LESTER, Crandal [The Bolivar Breeze; Th., 9/3/1925, p1c1] - OBITUARY
"Crandall Lester [Di]ed at Richburg
Pioneer Oil Man Passes Away in Richburg Sunday Morning, Aged 84. Last G.A.R. Veteran.
Crandall Lester, pioneer oil man, [last] surviving veteran of the civil war [in] Richburg, last of a family of six, [passed] away at his home on Main [street] in Richburg at 7 o'clock, Sunday morning, aged 84 years. He had [been] confined to his bed for three [?] by the infirmities of age, the [first] real illness in his long life. Death [caused] from heart trouble. Mr. Lester was born at New London, Conn., [Decem]ber 10, 1840, a son of Crandall [and H]anna Wilson Lester. He had a [brother] and four sisters. After living [for a] time in Baltimore the family lo[cated] in Richburg in 1851. Ten years [later], December 25, 1861, he was united in marriage to Frances Caroline [Richar]dson and to them six children [were] born, five of whom are living: [Ward] A. Lester of Bowling Green, [KY]; Ralph E. Lester, J. Herbert Lester, Rowena L. Brown and Ruth L. [Thom]as of Richburg. There are four [grand] children: Paul W. Lester of [Richb]urg, Donald T. Lester of De[troit, MI], R.M. Brown and Lucile Lester [Reddi]ng of Richburg. Mrs. Lester [died] in 1917. The family occupied [the] present home continuously for 45 [years].
[Mr.] Lester enlisted in Co. H., [?] regt., NY volunteers, ]in 186]2, serving as sergeant and was [honor]ably discharged October 17, [186?]. For some months previous to [his] discharge he was a prisoner of [war] at Salisbury, having been captured by the Confederates. After the [war the] Cassious Maxson Post, G.A.R., [was] established in Richburg and [?]shed many years by ceased to [?]on when the men who wore the [?] one by one answered the last [?] call. Mr. Lester was the last of [the] old guard.
[Mr.] Lester was one of a group of [?] responsible for the bringing in [of an] oil producing well in the Richburg section of the Allegany county. [Mr.] O.P. Taylor had brought in a [oil] well, Triangle No. 1, at Petrolium and Mr. Lester had great faith in [the] territory about Richburg. He in[?]d A.B. Cottrell and Edward Bliss (with) him in leasing a block of land [?] of Richburg. Herman Rice and [?] Rice of Friendship and Riley [?] and O.P. Taylor were also [?]ested in drilling of the first well. [It] was known as Richburg gusher and [?]ed on what was then the Redding... [some oil stuff missing when printed as obit is so long] ... than Richburg. But nothing last long and when the Cherry [?]e excitement broke loose the [?]m was off Richburg and there was [as b]ig a rush to get away as there [had] been to reach the new El Dorado. [All] this Mr. Lester say and had a [hand] in. He lived to see the waning [?]ure of natural gas restored to [?] [o]il sands by introduction of water [press]ure, and to see oil properties sell [for] higher prices then were dreamed [of] in the days of the boom. He [saw] wells drilled in back yards and [front] yards and amazing quantities [of oil] recovered from single village [?]. On his own premises he developed a most valuable production from [?]all number of wells.
[Mr.] Lester was a kindly man and [had] many friends. All his life he had [tri]ed to set a good example to others. Since he was 16 years old he (had) been a member of the First Baptist church. Public office he never [soug]ht. He took great delight in his [fami]ly and friends. He kept in [touch] with world events. He lived [a live] of moderation, to that he ascribed his long life and continued good [health]. In his last illness he had the [lovin]g devotion and care of his daughters and sons. He knew that the sun [was] setting on the western hills -- and was ready to march when the order came.
