| . Matthew Ganey Nester, 1864 - 1936, s/o Matthew Ganey Nester . (INDEX) . author: Michael D. Nestor, email: mdn3557@yahoo.com I23 Matthew Ganey Nester,6 I2 (Matthew,5,Jonathan,4,Jacob,3,Frederick,2,Frederick,1) . . b Aug 1864 Carroll Co, Va; d 17 Jul 1936 Willis, Floyd Co, Va, bur DeHart (Family) Cem, Meadows of Dan, Patrick Co, Va. . m 23 Dec 1889 Floyd Co, Va to Mary Alice Bowman (Polly), b Oct 1859 Floyd Co, d 3 Feb 1948 Willis, bur DeHart Cem, d/o . Samuel Bowman and Hannah Cock (d/o Squire John C. Cock (#12)). . 1900 Floyd Co census, Burks Fork Dist, ED 12, sheet 9B, #154/155, Matthew G. Nestor, Aug 1864 Va, farmer, Mary A., Oct . 1859 Va (marr 10 yrs, 5 ch, 5 living), Elizabeth, Oct 90 Va, Nancy J., Nov 91 Va, Zebudee, May 94 Va, Eliza A., Jan 95 Va, . Sarabelle, Jun 99 Va. . 1910 Floyd Co census, Burks Fork Dist, ED 44, sheet 10A, #145/146, Matthew G. Nester,46 Va, farm laborer, working out, . Mary,53 Va (marr 22 yrs, 7 ch, 6 living), Adeline,19 Va, Eliza,15 Va, Laura,12 Va, Frances,11 Va, Nancy,18 Va. . 1920 Floyd Co census, Burks Fork, ED 89, sheet 2A, #14/15, Matthew G. Nester,57 Va, farmer, general farm, Mary,60 Va, Nacy, . 25 Va, Zebudee,24 Va, engineer, stationary, Liza,22 Va, farm, laborer, Laura,21 Va, farm, laborer, Hanner L.,15 Va, farm, . laborer, Estel L.,2 3/12 Va (grandson). . 1930 Floyd Co census, Burks Fork, ED 32-2, sheet 10B, #198/199, Mathew G. Nester,65 Va (marr age 21), farmer, general farm, . Marry A.,70 Va (marr age 30), Eliza E. Turman,37 Va (div, dau), Estel L.,12 Va (son), Paul Turman,8 Va (grandson). . 1930 Carroll Co census, Laurel Fork, ED 18-5, sheet 7A, Mary A. Nester,81 Va (mother-in-law), wid, living with Greely D. and . Francis Webb. . 1940 Carroll Co census, Laurel Fork, ED 18-5, sheet 7A, #109, Mary A. Nester,81 Va (wid, mother-in-law), living with Greely D. . and Francis Webb. . issue: . 1. Elizabeth Adaline Nester (Adaline), b 4 Oct 1890 Patrick Co ("Elizabeth A., d/o G.M. and Elizabeth"), d 16 May 1966 Pat- . rick Co, bur Thomas Grove Cem, Floyd Co, m 21 Nov 1912 Floyd Co to William H. McAlexander, b 23 Jun 1891 Woolwine, . Patrick Co, Va, bur Thomas Grove Cem, s/o Asa and Caroline McAlexander. . See picture of her tombstone below, giving a birth year of 1888. . issue: . a. Mary Allice McAlexander, b 5 Nov 1913 Floyd Co. . b. Freeda L. McAlexander, b ca 1915-17 Va, m 21 Nov 1938 Carroll Co to Alver Pershing Young, b ca 1917, s/o Elmer L. . Young and Jettie Robinson. . c. Lillian Beatrice McAlexander, b 16 Jun 1918 Floyd Co. . d. Hazel McAlexander, b ca 1918 Floyd Co, m 22 Dec 1939 Bedford Co (reg Henry Co) to Lewis Roberts, b ca 1908, s/o . James Sidney Roberts and Mary Morgan. . 