When Milton R. Kester was born in 1850, in Millport, Warwick Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Peter Kester, was 26 and his mother, Anna Maria Roth, was 23. He married Emma Jane Wierman on 7 May 1872, in Wayne, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and Massillon, Stark, Ohio, United States in 1880. He died on 16 February 1898, in Alliance, Stark, Ohio, United States, at the age of 48.
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