William Ira Gann

Other Events:

• Census: 1940, Precinct 1, Marion, Alabama; Enumeration District 47-3
• Occupation: 1957, Midland, Midland, Texas; Production assistant, Trice Production
• Occupation: 1958, Midland, Midland, Texas; Assistant production superintendent, Trice Production
• Occupation: 1959, Midland, Midland, Texas; Assistant production superintendent, Trice Production
• Occupation: 1960, Midland, Midland, Texas; Assistant production superintendent, Trice Production
• Residence: 1935, Precinct 1, Marion, Alabama; In the "same house" as in 1940
• Residence: 1940, Precinct 1, Marion, Alabama; With parents George M and Mary A (Hester) Gann and seven siblings
• Residence: 1957, Midland, Midland, Texas; 401 W Parker Ave
• Residence: 1958, Midland, Midland, Texas; 401 W Parker Ave
• Residence: 1959, Midland, Midland, Texas; 401 W Parker Ave
• Residence: 1960, Midland, Midland, Texas; 401 W Parker Ave
• Residence: 11 Apr 2011, Alliance, Stark, Ohio

Notes:

Buried:
Kilgore City Cemetery

Died:
At Aultman Hospital

William married Doris Leona Donaldson 2 Jun 1948, Gladewater, Gregg, Texas. Doris (daughter of Marvin Hazen Donaldson and Sadie Nancy Bell Nichols) was born 19 Feb 1930, Hesperus, La Plata, Colorado; died 29 Nov 2003, Canton, Stark, Ohio; was buried 3 Dec 2003, Kilgore, Gregg, Texas. [Group Sheet]

1. William Ira Gann was born 1949, Gladewater, Gregg, Texas.

Other Events:

• Census: 1900, Pikeville, Marion, Alabama; Enumeration District 6-68
• Census: 1910, Tremont, Itawamba, Mississippi; Enumeration District 1-19
• Census: 1930, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; Enumeration District 47-3
• Census: 1940, Precinct 1, Marion, Alabama; Enumeration District 47-3
• Occupation: 1910, Tremont, Itawamba, Mississippi; Farm laborer, Home farm
• Occupation: 31 Jul 1920, Logging
• Occupation: 1930, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; Farmer
• Occupation: 1940, Precinct 1, Marion, Alabama; A full-time farmer, his income was $0 in 1939
• Residence: 1900, Pikeville, Marion, Alabama
• Residence: 1910, Tremont, Itawamba, Mississippi; New Aberdeen Rd
• Residence: 31 Jul 1920, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama
• Residence: 1930, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; With wife Mary A (Hester) and four children
• Residence: 1935, Precinct 1, Marion, Alabama; In the "same house" as in 1940
• Residence: 1940, Precinct 1, Marion, Alabama; With wife Mary Ann (Hester) and eight children

Notes:

He never attended school

Buried:
Fulton Bridge Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery

Died:
Unable to find in FamilySearch "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974" (04 Jan 2020)

George married Mary Ann Hester 31 Jul 1920, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama. Mary (daughter of Roland Benton Hester and Mahala Caroline Stone) was born 13 Jan 1897, Marion Co., Alabama; died 3 Dec 1976, Flint, Genesee, Michigan; was buried Bef 11 Dec 1976, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1900, Pikeville, Marion, Alabama; Enumeration District 6-68
• Census: 1910, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; Enumeration District 6-76
• Census: 1920, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; Enumeration District 10-57
• Census: 1930, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; Enumeration District 47-3
• Census: 1940, Precinct 1, Marion, Alabama; Enumeration District 47-3
• Occupation: 1910, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; Farm laborer, General farm
• Occupation: 1920, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; Farmer, General Farm
• Occupation: 31 Jul 1920, Housekeeping
• Occupation: 1930, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; Laborer
• Occupation: 1940, Precinct 1, Marion, Alabama; Unemployed, she was occupied full-time in the home
• Occupation: 1960, Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan; Cook, Eastern Star Villa
• Residence: 1900, Pikeville, Marion, Alabama; With parents Roland B and Mahala C (Stone) Hester, a half-sister and two sisters
• Residence: 1910, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; With mother Mahala C (Stone) Hester and a sister
• Residence: 1920, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; With mother Mahala C (Stone) Hester
• Residence: 31 Jul 1920, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama
• Residence: 1930, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; With husband George M Gann and four children
• Residence: 1935, Precinct 1, Marion, Alabama; In the "same house" as in 1940
• Residence: 1940, Precinct 1, Marion, Alabama; With husband George M Gann and eight children
• Residence: 1960, Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan; 738 S Main St
• Residence: 1951 - 1974, Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan
• Residence: 1974 - 1976, Flint, Genesee, Michigan

