A relative of mine was born in Ester in 1909.  How long they lived there, I do not know.  The father was a mining supervisor/researcher.   Alanna --- On Wed, 7/1/09, B. Warner <bkwofc@i1.net> wrote: [Local Newspaper Clipping - 1911 handwritten on article] INJURIES PROVE FATAL TO ESTHER BOY. Jarrett H. Dudley, the eleven-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Dudley, who reside at Columbia Park near Esther, was run over by a wagon Monday morning and sustained injuries which caused his death at the company hospital at Bonne Terre on Tuesday night.  The accident occurred near the Dudley boy's home where he, in the company with a younger brother and another boy, were taking a ride on a wagon driven by Andy J. Bell, a farmer residing 1 mile southwest of Farmington.  Mr. Bell had started to the Lead Belt Monday morning to peddle some fruit and other garden stock.  After making some sales in Columbia Park, he started to Esther.  As he left the Park he noticed the boys hopping on and off the wagon, taking short rides.  He paid but little attention to them and knew nothing of the accident until one of the boys screamed when the Dudley boy fell underneath the wagon and was run over.  Mr. Bell immediately stopped his horse and went to the injured lad. At first his injury seemed to be only a slight one but when Mr. Bell found that the wheels had passed over the stomach and breast, he knew that the injury was serious, and hurriedly took him back to his home and Dr. Topping was summoned.  Later Dr. Williams was also called.  The boy's condition gradually grew worse and Tuesday afternoon he was removed to the hospital where an operation was performed as a final effort to save his life.  The effort was futile and death soon resulted from the internal hemorrhage from the ruptured liver. The remains were brought to the Dudley home on Wednesday and the funeral was held yesterday.  Services were conducted at the Baptist church by the pastor, Rev. E. F. Curle, after which the remains were interred in the Masonic cemetery at Farmington. The News joins in extending sympathy to the bereaved parents in their hour of sadness. NOTE:  Online death certificate indicates that date of death was August 8, 1911.