Lester, Leon Melanthon^{[1, 2]}

1870 - 1920  (50 years)

• Name	Lester, Leon Melanthon
  Born	10 Mar 1870	Swan Pond Bottom, Russell, Kentucky
  Gender	Male
  Died	31 Aug 1920	Swan Pond, Russell, Kentucky
  Buried	Sep 1920	McClure-Lester Family Cemetery, Swan Pond, Russell, Kentucky
  Person ID	I12454	McClure-Harris
  Last Modified	19 Nov 2004

  
  

  Father	Lester, James Milton,   b. 25 Aug 1836, , , Kentucky ,   d. 03 Jun 1910, Swan Pond, Russell, Kentucky  (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Boyd, Mary,   b. 28 Dec 1842, , , Kentucky ,   d. 01 Feb 1921, Swan Pond, Russell, Kentucky  (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	09 May 1865
  Family ID	F4325	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	McClure, Mary Myrtie,   b. 31 Jul 1879, , , Kentucky ,   d. 21 Oct 1960, Swan Pond, Russell, Kentucky  (Age 81 years)
  Married	25 Dec 1901
  Family ID	F4328	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Lester, Leon Melanthon

  
  

• Notes

  Notes for Leon Melanthon Lester From Russell Co. Family and History Book Leon (pronounced Len) was described by his brothers, friends and business associates as a ?goodman.? He was a farmer who was brave enough to sew up his own injury with needle and thread (doctors were not readily accessible in Swan Pond). He was active in the Beech Grove Christian Church. He died at age 50 in the Lebanon Hospital from another injury which resulted in blood poisoning. 5. Leon Melantho 5 Lester (James M. 4, James L. 3, William 2, Thomas 1) was born March 10, 1870 in Swan Pond Bottom, Russell Co. Ky., and died August 31, 1920. He married Mary ers and owned the general store at Kendall. He attended Beech Grove School for awhile before deciding to become a dentist. He graduated from the Louisville College of Dentistry in 1913. He first began practice with his brother, Dr. W. E. Lester, in Liberty, But soon started his own practice on a house boat on the Cumberland River, traveling from Burnside to the Tennessee line. His brother, Ewell, was his chief navigator and cook. He next set up an office at Burnside, but later returned to Russell Co., this time using a horse and buggy and later an automobile to see his patients. He would take his equipment to along with him, and covered eight or ten counties in the southeastern part of Kentucky. He would extract your teeth and make a full upper and lower plate for $20.00 or extract an aching tooth for 50 cents. In December 1921, Doc Lester set up an office in the Jamestown home of his sister, Mrs. Verta Meadows. He had one of the first radios in the country and had an aerial strung all the way across Mrs. Meadow?s garden to bring in the sound. He took time off to have fun, of course, ?Hearts? card games at night and he got tennis started in the area.

  
  

• Sources

  [S312] 1880 United States Census, 493D (Reliability: 1). James M. LESTER Self M Male W 44 KY Farmer KY KY Mary LESTER Wife M Female W 37 KY Keeping House KY KY Vernon M. LESTER Son S Male W 14 KY KY KY Orien A. LESTER Son S Male W 12 KY KY KY Leon M. LESTER Son S Male W 10 KY KY KY Verta I. LESTER Dau S Female W 7 KY KY KY Everett LESTER Son S Male W 5 KY KY KY Sytha A. LESTER Dau S Female W 2 KY KY KY LESTER Son S Male W 2M KY KY KY George BOYD FatherL W Male W 77 VA Farmer VA VA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information: Census Place Creelsborough, Russell, Kentucky Family History Library Film 1254441 NA Film Number T9-0441 Page Number 493D [S186] GEDCOM file imported on 14 Aug 2002., Shane Symes.