Individual Details

"Mary E Hamilton was a tall, slender woman. I'm told she was 5' l0" in height, and slender all her life. Too bad more of us didn't inherit that trait. As a young woman she had red hair and fair skin. She had a reputation of being a good cook. She was quiet and gentle, sort of a reserved elegance about her. She pieced and quilted quilts a lot, and I have one of her beautiful quilts. None of her eleven children inherited her red hair, although some of them did have her fair skin. The red hair showed up in some of the great grandchildren." (Mary Lightfoot, 1998.)

Birth	January 16, 1859	Johnson County, Texas
Marriage	January 6, 1881	Johnson County, Texas - Ferdinand Pemberton Hestand
Death	November 17, 1941	Anson, Jones County, Texas
Burial		Mount Hope Cemetery, Anson, Jones County, Texas

Spouse	Ferdinand Pemberton Hestand (1856 - 1944)
Child	James Pulaski Hestand (1891 - 1979)