Amon Gideon Lester (1866 - 1944)

Born 21 Nov 1866 in Floyd, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret Emmazetta (Burnett) Lester — married 14 Mar 1895 in Floyd, Virginia, United States

Died 18 Feb 1944 at age 77 in Floyd, Virginia, United States

Biography

Amon was born in November of 1866 to William and Sarah Reed Lester:

• Aaron [Amon] G Lester: Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900
• Name: Aaron [Amon] G Lester
• Event Type: Birth
• Event Date: Nov 1866
• Event Place: Floyd, Virginia, United States
• Event Place (Original): Floyd
• Sex: Male
• Race: White
• Father's Name: Wm H Lester
• Father's Residence Place: Virginia, United States
• Father's Occupation: Farmer
• Mother's Name: Sarah Lester
  • Source^[1]

He is listed with his parents on the 1870 Census^[2] and the 1880 Census.^[3] He was first married in 1888 to Linna Duncan:

• Amos G. Lester: Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940
• Name: Amos G. Lester
• Event Type: Marriage
• Event Date: 10 Oct 1888
• Event Place: Floyd, Virginia, United States
• Event Place (Original): Floyd, Virginia, United States
• Sex: Male
• Age: 21
• Marital Status: Single
• Birth Year (Estimated): 1867
• Birthplace: Floyd Co., Va.
• Father's Name: Harrison
• Mother's Name: Sarah
• Spouse's Name: Linna A. Duncan
• Spouse's Sex: Female
• Spouse's Age: 18
• Spouse's Marital Status: Single
• Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1870
• Spouse's Birthplace: Floyd Co., Va.
• Spouse's Father's Name: Crockett
  • Source^[4]

His first wife passed away on August 21, 1891 at the age of 21.^[5] A few years later he was remarried in 1895 to Emma "Zettie" Burnett:

• Amon G. Lester: Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940
• Name: Amon G. Lester
• Event Type: Marriage
• Event Date: 14 Mar 1895
• Event Place: Floyd, Virginia, United States
• Event Place (Original): Floyd, Virginia, United States
• Sex: Male
• Age: 28
• Marital Status: Widowed
• Birth Year (Estimated): 1867
• Birthplace: Floyd Co., Va.
• Father's Name: Hamson
• Mother's Name: Sarah
• Spouse's Name: Zetta Burnett
• Spouse's Sex: Female
• Spouse's Age: 24
• Spouse's Marital Status: Single
• Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1871
• Spouse's Birthplace: Floyd Co., Va.
• Spouse's Father's Name: Josiah
• Spouse's Mother's Name: Elizabeth
  • Source^[6]

He is listed with Emma "Zettie" on both: the 1900 Census^[7] and the 1910 Census.^[8] He passed away in February of 1944 at the age of 77:

• Amon Gideon Lester: Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987
• Name: Amon Gideon Lester
• Event Type: Death
• Event Date: 18 Feb 1944
• Event Place: Riner, Floyd, Virginia, United States
• Registration Date: 12 Apr 1944
• Sex: Male
• Age: 77
• Race: White
• Birth Date: 21 Nov 1866
• Father's Name: Harrison Lester
• Mother's Name: Sarah E Reed
• Spouse's Name: Emma Z Lester
• Spouse's Sex: Female
• Certificate Number: 9177
• Registration Number: 311
• Affiliate Image Identifier: 43006_162028006052_0105-00148.j2k
  • Source^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZBW-V67N : 17 November 2022), Aaron G Lester, 1866.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFLY-JVD : 29 May 2021), Anson G Lester in entry for William H Lester, 1870.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC59-18F : 15 January 2022), Amon G. Lester in household of W. H. Lester, Alum Ridge, Floyd, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
4. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5Y6-5XP : 29 January 2020), Amos G. Lester, 1888.
5. ↑ "Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X512-27C : 29 January 2020), Unknown in entry for Linna A. Lester, 1891.
6. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5YX-4KP : 29 January 2020), Amon G. Lester, 1895.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMFB-GQY : 10 March 2022), Amon G Lester, 1900.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPPN-R27 : accessed 25 November 2022), Amon G Lester, Alum Ridge, Floyd, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 41, sheet 1B, family 17, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1628; FHL microfilm 1,375,641.
9. ↑ "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRH-W6M8 : 16 August 2019), Amon Gideon Lester, 18 Feb 1944; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Riner, Floyd, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.