Louisa Jane BARNETT Mary F HENRY Mini tree diagram
Joseph Alonzo LESTER

Joseph Alonzo LESTER6,1,2,5,3,4

Dec 18451,2,3,4 - 12th Nov 19215,4

Life History

Dec 1845

Born in Gun Town, Lee, Mississippi.1,2,3,4

13th Aug 1865

Married Louisa Jane BARNETT in Itawamba County, Mississippi.6,4

about Apr 1875

Death of Louisa Jane BARNETT in Hill County, Texas.7

1st Feb 1877

Married Mary F HENRY in Johnson County, Texas.8

before Aug 1921

Death of Mary F HENRY in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.5

12th Nov 1921

Died in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.5,4

after 12th Nov 1921

Buried in Fairlawn Cemetery, Comanche, Stephens County, Oklahoma.4

Notes

  • Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935
    Joseph A Lester
    Louisa J Barnett
    Marriage 13 Aug 1865 Itawamba County

    1870 Federal Census, Prentiss County, Mississippi, 16 June, Township 6, PO Booneville, page 4, Hse/Fam #18
    Lester, Joseph A 23 M W Farm Laborer $0 Real Estate $0 Personal Estate born Mississippi [b abt 1847]
    Lester, Louisa 24 F W Keeps House born Mississippi [b abt 1846]
    Lester, Almo [Alma?] 4 F W born Mississippi [b abt 1866]
    Lester, Alice 2 F W born Mississippi [b abt 1868]
    Lester, John H 1 M W Mississippi [b abt 1869]
    Lester, Christopher C 19 M W Day Laborer born Mississippi [b abt 1851]

    Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965
    J A Lester
    Mary F Henry
    Marriage 01 Feb 1877 Johnson County, Texas, United States
    Page 193

    In the 1880 census, we find that Joseph has moved to Hill County, Texas, and his wife is now reported as Mary.  Records tell us this is Mary F Henry.  They wre married in Johnson County, Texas (adjacent to Hill County, Texas) on 1 February 1877.  Several genealogies report that Louisa Barnett Lester died in 1873, but no record has been found.

    The children's reports here show their mother was born in Arkansas.  Probably drawn down by the enumerator based on their stepmother's reported state of birth, without further enquiry to clarify.

    1880 Federal Hill County, Texas, 19 June, District 76, page 26, Hse/Fam #225
    Lester, Joseph W M 34 Head Farmer MS MS MS [b abt 1846]
    Lester, Mary W F 26 Wife Keeping House AR GA GA [b abt 1854]
    Lester, Alma W F 14 Dau At Home Cannot write MS MS AR [b abt 1866]
    Lester, John W M 11 Son Cannot write MS MS AR [b abt 1869]
    Lester, Blemia (?) W M 8 Son MS MS AR Cannot write [b abt 1872]
    Lester, Joseph W M 7 Son MS MS AR [b abt 1873]
    Lester, Paralee W F 3 Dau At Home MS MS AR [b abt 1877]
    Lester, Infant W M 1mo born March Son TX MS AR

    Oklahoma, Wills and Probate Records, 1801-2008
    Joseph A Lester
    Will written 10 August 1921
    No wife mentioned in the will
    Witnesses A A Short, Sertrude J Wyatt, Park Wyatt, all of Shawnee [Pottawatomie County], Oklahoma
    Death Date 12 November 1921
    Probate 19 Nov 1921 Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, USA
    Case #3047
    Estate Packets, 1921-1922, No. 3025-A B Rood; No. 3071-I N Bradburn5-A B Rood; No. 3071-I N Bradburn

    His son's death certificate reports Joseph's birth town in Mississippi.

    Texas Death Certificate
    Blymyer M Lester
    Age 84 yrs 8 mos 25 days
    Farmer, Retired
    Residence General Delivery, May, Brown County, Texas
    Birth 23 May 1871 Alabama
    Father Joseph A Lester, born Gun Town (Lee County), Mississippi
    Mother Louisia [sic] Barnett, born Mississippi
    Informant D C Lester
    Death 18 February 1956 1429 South 2nd Street, Tahoka, Lynn County, Texas, after 2 months stay
    Cause of Death Carcinomatosis, due to Carcinoma of the Head and Pancreas for 6 months
    Burial 19 February 1956 Tahoka Cemetery, Tshoka (Lynn County), Texas, by Stanley Funeral Home
    Certificate #15051 filed 1 March 1956

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    Joseph Alonzo Lester
    BIRTH Dec 1845 Mississippi, USA
    DEATH 1921 (aged 75-76) Comanche, Stephens County, Oklahoma, USA
    BURIAL Fairlawn Cemetery, Comanche, Stephens County, Oklahoma, Section 4 (old)

    Son of Henry Smith Lester (1810-1880) and Caroline (Mayfield) Lester (1824-unk).
    Joseph married Louisa Jane Barnett on 13 Aug 1865 in Itawamba County, Mississippi. She was the daughter of John B. and Minerva Owens Barnett. Joseph and Louisa Jane had three children: Alice born 1863, Alma born 1866, John A. born 1869.

    Frances died after the 1870 census in Mississippi.
    Joseph married Mary Florence Phillips before 1880; they were counted in Hill County, Texas 1880 census.
    In 1900 they were in Wise County, Texas.
    In 1910 - and until he died - they lived in Stephens County, Oklahoma.
    They reared a large family.

    (Info from Lester FT and censuses and other genealogies.)

    Spouse Mary Florence Phillips Lester 1854-1922
    Daughter Maudie Lester Blackburn 1887-1985

    Created by Jean28 Jan 2007
    --  Find a Grave Memorial 17732958, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17732958
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