Esther Hedrick Chenault (1803-1897) - Find a Grave Memorial

Esther Hedrick Chenault

Birth

18 Apr 1803

Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA

Death

19 Jun 1897 (aged 94)

Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA

Burial

Mount Vernon United Methodist Church Cemetery

Fort Spring, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map

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Suggested edit: Greenbrier Independent, Lewisburg, West Virginia
Thursday, June 24, 1897, page 3
Mrs Esther Chinault died June 19th, aged 94 years. She was the relict of the late Stephen D Chinault and sister of Mr David Hedrick, of the Richlands, this county, and resided for a number of years near Lewisburg, but died at the home of Mr L E Ramsey near Fort Spring, of paralysis. She had been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church for many years.
Contributor: Anonymous (48825891)

ESTHER IS THE DAUGHTER OF FREDRICK HEDRICK AND HANNAH TUCKWILLER, BOTH OLD AND ESTABLISHED FAMILIES IN THE RICH HOLLOW AREA WEST OF LEWISBURG, GREENBRIER CO., WVA. ESTHER MARRIED STEPHEN CHENAULT ON NOV 7, 1843 IN RICH HOLLOW, GREENBRIER CO., VA. THIS WAS 6 MONTHS AFTER THE DEATH OF STEPHEN'S FIRST WIFE, LUCY JOHNSON. MY GREAT GRAND MOTHER, MARTHA LOUELLEN CHENAULT WAS ONLY 6 MONTHS OLD AND HER STEPMOTHER BECAME HER "REAL MOTHER". AT THE TIME OF THEIR MARRIAGE, ESTHER WAS 40 YEARS OLD. STEPHEN AND ESTER HAD NO RECORDED CHILDREN OF THEIR OWN. ONE NOTE OF FAMILY SADNESS. MARTHA CHENAULT MARRIED MY GREAT GRAND FATHER, MATHEW J. HUMPHREYS IN 1862. IN 1879 SHE AND MATHEW MOVED TO MISSOURI AND THEN IN 1890 TO TEXAS. IT MAY VERY WELL BE THAT MARTHA AND ESTHER NEVER SAW EACH OTHER AGAIN AFTER 1879. ESTHER LIVED UNTIL 1893.
ESTHER BECAME MOTHER IN THE REAL EVERYDAY SENSE OF THE WORD TO MARTHA WHO WAS ONLY 6 MONTHS OLD AT THE TIME OF ESTHER'S MARRIAGE TO STEPHEN. SHE IS LISTED AS MOTHER ON MARTHA'S TEXAS DEATH CERTIFICATE IN 1912.