History and genealogy of the descendants of John Lawrence Hester and Godfrey Stough : 1752-1905 . Martin M. Hester. 80 HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OP THE. Mary F. Hester. HESTER FAMILY. 81 The following sketch was furnished by his son-in-law,Rev. E. J. V. Booth : Martin Mason Hester, the fourth and youngest son ofMartin and Mary (Stough) Hester, was born September 23,1822, near Orange, Ashland county, O. When a lad of fiveyears he removed with his parents to Bronson, Huron county,O., where he still lives, being on the same farm for seventy-eight years. He has been a thriving and well to do farmer. B
History and genealogy of the descendants of John Lawrence Hester and Godfrey Stough : 1752-1905 . Martin M. Hester. 80 HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OP THE. Mary F. Hester. HESTER FAMILY. 81 The following sketch was furnished by his son-in-law,Rev. E. J. V. Booth : Martin Mason Hester, the fourth and youngest son ofMartin and Mary (Stough) Hester, was born September 23,1822, near Orange, Ashland county, O. When a lad of fiveyears he removed with his parents to Bronson, Huron county,O., where he still lives, being on the same farm for seventy-eight years. He has been a thriving and well to do farmer. Besides the advantages that could be found in the commonschools of the day, he for a time attended the NorwalkSeminary, while the late Bishop Thomson had charge of theschool, and he taught common schools several terms. Attwenty-three years of age he built a loom for weaving wirescreenery (making the loom and all the necessary reeds andharness) and wove thousands of yards of first class screenery,supplying some large manufactories of Clover hullers, besidesthe general market. On May 21, 1850, he was married to Miss Mary Finlay;of Coshocton coun
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