Llewellyn Dunham Hess (1868 - 1939)

Born 27 Nov 1868 in Hopedale, Tazewell, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy Elizabeth (Smith) Hess — married 18 Dec 1889 (to 1909) in Hopedale, Tazewell, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Aug 1939 at age 70 in Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States

Biography

Llewellyn was born in 1868. He was the son of Jacob Hess and Phebe Briggs. He lived with his parents and brother in Little Mackinaw Township, Tazewell, Illinois in 1870.^[1] After the death of his parents, he and his brother lived with their maternal grandparents in Hopedale, Tazewell, Illinois in 1880.^[2]

Llewellyn married Nancy E Smith on 18 Dec 1889.^{[citation needed]} They had eight children. They lived in Minier, Tazewell, Illinois in 1900, where Llewellyn was a farmer.^[3] By 1910, Llewellyn, now a widower, and his children lived in Venice, Madison, Illinois, where he worked as a carpenter.^[4] Llewellyn lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California in 1930, where he worked as a clerk in a grocery store.^[5]

Llewellyn passed away in 1939.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6WK-QJQ : 28 May 2021), Luellan Hess in entry for Jacob Hess, 1870.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXKL-3DB : 13 January 2022), L. D. Hess in household of Wm. H. Briggs, Hopedale, Tazewell, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSH5-2SH : 11 March 2022), Llewellynn Hess, 1900.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK62-KNB : accessed 5 January 2023), Llewellyn Hess, Venice, Madison, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 63, sheet 9B, family 199, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 310; FHL microfilm 1,374,323.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC8F-8LR : accessed 5 January 2023), Lewellyn D Hess, Los Angeles (Districts 0751-0795), Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 792, sheet 4A, line 39, family 83, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 166; FHL microfilm 2,339,901.
6. ↑ "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQK8-C85 : 25 April 2022), Llewellyn Dunham Hess, 1939.

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See also:

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11327223/llewellyn-dunham-hess: accessed 05 January 2023), memorial page for Llewellyn Dunham Hess (27 Nov 1868–9 Aug 1939), Find A Grave: Memorial #11327223, citing Briggs Cemetery, Minier, Tazewell County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by 46620252 (contributor 46620252).