Jul-28-2018
Husband: Archibald Hess
Also known as: Archie Hess 1
Born: 1806 in Pennsylvania 2,3,4
Died: 1885 4
Buried: (unmarked) in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 5
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 2
Father:
Mother:
Wife: Mary Wilson 1 6,1
Born: ca 1810 in Virginia 2
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Father:
Mother:
M Child 1: George W. Hess
Born: ca 1842 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA 7,3,2
Died: May- 6-1869 8,9
Buried: in Carroll Cemetery, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 10,8
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Military: Pvt, Co E, 6th W. Va. Inf, Civil War 8,11,10
Wife: Martha Wilson b. ca 1845 d. bef Jun 1900
Married: Nov-13-1864 in Doddridge Co, WV 12,7
M Child 2: Henry Hess
Born: Apr- -1843 in Marion Co, (W)VA 13,14
Died: Mar-19-1927 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 15
Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 16
Resided: 1915 in Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 17
Census: 1900 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV 13
Resided: 1868 in Doddridge Co, WV 14
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 18
Military: Co M, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 19,18
Wife: Mary Ellen Rebecca Sigler b. Jan-20-1849 d. Jan-31-1909
Also known as: Mary Ellen Zigler 1
Married: Oct- 1-1868 in Ritchie Co, WV 14
F Child 3: Harriet E. Hess
Born: Nov- 8-1849 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 20
Died: Aug- 4-1932 in Ritchie Co, WV 21
Census: 1930 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV
Resided: 1867 in Doddridge Co, WV 7
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Husband: Morgan Bird Watson b. Mar-10-1847 d. Apr-26-1923
Also known as: M. B. Watson 22
Married: Aug-26-1867 in Doddridge Co, WV 7
Sources:
(1) Death record of daughter.
(2) 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA.
(3) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.
(4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993,
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995, p. 490.
(5) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993,
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995, p. 490, citing Minnie Kendall Lowther's "History of Ritchie County," p.
376.
(6) Marriage record of daughter.
(7) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)
(8) U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, Office of Quartermaster
General, and National Archives & Records Administration.
(9) Headstone (year only)
(10) Headstone.
(11) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service ,
Ancestry.com.
(12) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.
(13) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District)
(14) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)
(15) Civil War Service Records, .
(16) Findagrave.com.
(17) West Union Herald.
(18) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 167.
(19) West Union Herald, 12/23/1915.
(20) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993),
But son Schuyler's death record states her birthplace as Doddridge Co.
(21) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998)
(22) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV,
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 238.
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