Funeral services were held at the [home] at two o'clock, yesterday afternoon, conducted by Rev. W.N. Mason, [?)]ville, former pastor of the [?]g church and close friend of [Mr.] Lester, assisted by Rev. Ent[wistl]e, pastor of the church. A [?]e hymn "Face to Face", was [sung] by Miss Reta Hardman of Richburng [?] piano. Rev. Mason paid de-[?] tribute to the dead in simple [?] [be]autiful words. The floral of[ferings] were many and beautiful. The [pallbea]rers were sons and grandsons, [Ralph] E. Lester, J. Herbert Lester, [?] Lester, Paul Lester, Donald T. [Lester] and R.M. Brown.
Burial was in the Lester plot [in] Richburg cemetery, just across [the street] from the Baptist church he [had ate]nded ever since it was erected in the early eighties. In this [cemeter]y sleep many of the friends of [his boy]hood and manhood. Services [at the] grave were conducted by Ken[yon] Andrus Post of the American [Legion] of Bolivar in accordance with [protoc]al. The service was [performed] by Rev. G. D. Hargis of Lit[tle Gene]see, chaplain of the post. It [is fitti]ng that the legion should con[duct the] service for Richburg's last [livin]g veteran of the war between [the states], whose ranks grow thinner [and thin]ner as the days run away. [?] on the eternal camping [?]that lies on the other side of [?] that hedges in this world of [?]e firing of a volloy over the [?]e, the sounding of "Taps" by [?]r and the last of Richburg's [?]d returned to the kindest…[rest cut off at the bottom when printing]
[NOTE: Crandal's will lists only one "L", also per his signature on will. Information listed in the obit in brackets is how I assume is how it read, as the left edge of the obit is cut off on the microfilm copy]
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From the NYS Adj.-Gen.'s report on the 160th NYSV: "LESTER, CRANDAL — Age, 21 years. Enlisted, September 6, 1862, at Wirt, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. H, November 21, 1862; promoted corporal, January 4, 1863; sergeant, January 28, 1864; captured in action, October 19, 1864, at Cedar Creek, Va. , paroled, February 28, 1865; discharged, August 11, 1865, at Elmira, N. Y." -- per contributor #47222513
"Crandall Lester [Di]ed at Richburg
Pioneer Oil Man Passes Away in Richburg Sunday Morning, Aged 84. Last G.A.R. Veteran.
Crandall Lester, pioneer oil man, [last] surviving veteran of the civil war [in] Richburg, last of a family of six, [passed] away at his home on Main [street] in Richburg at 7 o'clock, Sunday morning, aged 84 years. He had [been] confined to his bed for three [?] by the infirmities of age, the [first] real illness in his long life. Death [caused] from heart trouble. Mr. Lester was born at New London, Conn., [Decem]ber 10, 1840, a son of Crandall [and H]anna Wilson Lester. He had a [brother] and four sisters. After living [for a] time in Baltimore the family lo[cated] in Richburg in 1851. Ten years [later], December 25, 1861, he was united in marriage to Frances Caroline [Richar]dson and to them six children [were] born, five of whom are living: [Ward] A. Lester of Bowling Green, [KY]; Ralph E. Lester, J. Herbert Lester, Rowena L. Brown and Ruth L. [Thom]as of Richburg. There are four [grand] children: Paul W. Lester of [Richb]urg, Donald T. Lester of De[troit, MI], R.M. Brown and Lucile Lester [Reddi]ng of Richburg. Mrs. Lester [died] in 1917. The family occupied [the] present home continuously for 45 [years].
[Mr.] Lester enlisted in Co. H., [?] regt., NY volunteers, ]in 186]2, serving as sergeant and was [honor]ably discharged October 17, [186?]. For some months previous to [his] discharge he was a prisoner of [war] at Salisbury, having been captured by the Confederates. After the [war the] Cassious Maxson Post, G.A.R., [was] established in Richburg and [?]shed many years by ceased to [?]on when the men who wore the [?] one by one answered the last [?] call. Mr. Lester was the last of [the] old guard.
