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Pvt Lewis Lester

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Pvt Lewis Lester Veteran

Birth
Madison County, Georgia, USA
Death
17 Nov 1864 (aged 43–44)
Camp Chase, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
Plot
row 15, grave 480
Memorial ID
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CSA, Company F, 13th Georgia Cavalry. Service info on headstone shows Company I, 16th Georgia Cavalry which is incorrect.

Georgia Marriages to 1850
Name: Lewis Lester
Spouse: Emerline Burkes
Marriage Date: 6 Jan 1848
Marriage County: Coweta
Marriage State: Georgia

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Lewis Lester
Age: 30
Birth Year: abt 1820
Birthplace: Georgia
Home in 1850: Division 19, Coweta, Georgia
Gender: Male
Family Number: 97
Household Members - Name/Age:
Lewis Lester 30
Emeline M A Lester 21
Thomas M Lester 1

Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978
Name: Lewis Lester
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 21 Jan 1857
Marriage Place: Coweta, Georgia, USA
Spouse: Rebecca L Jones
Spouse Gender: Female

1864 Census for Re-Organizing the Georgia Militia
Name: Lewis Lester
Residence County: Coweta
Age: 43yrs & 9 mos.
Birth Year: abt 1821
Birth Place: Georgia

(special thanks to Ann Kennedy Patton for the following info) Lewis was captured near Watkinsville, GA and ultimately transferred to Camp Chase Confederate Prison near Columbus, Ohio where he contracted pneumonia in prison camp and died.He married 1st wife Emiline Burkes on 6 January 1848 in Coweta County, Georgia and secondly married Rebecca Jones on 21 January 1857. He is the son of Pleasant Lester and Nancy Brooks.
CSA, Company F, 13th Georgia Cavalry. Service info on headstone shows Company I, 16th Georgia Cavalry which is incorrect.

Georgia Marriages to 1850
Name: Lewis Lester
Spouse: Emerline Burkes
Marriage Date: 6 Jan 1848
Marriage County: Coweta
Marriage State: Georgia

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Lewis Lester
Age: 30
Birth Year: abt 1820
Birthplace: Georgia
Home in 1850: Division 19, Coweta, Georgia
Gender: Male
Family Number: 97
Household Members - Name/Age:
Lewis Lester 30
Emeline M A Lester 21
Thomas M Lester 1

Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978
Name: Lewis Lester
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 21 Jan 1857
Marriage Place: Coweta, Georgia, USA
Spouse: Rebecca L Jones
Spouse Gender: Female

1864 Census for Re-Organizing the Georgia Militia
Name: Lewis Lester
Residence County: Coweta
Age: 43yrs & 9 mos.
Birth Year: abt 1821
Birth Place: Georgia

(special thanks to Ann Kennedy Patton for the following info) Lewis was captured near Watkinsville, GA and ultimately transferred to Camp Chase Confederate Prison near Columbus, Ohio where he contracted pneumonia in prison camp and died.He married 1st wife Emiline Burkes on 6 January 1848 in Coweta County, Georgia and secondly married Rebecca Jones on 21 January 1857. He is the son of Pleasant Lester and Nancy Brooks.


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