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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script type="text/javascript" src="http://hb.lycos.com/hb.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ratings.lycos.com/ratings/lycosRating.js.php"></script> <script type="text/javascript"><![CDATA[//><!]]></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://scripts.lycos.com/catman/init.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-start.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-middle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-end.js"></script> <noscript> <img src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/img/common/ot_noscript.gif?rand=700346" alt="" width="1" height="1" />  <iframe frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" width="728" height="90" src="http://ad.yieldmanager.com/st?ad_type=iframe&ad_size=728x90&section=209094"></iframe>  </noscript> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="096d4c00dduajq.gif"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="95" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="91"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="46" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FAMILY OF WILLIAM LESTER AND SON JOSEPH "><U>BACK TO FRONTPAGE</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> COOK, James Wilson - The youngest son of Thomas Cook who was the oldest son<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> of John Cook, the Wyoming settler, he came to Surveyor's Fork where the<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> present town of Lester is located. He sold his farm to Champ Lester in 1855<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> and moved to Slab Fork near Hotchkiss. His sons, James Remley and Matthew<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> Ellison Cook, were Confederate soldiers.</div> <div> LESTER, Champ - Lester came from Floyd County to Lester in 1855. Five sons,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> Samuel, Job, Perry, Pearis, and Daniel were Confederate soldiers. Samuel<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> was one of the first county victims of the war, dying in the winter of 1861<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> of measles. Job was color bearer of the 36th Virginia Regiment. He was six<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> feet, seven inches tall, and in battle or on parade, the 36th's colors could<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> be seen above all others. Daniel was wounded and never fully recovered,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> dying a few years after the war.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>