2. Nancy Jane Nester, b Nov 1891 Patrick or Floyd Co, d 17 Dec 1936 Morganton, Burke Co, NC, "age 43 yrs, of cardio renal . disease, d/o Matthew Nester and Polly Bowman, marr to Fred Moore, of Reidsville, NC", bur Broughton Hospital Cem, Mor- . ganton, m 7 May 1921 Floyd Co to Frederick Lee Moore (Fred), wid, b 28 May 1882 Washington Co, Va, d 17 Aug 1942 . Danville, Va, bur Highland Burial Park, Danville, s/o Giles Preston Moore (Preston) and Nancy Margaret Williams (Maggie). . Fred had m(1) 12 May 1903 Washington Co to Julia May Reedy, d 26 Feb 1920 Emory, Washington Co, Va, d/o John Andrew . Reedy and Elizabeth Pruett/Pruitt (Lizzie), and they had 6 children. . See Nancy's death certificate image and picture of her tombstone below. . 1910 Floyd Co census, Nancy Nester,18 Va (dau), living with Matthew G. Nester. . 1920 Floyd Co census, Nacy Nester,25 Va (dau), living with Matthew G. Nester. (Her name in this census is clearly Nacy, . even though the ancestry.com index says "Lucy".) . 1930 Burke Co, NC census, Morganton Twp, North Carolina State Hospital for the Insane, ED 12-21, sheet 6B, line 79, Nancy . Moore,37 Va (married), inmate, domestic, State Hospital. (Fred and some of the children not located). . 1940 Rockingham Co census, Reidsville Twp, Reidsville, ED 79-30, sheet 15A, 2 Allison, #250, Fred Moore,59 NC (wid), car- . penter, construction, living with Edward Cox family. . issue: . a. Maggie L. Moore, b 2 May 1922 Willis, Va, d 27 Sep 1991 Reidsville, Rockingham Co, NC (SSDI 242-28-9810 NC), bur . Greenwood Cem, Reidsville, m 28 Dec 1954 Reidsville to Lyttwood Cobb (Lytt), b 25 Aug 1911, d 29 Jul 1964, bur Green- . view Cem. Maggie's LR: Reidsville, Rockingham Co 27320. See picture of her tombstone below. . ? 1930 Scott Co, Va, Estillville Dist, Scott County Poor Farm, ED 85-6, sheet 3B, #50/50, Maggie,9 Va, inmate, listed with . Lureny Ramey family. . 1940 Guilford Co, NC census, Madison, ED 41-110, sheet 7B, #104, Maggie Moore,17 Va, laborer, farm, livng with Willis . and Maud Chrismon family. (Maggie was living in Reidsville, Rockingham Co in 1935.) . b. Clarence Edward Angle, b 24 Jan 1924 Va, d 29 Oct 1969 Greensboro, Guilford Co, NC (SSDI 241-28-3266 NC), "age 45 . yrs, of R temporal lobe hemorrhage, R middle cerebral aneurysm, s/o Frederick Lee Moore and Nancy Nester", bur Grand- . view Cem, Reidsville, NC, m 9 Nov 1946 Reidsville to Edna Earle London. See image of his death certificate below, infor- . mant Mrs Edna L. Angle. . Clarence was raised by Reid and Celia Ann Angle and he took their name. . 1930 Rockingham Co census, Reidsville, ED 79-22, sheet 2B, 46 Edna St, #31, Celia Angle,36 NC (div), weaver, cotton mill, . Homer,16 NC, weaver, cotton mill, Clarence Moore,5 NC, boarder. . 1940 Clarence not located. . c. Ellis Thomas Moore, b 5 Feb 1925 Va, d 6 Dec 1977 Somerset, Somerset Co, Pa (not in SSDI), m 1 Mar 1946 Edna Marie . Ferner (Marie), b ca 1925, d/o Joseph Ferner and Etta Butler. . 1940 census, Ellis not located. . d. Dorothy Rachel Moore, b 23 Apr 1928 Dry Fork, Pittsylvania Co, Va, d 13 Apr 2005 Saginaw, Mich (SSDI Mich), bur . Mt. Olivet Cem, m 6 May 1944 Greensboro, NC to Eugene John Bricault I, b 7 Jun 1912 Saginaw, Saginaw Co, Mich, d 15 . Mar 1974 Saginaw Co (SSDI 369-10-7228 Mich). . Dorothy's LR: Saginaw, Saginaw Co, Mich 48603. Eugene's LR: same 48601. . She lived in Greensboro, NC with her foster family David Lee "Gus" Tallant and wife Ethel. . 