John Nester is mentioned in his father's biography from the book Mt. Elliott Cemetery A History:
NESTER, THOMAS
b. 12-21-1833 d. 5-12-1890.
Bur. Sec. B, Lot 79.
His parents came to Michigan when he was 14 years old. His father was a blacksmith and a farmer. Around 1851, he left home to work in a mill in Bay City. The next year he took a job as head sawyer (one who saws wood) in Port Huron, where he earned $24 a month - double what he had earned in his Bay City job. In 1865, he and two others formed a partnership, buying their first tract of timberland of about l.5 million acres. This was the beginning of his prosperity in the lumber business. Around 1874 he erected a single circular sawmill near Wells, Mich. Around 1877, he acquired a tract of about 700 million feet of pine timber with Wells, Stone & Co. of Saginaw. In 1881, he sold his interest for $500,000, and then built mills in the Upper Peninsula. In 1882, the family moved to Detroit. After Nester's death, his vast lumbering operations were passed down to his sons and brother, Patrick. In 1860, he married Margaret Mann (or Mahon). They had seven children, four of whom were still living when he died: George, Mrs. M.J. Bourke, John F., and Frank P. He left an estate of $3 million.
NESTER, THOMAS
b. 12-21-1833 d. 5-12-1890.
Bur. Sec. B, Lot 79.
His parents came to Michigan when he was 14 years old. His father was a blacksmith and a farmer. Around 1851, he left home to work in a mill in Bay City. The next year he took a job as head sawyer (one who saws wood) in Port Huron, where he earned $24 a month - double what he had earned in his Bay City job. In 1865, he and two others formed a partnership, buying their first tract of timberland of about l.5 million acres. This was the beginning of his prosperity in the lumber business. Around 1874 he erected a single circular sawmill near Wells, Mich. Around 1877, he acquired a tract of about 700 million feet of pine timber with Wells, Stone & Co. of Saginaw. In 1881, he sold his interest for $500,000, and then built mills in the Upper Peninsula. In 1882, the family moved to Detroit. After Nester's death, his vast lumbering operations were passed down to his sons and brother, Patrick. In 1860, he married Margaret Mann (or Mahon). They had seven children, four of whom were still living when he died: George, Mrs. M.J. Bourke, John F., and Frank P. He left an estate of $3 million.
John Nester is mentioned in his father's biography from the book Mt. Elliott Cemetery A History:
NESTER, THOMAS
b. 12-21-1833 d. 5-12-1890.
Bur. Sec. B, Lot 79.
His parents came to Michigan when he was 14 years old. His father was a blacksmith and a farmer. Around 1851, he left home to work in a mill in Bay City. The next year he took a job as head sawyer (one who saws wood) in Port Huron, where he earned $24 a month - double what he had earned in his Bay City job. In 1865, he and two others formed a partnership, buying their first tract of timberland of about l.5 million acres. This was the beginning of his prosperity in the lumber business. Around 1874 he erected a single circular sawmill near Wells, Mich. Around 1877, he acquired a tract of about 700 million feet of pine timber with Wells, Stone & Co. of Saginaw. In 1881, he sold his interest for $500,000, and then built mills in the Upper Peninsula. In 1882, the family moved to Detroit. After Nester's death, his vast lumbering operations were passed down to his sons and brother, Patrick. In 1860, he married Margaret Mann (or Mahon). They had seven children, four of whom were still living when he died: George, Mrs. M.J. Bourke, John F., and Frank P. He left an estate of $3 million.
NESTER, THOMAS
b. 12-21-1833 d. 5-12-1890.
Bur. Sec. B, Lot 79.
His parents came to Michigan when he was 14 years old. His father was a blacksmith and a farmer. Around 1851, he left home to work in a mill in Bay City. The next year he took a job as head sawyer (one who saws wood) in Port Huron, where he earned $24 a month - double what he had earned in his Bay City job. In 1865, he and two others formed a partnership, buying their first tract of timberland of about l.5 million acres. This was the beginning of his prosperity in the lumber business. Around 1874 he erected a single circular sawmill near Wells, Mich. Around 1877, he acquired a tract of about 700 million feet of pine timber with Wells, Stone & Co. of Saginaw. In 1881, he sold his interest for $500,000, and then built mills in the Upper Peninsula. In 1882, the family moved to Detroit. After Nester's death, his vast lumbering operations were passed down to his sons and brother, Patrick. In 1860, he married Margaret Mann (or Mahon). They had seven children, four of whom were still living when he died: George, Mrs. M.J. Bourke, John F., and Frank P. He left an estate of $3 million.
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Buried January 31, 1914; 44 years
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