Damascus Pioneer Cemetery

Damascus Pioneer Cemetery,  located 5.5 miles east from the town of Clackamas on

Hwy 212 on the westerly outskirts of Damascus.

Photos & information contributed by Christine Walters Kesterson Kollections

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leland D Kesterson
7 December 1821 - 1903
Son of John Henry & Sarah (Davis) Kesterson Jr
Husband of Charlotte McClure 7 May 1846 MO
Husband of Mary Ann Johnson 11 July 1865 MO

Mary Ann (Johnson) Donaldson Kesterson 
1837 - 15 June 1922
Daughter of Josiah & Hannah (DeHart) Johnson
Wife of Leland D Kesterson

(Continued below)

Leland D.  Kesterson was married to Charlotte McClure 07 May 1846 in Lafayette Co MO. There is a theory that they were divorced.  Leland's second marriage was to  Mary Ann (Johnson) Hink McDonald,  11 July 1865 in Lafayette County MO.  Leland and Mary  moved to Oregon sometime after 1870. Leland & Charlotte  (McClue) were the parents of Sarah, Mary E, Catherine Jane, Nancy E, Florence Caroline and Martha L.   Leland & Mary  (Johnson) were the parents of William L, Charles Franklin, George Harvey, Joel Hilloch, Minnie T, Rhoda Belle and Noah D.  This photo, owned by Valerie Schomburg, is five generations. Mary Johnson Hink Kesterson bottom right, her daughter Sarah Hink Robinson, bottom left - Margaret Robinson Oldham, daughter of Sarah, top right and her daughter Lillian Oldham Flynn top left holding her son Clyde Flynn.  

 
 

Mary E.  (Kesterson) Sims 

was the daughter of Leland D & Charlotte (McClure) Kesterson. Mary was born in 1851 MO and died in 1958 OR. Mary Kesterson  was married to Daniel Sims on the 26th day of January 1871, in Lafayette County MO.  

Mary  & Daniel Sims are the parents of Robert, Mattie, Ernest & Carrie Sims.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charles Franklin Kesterson
1868 - 21 October 1956 Plot 78
Douglas Co OR Cert. #11568
Son of Leland D & Mary  (Johnson) Kesterson

Elva Tryphena (Richey) Kesterson 
1868 - 1950
Wife of Charles Franklin Kesterson
Charles and Elva Richey were married 08 Mar 1894.  Parents of Stuart Keith and Kenneth A. Kesterson
 

Joel H.  Kesterson,

son of Leland D. & Mary Ann (Johnson) Kestersonwas born 26 February 1872 in Lafayette County Missouri and died 02 June 1946 in Gresham Oregon.  Married to  Clara Irene Giese who died 3 March 1941. Joel was married for the 2nd time to a woman named Ina who died 22 April 1950.

Joel and Clara Kesterson  were the parents of Raymond Cecil Kesterson who is buried in the Willamette National Cemetery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also buried in this cemetery is Emma Kesterson (but we have no photo) in plot # 134. There are no dates on the headstone. The Plot # is the same as that of Leland and Mary Kesterson,  so I can only guess that she might be a granddaughter.

 

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