Bester Dexter

1802 - 1876  (73 years)

• Name	Bester Dexter
  Birth	8 Oct 1802	Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Feb 1876	Lone Rock, Richland, Wisconsin, USA   [1]
  Burial	Bear Valley Cemetary, Buena Vista, Richland, Wisconsin, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I99918	First tree
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Luen Dexter,   b. 21 Aug 1751, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts d. 18 Sep 1838, Henderson, Jefferson, New York, USA (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Vashti Priscilla Sturtevant,   b. 4 Sep 1756, Halifax, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. Between 1810 and 1820 (Age 53 years)
  Family ID	F79887	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Julia Ann Keller,   b. 25 Jul 1815, Cairo, Greene, New York, USA d. 26 Oct 1853, Cairo, Greene, New York, USA (Age 38 years)
  Family ID	F79872	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Assume that Bester was living with William in 1820. 1840 Census Greene County, New York Male age 0-5 - - - - - - - - - - 0 Male age 5-10 - - - - - - - - - 0 Male age 10-15 - - - - - - - - 0 Male age 15-20 - - - - - - - - 0 Male age 20-30 - - - - - - - - 0 Male age 30-40 - - - - - - - - 1 Male age 40-50 - - - - - - - - 0 Male age 50-60 - - - - - - - - 0 Female age 0-5 - - - - - - - - 1 Female age 5-10 - - - - - - - 1 Female age 10-15 - - - - - - 1 Female age 15-20 - - - - - -0 Female age 20-30 - - - - - -3 Female age 30-40 - - - - - -0 Female age 40-50 - - - - - -1 Female age 50-60 - - - - - -0 Free Colored Male 10-24 -1 From notes compiled by Mrs. S. A. Mangam, the previous historian ofCairo: "William Crooker built a Hotel where Mr. and Mrs. JosephFrancel now live. This was the oldest hotel site before 1838 and wasoriginally called the Calder House. Some of the other owners wereBester Dexter, whose wife was Julia Ann Keller. They had twodaughters, Charlotte, who married a Mr. Hamilton, and Frances, whomarried Mr. Eggleston. The next owner was Martin Eggleston (was thisthe husband of Frances?) Then Stephen Tryon, whose wife was CatherineRichtmyer of Gilboa, was the next owner. Mr. Tryron had two daughters,Adelia, who married a professor of Music, Charles Moritz Leibich. Heleft Cairo to conduct a Conservatory of Music in Cost Rica, where hedied. Catherine Tyron married Jonathan Brown Webster. The next ownerwas Daniel Jennings. Did these men follow one another or were thereothers between? In 1867, Seymour Adams owned and operated this hotel.It must have been a good sized establishment for the records show thatin the freshet around 1880, the hotel barn, which had a 50-teamcapacity, was partly taken away. Since then the dwelling has been usedas a private residence. (Cairo Historian Writes of Early Hotels inTown; By Grace Story Webber, Cairo Township Historian;Published in theCatskill Daily Mail January 15, 1953) BURI: CONC Telfair

  
  

• Sources

  [S3322] Bester Dexter Tombstone Inscription, Viewed by Steven Henry April, 2008 (Reliability: 3). [S3308] Roll 509; Cairo, Greene County, New York: p. 73; 1110-1124 (Reliability: 3).