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Franklin Buford Lester

Franklin Buford Lester

Male Abt 1827 - 1886  (59 years)


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  • Name Franklin Buford Lester  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] 
    Birth Abt 1827  Giles County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1850  District 11, Giles, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1860  Northern Subdivision, Giles County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1862  Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 26 Oct 1870  Lesters, Giles, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 10] 
    Residence Post Office: Pulaski 
    Residence 1880  Lesters Station, Giles, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Death 11 Mar 1886  Lesters, Giles, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6, 9, 12] 
    Probate 27 Mar 1886  Giles County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Burial Pulaski, Giles, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Maplewood Cemetery
    Person ID I17322  Bob Juch's Tree 2
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2025 

    Father James H. Lester,   b. 1791 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary D. McConico,   b. 20 Sep 1803, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 May 1872, Giles, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F1367  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Louisa Catherine Black,   b. 4 Feb 1841, Giles County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Sep 1895, Prospect, Giles, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1860  Giles County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Children 
     1. Leroy Black Lester,   b. 1864, Lesters, Giles, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1934, Prospect, Giles, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. Mary Lou Lester,   b. 28 Dec 1866, Lesters, Giles, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Sep 1927, Prospect, Giles, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +3. Laura Jane Lester,   b. 12 Jun 1868, Lesters, Giles, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Oct 1900, Giles County, TN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +4. Emily Olivia Lester,   b. 1869, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1887/1963 (Age 94 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Levair Lester,   b. Abt 1869  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. John A. Lester,   b. 1873, Lesters, Giles, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1874/1963 (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. Ernest M. Lester,   b. 1874, Lesters, Giles, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Sep 1875, Lesters, Giles, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +8. Frank Leon Lester,   b. 17 Oct 1874, Lesters, Giles, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Nov 1943, Gibson, Gibson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +9. James Carley Lester,   b. 27 Aug 1878, Lesters, Giles, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Feb 1956, Pulaski, Giles, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F6623  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2025 

  • Sources 
    1. [S197] Ancestry.com, Web: Tennessee, Find A Grave Index, 1796-2011, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - Find A Grave. Find A Grave, 2012. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 31 January 2012.Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave, 2012. http://www.findag;).
      Death date: 11 Mar 1886
      Death place:
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=websearch-4120&h=566370&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    2. [S81] Ancestry.com, U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.Original data - National Archives (NARA) microfilm series: M603, M754-M771, M773-M777, M779-M780, M782, M784, M787-M789, M791-M793, M795, M1631, M1775-M1776, T227, T1208-T1209. For comp;).
      Residence date: 1862
      Residence place: Tennessee
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    3. [S22] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Northern Subdivision, Giles, Tennessee; Roll: ; Page: 100; Image: 205.
      Birth date: abt 1827
      Birth place: Tennessee
      Residence date: 1860
      Residence place: Northern Subdivision, Giles, Tennessee, United States
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=19155833&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    4. [S13] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limite;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Lesters Station, Giles, Tennessee; Roll: 1256; Family History Film: 1255256; Page: 26B; Enumeration District: 100; Image: .
      Birth date: abt 1827
      Birth place: Tennessee
      Residence date: 1880
      Residence place: Lesters Station, Giles, Tennessee, United States
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&h=10528734&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    5. [S156] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, ;), Year: 1850; Census Place: District 11, Giles, Tennessee; Roll: M432_879; Page: 435A; Image: .
      Birth date: abt 1827
      Birth place: Tennessee
      Residence date: 1850
      Residence place: District 11, Giles, Tennessee
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=6139479&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    6. [S54] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    7. [S181] Ancestry.com, Selected U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data - Nonpopulation Census Schedules for California, 1850-1880. Microfilm. The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.Nonpopulation Census Schedules for Illino;), Census Place: Giles, Tennessee; Archive Collection Number: T1135; Roll: Roll 12; Schedule Type: Agriculture.

    8. [S723] Ancestry.com, U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).

    9. [S155] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Probate Records, 1860-1917; Author: Tennessee County Court (Giles County); Probate Place: Giles, Tennessee.

    10. [S19] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003.Original data - 1870. United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration. M593, RG29, 1,761 rolls. Minnesota. Minnes;), Year: 1870; Census Place: District 2, Giles, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1529; Page: 39A; Family History Library Film: 553028.

    11. [S865] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Roll Number: 10.

    12. [S72] Broderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 14, Ed. 1, (Name: Release date: October 20, 1997;), Tree #1404.


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