Charles
Kesterson - Malungeon
NEWS FREDERICK MD
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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Pay-Per-View - Hartford Courant - ProQuest Archiver - Oct 4, 1898
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
REFORMED GIANT.
Pay-Per-View - Boston Daily Globe - ProQuest Archiver - Aug 14, 1898
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
Subscription - Lima News - NewspaperArchie - Nov 9, 1898
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