Elijah Hess (1810 - 1852)

Born 4 Feb 1810 in Benton, Columbia County, Pennsylvania

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Died 20 Sep 1852 at age 42 in Benton,, Columbia County, Pennsylvania

Biography

Elijah was born in either the Mifflinville or Benton area of Columbia County, Pennsylvania. He was a farmer and a miller. He was buried in St. Gabriel's Cemetery, Cole's Creek (R.R. Benton), Columbia County, Pennsylvania.

Will of Elijah HESS: Letters of Administration: 28 Feb 1853; File 4, v. 3, p. 88, 1853; Columbia County Court House, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. Copied and transcribed by PALE 11 June 1998. Bond No. 4:

Letters of Administration on the Estate of Elijah HESS, late of Benton Township, deceased. Be it remembered that on the twenty eighth day of February A.D. 1833 [appears to be 1833, should be 1853?] Letters of Administration in due common form of law were granted by ? G. CLARK, Register for the Probate of Wills and Granting Letters of Administration in and for said County unto Saul OGDEN, Administrator of all and singular the goods, chattels, rights and credits which were of Elijah HESS, late of Benton Township, Columbia County, deceased, widow having first renounced as follows, to wit: ``? G. CLARK, Esquire, Register, of Columbia County, the undersigned widow of Elijah HESS, deceased, late of said County hereby release her right of Administrator upon the Estate of said decedent & desire that Letters of Administration thereon be issued to Saul OGDON [edge cut off] County. Witness my hand and Seal. Margaret [her X mark] HESS Lowry McHENRY - Witness.

Said Administrator having first put in as his sureties. Wm. McHENRY and L.B. RUPERT in therefore [cut off] Eight hundred dollars and having also been first duly sworn to administer said Estate well and truly and according to law and faithfully comply with and regard the laws relative to collateral Inheritances. Before me, [Jefre?] G. CLARK Register

Sources

1. 1840 United States Federal Census
2. 1850 United States Federal Census
3. Abekline.FTW
4. Ancestry Family Trees
5. Census, U.S.: 1850, Sugarloaf Township, Columbia Co., PA
6. Cole, Margaret: Family History Notes written in 1914; e-mail copy from Debbi McHenry, OK City, OK, 18 Jul 1998 to PALE
7. James BROWN Direct to Glen Ezra LAUBACH.FTW
8. LinWhitenight99.FTW
9. Martin HULSHIZER to PALE.FTW
10. Michigan, Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995
11. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985
12. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963
13. Pennsylvania, Deaths, 1852-1854
14. Pioneer Families of Our County (YOCUM. Kenneth)
15. Sickler Info.? Possibly some from Helen Smith Gammon; some sources lost in computer malfunction
16. Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
    Find A Grave: Memorial #8381226 (accessed 9 February 2024)
    Memorial page for Elijah Hess (4 Feb 1810-28 Dec 1852), citing Saint Gabriel Cemetery, Benton, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Robert Hess (contributor 47209354).
17. Ancestry Family Trees
18. Bapt. Records: St. Gabriel's Cemetery at St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church, Cole's Creek [R.R. Benton], Sugarloaf Township, Columbia Co., PA
19. Cemetery List: St. Gabriel's Cemetery, Cole's Creek (R.R. Benton), Sugarloaf Township, Columbia Co., PA
20. Cemetery On-Site Inspections by PALE/MCE: St. Gabriel's Cemetery, Cole's Creek (R.R. Benton), Sugarloaf Township, Columbia Co., PA
21. WILL of Elijah Hess