Emma W. Beardsley

I am shocked by how little luck I've had researching this family. The inscription reads:

Emma W.

Wife of

L. B. Beardsley

& eldest daughter of

J. H. Lester, Esq.

of New York.

Who departed this life

July 7th 1852

aged 38 years.

Also their daughter

Mary Emma

Died August 5, 1850

Aged four months five days.

From the inscription on the grave of Emma's sister Lucretia, I was able to determine that their parents were in fact Jedediah H. and Mary Seaman Lester. However, I have been unable to find the Lesters in any census (or elsewhere), nor L. B. Beardsley. This is surprising, given that this was likely a well-to-do, well-known family.

1. Jedediah H. Lester m. Mary Seaman (1786-1856)
1. Emma W. Lester (1814-1852) m. L. B. Beardsley
1. Mary Emma Beardsley (1850-1850)
2. Lucretia Edwards Lester (1820-1853)