William Drake Kester (1860 - 1923)

Born 11 Mar 1860 in Vigo, Indiana, United States

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Died 24 Oct 1923 at age 63 in Linton Township, Vigo, Indiana, United States

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William Drake Kester was born 11 Mar 1860. He is a son of John Kester and Rose Drake. ^{[1] [2]}

He married Della VanCleave, Sep 1881. Della died 05 Aug 1887. ^[1]

He married Ardilla Siner, 16 Sep 1888. ^{[2] [1]}

William passed away 24 Oct 1923, Linton Township, Vigo County, Indiana. ^[2] He was buried 26 Oct 1923, in the Hull Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana. ^{[2] [3]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Hunt, John E., Compiled by; "Pound and Kester Families"; Regan Printing House, 1904; 628 pages, Indexed; Pages 111, 571-576.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011; Indiana State Board of Health. Death Certificates, 1900–2011. Microfilm. Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, Indiana.; Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1923; Roll: 15; Ancestry.com. Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015; https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60716&h=3174673&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=DBp381&_phstart=successSource; William Drake Kester, Gender: Male, Race: White, Age: 63, Marital status: Married, Birth Date: 11 Mar 1860, Birth Place: Ind, Death Date: 24 Oct 1923, Death Place: R. C., Vigo, Indiana, USA, Father: John H Kester, Mother: Rose E Kester, Spouse: Dellas Kester
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #18135104, database and images (accessed 15 April 2020), memorial page for William D. Kester (5 Mar 1862–1923), citing Hull Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Mary Duffer Morgan (contributor 47141138).

• 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.”
• “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.”