[Mr.] Lester was one of a group of [?] responsible for the bringing in [of an] oil producing well in the Richburg section of the Allegany county. [Mr.] O.P. Taylor had brought in a [oil] well, Triangle No. 1, at Petrolium and Mr. Lester had great faith in [the] territory about Richburg. He in[?]d A.B. Cottrell and Edward Bliss (with) him in leasing a block of land [?] of Richburg. Herman Rice and [?] Rice of Friendship and Riley [?] and O.P. Taylor were also [?]ested in drilling of the first well. [It] was known as Richburg gusher and [?]ed on what was then the Redding... [some oil stuff missing when printed as obit is so long] ... than Richburg. But nothing last long and when the Cherry [?]e excitement broke loose the [?]m was off Richburg and there was [as b]ig a rush to get away as there [had] been to reach the new El Dorado. [All] this Mr. Lester say and had a [hand] in. He lived to see the waning [?]ure of natural gas restored to [?] [o]il sands by introduction of water [press]ure, and to see oil properties sell [for] higher prices then were dreamed [of] in the days of the boom. He [saw] wells drilled in back yards and [front] yards and amazing quantities [of oil] recovered from single village [?]. On his own premises he developed a most valuable production from [?]all number of wells.
[Mr.] Lester was a kindly man and [had] many friends. All his life he had [tri]ed to set a good example to others. Since he was 16 years old he (had) been a member of the First Baptist church. Public office he never [soug]ht. He took great delight in his [fami]ly and friends. He kept in [touch] with world events. He lived [a live] of moderation, to that he ascribed his long life and continued good [health]. In his last illness he had the [lovin]g devotion and care of his daughters and sons. He knew that the sun [was] setting on the western hills -- and was ready to march when the order came.
Funeral services were held at the [home] at two o'clock, yesterday afternoon, conducted by Rev. W.N. Mason, [?)]ville, former pastor of the [?]g church and close friend of [Mr.] Lester, assisted by Rev. Ent[wistl]e, pastor of the church. A [?]e hymn "Face to Face", was [sung] by Miss Reta Hardman of Richburng [?] piano. Rev. Mason paid de-[?] tribute to the dead in simple [?] [be]autiful words. The floral of[ferings] were many and beautiful. The [pallbea]rers were sons and grandsons, [Ralph] E. Lester, J. Herbert Lester, [?] Lester, Paul Lester, Donald T. [Lester] and R.M. Brown.
Burial was in the Lester plot [in] Richburg cemetery, just across [the street] from the Baptist church he [had ate]nded ever since it was erected in the early eighties. In this [cemeter]y sleep many of the friends of [his boy]hood and manhood. Services [at the] grave were conducted by Ken[yon] Andrus Post of the American [Legion] of Bolivar in accordance with [protoc]al. The service was [performed] by Rev. G. D. Hargis of Lit[tle Gene]see, chaplain of the post. It [is fitti]ng that the legion should con[duct the] service for Richburg's last [livin]g veteran of the war between [the states], whose ranks grow thinner [and thin]ner as the days run away. [?] on the eternal camping [?]that lies on the other side of [?] that hedges in this world of [?]e firing of a volloy over the [?]e, the sounding of "Taps" by [?]r and the last of Richburg's [?]d returned to the kindest…[rest cut off at the bottom when printing]
[NOTE: Crandal's will lists only one "L", also per his signature on will. Information listed in the obit in brackets is how I assume is how it read, as the left edge of the obit is cut off on the microfilm copy]
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From the NYS Adj.-Gen.'s report on the 160th NYSV: "LESTER, CRANDAL — Age, 21 years. Enlisted, September 6, 1862, at Wirt, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. H, November 21, 1862; promoted corporal, January 4, 1863; sergeant, January 28, 1864; captured in action, October 19, 1864, at Cedar Creek, Va. , paroled, February 28, 1865; discharged, August 11, 1865, at Elmira, N. Y." -- per contributor #47222513
LESTER, Crandal [The Bolivar Breeze; Th., 9/3/1925, p1c1] - OBITUARY
"Crandall Lester [Di]ed at Richburg
Pioneer Oil Man Passes Away in Richburg Sunday Morning, Aged 84. Last G.A.R. Veteran.
