Daughter of John Hughes and Deborah Cork
Born ca. 1859 in [Duck Creek Hundred], Kent Co., Delaware

Hester's age in the census records: in 1860, age 1; in 1870, age 11; in 1880, age 21.
Hester appears under the name Esther in the 1870 census.

1860 - U.S. Census, Delaware, Kent Co., Duck Creek Hundred, Page No. 89 [=575], 560-555, 04 Jul 1860
1870 - U.S. Census, Delaware, Kent Co., Dover Hundred, Page No. 79 [=260], 549-543, 04 Jul 1870
1880 - U.S. Census, Delaware, Kent Co., East Dover Hundred, E.D. 36, Page No. 20 [=97D], 123-128, 08 Jun 1880