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Mahala “Mahaley” Rice Hesterley

Birth: 17 Aug 1832
Georgia, USA
Death: 20 Oct 1923 (aged 91)
Draketown, Haralson County, Georgia, USA
Burial: Draketown Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery

Draketown, Haralson County, Georgia, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 33.8272028, Longitude: -85.0411833
Plot: Section 7 - 14
Memorial ID: 113798300 View Source

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James Spencer "Jim" Hesterley

1828–1898 (m. 1849)

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Susan Elizabeth Hesterley Hutcheson

1851–1899
William Thomas Hesterly

1853–1923
James Madison Hesterley

1853–1940
Eliza Jane Hesterley Whitton

1857–1945
Mahala Catherine Hesterley Walker

1862–1919
Mary Elizabeth "Lula" Hesterley Moore

1864–1947
Alice Mahalia Hesterly Michael

1866–1920
Richard Wyley Joseph "Joe" Hesterley

1868–1952
John R "Johnnie" Hesterley

1870–1920
Charley Elisha Hesterley

1872–1941
Georgia Hesterley

1875–1896

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James Spencer Hesterly was born on February 28, 1828 in Hall County, Georgia and died March 27, 1898 in Draketown, Haralson County, Georgia; he is buried in the Draketown Cemetery. He married on October 29, 1849 in Carroll County to Mahala Rice who was born on August 15, 1831 in DeKalb County; she died in Haralson County on October 20, 1923. They had seven children. In 1860 James was a carpenter; in 1880 he was a farmer who lived north of Draketown on Allgood Church Road which forks off Green Mud Road. Courtesy Jeanette Hutcheson Graham.

Mahaley was born on August 15 1831, in Sweetwater Creek, De Kalb, Georgia.
They had 12 children: Charley Elisha Hesterley, Mahaley Catherine Walker (born Hestley) and 10 other children.

James Spencer Hestley was born on February 14 1828, in Georgia

James married Mahaley Rice in Carroll, Georgia.
They had 11 children: Charley Elisha Hesterley, M. Catherine Hestley, E. Mary Hestley, M. Alice Hestley, R. Joseph Hestley, John R. Hestley, Georgia Lucinda Hestley, Susanna Elizabeth Hesterley, James Madison Hesterley, Elizabeth Jane Hesterley and Frances Jimmie Hesterley.
James passed away on March 17 1898, at age 70.

children:
Susanna Elizabeth /HESTERLEY/,
James Madison /HESTERLEY/,
William T. /HESTERLY/,
Eliza Jane /HESTERLEY/,
Francis Jimmie /HESTERLEY/,
Mahalia Catherine /HESTERLY/,
Lula Mary E. /HESTERLY/,
Alice Mahallia /HESTERLY/,
Joseph R. /HESTERLY/,
Johnnie R. /HESTERLY/,
Charlie B. /HESTERLEY/,
Georgia Lucinda /HESTERLEY/

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Georgia Deaths
Name Mahaley Hestley
Titles and Terms Mrs.
Event Date 20 Oct 1923
Age (Formatted) 92 years 2 months 5 days
Event Place Haralson, Georgia, United States
Birth Date 15 Aug 1831
Birthplace Dekalb
Gender Female
Marital Status Married
Race White
Ethnicity American
Spouse's Name Jim Hestley
Father's Name Rice
GS Film number 2321105

1860
Atlanla City 1st Ward, Fulton, Georgia, United States
J S Hestalo M 30 Ga
Mahaly Hestalo F 28 Ga
Susanah Hestalo F 8 Ga
James M Hestalo M 6 Ga
William T Hestalo M 4 Ga
Louisa J Hestalo F 2 Ga
Infant Hestalo F 0 Ga
Elizabeth Rice F 57 Ga

Mahaley was born on August 15 1831, in Sweetwater Creek, De Kalb, Georgia.
They had 12 children: Charley Elisha Hesterley, Mahaley Catherine Walker (born Hestley) and 10 other children

James Spencer Hestley was born on February 14 1828, in Georgia

James married Mahaley Rice in Carroll, Georgia.
They had 11 children: Charley Elisha Hesterley, M. Catherine Hestley, E. Mary Hestley, M. Alice Hestley, R. Joseph Hestley, John R. Hestley, Georgia Lucinda Hestley, Susanna Elizabeth Hesterley, James Madison Hesterley, Elizabeth Jane Hesterley and Frances Jimmie Hesterley.
James passed away on March 17 1898, at age 70.

children:
Susanna Elizabeth /HESTERLEY/,
James Madison /HESTERLEY/,
William T. /HESTERLY/,
Eliza Jane /HESTERLEY/,
Francis Jimmie /HESTERLEY/,
Mahalia Catherine /HESTERLY/,
Lula Mary E. /HESTERLY/,
Alice Mahallia /HESTERLY/,
Joseph R. /HESTERLY/,
Johnnie R. /HESTERLY/,
Charlie B. /HESTERLEY/,
Georgia Lucinda /HESTERLEY/

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James Spencer "Jim" Hesterley

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James Madison Hesterley

Eliza Jane Hesterley Whitton

Mahala Catherine Hesterley Walker

Mary Elizabeth "Lula" Hesterley Moore

Alice Mahalia Hesterly Michael

Richard Wyley Joseph "Joe" Hesterley

John R "Johnnie" Hesterley

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