George Frederick Rester, III

9. Frederick Rester III was the youngest child of Frederick and Louisa Rester. No record of his birth, marriage or death can be found and therefore we can only estimate according to information on the census reports. Records are scarce for the period in his lifetime. Both the Hancock and Perry County courthouses burned, destroying valuable records. It is estimated that Frederick Rester was born between the years 1808-1810 in Mississippi.

He married Mary Goldman between 1831 and 1834. It appears that they lived with his widowed mother, Louisa Rester in the family home near Red Creek until her death in 1851 and remained there until around 1858. At that time, they moved to the Will Smith Community, which is about two miles west of the present Juniper Church in Pearl River County, Mississippi. this area was at that time part of Hancock County. Mary Goldman Rester died upon the birth of her tenth child, Elizabeth in 1861. She is buried in the Will Smith Cemetery west of Juniper Grove.

After her death, Frederick Rester married Priscilla Bilbo, the widow of Washington Bilbo, on Sep. 16, 1862 in Hancock County, Mississippi. However, they were unable to live together peacefully as their children could not get along (they each had large families) so they agreed to live separately, but they never obtained a divorce.

At the time of his death, Frederick Rester III was living on Wolf River about two miles from the present home of Elder John Alvan Rester in the Progress Community in Pearl River County. We do not know when he died but he was buried beside his first wife, Mary, in the Will Smith Cemetery.

There are no markers on their graves.

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THE RESTER FAMILY HISTORY

This family history was written from information furnished by various family members, courthouse records, cemetery records, census records, and other sources. Elder John Alva Rester of the Progress Community provided much information about the Resters.

http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/washington/history/family/rester.txt

Possibly second wife Priscilla Bilbo:

Priscilla Smith

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Frederick Rester
BIRTH 1815
Mississippi, USA
DEATH 1870 (aged 54–55)
Hancock County, Mississippi, USA
BURIAL
Sharp Cemetery
Lawrence County, Mississippi, USA
MEMORIAL ID 94262886 · View Source
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 1
FLOWERS 2
Family Members
Spouse
Mary Rester
Mary Goleman Rester
1816–1861 (m. 1841)

Children
William Rester
William Rester
1842–1910

Malvina Breland
Malvina Elizabeth Rester Breland
1844–1933

Hezekiah Rester
1850 – unknown

Esalena Irene Rester Burge
1850 – unknown

Louisa Breland
Louisa Rester Breland
1857–1914

Frederick Rester
Frederick Rester
1857–1918

Elizabeth Rayborn
Elizabeth Rebecca Rester Rayborn
1862–1901

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94262886/frederick-rester