Notes:

She attended school through the sixth grade

Buried:
Fulton Bridge Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery

Other Events:

• Census: 1870, Western District, Marion, Alabama
• Census: 1880, Twp. 13 Range 13 W, Marion, Alabama; Enumeration District 246
• Census: 1900, Pikeville, Marion, Alabama; Enumeration District 6-68
• Census: 1910, Tremont, Itawamba, Mississippi; Enumeration District 1-19
• Census: 1920, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; Enumeration District 10-56
• Census: 1930, Barnesville, Marion, Alabama; Enumeration District 47-24
• Occupation: 1880, Twp. 13 Range 13 W, Marion, Alabama; At home
• Occupation: 1900, Pikeville, Marion, Alabama; Farmer
• Occupation: 1910, Tremont, Itawamba, Mississippi; Farmer, General farm
• Occupation: 18 Jun 1918; "R R Employee"
• Occupation: 1920, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; Laborer
• Occupation: 1930, Barnesville, Marion, Alabama; Farmer, General farm
• Residence: 1870, Western District, Marion, Alabama; With parents Smith W and Mary A (Welch) Gann and one brother
• Residence: 1880, Twp. 13 Range 13 W, Marion, Alabama; With mother Mary A (Welch) Gann and five siblings
• Residence: 9 Feb 1892, Marion Co., Alabama
• Residence: 1900, Pikeville, Marion, Alabama; With wife Margaret A (Logan) and three children
• Residence: 1910, Tremont, Itawamba, Mississippi; New Aberdeen Rd
• Residence: 14 Nov 1910, Rara Avis, Itawamba, Mississippi
• Residence: 12 Sep 1918, Hackleburg, Marion, Alabama; Son John S Gann's World War I draft registration card lists "Josh Gann" as his nearest living relative
• Residence: 1920, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; With wife Mollie I and three children
• Residence: 1930, Barnesville, Marion, Alabama; With second wife Mollie and three children
• Residence: 13 Mar 1934, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama

Notes:

Birth:
At the home of his grandmother, Rachel (Miller) Gann.

Buried:
Hamilton City Cemetery

Died:
His 2nd wife Mollie appears as a widow in the 1940 census

William married Margaret Annie Logan 30 Mar 1892, Lamar Co., Alabama. Margaret (daughter of John Calvin Logan and Margaret Catherine Pate) was born 7 Jun 1873, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; died 1 Jun - 14 Nov 1910. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1880, Beat 1, Marion, Alabama; Enumeration District 245
• Census: 1900, Pikeville, Marion, Alabama; Enumeration District 6-68
• Census: 1910, Tremont, Itawamba, Mississippi; Enumeration District 1-19
• Residence: 1880, Beat 1, Marion, Alabama; With parents John C and Margaret C (Pate) Logan and seven siblings
• Residence: 1900, Pikeville, Marion, Alabama; With husband William J Gann and three children
• Residence: 1910, Tremont, Itawamba, Mississippi; New Aberdeen Rd

Notes:

Died:
Death date is inferred based on her appearance in the 1910 census while William J Gann was licensed to remarry on 14 Nov 1910

