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561    LESTER [F26.1]

Location - Cary. 100' south of O'Kelly Chapel Road; 0.3 miles west of Wake County

Coordinates: 35d 50m 39.0s N; 78d 54m 48.0s W Click here for Online Maps

Owner: Sandler at Amberly LLC.
Legal Description: Parcel 19868 (in 2008) DB 1025/282 Plat 2007/200.
Topo Quadrant: Green Level Quad F.
Family owned: Yes.
Abandoned: Yes.
Number of graves: 4.
Cemetery size: 30' x 50'.
White: Yes.
Restricted access: Yes. Moved 17 Apr 2008 to Madison Yates Cemetery, F46.2
Overgrown and easy to identify: Yes.
Enclosed: No.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: Yes.
Last burial: 1908.
First burial: 1905.
Markers damaged: Yes.
Other damage explanation: Unknown.
Hazards: Cemetery was moved.

Miscellaneous information: Cemetery documented by John Clauser, of Grave Concerns, in Feb 2008, who reported finding 9 graves. The site was subsequently damaged by construction activities, stabilized, and remains of four graves (others not found) eventually moved on 17 April 2008 to Madison Yates Cemetery F46.2. A marker was erected at the new site to identify the remains of the 4 graves that were moved. In addition to the Lesters, two unmarked graves were found: one, an adult buried in a hand-made coffin (red hair found in the grave), and next to that grave, an infant or young child (glass buttons found in the grave).

Last canvassed by: Jim and Bev Wiggins. Date: 10 Apr 2008.

1. Lester, Leroy H.   (b. 24 Sep 1824 - d. 9 Feb 1905)
husband of Mary Ann Lester [not on stone]. gravestone was buried at reinterment at Madison Yates Cemetery F46.2 Reinterment took place on 10 April 2008. Reinterment photo.
2. Lester, Mary Ann   (b. 23 May 1823 - d. 15 Sep 1908)
wife of Leroy H. Lester [not on stone]. broken. gravestone was buried at reinterment at Madison Yates Cemetery F46.2 Reinterment took place on 10 April 2008. Reinterment photo.