Born in Alabama
Ancestors 
Daughter of Wiley Nelson
and Nancy Narcessa (Scarborough) Nelson
Sister of
Susan Melissa Nelson and Infant Boy Nelson
Wife of
William Daniel Hester
— married
9 Dec 1886 in Quitman, Wood, Texas, United States
Wife of
William Joshua Tillery
— married
15 Sep 1901 in Camp County, Texas, USA
Wife of
Joseph Stephen Ellis
— married
1920 in Wood County, Texas, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
Wiley Daniel Hester, William Lawson Hester, Narcessa Catherine Hester, Ezekiel Thomas Hester, Valerie Elizabeth Hester and Ardis Pink Tillery
Died
at age 70
in Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Apr 2020
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Biography
Alice was born in 1866. She passed away in 1936.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32223106
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Prior to import, this record was last changed 14:45:29 12 Jul 2012.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFJL-88S : 15 July 2017), Alice A Nelson in household of Wiley Nelson, Precinct 4, Wood, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 127, sheet 346C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,334.
- "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX97-8X1 : 10 December 2017), W. D. Hester and A. A. Nelson, 09 Dec 1886; citing Marriage, citing Quitman, Wood, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,632,006.
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3RM-9CG : accessed 9 April 2020), Allice Hester, Justice Precinct 4 (voting precincts 6-7, 14), Wood, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 145, sheet 10B, family 173, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,681.
- "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3HK-TX7 : 13 March 2018), Alice Ellis, 17 Oct 1936; citing certificate number 49979, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,116,966.
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Catherine Rivera for creating WikiTree profile Hester-391 through the import of Tillery Update 2012.ged on Apr 4, 2013.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alice 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 Alice:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alice 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 Alice:
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~12.50%
~25.00%
Lynda (Fant) Hill 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch DB6746430 [compare]
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~12.50%
50.00%
Jerry Smith :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A271369 [compare], Ancestry member kstar1177
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~1.56%
Sean Flowers :
23andMe, GEDmatch LC4964945 [compare]
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Sandra Scarborough
Sandra Scarborough
Hester-391 and Nelson-21452 appear to represent the same person because: Alice Arrena Nelson, daughter of Wiley Bud Nelson and Nancy Narcessa Scarborough, was married 3 times, 1st WM Hester 1886, 2nd Wm J Tillery 1901, 3rd Joseph S Ellis.
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