Born in Green County, Kentucky
Ancestors 
Daughter of Daniel B. Monroe
and Elizabeth Prather (Rice) Monroe
Sister of
John Benjamin Monroe, Louisa Prather (Monroe) Watson, George R Monroe, James Thomas Monroe, Daniel Rice Monroe, Pleasant Sanders Monroe, Nancy (Monroe) Hardin, Milton Elliot Monroe, Mary E Monroe, William Fisher Monroe [half], Willis Wheat Monroe [half] and Emily Frances Monroe [half]
Wife of
Stephen Rice Cave
— married
18 Nov 1857 in Adair County, Kentucky, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
John T. Cave, Louisa Ann (Cave) White, Thomas Cave, Mathilda H (Cave) Benningfield, William P Cave, Cromwell H Cave, Jodie Frances (Cave) Harden, George Robert Cave, Sarah J (Cave) Christie, Eugene Lee Cave, Min Wilmet Cave, James Wood Cave and Montie Robinson Cave
Died before
before age 56
in Taylor County, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Dec 2015
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Biography
Hester Ann (Monroe) Cave was born on 11 Oct 1838 in Green County, Kentucky, daughter of Rev. Daniel B. Monroe (1810 - 1880) and Elizabeth Prather (Rice) Monroe (1812 - 1856).
Hester married Stephen Rice Cave (1827 - 1917) on 18 Nov 1857 in Adair County, Kentucky.
Hester died before 1895 in Taylor County, Kentucky, United States aged ~56.
Research Notes
Hester death was sometime between 1885 (when her last known child was born) and 1895 (when her husband remarried).
Sources
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), (FamilySearch Record: M85H-T2C : accessed 26 October 2022) FamilySearch Image: S3HY-6LWQ-QFG Image number 00346, Hester A Monroe (12) in Macoupin, Macoupin, Illinois, United States. Born in Kentucky.
- "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, citing Marriage, Adair, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 1,904,584, (FamilySearch Record: QKJM-BP82 : accessed 26 October 2022) FamilySearch Image: 9398-QB99-GK Image number 00450, Stepen Cave (21) marriage to Hester A Monroe (19) on 18 Nov 1857 in Adair, Kentucky, United States.
- "United States Census, 1860," database with images, citing Page: 59; Affiliate Publication Number: M653; Affiliate Film Number: 353; FHL microfilm: 803353; Record number: 3415, (FamilySearch Record: MZY1-5LZ : accessed 26 October 2022) FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GB9N-SQBY Image number 00063, Hester A Cave (21) in Division 2, Adair, Kentucky, United States. Born in Ky.
- "United States Census, 1870," database with images, citing Page: 62; Affiliate Publication Number: M593; Line: 17; FHL microfilm: 000545943; Record number: 3023, (FamilySearch Record: MX7F-GN4 : accessed 26 October 2022) FamilySearch Image: S3HT-67Q3-HG6 Image number 00082, Hester A Cave (33) in Columbia, Adair, Kentucky, United States. Born in Kentucky.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm , (FamilySearch Record: MCZY-T42 : accessed 26 October 2022) FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYBZ-B4S Image number 00669, Ann Cane (43), wife, Keeping House, in household of Stephen Cane (45) in Taylor, Kentucky, United States. Born in Kentucky, United States.
- https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=LZKT-GDP
- Find A Grave: Memorial #55614537/hester-ann-cave
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hester by comparing test results with other carriers of her 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 Hester:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hester by comparing test results with other carriers of her 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 Hester:
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~0.78%
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