Crandall Lester, pioneer oil man, [last] surviving veteran of the civil war [in] Richburg, last of a family of six, [passed] away at his home on Main [street] in Richburg at 7 o'clock, Sunday morning, aged 84 years. He had [been] confined to his bed for three [?] by the infirmities of age, the [first] real illness in his long life. Death [caused] from heart trouble. Mr. Lester was born at New London, Conn., [Decem]ber 10, 1840, a son of Crandall [and H]anna Wilson Lester. He had a [brother] and four sisters. After living [for a] time in Baltimore the family lo[cated] in Richburg in 1851. Ten years [later], December 25, 1861, he was united in marriage to Frances Caroline [Richar]dson and to them six children [were] born, five of whom are living: [Ward] A. Lester of Bowling Green, [KY]; Ralph E. Lester, J. Herbert Lester, Rowena L. Brown and Ruth L. [Thom]as of Richburg. There are four [grand] children: Paul W. Lester of [Richb]urg, Donald T. Lester of De[troit, MI], R.M. Brown and Lucile Lester [Reddi]ng of Richburg. Mrs. Lester [died] in 1917. The family occupied [the] present home continuously for 45 [years].
[Mr.] Lester enlisted in Co. H., [?] regt., NY volunteers, ]in 186]2, serving as sergeant and was [honor]ably discharged October 17, [186?]. For some months previous to [his] discharge he was a prisoner of [war] at Salisbury, having been captured by the Confederates. After the [war the] Cassious Maxson Post, G.A.R., [was] established in Richburg and [?]shed many years by ceased to [?]on when the men who wore the [?] one by one answered the last [?] call. Mr. Lester was the last of [the] old guard.
[Mr.] Lester was one of a group of [?] responsible for the bringing in [of an] oil producing well in the Richburg section of the Allegany county. [Mr.] O.P. Taylor had brought in a [oil] well, Triangle No. 1, at Petrolium and Mr. Lester had great faith in [the] territory about Richburg. He in[?]d A.B. Cottrell and Edward Bliss (with) him in leasing a block of land [?] of Richburg. Herman Rice and [?] Rice of Friendship and Riley [?] and O.P. Taylor were also [?]ested in drilling of the first well. [It] was known as Richburg gusher and [?]ed on what was then the Redding... [some oil stuff missing when printed as obit is so long] ... than Richburg. But nothing last long and when the Cherry [?]e excitement broke loose the [?]m was off Richburg and there was [as b]ig a rush to get away as there [had] been to reach the new El Dorado. [All] this Mr. Lester say and had a [hand] in. He lived to see the waning [?]ure of natural gas restored to [?] [o]il sands by introduction of water [press]ure, and to see oil properties sell [for] higher prices then were dreamed [of] in the days of the boom. He [saw] wells drilled in back yards and [front] yards and amazing quantities [of oil] recovered from single village [?]. On his own premises he developed a most valuable production from [?]all number of wells.
[Mr.] Lester was a kindly man and [had] many friends. All his life he had [tri]ed to set a good example to others. Since he was 16 years old he (had) been a member of the First Baptist church. Public office he never [soug]ht. He took great delight in his [fami]ly and friends. He kept in [touch] with world events. He lived [a live] of moderation, to that he ascribed his long life and continued good [health]. In his last illness he had the [lovin]g devotion and care of his daughters and sons. He knew that the sun [was] setting on the western hills -- and was ready to march when the order came.
