Evan Dever Hester
Evan Dever Hester was born on December 22, 1825, in Claremont County, Ohio, to David Hester. His father was a farmer who owned $7,142 of real estate by 1850. They lived in Union, Ohio, and by 1850, Hester was working as a farmer. He married Sarah Louisa Fuller on October 25, 1853, and they had at least eight children: Emma, born around 1854; Henry, born around 1856; John, born around 1858; Minerva, born around 1860; Sarah, born around 1862; William, born around 1865; Louise, born around 1868; and Albert, born around 1871.
They lived in Adams, Ohio, and Hester worked as a farmer. By 1860, he owned $500 of personal property. He enlisted in the Union army on April 11, 1865, and he mustered in as a private in Company K of the 155th Ohio Infantry. He mustered out on August 4, 1865. He returned to Union after the war before moving to Washington, Ohio, in the 1870s. He applied for a federal pension in February 1888 and eventually secured one. He died of pneumonia in Newtonsville, Ohio, in early 1890.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (2228) | Hester, Evan Dever | 1825-12-22 | 1890 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Private
- Rank out: Private
- Rank highest: Private
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (6662) [associated with] ~ Evan D. Hester and Sarah L. Hester Statement, 21 April 1863
People - Records: 1
- (2229) Hester, Sarah Louisa is the [wife of] (2228) Hester, Evan Dever
Places - Records: 2
Regiments - Records: 1
- (674) [enlisted] [K] ~ 155th Indiana Infantry
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Ohio County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; Ohio Soldiers Grave Registration Cards, 1804-1958, available from Fold3.com.