Notes:

Married:
Officiated by W J Kirk, Minister of the Gospel, at his residence

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Dist. 6, Franklin, Alabama
• Census: 1860, Eastern Subdiv., Franklin, Alabama; Frankfort P.O.
• Census: 1870, Twp. 6 Range 12, Franklin, Alabama; Frankfort P.O.
• Census: 1880, Twp. 6 Range 12, Franklin, Alabama; Enumeration District 89
• Census: 1900, Pikeville, Marion, Alabama; Enumeration District 6-68
• Civil War Veteran: 28 Mar 1861 - 01 Apr 1862, Alabama; Private, Co E, 2nd Alabama Infantry
• Occupation: 1860, Eastern Subdiv., Franklin, Alabama; Farm laborer
• Occupation: 1870, Twp. 6 Range 12, Franklin, Alabama; Farm laborer
• Occupation: 1880, Twp. 6 Range 12, Franklin, Alabama; Farm worker
• Occupation: 1900, Pikeville, Marion, Alabama; Farmer
• Probate: 30 Oct 1900, Marion County, Alabama; Letters of administration granted to W H Carpenter, General Administrator
• Probate: 16 Jan 1901, Marion County, Alabama; Estate sale of land scheduled for 11 Feb 1901
• Probate: 27 Feb 1902, Marion County, Alabama; Final estate settlement
• Residence: 1850, Dist. 6, Franklin, Alabama; With parents Roling and Lucinda (Richardson) Hester, eight siblings and two uncles
• Residence: 1860, Eastern Subdiv., Franklin, Alabama; With parents Roling and Lucinda (Richardson) Hester and five siblings
• Residence: 1870, Twp. 6 Range 12, Franklin, Alabama; With parents Roling and Lucinda (Richardson) Hester and two brothers
• Residence: 1880, Twp. 6 Range 12, Franklin, Alabama; In the home of brother Robert M Hester, with a sister, two nieces and son Arthur M Hester
• Residence: 1900, Pikeville, Marion, Alabama; With wife Mahala C (Stone) Hester and four daughters

Notes:

Roland Benton Hester was born May 20 1840 Franklin County Alabama, the fifth child of Roling Hester and Lucinda Richardson. He died 11 Oct 1900 in Hamilton, Alabama. He married 1st "Welty" (or Wealtha) Ann Malone. They had one son, Arthur McGara Hester (b. June 1 1872). After 1st wife passed away, Roland married Eva Malone, but soon Eva deceased and Roland took yet another wife, Susie Ann Cantrell (1856-1891) of Marion County, Alabama. To this third marriage was born three sons and one daughter: Garland Benton Hester (died as an infant); Rachael Lucretia Hester (1885-1935; married 1904 to Robert Charles Duncan, Jr.); William Chesley Hester (died as infant); and Moorman Sacratus Hester (died as infant).

After 3rd wife, Susie Ann passed away on 28 June 1891, Roland married ( 17 Mar, 1892 Shottsville, AL) Mahala Caroline Stone (b. Mar 18, 1854-d. 1937) also of Marion Co., Alabama (daughter of John Lyle Stone). To this 4th marriage was born two daughters, Huldah Jane Hester (1895-1914; married Phillip Edgar Ritch)and Mary Ann Hester (1897-1976; married George Madison Gann). Roland's widow, Mahala, in July 1908, received a Confederate pension for his faithful service to the Confederacy. Eight years after his death, Mahala owned 40 acres in Marion County, one mare with two colts, a cow with calfs, one hog, a clock, and a horse wagon. Total property value: $227.00.

