Ancestry of
Kenny Rogers

Country Music Singer

Wiley Daniel Hester

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• • Grandfather of Kenny Rogers — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 6 
  • Father:
  • William Daniel Hester 
  • Mother:
  • Alice A. Nelson   
  • Birth Date:
  • 18 Feb 1888 
  • Birth Location:
  • Wood County, Texas 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 22 Feb 1966 
  • Death Location:
  • Crockett, Houston, Texas 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Lynches Chapel Cemetery, Alto, Cherokee, Texas 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Cora B. Willoughby
  • Marriage Date:
  • 19 Jun 1909 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Upshur County, Texas 
  • Children:
  
  

  Lucille Lois Hester (Ahnentafel No:3 )

  Glenn Hester

  • Notes: 

  • Wiley Hester's death certificate gives his birth location as Leesville, Louisiana. However, he reported it as Wood County, Texas, on his WWII draft registration and census records would seem to back it up.

• Sources for Wiley Daniel Hester

  • ¹ Federal Census, TX, Upshur County, 1920, Justice Precinct 7, E.D. 118, Sheet 14A, Image 27 of 27.
  • ² Federal Census, TX, Wood County, 1900, Justice Precinct 4, E.D. 145, Sheet 10B, Image 20 of 48.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/21/2020).
  • ⁴ Texas, Select County Marriage Records, 1837-2015, Marriage record for W D Hester and Cora Weloby.
  • ⁵ Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982, Death certificate for Wiley Daniel Hester.
  • ⁶ Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982, Death certificate for spouse Cora Hester.
  • ⁷ U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, Draft registration for Wiley Hester.

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