J. M. HESS, retired farmer, Bloomsburg, was born at Wapwallopen, Luzerne County, February 22, 1823, to Jeremiah and Mary (FENSTERMACHER) HESS.
Jermiah M was six weeks old when his parents moved to Salem Township, and there he was reared to farm life. He made his home with his parents until his nineteenth year when he went to learn the blacksmith's trade with Charles HAGENBUCH of Centre Township; but after nine months he abandoned the trade and went to Salem Township where he married. He then moved to Orange Township and commenced farming on his own account, renting his father-in-law's farm, which he bought twelve years later. There he resided until 1869, when he bought a residence property in Bloomsburg, and has since made it his home. He married, January 26, 1843, Miss Maria POHE, a native of Mifflin Township, and a daughter of Joseph and Polly (WOLF) POHE. The POHEs were early settlers of the county, and here the parents of Mrs. HESS passed their lives. Her father died September 5, 1880, in the ninetieth year of his age; his wife died in 1833, and both are buried in Mifflinville Cemetery. Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. HESS, four of whom are living: George Wilson, married to Sarah SMITH, and resides on Mr. HESS' farm; Mary Catherine, wife of Frank CAVANEE, in Bloomsburg; Sarah Agnes and Jeremiah A., who is engaged in the shoe business in Bloomsburg. The deceased are Clarence, Sylvester, and two infants unnamed. Mr. HESS is a member of the Reformed Church, Mrs. HESS of the Lutheran. Mr. HESS is a member of the Mountain Lodge No. 264, at Orangeville. He served as supervisor of Orange Township.
Source: (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, Bloomsburg, pg. 343)
Jermiah M was six weeks old when his parents moved to Salem Township, and there he was reared to farm life. He made his home with his parents until his nineteenth year when he went to learn the blacksmith's trade with Charles HAGENBUCH of Centre Township; but after nine months he abandoned the trade and went to Salem Township where he married. He then moved to Orange Township and commenced farming on his own account, renting his father-in-law's farm, which he bought twelve years later. There he resided until 1869, when he bought a residence property in Bloomsburg, and has since made it his home. He married, January 26, 1843, Miss Maria POHE, a native of Mifflin Township, and a daughter of Joseph and Polly (WOLF) POHE. The POHEs were early settlers of the county, and here the parents of Mrs. HESS passed their lives. Her father died September 5, 1880, in the ninetieth year of his age; his wife died in 1833, and both are buried in Mifflinville Cemetery. Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. HESS, four of whom are living: George Wilson, married to Sarah SMITH, and resides on Mr. HESS' farm; Mary Catherine, wife of Frank CAVANEE, in Bloomsburg; Sarah Agnes and Jeremiah A., who is engaged in the shoe business in Bloomsburg. The deceased are Clarence, Sylvester, and two infants unnamed. Mr. HESS is a member of the Reformed Church, Mrs. HESS of the Lutheran. Mr. HESS is a member of the Mountain Lodge No. 264, at Orangeville. He served as supervisor of Orange Township.
Source: (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, Bloomsburg, pg. 343)
J. M. HESS, retired farmer, Bloomsburg, was born at Wapwallopen, Luzerne County, February 22, 1823, to Jeremiah and Mary (FENSTERMACHER) HESS.
Jermiah M was six weeks old when his parents moved to Salem Township, and there he was reared to farm life. He made his home with his parents until his nineteenth year when he went to learn the blacksmith's trade with Charles HAGENBUCH of Centre Township; but after nine months he abandoned the trade and went to Salem Township where he married. He then moved to Orange Township and commenced farming on his own account, renting his father-in-law's farm, which he bought twelve years later. There he resided until 1869, when he bought a residence property in Bloomsburg, and has since made it his home. He married, January 26, 1843, Miss Maria POHE, a native of Mifflin Township, and a daughter of Joseph and Polly (WOLF) POHE. The POHEs were early settlers of the county, and here the parents of Mrs. HESS passed their lives. Her father died September 5, 1880, in the ninetieth year of his age; his wife died in 1833, and both are buried in Mifflinville Cemetery. Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. HESS, four of whom are living: George Wilson, married to Sarah SMITH, and resides on Mr. HESS' farm; Mary Catherine, wife of Frank CAVANEE, in Bloomsburg; Sarah Agnes and Jeremiah A., who is engaged in the shoe business in Bloomsburg. The deceased are Clarence, Sylvester, and two infants unnamed. Mr. HESS is a member of the Reformed Church, Mrs. HESS of the Lutheran. Mr. HESS is a member of the Mountain Lodge No. 264, at Orangeville. He served as supervisor of Orange Township.
Source: (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, Bloomsburg, pg. 343)
Jermiah M was six weeks old when his parents moved to Salem Township, and there he was reared to farm life. He made his home with his parents until his nineteenth year when he went to learn the blacksmith's trade with Charles HAGENBUCH of Centre Township; but after nine months he abandoned the trade and went to Salem Township where he married. He then moved to Orange Township and commenced farming on his own account, renting his father-in-law's farm, which he bought twelve years later. There he resided until 1869, when he bought a residence property in Bloomsburg, and has since made it his home. He married, January 26, 1843, Miss Maria POHE, a native of Mifflin Township, and a daughter of Joseph and Polly (WOLF) POHE. The POHEs were early settlers of the county, and here the parents of Mrs. HESS passed their lives. Her father died September 5, 1880, in the ninetieth year of his age; his wife died in 1833, and both are buried in Mifflinville Cemetery. Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. HESS, four of whom are living: George Wilson, married to Sarah SMITH, and resides on Mr. HESS' farm; Mary Catherine, wife of Frank CAVANEE, in Bloomsburg; Sarah Agnes and Jeremiah A., who is engaged in the shoe business in Bloomsburg. The deceased are Clarence, Sylvester, and two infants unnamed. Mr. HESS is a member of the Reformed Church, Mrs. HESS of the Lutheran. Mr. HESS is a member of the Mountain Lodge No. 264, at Orangeville. He served as supervisor of Orange Township.
Source: (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, Bloomsburg, pg. 343)
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