Lester W. Hunter (1853-1937, Sardis, NC)
HUNTER, Lester Walker, Sardis, N.C., born July 26, 1853, near Charlotte, N.C., is the son of Rev. John and Isabella (Peoples) Hunter, grandson of Thomas Hunter, and of Richard Peoples. He was educated at the Sardis Academy and at Erskine College, S.C.; began to read medicine in 1873; with Dr. James Williams of South Carolina, and Dr. H.C. Walkup of Mecklenburg county, N.C.; attended lectures at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, Md., and at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, receiving his degree from the latter institution in March, 1875.
Dr. Hunter has practised [sic] medicine at Sardis since graduation. He is a member of the Mecklenburg County Medical Society, and of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina.
Married, December 1, 1875, Miss Doolie C. Boyce of Due West, S.C. Their children are: Mary Isabella, Owen Livingston; Helen Harris; Louie and Louise, twins; Alice; James Boyce; Lester Walker, deceased; and Moffatt and Meredith, twins, the former deceased.
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