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Mary Jane "Polly" Whitmer Kester

16 Nov 1821 – 27 Aug 1882

Birth	16 Nov 1821
Death	27 Aug 1882
Cemetery	Means Cemetery Neal , Greenwood County , Kansas , USA
Added by	Donna Londeen on 06 Sep 2007
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21263047

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KESTER-At her home on Walnut Creek, August 27th, 1882, Mrs. Polly Kester, wife of Moses in her sixty-first year. The deceased was born in Pennsylvania in 1821. She lived in Iowa several years when with her family she moved to Kansas in 1880. She had been a member of the Presbyterian church for many years and died in the faith. She leaves a large family and many friends to mourn her loss. Rev. H.A. Cook From Eureka Herald 21 August 1882 page 4.

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Family

Parents

• Peter Whitmer 1797–1869 FaG
• Catherine Snyder Whitmer 1803–1884 FaG

Spouse

• Moses Kester 1812–1893

Siblings

• John M. Whitmer 1820–1892 FaG
• James Whitmer 1825–1880 FaG
• Elizabeth Whitmer Williams 1828–1861 FaG
• Josiah O Whitmer 1830–1905 FaG
• Joseph Whitmer 1832–1891 FaG
• Margaret Elizabeth Whitmer Harman 1833–1909 FaG
• Peter Whitmer 1835–1899 FaG
• Matilda Whitmer 1836–1848 FaG
• Amanda Whitmer Carl 1840–1865 FaG
• Phoebe J Whitmer Crawford 1842–1884 FaG
• Christennia Whitmer 1844–1860 FaG
• Sarah Jane Whitmer Marquart 1846–1912 FaG

Children

• Pvt John Kester 1841–1862
• Mary Jane Kester Rafter 1844–1921
• Henry James Kester 1845–1924
• Elizabeth Kester Willard 1848–1941
• Isaac Kester 1849–1923
• Eliza Kester Walton 1851–1889
• Catherine Kester Campbell 1853–1939
• Peter Kester 1853–1934
• Mose Kester 1856–1892
• Josiah "Jess" Kester 1859–1925
• Arzella Ora Kester Bakerink 1861–1951
• Abbie Rachel Kester Haskins 1864–1953
• Joseph Whitmer "Joe" Kester 1866–1957

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