Funeral services were held at the [home] at two o'clock, yesterday afternoon, conducted by Rev. W.N. Mason, [?)]ville, former pastor of the [?]g church and close friend of [Mr.] Lester, assisted by Rev. Ent[wistl]e, pastor of the church. A [?]e hymn "Face to Face", was [sung] by Miss Reta Hardman of Richburng [?] piano. Rev. Mason paid de-[?] tribute to the dead in simple [?] [be]autiful words. The floral of[ferings] were many and beautiful. The [pallbea]rers were sons and grandsons, [Ralph] E. Lester, J. Herbert Lester, [?] Lester, Paul Lester, Donald T. [Lester] and R.M. Brown.
Burial was in the Lester plot [in] Richburg cemetery, just across [the street] from the Baptist church he [had ate]nded ever since it was erected in the early eighties. In this [cemeter]y sleep many of the friends of [his boy]hood and manhood. Services [at the] grave were conducted by Ken[yon] Andrus Post of the American [Legion] of Bolivar in accordance with [protoc]al. The service was [performed] by Rev. G. D. Hargis of Lit[tle Gene]see, chaplain of the post. It [is fitti]ng that the legion should con[duct the] service for Richburg's last [livin]g veteran of the war between [the states], whose ranks grow thinner [and thin]ner as the days run away. [?] on the eternal camping [?]that lies on the other side of [?] that hedges in this world of [?]e firing of a volloy over the [?]e, the sounding of "Taps" by [?]r and the last of Richburg's [?]d returned to the kindest…[rest cut off at the bottom when printing]
[NOTE: Crandal's will lists only one "L", also per his signature on will. Information listed in the obit in brackets is how I assume is how it read, as the left edge of the obit is cut off on the microfilm copy]
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From the NYS Adj.-Gen.'s report on the 160th NYSV: "LESTER, CRANDAL — Age, 21 years. Enlisted, September 6, 1862, at Wirt, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. H, November 21, 1862; promoted corporal, January 4, 1863; sergeant, January 28, 1864; captured in action, October 19, 1864, at Cedar Creek, Va. , paroled, February 28, 1865; discharged, August 11, 1865, at Elmira, N. Y." -- per contributor #47222513
"Crandall Lester [Di]ed at Richburg
Pioneer Oil Man Passes Away in Richburg Sunday Morning, Aged 84. Last G.A.R. Veteran.
Crandall Lester, pioneer oil man, [last] surviving veteran of the civil war [in] Richburg, last of a family of six, [passed] away at his home on Main [street] in Richburg at 7 o'clock, Sunday morning, aged 84 years. He had [been] confined to his bed for three [?] by the infirmities of age, the [first] real illness in his long life. Death [caused] from heart trouble. Mr. Lester was born at New London, Conn., [Decem]ber 10, 1840, a son of Crandall [and H]anna Wilson Lester. He had a [brother] and four sisters. After living [for a] time in Baltimore the family lo[cated] in Richburg in 1851. Ten years [later], December 25, 1861, he was united in marriage to Frances Caroline [Richar]dson and to them six children [were] born, five of whom are living: [Ward] A. Lester of Bowling Green, [KY]; Ralph E. Lester, J. Herbert Lester, Rowena L. Brown and Ruth L. [Thom]as of Richburg. There are four [grand] children: Paul W. Lester of [Richb]urg, Donald T. Lester of De[troit, MI], R.M. Brown and Lucile Lester [Reddi]ng of Richburg. Mrs. Lester [died] in 1917. The family occupied [the] present home continuously for 45 [years].
[Mr.] Lester enlisted in Co. H., [?] regt., NY volunteers, ]in 186]2, serving as sergeant and was [honor]ably discharged October 17, [186?]. For some months previous to [his] discharge he was a prisoner of [war] at Salisbury, having been captured by the Confederates. After the [war the] Cassious Maxson Post, G.A.R., [was] established in Richburg and [?]shed many years by ceased to [?]on when the men who wore the [?] one by one answered the last [?] call. Mr. Lester was the last of [the] old guard.
