Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Joseph C. Hess    
                Born: ca 1810              in Virginia (now West Virginia)  1,2
              Census: 1870                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1850                 in Lewis Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      blacksmith  1,2,3
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Jane K. Brand   4  
             Married: Oct-27-1836          in Monongalia Co, (W)VA  
                Born: ca 1810              in Virginia (now West Virginia)  1,2
              Census: 1870                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Lewis Co, (W)VA  
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Susan Hess      
                Born: ca 1839               3
              Census: 1870                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Lewis Co, (W)VA  
           M Child 2: Peter Hess      
                Born: 1850                 in Lewis Co, VA (now Upshur Co, WV)  5,6,7,8 (see note 1)
                Died: Mar- 5-1922          in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  5
              Buried:                      in Blandville Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV  6,5
              Census: 1880, 1900, 10, 20   in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 2)
              Census: 1870                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Lewis Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      blacksmith  5,9,10,11,1
                Wife: Lizar M. Bland  b. Mar- 5-1857  d. Jan-10-1896  
       Also known as: Lisa Jane 12
             Married: Oct-22-1874          in Doddridge Co, WV  13

Sources:
(1) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union Twp). 
(2) 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. 
(3) 1850 Census, Lewis County, (W)VA. 
(4) Death record of son. 
(5) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(6) Headstone. 
(7) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District) 
(8) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(9) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District). 
(10) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District) 
(11) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District). 
(12) Obituary of daughter. 
(13) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), 
Identified as Peter Hess, 23, b. Upshur Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Lizar Bland, 17, of Doddridge Co.  Married Oct 22 
1874. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in death record as Jun 1 1852.  But he was age 2 months in
the 1850 Census, enumerated on Jul 13 1850.
Note (2) In 1920, in household of daughter & son-in-law Beulah & Luther
Perine.







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