Naomi (Carr) Kester (abt. 1809 - 1885)

Born about 1809 in Spencer, Kentucky

Ancestors

Wife of Joel Hulsey Kester — married 20 Apr 1826 in Spencer, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 26 Jul 1885 at about age 76 in Vigo, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Naomi Carr was born 1809, in Spencer County, Kentucky. She is a daughter of John Carr and Elizabeth Smith.

She married Joel Kester, 20 Apr 1826 in Spencer County, Kentucky. ^[1]

In 1850, Joel, Naomi and daugher Mary were living in Linton, Vigo County, Indiana. ^[2]

Naomi Carr Kester passed away 26 Jul 1885, in Vigo County, Indiana. She is buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ9-Y9PV : accessed 27 March 2018), Joel Kester and Naome Carr, 20 Apr 1826; citing Spencer, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 482,500.
2. ↑ 1850 Census; United States 1850 Census, 23 Oct 1850, Linton, Vigo, Indiana. Joel H. Kester, 46, Naomi Kester, 41, Mary J. Kester, 9.
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #29828755, database and images (accessed 12 January 2018), memorial page for Naomi Carr Kester (unknown–26 Jul 1885), citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Connie Cunningham (contributor 46918428).

• Maud Russell 1937: “Compiled and drawn by Maud Russell, McAlester, Oklahoma (1937) from bible records and other records, remembrances of older relatives, county records, History of Sullivan and Green Counties, Indiana, by Professor John W. Spencer (1887). Information furnished by many relatives, notably, Miss Gay Edna Calvert.”

• Mary L. Pickrell, March 1979: “This information was taken from a chart on file at the Vigo County Library, Terre Haute, Indiana.”

• “ The information was compiled and the chart drawn by Maud Russell, McAlester, Oklahoma, 1931, from bible and other private records, county records, and the Pound Genealogy as to some dates.”

Research Notes

• Estimated birth based on son John Carr Kester 1831.
• “Also on file at the Vigo County Library is a chart on the St.Clair family which was also prepared by Maud Russell. In comparing the Fanny/Siner/Eli St.Clair section, a few discrepancies were found.”