Doddridge County Roots


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Orus C. HESS

Orus C. HESS

Male 1905 - 1956  (50 years)


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  • Name Orus C. HESS
    Birth 19 Oct 1905  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Residence 1930  Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Occupation 1938  [4] 
    teacher at Ellenboro Junior High School 
    Death 13 Oct 1956  [2, 3] 
    Burial IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I47352  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2019

    Father William Minter HESS,   b. 5 Jan 1879, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 May 1954, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Mother Maggie Adaline GRIMM,   b. 7 Jan 1881, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 1938, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
    Family ID F22754  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Miriam Lowther DAVIS,   b. 18 Mar 1905, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1983 (Age 77 years)  [6]
    Marriage 28 May 1930  [1] 
    Children 
    >1. Rachel Ann HESS,   b. 1934, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F19357  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    2. [S5] Headstone.

    3. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    4. [S960] Obituary of mother.

    5. [S123] Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    6. [S83] Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 145.