1930 Rockinham Co, NC census, Reidsville Twp, ED 79-24, sheet 22B, #420,445, Columbia C. Custer,35 Va (marr age 20), . manager, gas plant, Minnie,32 Va (marr age 17), Rex,13 Va, Ethel,9 Va, Carty J.,5 Va, Dorothy Moore,2 NC (adopted . dau). (This was actually Columbus Custer.) . 1930 Rockingham Co, Reidsville Twp, Reidsville, ED 79-22, sheet 26A, 38 Paradise Alley, #491/510, D.L. Tallant,37 NC . (marr age 19), laborer, cotton mill, Ethel,34 NC (marr age 15), Kathleen,15 NC, Earl,13 NC, Jessie M.,10 NC. . 1940 Guilford Co census, Friendship Twp, Guilford College, ED 41-8, sheet 15A, #257, Robert E. Tallant,23 NC, (occup . illegible), Myrtle M.,24 NC (wife), button hole maker, overall plant, Ethel,44 NC (wid), Dorthy,11 NC (sister). . (Ethel and Dorothy were living in Danville, Va in 1935.) . issue: . (1) Susan Rachel Bricault, m Silvestro Borrello (Silvio). . (2) Eugene John Bricault II, m Laura Victoria LaJoice. . (3) Rosemary Bricault, b 1949, m Joseph Albert Lofaro, b 1949. . issue: . (a) Joseph Nicholas Lofaro (Joe), b 1971. Of Saginaw, Mich. . (b) Julie Ann Lofaro, b ca 1973. . (4) Marsha Anne Bricault, m Albert Thomas Lofaro, brother of Joseph above. . (5) William Joseph Bricault, m Robin Wesson. . 3. Eliza A. Nester (Liza), b 15 Dec 1895 Floyd Co (b Jan 1895 acc to 1900 census), d 6 Dec 1977 (SSDI 228-72-5010 Va), bur . DeHart Family Cem, Floyd Co, m 18 May 1921 Floyd Co to Sylvester Montague Turman, wid, b 30 May 1879 Patrick Co, . s/o Landon Turman. Poss Montague Turman, age 1, s/o Landon and Mary E. Turman in Carroll Co, in 1880. Silvester Mon- . tague Turman, b 30 May 1879, was living in Meadows of Dan, Patrick Co, with wife Sarah Lona Turman, acc to his WW I . draft registration card. He was Sylvester Montigue Turman, b 33 May 1879 Patrick Co, with contact Mrs. Callie Turman in his . WW II draft registration card. Eliza and Sylvester div by 1930. She took back the Nester name by 1940. . Eliza's LR: Stuart, Patrick Co 24171. . 1930 Floyd Co census, Burks Fork, ED 32-2, sheet 10B, #198/199, Eliza E. Turman,37 Va (div, dau), Paul Turman,8 Va (gs), . living with Matthew G. Nester. . 1940 Floyd Co census, Burks Fork, ED 32-4, sheet 2A, #30, Eliza Nester,43 Va, operator, farm, Paul,17 Va (son), laborer, . farm, Harvey,9 Va (son), Estel,22 Va (nephew), laborer, farm. . issue: . a. Paul Edgar Turman, b 1 May 1922 Floyd Co, d 25 May 1983 Galax, Va (SSDI 232-34-0706 WVa or NC). . His LR: Willis, Floyd Co 24380. . b. Harvey Ervel Nester, b 12 Jun 1930 Floyd Co. No further record after 1940 census. I231 4. Zebudee Nester (Zeb), b 9 May 1896 Floyd Co, m Myrtle Lee Harrelson. . (b 10 May 1894 acc to his WW I draft reg card and b 10 May 1896 acc to his WW II draft reg card) . Not listed with family in the 1910 census. . Moved to Greenbrier Co, WVa, and NC. His family apparently moved to Baltimore, Md. . 