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| Maria Louisa HESS (mother Elizabeth Grayliss Hess)
(1847-1918) |
Maria Louisa HESS (mother Elizabeth Grayless Hess)
Maria married William Preston (Press) BROWN. (William Preston (Press) BROWN was born in 1842, died in 1929 in Los Angeles Co., CA., USA and was buried on Jan 8, 1929 in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, CA., USA.) |
Noted
events
Elizabeth Grayless Hess died
in 1851 when Maria Louisa was 4 years old.
John Moses Hess (the father) died in 1856 and it is unclear from the US Census
if all four
children went to live with their, then married, step-brother Thomas Moore
Hess and
his wife Ann Amanda Kinnear Hess OR if only James lived with them and
the youngest 3 children went to live with a neighbor, the Andersons.
On the 1860
Ohio Census, (at age 13), the value of Maria Louisa Hess's real estate was
valued at $3,500,
which would have been inherited from their father John M. (Moses) Hess.
Maria Louisa
Hess Preston and her family moved to California prior to 1918 as records show
she is buried there.
We have no photos of Maria Louisa Hess; however, in Grandma's photo album
there are photos of her husband and children.
In the Centennial
Biographical History of The City of Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio of
1901
this was written of Louisa Maria Hess:
Her name is
shown as Louisa Maria, who married William P. Brown of Franklin County and
in 1901 was living in New York City.
More information gathered:
Since finding
the (above quoted) Centennial History book written in 1901, I have acquired
a copy
of 'History of Balser Hess 1747-1806 and Descendants' compiled by
Frank E. Hess of Goshen, Indiana in 1950.
From the Hess book, a more comprehensive history of the Hess family is understood
and
it serves to correct some information that was given in the Centennial History
book.
From the Frank E. Hess book:
Maria Louisa Hess
was born March 7, 1848. She was four years old when her mother died and nine
when her father died.
Following this she lived in the home of her oldest (step) brother, Thomas
Moore Hess. She attended the Franklin County schools
and later her brother James took her to Westerville, Ohio where he was attending
Otterbein University and there she received
her higher educational advantages.
Later they lived
together on the Hess farm and James farmed and Louisa (Lou) taught school
for a number of terms and
kept house. On April 30, 1873, she married William Preston Brown, who was
born March 25, 1842 and was a resident of
Columbus, Ohio. After a wedding trip, they returned to Columbus to their new
home at 33 North Third Street. 'Press' as he
was called, was a printer by trade and he followed this trade while a resident
of Columbus.
The family later
moved to New York City where their sons engaged in the printing business and
their daughters finished their
education; Mary finishing in Medicine in the Medical School that is now a
part of and affiliated with Columbus University
and Jessie preparing for a social work career at the same university.
Because of the
poor health of Louisa, the sons sold the New York City business and the family
moved to Los Angeles, California,
where they have since resided.
Both Lou and Press
were very much interested in Hess family history and early began saving every
scrap of information pertaining
to the family that they could find. It is to them that I (Frank E. Hess) have
referred many times as the source of information.
It is unquestionably true that they knew more about the descendants of Balser
Hess and personaly knew more Hesses than
any other living persons!
It is on the wall
in the home of their two daughters in Los Angeles, that the original Document
of Balser Hess hangs today (1950).
Its preservation is due to the foresight of Lou, who obtained it from Daniel
Hess II, the last of his line and had it placed between
two plates of glass, for the benefit of future Hess generations.
(2007 Note: It is unknown where this document now resides.)
Louisa Hess Brown
died in Los Angeles, California October 9, 1918 and her husband, William Preston
Brown died
January 8, 1929 and both are buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, California.
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