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Peter Martin Nicholas Bismark "Nick" Hester



born       Sep.17.1835
in           Hamburg Germany
Religion
Death     Oct.17.1889
in           Lexington Lee County, TX USA

Married Oct.09.1859
 

Lillie Louisa Wolf Hester
born     Dec.22.1840
In         Worlitz, Sachsen-Anhalt

Death  May 23.1923
In        Lexinton Lee County TX
Children  

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Elvira Hester McRee   Sep.3.1865 Apr.28.1955 101
Isabella Hester Engelhart   (1868 - 1945) 102
Germania Hester Dowdy   (1870 - 1942) 103
Dora Hester Schlosshan   (1872 - 1941) Schlosshan
Bismark Nicholas Hester   (1874 - 1947) 105
Minnie Hester Watts

 		   (1875 - 1964) 106
 Leopoltina Louise Hester McGinty   (1878 - 1960) 107
Clara Hester Holt   (1884 - 1977) 108
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Elvira Hester McRee



born       Sep.3.1865
in           Lee County TX
Religion
Death     Apr.28.1955
in           Lexington Lee County, TX USA


Married Max McRee

born    Dec.22.1861
Death     Feb. 24.1928

  

 

Children       
Flora Katherine McRee Kidwell   (1884 - 1961)  
Leo Nicholas McRee   (1889 - 1962)*  
       


 
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     Isabella was a very active member of the First Baptist Church in Lexington and taught Sunday School in the Church for sixty-one years. She also served as secretary and treasurer of the Church until her death. She managed the Engelhart Dry Goods and Grocery Store for twenty-eight years. This was the former Hester Store and later the Dowdy Store in Lexington.

Isabella  Hester Engelhart



born       Mar.1..1868
in           Lee County TX
Religion
Death     May.17.1945
in           Lexington Lee County, TX USA


Married Henry Engelhard

born    Jul.1.1868

in Housten Harris County TX
Death     Nov.28.1917
     
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Margaret Esebella Dowdy King   (1896 1980)

Germania "Monie"  Hester Dowdy



born       Feb.7.1870
in         
Religion
Death     Aug.1.1942
in           Lexington Lee TX 

William Sterling Dowdy
born   
in         Lynchburg County, Virginia


Death     Nov.28.1917
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Nicholas Bismark  Hester

born       Jan.17.1874
in           Lee County TX
Religion
Death     Oct.26.1947
in           Lexington Lee County TX

 

married

 

Lillian Nora Perry Hester
born    Oct.1.1878
in       Lee County TX

Death Aug.6.1978
in       Lexington Lee County TX

 

    Bismark was known as Uncle Buddy by other members of the family. He and Lillie were big belivers in education and music. Bismark and Lillie moved back and forth between Austin and Lexington to insure a good education for their six children. Bismark managed the Hester Estate and helped manage the Dowdy and Engelhart Stores in Lexington until the time of his death.
     Bismark was killed in a car wreck, on Wednesday evening. Frank Parker, Bismark and Lillian were going to prayer services, when Mr. Parker ran a stop sign on the loop in Lexington and the car was hit by a large truck hauling cattle.
Children   born    
Samuel Nicholas Hester (1900 1984)
Lillie Louise Hester Stribling (1902 1986)
Clarence Raymond Hester   (1904 1988)  
Henry Engelhart Hester   (1906 1984)  
Hiram Perry Hester   (1908 1982)  
Kate Rebecca Hester Wood   (1910 2002)  

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Minnie  Hester Watts

born       Dec.31.1875
in           Lexington Lee County TX
Religion
Death     Aug.15.1964
in          Grimes County TX

married

Stephen Mundy Watts
born    Jul.1.1860
in       Lexington Lee County TX

Death Aug.17.1919
in       Lexington Lee County TX

 Minnie was a professional woman at the turn of the century. She went to work in a bank and later was the first president of the Texas Association of Women Bankers.

 

Child        
 Julia Watts Jefferis (1887 - 1913)*

 

 

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Leopoltina Louise "Tena" Hester McGinty

born       Jan.13.1878
in           Lee County TX
Religion
Death     Mar.3.1960
in          Giddings Lee County TX

married

Robert Fraklin McGinty
born    Aug.20.1871
in       Old Moulton Lavaca County TX

Death Oct.12.1958
in       Houston Harris County TX

  

 

Md 26 Dec 1906 TX; Robert and Tena owned and operated the McGinty Feed Store at Saratoga, Hardin Co, TX. When the family moved to Alvin, Brazoria Co, TX, Robert and Tena followed. After Robert's death, Tena moved back to Lexington, Lee Co, TX.
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Clara Hester Holt

born       Dec.3.1884
in           Lexington Lee County TX
Religion
Death     Jan.6.1977
in           Giddings Lee County TX

married

Hubert Holt
born   Feb.3.1879
in      Lee County TX

Death Nov.8.1954
in       Grimes  County TX

  

 

 

 

 

Hubert was an oil promoter. Tex Pfc 27 Co 165 Depot Brig WWI.
   
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