5. Laura Belle Nester, b 11 Jun 1899 Floyd Co, d 8 Apr 1984 Rocky Mount, Franklin Co, Va (SSDI "b 2 Jun" 229-72-3173 Va), . bur Nancy Dalton Cem, Mabry Mill, Floyd Co, m(1) 3 Mar 1921 Floyd Co to Josiah Whitfield Dalton (Whitt), wid, b 19 Aug . 1854 Pittsylvania Co, d 11 Apr 1937 Floyd Co, s/o James E. Dalton and Mary J. Guge. Josiah had m(1) 7 Nov 1876 Floyd Co . to Nancy Eveline Ayers, b 10 Jun 1851 Floyd Co, d 16 Mar 1920 Floyd Co, bur Nancy Dalton Cem, Floyd Co, d/o Irvin Ayers . and Sarah Dickerson. Josiah is not descended from William Dalton of Grayson Co, Va. . Laura Belle Nester Dalton, m(2) 29 May 1953 Patrick Co to Romulus Marion Robertson, b 8 Oct 1881 Patrick Co, d 24 Sep . 1964 Mt Airy, Surry Co, NC, bur Barnard (Isham Barnard) Cem, Patrick Co, Va, s/o William J. Robertson and Mary Jane . Shelor (Jane). See his NC death certificate. He was listed in the 1910 Patrick Co census with wife Susan A. Not located in . 1920 and 1930. . Laura m(3) William Irby Marshall (Erbie), b 4 Nov 1885 Va, d 16 Jul 1972 Martinsville (SSDI 224-16-1274 Va, bur Lewis Fam- . ily Cem, Vesta, Va, s/o Elzie and Samantha Marshall. . Laura's LR: Rocky Mount, Franklin Co, Va 24151. William's LR: Vesta, Patrick Co 24177. . The informant for her death certificate was Ernest Dalton. This said she was bur in Dalton Cem, Meadows of Dan. . 1918, 12 Sep: Stuart, Patrick Co, Va: WW I draft registration card: Romulus Marion Robertson, b 8 Oct 1881, age 37; of Kibler, . Patrick Co; occup: farming; nearest relative: S.E. Robertson; described as medium height, blue eyes, auburn hair. . 1930 Floyd Co census, Burks Fork Dist, ED 32-2, sheet 9B, #170/171, Josiah W. Dalton,75 Va (marr age 22), farmer, general . farm, Laura B.,32 Va (marr age 22), Andrew G.,7 Va, Earnest E.,6 Va, Edna R.,2 5/12 Va, Calvin C.,1 3/12 Va. . 1940 Floyd Co census, Burks Fork Dist, ED 32-4, sheet 8A, #150, Laura B. Dalton,41 Va (wid), operator, farm, Irene,8 Va, . Minnie E.,5 Va, Nellie M.,4 Va. (Older 4 children not located.) . issue: . a. Gordon Andrew Dalton, b 19 Jun 1922 Va, d 6 Nov 2005 (SSDI Va), m 20 Aug 1942 Floyd Co to Clova Maude Bolt, b 3 . Dec 1917, d Dec 1977 (SSDI 227-30-7278 Va), d/o Martin Bolt and Virginia Moles. . Gordon's and Clova's LR: Riner, Montgomery Co 24149. . issue: . (1) Lareda Gay Dalton, b 1952 Floyd Co, m 12 Feb 1972 Floyd Co to Theron Russell Quesenberry, b 1952, s/o Chester . Victor Quesenberry and Treva Mae Quesenberry. . (2) Venston Thomas Dalton, b 1943 Floyd Co, m 13 Jun 1961 Floyd Co to Peggy Jean Sutphin, b 1940 Floyd Co, d/o . Garney Jackson Sutphin (s/o John T. Sutphin (#14313)) and Beatrice Dalton. . (3) Wanda Jean Dalton (Jean), b 1955 Patrick Co, m 29 Sep 1978 Radford to Michael James Cox, b 1952, s/o Ples Cox . and Annie Geraldine Holbrook. . b. Ernest Edwin Dalton, b 1923 Floyd Co. . c. Edna Ruth Dalton, b 1927 Floyd Co, m 9 Mar 1945 Tazewell Co, Va to Robert C. Byrd, b ca 1919 Pocahontas Co, Va, s/o . Marvin Byrd and Polly Spurling. . d. Calvin Curtis Dalton, b 1928 Floyd Co. . e. Cassie Irene Dalton, b 23 Oct 1931 Floyd Co, d 8 Feb 2018 Pocahantas, Va, bur Swim Cem, Peel Chestnut Mountain, . m(1) 19 Oct 1946 Tazewell Co to Charles Byrd, b ca 1925, s/o Marvin Byrd and Lottie Hamilton. Cassie m(2) 25 Apr . 