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Nester, George M. (1818-1894)
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History of Tucker County, West Virginia
From the Earliest Explorations and Settlements to the Present Time.
by Hu Maxwell
Kingwood, W. Va.; Preston Publishing Company, 1884.

Page 463

George M. Nester, son of David Nester, was born in 1818; of German
descent; married in 1848 to Eliza, daughter of Oliver Shurtleff.
His wife died in 1871, and he married Mrs. Lyda Hovatter, daughter
of Isaac Godwin; is a farmer, 4 miles from St. George, on Bull Bun;
has 70 acres of improved land, on a farm of 142 acres. At the
commencement of the war he was elected justice of the peace, but
would not serve. He was twice arrested by the Yankees. John, Samuel
and George Nester were the first settlers on Bull Bun. They killed
ten bears soon after they settled there. George Nester's children
are Doctor L., Oliver D., Marcellus C., Mary M., Herschel M.,
Claudius B. M., Sarah L., Byron W. and Lloyd W.

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Register of Deaths, Tucker County, WV
(Page 7, Line 35)
FULL-NAME: George M. Nestor
DEATH-DATE: May 17, 1894
DEATH-PLACE: Auvil, W.Va.
CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cardiac Dropsey
AGE-AT-DEATH: 75y-6m
BIRTH-PLACE: West Va.
OCCUPATION: Farmer
MARITAL-STATUS: Married

(1st wife of George M. Nester)
Register of Deaths, Tucker County, WV
(Pages 23-24, Line No. 9)
FULL-NAME: Eliza Nestor
DATE-OF-DEATH: September 1871
PLACE-OF-DEATH: Tucker County
CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Child Bed
AGE-AT-DEATH: 41y-7m-17d
PARENTS: Oliver & Mary A. Shurtliff
BIRTH-DATE: 1830
CONSORT-OF: Geo. M. Nestor
INFORMANT: Geo. M. Nester, husband

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