Person Sheet


Name Simon HESS
Birth abt 1821, East Hanover Twp., Lebanon Co., Pa.16
Death BET 1891 AND 189217 Age: 70
Death Memo He is last known to be alive when he sold property in Wayne Twp., Dauphin Co., Pa. in 1890. His wife is listed as a widow in the 1900 census and has having been married 52 years. They were married on 8 August 1839, which would put his date of death in late 1891 or early 1892. Death records were recorded in Dauphin Co. beginning in 1893.
Burial 25 Feb 1896, East Harrisburg Cemetery, Penbrook, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.15
Burial Memo buried, Simon HESS died in 1891 or 1892, shortly after selling property in Wayne Twp., Dauphin Co., and was presumably buried shortly after. His widow appears to have relocated to Harrisburg before the fourth quarter of 1895, and first appears in the Harrisburg City Directory in 1896. Using her husband's name, she purchases two lots in East Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pa., where records show that Simon Hess is buried. She appears to have had her husband disinterred from his previous burial place and buried in East Harrisburg Cemetery in 1896.
Father Michael HESS (1800-~1861)
Mother Maria (Mary)(Amilie) WALMER (~1801-1869)
Spouses
1 Sarah WIRTH (WERT)
Birth 13 Jun 1819, East Hanover Twp., Lebanon Co., Pa.13
Death 30 Apr 1905, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.14 Age: 85
Death Memo Old Age
Burial 3 May 1905, East Harrisburg Cemetery, Penbrook, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.15
Burial Memo buried
Father Jacob WÖRTH (WIRTH) (1787-1865)
Mother Elizabeth SPRECHER (1786-1863)
Marriage 8 Aug 1839, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Pa.18
Marriage Memo /Rev. David Bassler/, Pastor of Shoop's Reformed Church
Children Simon William (1839-1877)
Jacob (1841-1890)
Eliza (1843-1913)
Mary J. (1845-1929)
John Adams (1847-1892)
David (~1849-~1880)
Sarah (~1851-~1870)
Margret (Maggie) A. (1852-1918)
Harriet (1855-1939)
Annie (1857-1933)
James (1861-~1880)
William (~1863-~1880)
Notes for Simon HESS
1820 - Cannot find Simon or Michael HESS in this census
1830 - Age 5-9 (must be 9)
1840 - Age 20-29 (must be 20)
1850 - Age 31, Farmer (should be 30)
1860 - Age 40, Farmer
1870 - Age 50, Farmer
1880 - Age 63, Farmer, Rheumatism (2 years older than his wife, but
should probably be 2 years younger, 59 or 60)
b. 1820-1821

He is listed as Simon S. Hess in the death certificate of his
daughter, Harriet.

Rheumatism is an older term, used to describe any of a number of
painful conditions of muscles, tendons, joints, and bones.
Rheumatism conditions have been classified as either localized,
regional, or generalized. Localized rheumatism conditions include
bursitis and tendinitis. Regional rheumatism conditions include chest
wall pain, temporomandibular joint pain, and myofascial pain
syndromes. Generalized rheumatism conditions include fibromyalgia.
Another category of rheumatism is psychogenic rheumatism. With this
term it is understood that the patient is reporting inconsistent
pains of muscles and joints that do not correspond to true anatomy
and physiology. The patient is felt to have underlying psychological
causes for the symptoms.

According to Joan Mary HAHN, her grandmother, Mary Jane HESS told her
that people called her father, "old rich Hess", and that he had money
buried on his property.
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