Not found in Marion Co., Alabama online probate records (20 Oct 2015)

Census:
This census shows his name as "Robert" while his brother Robert is listed as "Roling." The census taker botched a number of other names in this family as well

Census:
Listed as "Robt J Hester"

Buried:
Hester Plot
Terrell Cemetery

Roland married Mahala Caroline Stone 21 Mar 1892, Shottsville, Marion, Alabama. Mahala (daughter of John Lyle Stone and Margaret Caroline Jaggers) was born 18 Mar 1854, Bull Mountain, Marion, Alabama; died 31 Dec 1937, Marion Co., Alabama. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, Western Dist., Marion, Alabama; Pikeville P.O.
• Census: 1870, Western District, Marion, Alabama; Pikeville P.O.
• Census: 1880, Beat 3, Marion, Alabama; Enumeration District 237
• Census: 1900, Pikeville, Marion, Alabama; Enumeration District 6-68
• Census: 1910, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; Enumeration District 6-76
• Census: 1920, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; Enumeration District 57
• Census: 1930, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; Enumeration District 47-3
• Occupation: 1870, Western District, Marion, Alabama; Keeping house
• Occupation: 1910, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; Farmer, General farm
• Occupation: 1920, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; Farmer, General Farm
• Residence: 1860, Western Dist., Marion, Alabama; With parents John L and Margaret C (Jaggers) Stone and seven siblings
• Residence: 1870, Western District, Marion, Alabama; With mother Margaret C (Jaggers) and six siblings
• Residence: 1880, Beat 3, Marion, Alabama; With brother Burzela Stone, mother Margaret C (Jaggers), sister Martha J
• Residence: 1900, Pikeville, Marion, Alabama; With husband Roland B Hester, three daughters and a step-daughter
• Residence: 1910, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; With two daughters
• Residence: 22 Oct 1914, Marion Co., Alabama; Near Hamilton
• Residence: 1920, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; With a daughter
• Residence: 1930, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; Living alone
• Residence: 21 Mar 1934, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; Rt. 1, living alone

Notes:

Birth:
Confederate pension application: "Bullmountain, Marion, Ala."

Notes:

Married:
Officiated by J D Stell, Minister of the Gospel

The cited newspaper, Hamilton Times, gives the license date as the marriage date

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Beat 5, Marion, Alabama
• Census: 1860, Eastern Dist., Marion, Alabama; Astons Store P.O.
• Census: 1870, Western District, Marion, Alabama; Pikeville P.O.
• Civil War Veteran: 25 Nov 1863 - 17 Dec 1864; Co F, 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment, United States Volunteers
• Occupation: 1860, Eastern Dist., Marion, Alabama; Farm laborer
• Occupation: 1870, Western District, Marion, Alabama; Farmer
• Probate: 7 Apr 1888, Hamilton, Marion, Alabama; Estate settlement scheduled for 27 Apr 1888
• Residence: 1850, Beat 5, Marion, Alabama; With parents Thomas J and Rachel (Miller) Gann and four sisters
• Residence: 1860, Eastern Dist., Marion, Alabama; With parents Thomas J and Rachel (Miller) Gann and nine siblings
• Residence: 1867, Pikeville Precinct, Marion, Alabama
• Residence: 1870, Western District, Marion, Alabama; With wife Mary A (Welch) and two sons

Notes:

Civil War Veteran:
Age: 23
Birthplace: Marion Co., AL
Occupation: Farmer
Rank at enlistment: Private
Company Assignment: F

11/25/1863 Enlisted
Camp Davies, MS
2/17/1864 Sick in Hospital
Memphis, TN
In Adams USA General Hospital.
12/17/1864 Mustered Out
Savannah, GA
By reason of being on march from Atlanta to Savannah.
Notes:
Sick in Rome, GA, July 1864.

Buried:
Camp Ground Cemetery

Died:
Probably died in Marion Co.

