Sturgill, Ester Caroline

Birth Name Ester Caroline Sturgill
Gender female

Events

Birth 1821;  Ashe County, NC

Parents

Father Joel Sturgill b. Mar 20, 1786d. 1878
Mother Rachel Waters b. 1790d. 1864
 
Siblings Lydia Sturgillb. 1808 
Catherine Ann Sturgillb. May 5, 1813d. Dec 19, 1890
William M Sturgillb. Feb 16, 1813d. Aug 13, 1883
Francis Harvey Sturgillb. Jan 13, 1816d. Aug 1, 1877
Daughter Sturgillb. 1815d. 1815
Rebecca Sturgillb. 1818d. 1878
Mary Ann Sturgillb. May 26, 1819d. Dec 27, 1888
John Carter Sturgillb. 1823d. Jun 13, 1856
Lewis James Sturgillb. 1826d.
James George Sturgillb. May 23, 1828d. Nov 29, 1909
Jacob Peck Sturgillb. 1830 
Solomon Waters Sturgillb. 1831 
 

Families

Husband Felix Knifong  
Marriage Feb 17, 1847
 
Children John Knifongb.  
Lucy Knifongb.  
 
Husband Hugh Warren  
Marriage Oct 7, 1851
 
Children Mary Elizabeth Warrenb. Oct 16, 1854d. Sep 2, 1940
Felix Warrenb. Jul 16, 1853d. 1938
Joel F. Warrenb. 1859d. Mar 12, 1934
Amanda Warren  
Solomon Warren  

Narrative

ESTER STURGILL and her first husband, ? Knifong lived in Sullivan Co, MO where their two children were born. Ester and her second husband, Huhgh Warren, migrated to Oregon with the rest of the family in 1865. Their children were born in Missouri.

NOTE: Solomon and Amanda may have been adopted.

NOTE 2: Felix and Joel Warren were typical western frontiersmen and were well known over a wide area. Joel was the first police chief of Spokane, WA and was later Police Chief of Seattle. Felix drove a stage coach pulled by white horses in a "wild west" show during thge 1891 worlds fair in Chicago.