Charles Kesterson - Malungeon
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9-17-1898 AN ODD KENTUCKIAN The Rev. Charles Kesterson is an odd Kentuckian who has been on both sides of the law. His father was one of the early pioneers of Hancock County, Tenn., and his mother was an Indian, being a member of the tribe of famous Malungeons. The Rev. Mr. Kesterson is 7 foot 8 inches tall, though he claims when in the prime of manhood he was over 8 feet tall. His weight is 309 pounds, and he is 73 years old. When lawlessness was at its height, the Rev. Mr. Kesterson was the terror of that country. He never heard the whistle of a locomotive or say the iron monsters till a year or so aga, when he went to Knoxville. It is claimed by many of his neighbors that he has killed at least seven men. The old preacher denies this. He acknowledges the errors of his youth, but says that he never killed so many. Cincinnati Enquirer...
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His father was one of the early pioneers, and his mother, was a member of the tribe of the famous Malungeons, who compose nearly the entire population of
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Tenn, 73 years ago His father was one of the early pioneers, and his mother was a member of the tribe of the famous Malungeons, who compose nearly the
The Lima News (Newspaper) - November 9, 1898, Lima, Ohio
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His father was one of the pio- neers, and his mother was an Indian, being a member of -the tribe of the famous Malungeons, who compose nearly the entire
