Johann
Ludwig
(Lewis)
Hess
Born in Nagold, Württemberg, Deutschland
Ancestors 
Son of Johannes Ludwig Hess
and Anna Maria (Lehre) Hess
Brother of
Gottfried Christian Christian Hess
Husband of
Anna Maria (Harsch) Hess
— married
21 Nov 1850 in Nagold, Wurttemberg, Germany
Husband of
Rebecca (Eisenberg) Hess
— married
26 Feb 1891 in Melrose Township, Grundy, Iowa, United States
Father of
Maria Elisabeth (Hess) Turner
Died
at age 82
in Ivester, Grundy, Iowa, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Oct 2018
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Biography
Birth 14 Jul 1825 in Nagold. Johann Ludwig was the son of Johann Ludwig Heß and Anna Maria Lehre.[1][2]
Marriage 21 Nov 1850 in Nagold with Anna Maria Harsch.[2]
Migration He migrated with his wife and their daughter Maria Elisabeth in 1854 to America.[2]
DOD and death location per cemetery memorial, 29 July 1907 in "Melrose Township, Grundy, Iowa" per Family Search. Married twice per Family Search and Find A Grave:
- 1st. 1850 Anna Maria Harsch (1816–1888), three children two died in infancy
- 2nd. 1891 Rebecca Eisenberg (1834–1914), no children
Burial: Sheller Cemetery, Grundy County, Iowa, USA Memorial ID 89113059
- Aged 82 ys 4 ms 22 ds.
- "JOHANN LUDWIG HESS, 2nd of 11 children born to Johann Ludwig Hess and Anna Maria Lehre at Nagold, Germany.
- "Lewis Hess, one of the pioneers of southern Grundy County, died at his home in Melrose Township after a brief illness of pneumonia. ...
- "He came to America with 2 brothers, John and Fred, in the spring of 1854 and lived in New York for six months, moving to Illinois in October of the same year, living there until December 1864, when he came to Grundy County, Iowa, where he has been since he made his home.
- In 1850 her married Mary Harsh. To this union 3 children were born, 2 girls and 1 boy. The boy and a girl died in infancy. Mary died in 1888. In 1890 he married Rebecca Reisinger."
- --Bio provided by cemetery memorial
Sources
- ↑ Church book Nagold, Württemberg: Landeskirchliches Archiv Stuttgart > Dekanat Nagold > Nagold > Taufregister 1817-1828 Band 6 [1]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Family table Nagold, Württemberg: Landeskirchliches Archiv Stuttgart > Dekanat Nagold > Nagold > Familienregister 1832-1876 Band 31, p. 641 [2]
- Memorial in Sheller Cemetery, Grundy County, Iowa, USA
- Lewis Ludwig Johan Hess (1825–1907), profile provided by Family Search.
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