The name Silas probably comes from the Mitchell family, while Wright
is from Abigail Wright, his paternal great grandmother.
Silas Wright Hester was born in Bracken County (now Robertson County)
Kentucky on Sept. 10, .1847;
He died in Dec. 1904. .
He married first ? Cameron and had John Cameron Hester (He3-1-1) born
1884.
There is no information on his secon marriage.
Source: Genealogy of the Descendants of John Hester of Fleming County,
Kentucky, by Hester Geraldine Lester Searl