Elma "Birdie" (Hess) Hoover wrote to her sister, Blanche (Hess) Williams Dana that their mother, Charlotte Amanda Daugherty Hess, corresponded with a married brother of Robert who had a family. Robert Boston Daugherty reported that his father Anson had said about his grandfather Robert that "Robert was an orphan, raised by a German family, and spoke only German up to about twelve years of age. That is, they thought he was an orphan, but he wasn't." (Pine Glen, PA. Families and Kin, p. 13)
In addition to their son Robert, Abel and Mary Catharine, had daughters, Sophia and Fanny. (Lycoming County Genealogical Society)
Elma "Birdie" (Hess) Hoover wrote to her sister, Blanche (Hess) Williams Dana that their mother, Charlotte Amanda Daugherty Hess, corresponded with a married brother of Robert who had a family. Robert Boston Daugherty reported that his father Anson had said about his grandfather Robert that "Robert was an orphan, raised by a German family, and spoke only German up to about twelve years of age. That is, they thought he was an orphan, but he wasn't." (Pine Glen, PA. Families and Kin, p. 13)
In addition to their son Robert, Abel and Mary Catharine, had daughters, Sophia and Fanny. (Lycoming County Genealogical Society)
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