James M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213805 (November 12, 2026).

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