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Judge Charles Lee Jester

17 Sep 1871 – 25 Nov 1942

Birth	17 Sep 1871
Death	25 Nov 1942
Cemetery	Oakwood Cemetery Corsicana , Navarro County , Texas , USA
Added by	Eva Whearley on 14 Oct 2012
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10632036

Bio

CHARLES LEE JESTER Lee Jester was born September 17, 1871, the grandson of the first settler, Hampton McKinney and the second child of C. W. and Eliza (Rakestraw) Jester. He was educated in Staunton Military Academy of Virginia and the University of Texas law school. He married Belle Fish. During his term of office, contract for the present courthouse was let and the building was completed about eight months later. A Prohibition election was held in December 1904 and the County was voted dry. A member of the law firm of Davis, Jester, Tarver and George, he was a prominent lawyer. He was a cousin of Governor Beauford H. Jester, was an active Methodist, a member of Masonic Bodies, and an authority on Navarro County history. died Nov. 25, 1942 and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana.

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Family

Parents

• Charles Wesley Jester 1841–1909
• Martha Eliza Rakestraw Jester 1849–1922

Spouse

• Arabella "Belle" Fish Jester 1879–1953

Siblings

• George Ernest Jester 1869–1935
• Dr Homer Bates Jester Sr 1876–1943
• Ida Jester Halbert 1880–1961
• Hugh Cain Jester 1881–1935
• Mabel Jester 1883–1885
• Lila Jester Martin 1885–1958

Children

• Elise Lillian Jester Meadows 1908–2000
• Sarah Jester Rust 1910–1971
• Arabella Jester Miner 1914–1976

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