Smith married Mary Ann Welch 21 Dec 1865, Marion Co., Alabama. Mary (daughter of John B Welch and Cynthia Mix) was born 15 Jun 1837, Fayette Co., Alabama; died 11 Mar 1934, Guin, Marion, Alabama; was buried 12 Mar 1934, Guin, Marion, Alabama. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Dist. 5, Franklin, Alabama
• Census: 1860, Dist. 2 Factory, Lauderdale, Alabama; Florence P.O.
• Census: 1870, Western District, Marion, Alabama; Pikeville PO
• Census: 1880, Twp. 13 Range 13 W, Marion, Alabama; Enumeration District 246
• Census: 1910, Guin, Marion, Alabama; Enumeration District 6-87
• Census: 1920, Guin, Marion, Alabama; Enumeration District 69
• Census: 1930, Guin, Marion, Alabama
• Occupation: 1860, Dist. 2 Factory, Lauderdale, Alabama; Factory worker
• Occupation: 1870, Western District, Marion, Alabama; Keeping house
• Occupation: 1880, Twp. 13 Range 13 W, Marion, Alabama; Keeping house
• Occupation: 1910, Guin, Marion, Alabama; Cook, Private family
• Residence: 1850, Dist. 5, Franklin, Alabama; With parents John and Cynthia Welch and three siblings
• Residence: 1860, Dist. 2 Factory, Lauderdale, Alabama; With parents John B and Cynthia Welch and six siblings
• Residence: 1870, Western District, Marion, Alabama; With husband Smith W Gann and two children
• Residence: 1880, Twp. 13 Range 13 W, Marion, Alabama; With six children
• Residence: 1910, Guin, Marion, Alabama; Listed as "servant" with Joseph M Knight family
• Residence: 1920, Guin, Marion, Alabama; With son John T Gann, his wife, a grandson and a great-grandson
• Residence: 1930, Guin, Marion, Alabama; Living with eldest son, John Thomas Gann and family.

Notes:

Birth:
Death certificate alleges she died aged 102 years, 8 months, 28 days. However, her parents would both have been under 15 years of age at her birth, were she born in 1831. Her youngest child would then have been born when she was aged 47. All census sources give her birth in the mid-1840s.

Two different birth dates are given in her application for Civil War widow's pension, 15 Jun 1836 and 15 Jun 1837. The later year best ties to other statements of age in her affidavits in the file.

Buried:
Guin Cemetery

Notes:

Married:
Married at the house of W. R. West by Nathaniel Miller, JP

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, 15th Div., Fayette, Alabama
• Census: 1860, Eastern Dist., Marion, Alabama; Astons Store P.O.
• Census: 1870, Western District, Marion, Alabama; Pikeville P.O.
• Census: 1880, Beat 1, Marion, Alabama; Enumeration District 245
• Civil War Veteran: 16 Jan 1863 - 22 Jan 1864, Mississippi; Co B, 1st Alabama Cavalry Rgt, United States Volunteers
• Occupation: 1850, 15th Div., Fayette, Alabama; Farmer
• Occupation: 1860, Eastern Dist., Marion, Alabama; Farmer
• Occupation: 1870, Western District, Marion, Alabama; Farmer
• Occupation: 1880, Beat 1, Marion, Alabama; Farmer
• Residence: 1850, 15th Div., Fayette, Alabama; With parents Robert M and Virginia J (McCaleb) Logan and twelve siblings
• Residence: 1860, Eastern Dist., Marion, Alabama; With parents Robert M and Virginia J (McCaleb) Logan and six siblings
• Residence: 1867, Pikeville Precinct, Marion, Alabama; Election district 32
• Residence: 1870, Western District, Marion, Alabama; With wife Margaret C (Pate) and a daughter
• Residence: 1880, Beat 1, Marion, Alabama; With wife Margaret C (Pate) and eight children

Notes:

Not found in Marion Co., Alabama available online probate records

John C Logan

Submitted by Donna W. Collins

John Logan was born in 1827, Marion County, Alabama to Robert "Bob" Logan and Virginia Jane "Jennie" McCaleb. The Logans were staunch Republicans and Church of Christ believers. Robert had been raised as a Presbyterian but was supposedly converted by Andrew Campbell.

