See end of this email for instructions on how to unsubscribe. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Ohio > Stark Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=28269 (Follow the link above to contact the original submitter of the following article.) More articles for Stark can be found at: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2308 Article Title: Hester Obit Article Date: December 5 1905 Article Description: Hester Obit Article Text: At 2 o'clock Monday morning David Hester, one of the oldest residents of Alliance, both in years and length of residence, paid the debt due to nature after an illness of several years. He was born in Salem in 1821, the son of Matthias and Susan Hester. He came to Alliance in 1851 with his parents, and has resided here nearly all the time since until his death. When he came here there was only one house in the town, and that was the brick house now occupied by Lewis Gehret, on Park avenue, and that was built by Mr. Hester's father. In this building his father conducted a general store, and David clerked for him for many years, getting a good business educa- tion which in after years was of much value to him. The only public office he ever held was that of postmaster, and he was the first one Alliance ever had. The first postoffice was in the house now occupied by Widow Ridge on Hester avenue. It was latter moved to the house now occupied by Sam Grimes, and again to a building where the Zang jewelry store now is. Here Mr. Hester's two terms of office expired, and he went into the book and paper business in what is now the First National Bank building, and this business he followed for many years. He was also engaged at one time as freight clerk on the C. & P., both in Alliance and Cleveland. The later years of his life and up to the time that ill health compelled him to retire from active work, he was engaged in the insurance business. He was a member of the first Baptist church in Alliance and was a member of the first choir, in which he played a bass viol of his own make. He was also the first Mason in Alliance, and was likewise the oldest member of that organization in the city, having gone to Minerva to be initiated. He was of the Master Mason degree when death overtook him. He was also a prominent member of the Odd Fellows. He was one of a family of seven children, of whom the following survive: Charles, of Alliance; Thomas, of California; Mrs. Sarah Teeters, and Mrs. Eliza Arney, of Alliance. He is also survived by one son, Shelly, of Cleveland, who is now ill, and will probably not be able to attend the funeral. The funeral services will be held from the Christian church at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, in charge of the Rev. A. B. Moore and the Odd Fellows. The friends who wish to review the remains are invited to call at the house on North Mechanic avenue Tuesday afternoon and evening after 3 o'clock. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IMPORTANT: To stop receiving these notifications, you need to know if you are receiving them through a mailing list or if you subscribed through the Newspaper Abstracts website. Either way, YOU HAD TO HAVE SUBSCRIBED YOURSELF, as we do NOT add people to our notifications. To determine what you subscribed to, look at the subject line of this message. If the subject line begins with the words 'Old-News' followed by 'New Article for', then you are receiving this notification through a mailing list. See the end of this message for instructions on how to unsubscribe. If the subject line says 'New Article for' - but does NOT have 'Old-News' in front of it - then you subscribed through the website. To unsubscribe, follow instructions found at: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=11191 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com