Born in Summerhill, Cayuga, New York, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Levi Benedict
and Vashti (Eastman) Benedict
Sister of
Mary Jane (Benedict) Sweezey, Lois Augusta (Benedict) Smith, Albert Eastman Benedict, Martha (Benedict) Howell and George Evans Benedict
Wife of
Lorenzo Kester
— married
1880 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Clarence Wilbur Kester, Ernest Adelbert Kester, William Henry Kester and Hazel Annette Kester
Died
at age 57
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Jan 2018
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Biography
Ellen Marie Benedict was born 1849, in New York. [1]
She married Lorenzo Kester, in 1880. [1]
In 1900, they were living in Little River, Reno County, Kansas. [1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1900 Census; "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMY6-LBC : accessed 25 January 2018), Lorenzo Kester, Little River Township, Reno, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 211, sheet 1B, family 17, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,496.
- "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCTG-HY2 : Sat Mar 09 12:16:18 UTC 2024), Entry for Levi Benedict and Vasti Benedict, 1850.
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