Hester Mable (Chastain) Buttram (1898 - 1974)

Born 23 Sep 1898 in Pierce Township, Lawrence, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William Ernest Buttram — married 16 Feb 1913 in Jane, McDonald Co., Missouri

Descendants

Died 8 Jan 1974 at age 75 in Pineville, McDonald, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Hester Mable Chastain was born on September 13, 1898^[1] in Pierce Twp, Lawrence, Missiouri. She was the daughter of John Chastain and Emma Brite. At age 2, she was in her parent's home in Pierce Twp., Lawrence, Missouri, along with her brother, Edgar-5.^[2]

At age 16, She married William Ernest "Bill" Buttram age 20, on February 16, 1913, in Garfield, Benton, Arkansas.^[3] They had five children during their marriage.

1. John Horace Buttram (1914-2008)
2. Wilma Earlene Buttram Wilson (1916-2011)
3. Billie J Buttram (1918-1997)
4. Edgar Lewis Buttram (1920-2010)
5. Hester May Buttram (1923-1981)

They were made their home in Center Twp., McDonald, Missouri in 1920, where Bill was farming, and she was tending the home and raising the children, John H-5, Wilma-3, and Billie J-1.^[4] They went to New Mexico to try for a better living. They lived in Roy, Mills, and Cimmeron New Mexico in the northern part of the state, then in Albuquerque, Bernalillio, New Mexico. They were in Albuquerque on Highway 66, in 1930 where Bill was working as a Truck Driver for Truck Line. By then all the children had been born and were in the home.^[5] They were living on Indian School Rd in Albuquerque, Bernilillo, New Mexico in 1940, where he and Hester were Clerk's in a Grocery Store. they had Edgar-19, Hester May-17 and Billie J-21 and his two small daughters in the home.^[6] Edgar was working as a Clerk in a Grocery Store, and Billie J was a Carpenter Helper for a Contractor.

They moved back to Missouri where they lived in Powell on a Farm and in Pineville, for years.

She died on January 8, 1974, in Pineville, McDonald, Missouri, at the age of 75, and was buried in the Owsley Union Cemetery in Longview, McDonald County, Missouri.^[1][7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Hester Mable Chastain Buttram (23 Sep 1898–Jan 1974), Find A Grave: Memorial #57155640, citing Owsley Union Cemetery, Longview, McDonald County, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by Greyskie (contributor 47037296) .
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3ZF-XD2 : accessed 24 February 2021), Hester M Chastain in household of John W Chastain, Pierce Township Pierce city 1-4 Ward 1, Lawrence, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 84, sheet 1A, family 5, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,870.
3. ↑ "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9Q8-JW1 : 10 February 2018), William Buttram and Hester Chastain, 16 Feb 1913; citing , Benton, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,034,753.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M841-DBW : 2 February 2021), Hester M Buttram in entry for William E Buttram, 1920.
5. ↑ 1930 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Precinct 9, Bernalillo, New Mexico; Roll: 1392; Page: 9A; Dwelling 166; Family 173; Line 21-27; April 18, 1930; Enumeration District: 0028; Image: 747.0; FHL microfilm: 2341127; Ancestry's 1930 Census Image
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMR3-QSW : 6 January 2021), Hester Buttram in household of W E Buttram, Election Precinct 20 Indian School, Bernalillo, New Mexico, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1-47B, sheet 9A, line 28, family 155, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2439.
7. ↑ “A GENEALOGY OF THE MEISSER FAMILY” (MEISER, MISER, MIZAR, MIZER, MYSER, MYZER). COPYRIGHT 1986. By THE MEISSER GENEALOGY ASSOCIATION. page 366, 367

See Also:

• 1910 United States Federal Census Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Monett Ward 2, Barry, Missouri; Roll: T624_767; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 0004; FHL microfilm: 1374780] Name: Hester Schurtain; Age in 1910:11; Birth Year; abt 1899; Birthplace: Missouri; Home in 1910: Monett Ward 2, Barry, Missouri; Daughter of John W Schurtain 32; Emma Schurtain 34;

Acknowledgements

Hester Mable Chastain was created through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged on 14 September 2010.