Gi6 Margaret Jane Gilbert

This picture of John Hester (He6) and Margaret Gilbert (Gi6) and their son, Solomon Hester (He5-10) must be one of the earliest pictures taken as John died in 1843.

In the County Court Records of Bourbon Co., Kentucky. is the marriage bond of John Hester (He6) and Margaret Gilbert (Gi6) dated Feb. 3, 1789.
Margaret Gilbert was the daughter of Barnabas (Barney) and Margaret Gi1bert.
- Margaret (Gilbert) Hester was born in 1767 probably in Pennsylvania.
She died Feb. 7, 1854 in Jones Co., Iowa. She had immigrated to Iowa in 1844 from Ind. with her younger children Solomon Hester and Margaret (Hester) Ewing. This was the year after her husband John Hester’s death. (It shou1d be noted that John and Margaret (Gilbert) Hester had been married over 54 years when John Hester died.
Margaret (Gilbert) Hester is buried in Spade Cemetery, Sec. 27, Fairview Twp., Jones Co., Iowa. In the same cemetery lot are also buried her son William D. Hester (He5-6) (1802-1872), his second wife, Elizabeth and their daughter Eliza J. Hester (1849-1865). In the same lot is a monument for a Sarah Gilbert (1800-1862) whom we have not been able to place in our genealogy; unless  she is the Mother of Margaret Jane (Gilbert) Hester the wife of William John Hester (He5-6-1)  who is the son of William D. Hester (He5-6). Sarah Gilbert and William D. Hester are buried in the same row.
Margaret Gilbert's maiden name was established by Mary Pickett DeBell. In the files of Clinton M.6 Hester there is a letter written to him Oct. 16, 1953 in which she writes, "It is reasonable to think that Margaret Gilbert Greer might have been a "Christian". Note that Margaret and Barney Gilbert name a son Christian Gilbert and a daughter Christina Gilbert. After the death of Barnabas his widow Margaret married James Greer in Bourbon Co., Ky. on Dec. 3, 1790. In her letter Miss DeBell added that there were families in Fleming Co. by the name of Christian. We may be safe in concluding that Barnabas Gilbert’s wife was Margaret (Christian) Gilbert; and at the time of her death in 1824 at age 84 years she was Margaret (Christian) Gilbert Greer.
Margaret {Gilbert) Hester was 50 years old when her youngest of 12 children, Margaret Hester was born.

(He5-1)  John Hester, b. Dec. 25, 1792; d. 1838.
(He5-2) Abigail Hester, b. Feb. 24, 1794; d. Feb. 3, 1841.
(He5)  Henry Hester, b. Feb. 28, 1797;  d. Sept. 8, 1854.
(He5-4)  Adam Hester, b. Mar. 1, 1799; d. Aug. 2, 1882.
(He5-5)  Conrad Wright Hester, b. Mar. 8, 1800; d. Feb. 2, 1882.
(He5-6). William D. Hester, b. June 13, 1802; d. Feb. 1, 1872.
(He5-7)  Stephen Hester, b. Ju1y 7, 1807; d. Jan. 31, 1882.
(He5-8)  Levi Hester, b. Jan.,1806; D.
(He5-9) Christopher Hester, b. Mar. 10, 1810; d. Feb. 21, 1910.
(He5-10) Solomon Hester, b. Jan. 20, 1815; d. Mar. 27, 1904.
(He5-11)  Margaret Hester, b. Ju1y 4, 1817; d. Apr. 20, 1902.
(He5-12) Gilbert Hester, b. and d. young.