The eight brothers, born between 1823 and 1847 all supported the Union cause although the oldest, Daniel Lapsley "Lap" Logan could not enlist for medical reasons. Because of a hernia, he was unable to serve in the Union Army with his brothers but he helped build bridges for the Union forces. It is possible Lap died from tuberculosis although it is rumored he was murdered and his body tied on the back of horse, taken home, and thrown into the yard.

John voluntarily enlisted in the Union Army, January 16, 1863 for one year at Glendale, Mississippi. He was mustered in on January 22, 1863 at Corinth, MS as a private in Captain David B. Waldeman's Company B, 1st Regiment of Alabama Calvary. He was honorably discharged in Memphis, Tennessee, January 22, 1864. John married Margaret Catherine Pate on March 26, 1869. Margaret had been born March 20, 1842 in Marion County, Alabama. John and Margaret's birth dates used here are from the 1880 census records and from John's service records. They do not match their grave markers. Their farming homestead was near Guin in Marion County, Alabama. They were the parents of ten children. John died January 26, 1898 and is buried with his wife in the Logan Family Cemetery located on their homestead.

Buried:
Logan Cemetery

John married Margaret Catherine Pate 26 Mar 1869, Marion County, Alabama. Margaret (daughter of Marcus Edward Pate and Nancy Gann) was born 20 Mar 1840, Alabama; died 11 May 1914, Guin, Marion, Alabama; was buried Yampertown, Marion, Alabama. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Beat 5, Marion, Alabama
• Census: 1860, Eastern Dist., Marion, Alabama; Astons Store P.O.
• Census: 1870, Western District, Marion, Alabama; Pikeville P.O.
• Census: 1880, Beat 1, Marion, Alabama; Enumeration District 245
• Census: 1900, Pikeville, Marion, Alabama; Enumeration District 6-68
• Occupation: 1860, Eastern Dist., Marion, Alabama; Domestic
• Occupation: 1870, Western District, Marion, Alabama; Keeping house
• Occupation: 1880, Beat 1, Marion, Alabama; Keeping house
• Residence: 1850, Beat 5, Marion, Alabama; With parents Marcus E and Nancy Pate and eight siblings
• Residence: 1860, Eastern Dist., Marion, Alabama; With parents Marcus E and Nancy Pate and nine siblings
• Residence: 1870, Western District, Marion, Alabama; With husband John C Logan and one daughter
• Residence: 1880, Beat 1, Marion, Alabama; With husband John C Logan and eight children

Notes:

Buried:
Epitaph: "A tender mother and faithful friend."

Logan Family Cemetery

Other Events:

• Census: 1830, Franklin Co., Alabama
• Census: 1840, Franklin Co., Alabama
• Census: 1850, Dist. 6, Franklin, Alabama
• Census: 1860, Eastern Subdiv., Franklin, Alabama; Frankfort P.O.
• Census: 1870, Twp. 6 Range 12, Franklin, Alabama; Frankfort P.O.
• Census: 1880, Twp. 10 Range 13, Franklin, Alabama; Enumeration District 88
• Occupation: 1850, Dist. 6, Franklin, Alabama; Farmer
• Occupation: 1860, Eastern Subdiv., Franklin, Alabama; Farmer
• Occupation: 1870, Twp. 6 Range 12, Franklin, Alabama; Farmer
• Occupation: 1880, Twp. 10 Range 13, Franklin, Alabama; Retired
• Residence: 1830, Franklin Co., Alabama; With a boy under age 5 and a woman age 20 to 29
• Residence: 1840, Franklin Co., Alabama; With a boy and a girl under age 5, two boys aged 5 to 10, a boy aged 10 to 15 and a woman aged 30 to 40
• Residence: 1850, Dist. 6, Franklin, Alabama; With wife Lucinda (Richardson), nine children and two brothers
• Residence: 1860, Eastern Subdiv., Franklin, Alabama; With wife Lucinda (Richardson) and six children
• Residence: 1867, Precinct 1, Franklin, Alabama; Election district 42
• Residence: 1870, Twp. 6 Range 12, Franklin, Alabama; With wife Lucinda (Richardson) and three sons
• Residence: 1880, Twp. 10 Range 13, Franklin, Alabama; With son William C Hester and family

