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Jacob Hess

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Jacob Hess

Birth
Sandusky County, Ohio, USA
Death
16 May 1896 (aged 52)
Lindsey, Sandusky County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Lindsey, Sandusky County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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CIVIL WAR VETERAN, CO. A, 33RD OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF JACOB HESS, by Laurence Overmire, May 2011:

Jacob served in the 33rd Ohio in the Civil War. He was apparently murdered for revenge of some sort. Late at night, an assassin exploded dynamite under Jacob's house. When Jacob came out to investigate, the man shot him with buckshot. After three years at large, the murderer was apprehended and sent to the Ohio penitentiary for life.

CIVIL WAR VETERAN, CO. A, 33RD OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF JACOB HESS, by Laurence Overmire, May 2011:

Jacob served in the 33rd Ohio in the Civil War. He was apparently murdered for revenge of some sort. Late at night, an assassin exploded dynamite under Jacob's house. When Jacob came out to investigate, the man shot him with buckshot. After three years at large, the murderer was apprehended and sent to the Ohio penitentiary for life.



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