Person:Mathias Lester (1)

Name^[1]	Mathias Harman "Elder M.H." Lester
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	10 Mar 1830	Tazewell County, Virginia, USA
Marriage	16 Oct 1856	to Emily Ann "Emley" Jones
Death^[1]^[2]	27 Aug 1901	Wyoming, West Virginia, United States
Burial^[1]		Lester Cemeteries, Baileysville, Wyoming County, West Virginia, USA

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Memorial# 13473436, in Find A Grave.

Son of Abner Hulen Lester Sr. (1792-1873) & Rebecca Whitt Lester (1795-1844).

Brother of Thomas Mastin "Chet" Lester (1815-1884), William Riley Lester (B. 1817), Susannah Lester (B. 1920), Martha Ann Lester (1820-1906), Mary "Polly" Lester (1825-1894), Louisa Lester (B. 1827), Abner Hulen Lester Jr. (1829-1902), & Pricy Lester (1837-1910).

Married to Emily Ann Jones (1839-1894) on Oct. 16, 1856.

Father of Martha Jane Lester (1857-1857), Lewis McHenry Lester (1858-1873), George Thomas Lester (1861-1952), Burrell Franklin "Burl" Lester (1865-1961), John William Lester (B. 1866), Richard Thornsberry Lester (1869-1956), Joseph Sampson Lester (1875-1937), Manvell Harmon Lester (1878-1878), & Barbara Cosbi Jane Lester (1879-1964).
↑ Death Record, in West Virginia, United States. Vital Research Records Search Selection. (West Virginia, United States: West Virginia Archives and History).
Mathias Harmon Lester by Rev. G. P. Goode Excerpt: "Elder Mathias Harmon Lester, (information given to L.L. Shannon from Rev. G.P. Goode), was the son of Abner H. Lester, Sr. and his wife, Rebecca Whitt Lester. The Whitts were half breed Cherokee Indian, and the Lesters, many of them, had the resembalance, features and even the habits of the Indian. The Lesters were noted for good, native common sense, however, they were generally uncouth and uncultured."