Notes:

At least four sons of Roling Hester (b. 23 Jan 1807 NC, d. 20 Jul 1882 AL) and Lucinda Richardson (b. 9 Dec 1805 GA, d. 9 Oct 1875 AL) served in the Confederate Army. Roling was the son of William "Buck" Hester (b. 27 Jan 1780 NC, d. 5 Oct 1847 Franklin Co., AL) and Amy Malone. "Buck" Hester and Amy Malone were married 18 Oct 1805 in Person County, North Carolina. Amy was born 17 March 1789 in North Carolina and died 23 Jan 1840 Franklin County, Alabama. She was the daughter of John Malone (b. abt 1763 North Carolina) and Anne Blackwell who married 25 Jul 1786 in Granville County, NC. John was a son of Daniel Malone (b. about 1725 Virginia). Buck Hester was the son of Robert Hester (will written 22 Aug 1820 and probated June 1827, Person Co., NC). Buck came to Franlin county in 1818, first settling east of Russelville, around Tharp Springs. He later moved near Frankfort along Tollison creek. Buck and Amy Hester were the parents of sixteen children, four of whom were known to have served in the Confederate army: Sgt. William Carroll Hester, Pvt. Roland Benton Hester, Sterling Richardson Hester (rank unknown) and Pvt. Wiley Robertson Hester.

Roling Hester was born 23 January 1807 in North Carolina. He was the oldest child of William H. (Buck) Hester Sr. and Amy Malone Hester. In the spring of 1818, the year before Alabama became a state, young Roling, a lad 11 years of age, traveled by ox cart with his father, William H. (Buck) Hester Sr., from North Carolina to northwest Alabama. They settle five or six miles east of Russellville, Alabama, near the Gaines Trace at Tharp Springs. They cleared land, planted a small corn crop and erected a log cabin for themselves. William H. (Buck) Hester Sr. secured a section of land in 1818 in Franklin County from the Bureau of Land Management. Franklin County was created February 4, 1818 by the Alabama Territorial Legislature at St. Stephens.

In the latter part of 1818, Roling and his father returned to North Carolina to bring Roling's mother, Amy Malone Hester, and her six other children to their new home in Alabama. On the trip to Alabama, the Hester family was accompanied by Pumphrey and James Malone, who were brothers of Amy Malone Hester. They traveled in an ox cart caravan from Person County, North Carolina to their new home in the Territory of Alabama. In Alabama, the number of children of William H. (Buck) Hester Sr. and Amy Malone Hester grew to a total of 16.

Subsequently the Hester famly left their first settlement east of Russellville to relocate near the banks of Tollison creek, near Frankfort, Alabama. Descendants think the reason for the move was that the eastern part of Franklin County was becoming too heavily populated. largely as a result of the finalizing of the 1817 Indian treaties. This increase in population lessened the supply of fish and game in east Franklin County. There was a bountiful supply of wild game in the unsettled wilderness and an abundance of fish in Tollison creek. This area was bounded on the western side by the Chickasaw Indian Territory, which followed the course of Cane Creek through what is today Colbert County (created 1867) and continued southward through Franklin County. According to old land records, Roling Hester purchased over 200 acres of land in this area between 1834 and 1855.

At the age of 22, Roling married Lucendy Richardson, a native of Georgia who was 17 at the time. They reared nine children to adulthood. Eight of these children parented large families. Their third child, James Goodloe Hester never married. Much of the seventy five year life span of Roling Hester was spent along Tollison Creek. He and his wife Lucendy Richardson Hester, are buried in that area of Franklin County, Alabama, in the Malone Cemetery.

