Born in Illinois, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Kester
and Lucy (Bennett) Kester
Sister of
Eliza Jane (Kester) Redman, Josiah Bennett Kester, William Leander Kester, Elizabeth Ann (Kester) Archer, John Riley Kester, Charlotte (Kester) Woodruff, Candace Elenor (Kester) Shaver, Perlina (Kester) Sallee, Melvina Kester and Gloviana (Kester) Collier
Wife of
Charles Fremont Whidden
— married
31 Oct 1878 in Edgar, Illinois, United States
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Jun 2016
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Biography
This profile is part of the Kester Name Study.
America Kester was born 22 Jun 1857, in Edgar County, Illinois. She is a daughter of William Kester and Lucy Bennett. [1]
In 1860 the family resided in Kansas, Edgar County, Illinois. Parents William and Lucy, children William, John, Charlottie, Candace, Perlina, Gloviana, and America. [2]
She married Charles Whidden, 31 Oct 1878.
Sources
- ↑ Hunt, John E., Compiled by; “Pound and Kester Families”; Regan Printing House, 1904; 628 pages, Indexed; Pages 508.
- ↑ 1860 Census; "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXH3-P2X : 13 December 2017), household William Kester, 1860.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with America by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with America:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with America by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with America:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Sandy (Sands) Peachey 
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23andMe, GEDmatch T825146 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T825146 [compare], Ancestry member krpeachey
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T825146 [compare], FTDNA kit #253269
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Kristin (Peachey) Robinson :
23andMe, GEDmatch T778550 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T778550 [compare], Ancestry member krpeachey
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T778550 [compare], FTDNA kit #173008
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Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch T778550 [compare]
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