Moses Hess is one of the older residents of Gem county and has resided upon his present ranch five miles west of Emmett since 1902, removing to this state from Grant county, Oregon, where he had lived for a third of a century. He was born in Ripley county, Indiana, February 5, 1849, and is a son of Peter and Melissa (Pursell) Hess, the former a native of Pennsylvania, while the latter was born in Ripley county, Indiana. Removing to the northwest, they settled in Grant county, Oregon, where their remaining days were passed. The father, whose birth occurred in December, 1820, was in his eighty-first year when he passed away on the 2d of December, 1901. The mother, who was born in 1823, died June 19, 1897. Their marriage was celebrated on the 24th of November, 1844, and they had a family of five children, of whom three are yet living: Moses; and Samuel and Lewis, who are residents of Oregon.
Moses Hess spent the days of his boyhood and youth in the middle west to the age of twenty-six years, when in 1875 he crossed the plains to Oregon. He was then a single man but has since been married twice. In 1877 he wedded Jane Ross, who passed away on the 3d of May three years later, leaving a little son, Elmer, two years of age, and an infant daughter, Jessie. Both are now married and have children. Elmer wedded Mattie Davison and resides in a house upon his father's ranch, giving his attention to the development and further improvement of the land, which is devoted to the raising of hay and cattle. To Elmer Hess and his wife have been born two children. Vera and Carl. The daughter. Jessie, is now the wife of Fred Axe and resides in Oregon. They have one child, Vera.
On the 2oth of September, 1899, Moses Hess was married to Mrs. Lillie Belle Miller nee Hardman. the widow of Oliver Miller. She was born in Oregon, March 25, 1863, and is a daughter of Joseph and Barbara (Ritter) Hardman. who were natives of Indiana, where they were reared and married. They crossed the plains to Oregon with ox teams in 1850 and Mr. and Mrs. Hardman spent their remaining days in the Sunset state. Their daughter, Mrs. Hess, was reared in Grant county, Oregon, and in 1879 became the wife of Oliver Miller, who departed this life in 1890, leaving two sons, Clarence S. and Frank H., both of whom are married, reside in Idaho and have children.
When Mr. Hess crossed the plains to Oregon he traveled through the Boise valley and passed through the city of Boise, which was then a mere hamlet. He has lived to witness the remarkable changes which time and man have wrought in this section of the state and since coming to Idaho in 1902 has borne his part in the work of general development and progress. He and his wife are members of the Baptist church and both give their political support to the republican party. Mr. Hess has now passed the Psalmist's span of three score years and ten but is still quite hale and hearty, his son, however, relieving him of much of the work of the ranch.
Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920
Moses Hess spent the days of his boyhood and youth in the middle west to the age of twenty-six years, when in 1875 he crossed the plains to Oregon. He was then a single man but has since been married twice. In 1877 he wedded Jane Ross, who passed away on the 3d of May three years later, leaving a little son, Elmer, two years of age, and an infant daughter, Jessie. Both are now married and have children. Elmer wedded Mattie Davison and resides in a house upon his father's ranch, giving his attention to the development and further improvement of the land, which is devoted to the raising of hay and cattle. To Elmer Hess and his wife have been born two children. Vera and Carl. The daughter. Jessie, is now the wife of Fred Axe and resides in Oregon. They have one child, Vera.
On the 2oth of September, 1899, Moses Hess was married to Mrs. Lillie Belle Miller nee Hardman. the widow of Oliver Miller. She was born in Oregon, March 25, 1863, and is a daughter of Joseph and Barbara (Ritter) Hardman. who were natives of Indiana, where they were reared and married. They crossed the plains to Oregon with ox teams in 1850 and Mr. and Mrs. Hardman spent their remaining days in the Sunset state. Their daughter, Mrs. Hess, was reared in Grant county, Oregon, and in 1879 became the wife of Oliver Miller, who departed this life in 1890, leaving two sons, Clarence S. and Frank H., both of whom are married, reside in Idaho and have children.
When Mr. Hess crossed the plains to Oregon he traveled through the Boise valley and passed through the city of Boise, which was then a mere hamlet. He has lived to witness the remarkable changes which time and man have wrought in this section of the state and since coming to Idaho in 1902 has borne his part in the work of general development and progress. He and his wife are members of the Baptist church and both give their political support to the republican party. Mr. Hess has now passed the Psalmist's span of three score years and ten but is still quite hale and hearty, his son, however, relieving him of much of the work of the ranch.
Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920
Moses Hess is one of the older residents of Gem county and has resided upon his present ranch five miles west of Emmett since 1902, removing to this state from Grant county, Oregon, where he had lived for a third of a century. He was born in Ripley county, Indiana, February 5, 1849, and is a son of Peter and Melissa (Pursell) Hess, the former a native of Pennsylvania, while the latter was born in Ripley county, Indiana. Removing to the northwest, they settled in Grant county, Oregon, where their remaining days were passed. The father, whose birth occurred in December, 1820, was in his eighty-first year when he passed away on the 2d of December, 1901. The mother, who was born in 1823, died June 19, 1897. Their marriage was celebrated on the 24th of November, 1844, and they had a family of five children, of whom three are yet living: Moses; and Samuel and Lewis, who are residents of Oregon.
Moses Hess spent the days of his boyhood and youth in the middle west to the age of twenty-six years, when in 1875 he crossed the plains to Oregon. He was then a single man but has since been married twice. In 1877 he wedded Jane Ross, who passed away on the 3d of May three years later, leaving a little son, Elmer, two years of age, and an infant daughter, Jessie. Both are now married and have children. Elmer wedded Mattie Davison and resides in a house upon his father's ranch, giving his attention to the development and further improvement of the land, which is devoted to the raising of hay and cattle. To Elmer Hess and his wife have been born two children. Vera and Carl. The daughter. Jessie, is now the wife of Fred Axe and resides in Oregon. They have one child, Vera.
On the 2oth of September, 1899, Moses Hess was married to Mrs. Lillie Belle Miller nee Hardman. the widow of Oliver Miller. She was born in Oregon, March 25, 1863, and is a daughter of Joseph and Barbara (Ritter) Hardman. who were natives of Indiana, where they were reared and married. They crossed the plains to Oregon with ox teams in 1850 and Mr. and Mrs. Hardman spent their remaining days in the Sunset state. Their daughter, Mrs. Hess, was reared in Grant county, Oregon, and in 1879 became the wife of Oliver Miller, who departed this life in 1890, leaving two sons, Clarence S. and Frank H., both of whom are married, reside in Idaho and have children.
When Mr. Hess crossed the plains to Oregon he traveled through the Boise valley and passed through the city of Boise, which was then a mere hamlet. He has lived to witness the remarkable changes which time and man have wrought in this section of the state and since coming to Idaho in 1902 has borne his part in the work of general development and progress. He and his wife are members of the Baptist church and both give their political support to the republican party. Mr. Hess has now passed the Psalmist's span of three score years and ten but is still quite hale and hearty, his son, however, relieving him of much of the work of the ranch.
Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920
Moses Hess spent the days of his boyhood and youth in the middle west to the age of twenty-six years, when in 1875 he crossed the plains to Oregon. He was then a single man but has since been married twice. In 1877 he wedded Jane Ross, who passed away on the 3d of May three years later, leaving a little son, Elmer, two years of age, and an infant daughter, Jessie. Both are now married and have children. Elmer wedded Mattie Davison and resides in a house upon his father's ranch, giving his attention to the development and further improvement of the land, which is devoted to the raising of hay and cattle. To Elmer Hess and his wife have been born two children. Vera and Carl. The daughter. Jessie, is now the wife of Fred Axe and resides in Oregon. They have one child, Vera.
On the 2oth of September, 1899, Moses Hess was married to Mrs. Lillie Belle Miller nee Hardman. the widow of Oliver Miller. She was born in Oregon, March 25, 1863, and is a daughter of Joseph and Barbara (Ritter) Hardman. who were natives of Indiana, where they were reared and married. They crossed the plains to Oregon with ox teams in 1850 and Mr. and Mrs. Hardman spent their remaining days in the Sunset state. Their daughter, Mrs. Hess, was reared in Grant county, Oregon, and in 1879 became the wife of Oliver Miller, who departed this life in 1890, leaving two sons, Clarence S. and Frank H., both of whom are married, reside in Idaho and have children.
When Mr. Hess crossed the plains to Oregon he traveled through the Boise valley and passed through the city of Boise, which was then a mere hamlet. He has lived to witness the remarkable changes which time and man have wrought in this section of the state and since coming to Idaho in 1902 has borne his part in the work of general development and progress. He and his wife are members of the Baptist church and both give their political support to the republican party. Mr. Hess has now passed the Psalmist's span of three score years and ten but is still quite hale and hearty, his son, however, relieving him of much of the work of the ranch.
Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920
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