1985 Tazewell Co to George Leroy Wise, b 1910, s/o Charles William Wise and Mary Magdalene Hogston. . See Cassie's picture below. . issue: . (1) Judy K Byrd, m Mike Gibson. Of Pocahontas in 2018. . (2) Beulah Lynn Byrd, m James Mitchell. Of Pocahontas in 2018. . (3) Tommy Lee Byrd, m Ruth ____. Of Yards, Va in 2018. . (4) Donald Allen Byrd. Of Pocahontas in 2018. . (5) Deborah Diane Byrd, m Edward Sandifer. Of Abbs Valley in 2018. . (6) Douglas Wise Byrd, m Donna ____. Of Bluefield, WVa in 2018. . (7) Delores Byrd, m ____ Beatty. Of Newark, Del in 2018. . f. Minnie Evelyn Dalton, b 1934 Floyd Co, m 7 Dec 1956 Patrick Co to Benjamin Harrison Hensley, b ca 1931, s/o Benja- . min Hensley and Bertie Mae Haney. . g. Nellie Marie Dalton, b 1936 Floyd Co, m 26 Feb 1951 Patrick Co to Wilburn Bowman, b ca 1921, s/o Robert Tyra Bow- . man and Reely Light. I232 6. Frances Hanna Nester, b 2 Mar 1902 Carroll Co, m(1) Doctor Greely Webb (Greely), m(2) James Henderson Moles. . Following is a grandson of Matthew Nester, parents not proven: . 7. Estell Lee Nester, b 21 Jun 1917 Willis, Floyd Co, d 8 Jul 1979 (SSDI 225-22-3156 Va), bur Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, . Roanoke, Va, m Hazel ____. Estell's death record lists wife Hazel. . He was s/o "William Nester and Nancy Bowman" acc to his social security application. The descendants of Nancy Jane Nester . above deny that he was her child, or at least, have never heard of him. The name William Nester doesn't fit this or any known . family. Estel was listed as nephew of Nancy's sister Eliza in 1940, so by deduction he would likely be s/o Laura or Frances, if . not Nancy's. . 1920 census, Estel L.,2 3/12 Va (son), living with Mathew B. Nester. . 1930 census, Estel L.,12 Va (grandson), living with Mathew G. Nester. . 1940 Floyd Co census, Burks Fork, ED 32-4, sheet 2A, #30, Estel,22 Va (nephew), laborer, farm, living with Eliza Nester. . 1941, 7 Oct: Estel Lee Nester's Social Security application. See image below. . 1942, 28 Dec: Roanoke, Va: US World War II Army Enlistment Record: Estel L. Nester, b 1917, of Floyd Co, Va, enlisted . for the duration of the war, ht 65, wt 134. . Ref: 1. Essie Spence Goad's notes. . 2. "The Genealogy of William Tobias Phillips...", 1989, Elza B. Cox, p 299, 483, 530, 595. . 