[Mr.] Lester was one of a group of [?] responsible for the bringing in [of an] oil producing well in the Richburg section of the Allegany county. [Mr.] O.P. Taylor had brought in a [oil] well, Triangle No. 1, at Petrolium and Mr. Lester had great faith in [the] territory about Richburg. He in[?]d A.B. Cottrell and Edward Bliss (with) him in leasing a block of land [?] of Richburg. Herman Rice and [?] Rice of Friendship and Riley [?] and O.P. Taylor were also [?]ested in drilling of the first well. [It] was known as Richburg gusher and [?]ed on what was then the Redding... [some oil stuff missing when printed as obit is so long] ... than Richburg. But nothing last long and when the Cherry [?]e excitement broke loose the [?]m was off Richburg and there was [as b]ig a rush to get away as there [had] been to reach the new El Dorado. [All] this Mr. Lester say and had a [hand] in. He lived to see the waning [?]ure of natural gas restored to [?] [o]il sands by introduction of water [press]ure, and to see oil properties sell [for] higher prices then were dreamed [of] in the days of the boom. He [saw] wells drilled in back yards and [front] yards and amazing quantities [of oil] recovered from single village [?]. On his own premises he developed a most valuable production from [?]all number of wells.
[Mr.] Lester was a kindly man and [had] many friends. All his life he had [tri]ed to set a good example to others. Since he was 16 years old he (had) been a member of the First Baptist church. Public office he never [soug]ht. He took great delight in his [fami]ly and friends. He kept in [touch] with world events. He lived [a live] of moderation, to that he ascribed his long life and continued good [health]. In his last illness he had the [lovin]g devotion and care of his daughters and sons. He knew that the sun [was] setting on the western hills -- and was ready to march when the order came.
Funeral services were held at the [home] at two o'clock, yesterday afternoon, conducted by Rev. W.N. Mason, [?)]ville, former pastor of the [?]g church and close friend of [Mr.] Lester, assisted by Rev. Ent[wistl]e, pastor of the church. A [?]e hymn "Face to Face", was [sung] by Miss Reta Hardman of Richburng [?] piano. Rev. Mason paid de-[?] tribute to the dead in simple [?] [be]autiful words. The floral of[ferings] were many and beautiful. The [pallbea]rers were sons and grandsons, [Ralph] E. Lester, J. Herbert Lester, [?] Lester, Paul Lester, Donald T. [Lester] and R.M. Brown.
Burial was in the Lester plot [in] Richburg cemetery, just across [the street] from the Baptist church he [had ate]nded ever since it was erected in the early eighties. In this [cemeter]y sleep many of the friends of [his boy]hood and manhood. Services [at the] grave were conducted by Ken[yon] Andrus Post of the American [Legion] of Bolivar in accordance with [protoc]al. The service was [performed] by Rev. G. D. Hargis of Lit[tle Gene]see, chaplain of the post. It [is fitti]ng that the legion should con[duct the] service for Richburg's last [livin]g veteran of the war between [the states], whose ranks grow thinner [and thin]ner as the days run away. [?] on the eternal camping [?]that lies on the other side of [?] that hedges in this world of [?]e firing of a volloy over the [?]e, the sounding of "Taps" by [?]r and the last of Richburg's [?]d returned to the kindest…[rest cut off at the bottom when printing]
[NOTE: Crandal's will lists only one "L", also per his signature on will. Information listed in the obit in brackets is how I assume is how it read, as the left edge of the obit is cut off on the microfilm copy]
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From the NYS Adj.-Gen.'s report on the 160th NYSV: "LESTER, CRANDAL — Age, 21 years. Enlisted, September 6, 1862, at Wirt, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. H, November 21, 1862; promoted corporal, January 4, 1863; sergeant, January 28, 1864; captured in action, October 19, 1864, at Cedar Creek, Va. , paroled, February 28, 1865; discharged, August 11, 1865, at Elmira, N. Y." -- per contributor #47222513
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