Family Card 9/13/21 - Person Sheet
Family Card 9/13/21 - Person Sheet
Name? Ledbetter
Spouses
Birth27 Jan 1828
Death5 Oct 1868, Rutherford County, NC
BurialRock Springs Baptist Church Cem., Rutherford Co., North Carolina
Misc. Notes
Her headstone only contains only the initials ECL. She is buried beside Ahijah Oliver. In 1860 it appears Ester was living in the home of R.O. Ledbetter and his wife Elizabeth (Census, Rutherford Co., Broad River Dist., NC - House 966)
Ahijah’s Bible says Ester was born Dec. 27, 1828

d/o Thomas Dornbush, Pricilla Wallace - m. 16 Mar 1818, Wilkes, North Carolina

Adopted d/o Richard Overton and Elizabeth Harris Ledbetter

w/o Elder Ahijah Oliver Lynch, m. 30 Jul 1861, Rutherford, North Carolina


Children
William Rucker Lynch 1868-1946

Note: Esther's brother, Alfred M. Dornbush, was also adopted by the Ledbetters. He may have died in the Civil War. His wife is widowed by 1870, and she remarries in 1879 to Dr. Romeo Hicks. He later marries in 1894.

Living with A. M. Ledbetter, h/o Eliza J. Melton, in 1860 in Catheys Creek is H. F. Dawnbush, b. 1835 N.C. A brother? There was a Henry F. Dornbush, Confederate Soldier. And a 14 yr old Franklin Dornbush living with Lindsey F. and Sarah Fortune Melton.
Last Modified 10 Mar 2018Created 13 Sep 2021 using Reunion for Macintosh
Revised September 13, 2021