3. www.findagrave.com, info by Suzannah McCuen, with following info for Nancy Nester Moore: . Nancy is the daughter of Matthew Ganey Nester, Jr and Mary A "Polly" Bowman. She was born in Floyd county, VA . and is a sister to Elizabeth, Zebudee, Larabelle and Frances Nester. Nancy married widower, Frederick Lee Moore and . they lived in Reidsville, Rockingham county, NC. Mr. Moore had 6 children by his first wife. He and Nancy have a son, . Clarence Edward Angle, born in 1924 in VA whose name would suggest he was put up for adoption but he lists these . parents on his death certificate. They are also the parents of Dorothy Rachel Moore Bricault, born in 1928 in VA. . Nancy was admitted to the asylum at age 36, in late 1929. She died of cardiorenal disease just before Christmas 7 years . later. Her parents' names are given on her death certificate. . 4. Joseph N. Lofaro (Joe)'s email: jfn01@yahoo.com He is a grandson of Dorothy Rachel Moore Bricault above. . He supplied the images of Frederick Nester's baptismal record from Germany. . 5. "Saginaw News", Apr 2005: obit for Dorothy R. Bricault, 76, d/o Frederick and Nancy Moore. Preceded in death by her . husband Eugene John Bricault I, and survived by children Susan Rachel Borrello, Eugene John Bricault II, Rosemary . Lofaro, Marsha Anne Lofaro, and William Joseph Bricault, and 15 gc, 20 ggc, and one gggc. . 6. Sharon Hill's website. . 7. www.findagrave.com, info by David Clay. . 8. wc.rootsweb.com, info by Earl, email: woodhome@verizon.net. . 9. www.findagrave.com, info by Donna Sutphin Armentrout. . 10. www.findagrave.com, info by Suzannah McCuen and Dona & Doug Moore. . 11. http://obituaries.bdtonline.com/obituary/cassie-wise-1027687316 . Cassie Byrd Wise, 86, of Pocahontas, VA passed away Thursday, February 8, 2018 at her home. Born in Meadows of . Dan, VA she was the daughter of the late Josiah Whitfield and Laura Nester Dalton. In addition to her parents she was . preceded in death by her first husband Charles Byrd and second husband George Wise; two children Cecil Ray Byrd and . Carolyn Jean Byrd; brothers Kelse, Gordan, Calvin and Ernest Dalton and sisters Edna Byrd, Nellie Bowman and Minnie . Harrison. Those left to cherish her memory are her children, Judy K Gibson and husband Mike of Pocahontas, VA, . Beulah Lynn Mitchell and husband James of Pocahontas, VA, Tommy Lee Byrd and wife Ruth of Yards, VA, Donald . Allen Byrd of the home, Deborah Diane Sandifer and husband Edward of Abbs Valley, VA, Douglas Wise and wife . Donna of Bluefield, WV and Delores Beatty of Newark, DE; eleven grandchildren, twenty-three great grandchildren and . one great great grandchild and one special grandchild; special friends Joyce Sarver, Karen Lafon, Tish Eastridge and Vir- . ginia Jeffery. Funeral services will be held Sunday, February 11, 2018 at 2:00pm at the Rodriguez Funeral Home in . Pocahontas, VA with the Rev. Mike Gibson officiating and son Tommy Byrd presenting the Eulogy. Friends may call . Sunday, February 11, 2018 at the Rodriguez Funeral Home in Pocahontas, VA from 12:00 to 2:00 pm. Internment will . follow at the Swim Cemetery on Peel Chestnut Mountain. Pallbearers will be grandsons and great grandson.... . |
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