Jacob Eshleman Edward Hess (1847 - 1928)

Born 22 Aug 1847 in Conestoga, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States

Husband of Harriet (Vandermark) Hess — married 12 Oct 1867 in Palestine, Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States

Died 5 Oct 1928 at age 81 in Spearville, Ford County, Kansas, United States

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Biography

Jacob E Hess was born 22 Aug 1847 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. The son of Michael Rathvon & Mary Magdalena (Eshleman) Hess, in 1860 he was a farm laborer living with his family at Safe Harbor, Conestoga Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 3" tall and had black hair and gray eyes.

A Civil War veteran, he enlisted and mustered into federal service at Lancaster February 15, 1865, as a private with Co. I, 195th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company January 31, 1866.

He married Harriet (Vandermark) Hess (1846 - 1930) on 12 Oct 1867 in Palestine, Indiana, United States .^[1] and fathered George Washington (b. 04/01/69), Estella May (b. 05/21/75), Nathan William (b. 01/10/78), Cora Geolila (b. 05/01/81), Nellie Hellen (b. 06/08/85), Martin Van Buren (b. 05/10/87), Asanel Irvin (b. 04/07/89), Leonard Harvey (1891 - 1984), and Stewart (b. 1892).

By no later than 1900, he was living in Spearville, Ford County, Kansas.

He died 5 Oct 1928 in Spearville, Ford, Kansas, United States and was buried in Silent Land Cemetery, Spearville, Ford County, Kansas, USA.^[2]

CENSUS

1870 Seward Township, Kosciusko, Indiana

Jacob Hess Male 23 Pennsylvania

Hariet Hess Female 24 Pennsylvania

George Hess Male 1 Indiana ^[3]

1880 Harrison, Kosciusko, Indiana

Jacob Hess Self Male 32 Pennsylvania, United States

Harriet Hess Wife Female 34 Pennsylvania, United States

Estella Hess Daughter Female 5 Indiana, United States

Nathan Hess Son Male 2 Indiana, United States ^[4]

1895 Ford, Ford, Kansas

J E Hess Male 47 Pennsylvania

Harriett Hess Female 48 Pennsylvania

Nathen Hess Male 17 Indiana

Cora Hess Female 13 Indiana

Nellie Hess Female 9 Kansas

Martin Hess Male 7 Kansas

Asie Hess Male 6 Kansas

Leonard Hess Male 3 Kansas ^[5]

1900 Spearville Township Spearville city, Ford, Kansas

Jacob Hess Head Male 53 Pennsylvania

Harriet Hess Wife Female 54 Pennsylvania

Nellie A Hess Daughter Female 15 Kansas

Martin V Hess Son Male 13 Kansas

Asa Hess Son Male 11 Kansas

Lenoard Hess Son Male 9 Kansas^[6]

1910 Spearville, Ford, Kansas

Jacob E Hess Head Male 62 Pennsylvania

Hariett Hess Wife Female 63 Pennsylvania

Uta Hess Son Male 21 Kansas

Leonard Hess Son Male 18 Kansas ^[7]

1920 Spearville, Ford, Kansas

Jacob E Hess Head Male 72 Pennsylvania

Huriet Hess Wife Female 73 Pennsylvania ^[8]

MARRIAGE Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959

Name: Jacob E Hess

Event Type: Marriage

Event Date: 12 Oct 1867

Event Place:

Alternate Event Place:

Registration Place: , Kosciusko, Indiana, United States

Marriage License Date: 04 Oct 1867

Residence Place:

Gender: Male

Age (Estimated):

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Race (Original):

Birth Date:

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Father's Name:

Mother's Name:

Spouse's Name: Harriet Vandermark

Spouse's Residence Place:

Spouse's Gender: Female

Spouse's Age (Estimated):

Spouse's Previous Marriage Number:

Spouse's Race (Original):

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Informant's Name:

Officiator's Name: Austin Milburn

Page: 558 ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959  :Name: Jacob E Hess  :Event Type: Marriage  :Event Date: 12 Oct 1867  :Registration Place: , Kosciusko, Indiana, United States  :Marriage License Date: 04 Oct 1867  :Gender: Male  :Spouse's Name: Harriet Vandermark  :Spouse's Gender: Female  :Officiator's Name: Austin Milburn  :Page: 558
2. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK2-ZGR4 : 13 December 2015), Jacob Eshleman Edwrd Hess, 1928; Burial, Spearville, Ford, Kansas, United States of America, Silent Land Cemetery; citing record ID 50944910, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFQ-TW8 : 11 June 2019), Hariet Hess in entry for Jacob Hess, 1870.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH9F-FY8 : 7 September 2017), Harriet Hess in household of Jacob Hess, Harrison, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 53, sheet 134B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,290.
5. ↑ "Kansas State Census, 1895", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL8J-X1BN : 11 November 2017), Harriett Hess in entry for J E Hess, 1895.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMTV-HTP : accessed 28 September 2019), Harriet Hess in household of Jacob Hess, Spearville Township Spearville city, Ford, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 52, sheet 1B, family 16, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,480.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2C4-78X : accessed 28 September 2019), Hariett Hess in household of Jacob E Hess, Spearville, Ford, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 53, sheet 6B, family 114, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 439; FHL microfilm 1,374,452.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF6C-1WP : accessed 28 September 2019), Huriet Hess in household of Jacob E Hess, Spearville, Ford, Kansas, United States; citing ED 63, sheet 2A, line 31, family 29, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 532; FHL microfilm 1,820,532.
9. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRQQ-YLR : 10 December 2017), Jacob E Hess and Harriet Vandermark, 12 Oct 1867; citing Kosciusko, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004839016.