Henry Lester
Abt 1814 - 1878 (64 years)-
Name Henry Lester [1, 2, 3] Birth Abt 1814 Troy, Rensselaer, New York 
[1, 2] Gender Male Death 22 May 1878 Boylston Township, Oswego, New York Person ID I70041 Stewartsny Last Modified 2 Dec 2025
Father James S Lester, b. Abt 1790, New York, USA d. Sandy Creek, Oswego, New York, USA Relationship natural Mother Olive Unknown, b. Abt 1788, Saratoga County, New York, USA d. Abt 1862, Boylston, Oswego, New York, USA (Age 74 years) Relationship natural Family ID F23507 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Amy Calkins, b. 18 Apr 1833, Boylston Township, Oswego, New York d. 7 Feb 1923, Fulton, Oswego, New York (Age 89 years) Children 1. Henry Ward Lester, b. 6 Sep 1874, Boylston Township, Oswego, New York d. 30 Jun 1931, Remsen, Oneida, New York (Age 56 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F23377 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Dec 2025
Family 2 Jane Bartlett, b. 20 Nov 1819, Salisbury, Herkimer, New York, USA d. 7 Oct 1872, Lacona, Oswego, New York, USA (Age 52 years) Marriage 1840 Children 1. Frances W. Lester, b. 8 Jan 1841, Boylston, Oswego, New York, USA d. 26 Sep 1876, Lawrence, Van Buren County, Michigan, United States of America (Age 35 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. Harriet E. Lester, b. 11 Jul 1844, Boylston, Oswego, New York, USA d. 1923, Boylston, Oswego, New York, USA (Age 78 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. Emory Bartlett Lester, b. 4 Nov 1847, Boylston, Oswego, New York, USA d. 13 Mar 1925, Lacona, Oswego, New York, USA (Age 77 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. Mary A. Lester, b. Abt 1849 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 5. Emerson Delos Lester, b. 11 Jun 1851, Boylston Center, Oswego County, New York d. 14 Mar 1925, Orwell, Oswego, New York, USA (Age 73 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F23378 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Dec 2025
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Notes - Lester, Henry, son of Nicholas, was born near Troy, N. Y., in 1814. He came when a child with his grandparents to Sandy Creek. At an early age he commenced to earn his own living learning the trade of carpenter. He married Jane Bartlett, daughter of Emery Bartlett, and settled in the southeastern part of the town, building two saw mills and clearing a farm of 114 acres. Four children were born to them: Frances W., wife of J. A. Alden, who died in Lawrence, Mich., in 1876; Harriet E., wife of Elijah Rowe, who resides in Boylston; Emery B. of Orwell; Emerson D. in Boylston. His wife, Jane, dying in 1872, he married Amy Calkins Snyder, by whom he had a son. Henry W., who resides in Mannsville, Jefferson county. Henry Lester was much respected by his townsmen, holding the office of superintendent of schools, justice of the peace twelve years, and supervisorfive years. He died in 1878. Emerson D. was born on the homestead where he now resides in 1851; he was educated in the district school, Pulaski Academy and Lawrence (Mich.) Union School. He was married in 1878, and has two children, Ray, aged fifteen, and Harry, aged five. He was elected supervisor in 1893 and reelected in 1894 without opposition; is a Republican, a member of the I. O. O. F. and K. O. T. M. lodges.
FROM:
Landmarks of Oswego County
New York
Edited by: John C. Churchill, LL.D.
Assisted by: H, Perry Smith and W. Stanley Child
Syracuse, N. Y.
D. Mason & Co., Publishers 1895
- Lester, Henry, son of Nicholas, was born near Troy, N. Y., in 1814. He came when a child with his grandparents to Sandy Creek. At an early age he commenced to earn his own living learning the trade of carpenter. He married Jane Bartlett, daughter of Emery Bartlett, and settled in the southeastern part of the town, building two saw mills and clearing a farm of 114 acres. Four children were born to them: Frances W., wife of J. A. Alden, who died in Lawrence, Mich., in 1876; Harriet E., wife of Elijah Rowe, who resides in Boylston; Emery B. of Orwell; Emerson D. in Boylston. His wife, Jane, dying in 1872, he married Amy Calkins Snyder, by whom he had a son. Henry W., who resides in Mannsville, Jefferson county. Henry Lester was much respected by his townsmen, holding the office of superintendent of schools, justice of the peace twelve years, and supervisorfive years. He died in 1878. Emerson D. was born on the homestead where he now resides in 1851; he was educated in the district school, Pulaski Academy and Lawrence (Mich.) Union School. He was married in 1878, and has two children, Ray, aged fifteen, and Harry, aged five. He was elected supervisor in 1893 and reelected in 1894 without opposition; is a Republican, a member of the I. O. O. F. and K. O. T. M. lodges.
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