He5-6 William Dillman Hester

     William Dillman Hester was the 6th eldest child of John Hester (He6) and Margaret Gilbert (Gi6)
    Born: 13 June 1802
    Married: Constance Bennington, recorded in Book H No. 4 of Brown Co., Ohio, on 4 July 1827.
    Died:1 Feb 1872
    Buried: Spade Cemetery in Section 27 of Fairview Township of Jones Co., Iowa, his mother, second wigfe and daughter Eliza Jane are also buried here.
     Constance Bennington was born in Boone Co., Ky., in 1806 and died in Marshall Co., Ill., about April 1842 soon after the birth of her 7th child Margaret.
    William Dillman Hester and Constance Bennington had issue:
    (He5-6-1) William John Hester, (1828 - 12 Sept. 1904)
    (He5-6-2) Squire Hester, (c.1831 - in Civil War) married Rachel Curtwright 4 July 1855 who died at childbirth, child died 1 year later.
    (He5-6-3) Joseph Hester, (c. 1837 - in Civil War)
    (He5-6-4) Jasmes Hester, (27 April 1835 - 21 March 1912)
    (He5-6-5) Frank Marion Hester, (c. 1836 - 16 Sept. 1862 in battle)
    (He5-6-6) David Hester, (c. 1839 - ) married, no children.
    (He5-6-7) Margaret Hester, (4 April 1842 - 18 Aug. 1877)
    by his second wife, Elizabeth ? (1817 - 1875)
    (He5-6-8) Gilbert Hester, (c. 1848 - )
    (He5-6-9) Eliza Jane Hester, (14 April 1849 - 6 March 1865)
    Source: Geneology of the Descendents of John Hester, by Hester Geraldine Lester Searl