Probate records of Franklin Co., Alabama were destroyed in 1890 and are not available for earlier years (26 Sep 2017)

Buried:
Malone Cemetery

Roling married Lucinda Richardson 11 Dec 1828, Maury Co., Tennessee. Lucinda (daughter of John Wiley Richardson and Syntha Willis) was born 9 Dec 1805, Georgia; died 9 Oct 1875, Alabama; was buried Franklin Co., Alabama. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Dist. 6, Franklin, Alabama
• Census: 1860, Eastern Subdiv., Franklin, Alabama; Frankfort P.O.
• Census: 1870, Twp. 6 Range 12, Franklin, Alabama; Frankfort P.O.
• Occupation: 1860, Eastern Subdiv., Franklin, Alabama; Domestic
• Occupation: 1870, Twp. 6 Range 12, Franklin, Alabama; Keeping house
• Residence: 1850, Dist. 6, Franklin, Alabama; With husband Rolin Hester, nine children and two brothers-in-law
• Residence: 1860, Eastern Subdiv., Franklin, Alabama; With husband Roling Hester and six children
• Residence: 1870, Twp. 6 Range 12, Franklin, Alabama; With husband Roling Hester and three sons

Notes:

Buried:
Malone Cemetery

Notes:

Married:
Officiated by Alex Johnson, J.P.

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, 14th Dist., Marion, Alabama
• Census: 1860, Western Dist., Marion, Alabama; Pikeville P.O.
• Census: 1866, Marion Co., Alabama
• Occupation: 1850, 14th Dist., Marion, Alabama; Farmer
• Occupation: 1860, Western Dist., Marion, Alabama; Farmer
• Residence: 1850, 14th Dist., Marion, Alabama; With wife Margaret C (Jaggers) and four children
• Residence: 1860, Western Dist., Marion, Alabama; With wife Margaret C (Jaggers) and eight children
• Residence: 1866, Marion Co., Alabama; With two girls under age 10, a boy and four girls age 10 to 20 and two men and a woman over age 20
• Residence: 1867, Kennedy's Tan Yard Precinct, Marion, Alabama; Election district 32

Notes:

Probate records of Marion Co., Alabama were destroyed and are not available for the time period of his death (9 Oct 2017)

Buried:
Shottsville Cemetery

Died:
Place sometimes given as Bull Mountain, Marion, Alabama

John married Margaret Caroline Jaggers 1841. Margaret (daughter of Daniel Duncan Jaggers and Hepsabeth Sanderson) was born 9 May 1824, Limestone Co., Alabama; died 7 May 1900, Shottsville, Marion, Alabama. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, 14th Dist., Marion, Alabama
• Census: 1860, Western Dist., Marion, Alabama; Pikeville P.O.
• Census: 1870, Western District, Marion, Alabama; Pikeville P.O.
• Census: 1880, Beat 3, Marion, Alabama; Enumeration District 237
• Occupation: 1870, Western District, Marion, Alabama; Keeping house
• Occupation: 1880, Beat 3, Marion, Alabama; Keeping house
• Residence: 1850, 14th Dist., Marion, Alabama; With husband John L Stone and four children
• Residence: 1860, Western Dist., Marion, Alabama; With husband John L Stone and eight children
• Residence: 1870, Western District, Marion, Alabama; With seven children
• Residence: 1880, Beat 3, Marion, Alabama; With son Burzela and two daughters, Mahala and Martha J

Notes:

Not found in Marion Co., AL Final Estate Records v. 4-6 (1899 - 1908)

Died:
There is disagreement between the sources for her death date. One says 1889, the other says 7 May 1900. We believe the latter date due to a family photograph of the Roland B Hester family that shows her alongside Mary Ann Hester, who was born in 1897.

"Old AUNT CAROLINE STONE died a few days ago."
(Marion County News, May 17, 1900)