Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: George W. Hess    
                Born: ca 1842              in Monongalia Co, (W)VA  1,2,3
                Died: May- 6-1869           4,5
              Buried:                      in Carroll Cemetery, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV  6,4
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
            Military:                      Pvt, Co E, 6th W. Va. Inf, Civil War  4,7,6
              Father: Archibald Hess   (1806 - 1885) 
              Mother: Mary Wilson   (1810 -     ) 
                Wife: Martha Wilson     
             Married: Nov-13-1864          in Doddridge Co, WV  8,1
                Born: ca 1845              in Marion Co, (W)VA  2,9,1
                Died: bef Jun 1900          10 (see note 1)
              Census: 1880                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  11
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Marion Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Benjamin L. Wilson   (1808 - 1880) 
              Mother: Martha Kelley   (1810 - 1878) 
Other spouse 2
           M Child 1: Marion E. Hess      
                Born: ca 1867               11
              Census: 1870                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           F Child 2: Lida Ellen Hess      
         Census name: Lidia L. Hess 
                Born: ca 1869               11
              Census: 1880                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  

Sources:
(1) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(2) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(3) 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. 
(4) U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, Office of Quartermaster 
General, and National Archives & Records Administration. 
(5) Headstone (year only) 
(6) Headstone. 
(7) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service , 
Ancestry.com. 
(8) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(9) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 1-A, p. 180. 
(10) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 
(11) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (South West Twp). 

Event Notes
Note (1) On Aug 23 1889, Martha Watson filed for widow's pension based on the Civil
War service record of her first husband, George W. Hess.  On Feb 1 1889, Lydia
E. Hodge filed for minor's benefits on the same basis.







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