Lester Brace Coller
- Born: 8 Dec 1831, New York 61
- Marriage (1): Cornelia L. Pennock on 17 Nov 1859 in Lenawee, Michigan
- Died: 4 Jan 1910, Macon, Lenawee County, Michigan at age 78
- Buried: Macon Cemetery, Macon, Lenawee County, Michigan
 General Notes:
The 1860 Federal Census of Lenawee County, Michigan, states that Lester B. Coller was a farm laborer whose personal estate was worth $300. It also states he was born in New York. On further Census he was listed as a farmer in Lenawee County.
Mrs. Mildred Moore, "Memoirs of Macon." (Macon, MI: Macon Community Club, 1959.):
....A cheese factory was built at the foot of the hill on the Lester Coller farm, about one-half mile south of Macon on the Tecumseh-Macon road. For many years the cooperative creamery and cheese factory was managed by John Roberts. At least a dozen wagons came daily, loaded with cream from the surrounding farms. Butter was made and sold to nearby towns. A large ice house was built near the Creamery (near the Paul Kollar farm) and winter employment provided by to the men who sawed iced on the nearby lakes....
Noted events in his life were:
1. Residence, 1886, Macon, Michigan.
Lester married Cornelia L. Pennock on 17 Nov 1859 in Lenawee, Michigan. (Cornelia L. Pennock was born on 26 Mar 1838 in Tecumseh, Michigan 62 and died on 24 Aug 1919 in Macon, Lenawee County, Michigan.)
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