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Isaac Casey Hess

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Isaac Casey Hess

Birth
Birch Tree, Shannon County, Missouri, USA
Death
22 Apr 1922 (aged 52)
Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Named for his grandfather, Isaac Casey DePriest.

He married 1st Mary C. Duncan, 2 children: Lee H. and Gertrude.
2nd Rosa B. Wisby, 4 children: Earl, Lester, Ruth, and Nellie.
3rd Charlotte Sue Roberson, in 1911 in Reno, Nevada, 3 children: Lyndall E, John Kenneth, Margaret L., plus twin boys who b/d 1920.
Charlotte died in 1924 in Rolla, Mo.

BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF JASPER COUNTY.
This prominent citizen of Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri, who was-elected a member of the city council of Webb City in 1898, 1900 and 1901, and is now serving his third term in that responsible office, is one of the prominent Democrats of the county and is well-known as an Odd Fellow and for his identification with the Knights and Ladies of Security.
Mr. Hess is a son of W. R. Hess, who early came from Alabama to Shannon county, Missouri, where the subject of this sketch was born. W. R. Hess married Margaret De Priest, a native of Illinois.
Mr. Hess, who owns a beautiful home in Webb City and takes a public-spirited interest in the progress of the town, has been a citizen of Jasper county during the last twelve years, and for nine years, as engineer of the Center Creek Mining Company, has had charge of mining station No. 1, which is fitted with the largest steam pump in Jasper county.
His brother, J. A. Hess, is his second engineer and ably assists him in the duties of his position. For many years John A. Hess was an engineer in the service of the Iron Mountain Railway Company.
Isaac C. Hess was married in Jasper county, Missouri, to Miss Rosa Wisby, a native of Franklin county, Missouri, and they have four children: Lee, Gertie. Earl and Lester. Mr. Hess is known to his fellow citizens as one who is always willing to put his shoulder to the wheel to help start or maintain any movement that promises to advance the interests of any considerable class of his fellow citizens.
As a councilman he has proven himself a model official, and should he be called to a higher position, those who know him believe he would fill every demand upon him.
Named for his grandfather, Isaac Casey DePriest.

He married 1st Mary C. Duncan, 2 children: Lee H. and Gertrude.
2nd Rosa B. Wisby, 4 children: Earl, Lester, Ruth, and Nellie.
3rd Charlotte Sue Roberson, in 1911 in Reno, Nevada, 3 children: Lyndall E, John Kenneth, Margaret L., plus twin boys who b/d 1920.
Charlotte died in 1924 in Rolla, Mo.

BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF JASPER COUNTY.
This prominent citizen of Webb City, Jasper county, Missouri, who was-elected a member of the city council of Webb City in 1898, 1900 and 1901, and is now serving his third term in that responsible office, is one of the prominent Democrats of the county and is well-known as an Odd Fellow and for his identification with the Knights and Ladies of Security.
Mr. Hess is a son of W. R. Hess, who early came from Alabama to Shannon county, Missouri, where the subject of this sketch was born. W. R. Hess married Margaret De Priest, a native of Illinois.
Mr. Hess, who owns a beautiful home in Webb City and takes a public-spirited interest in the progress of the town, has been a citizen of Jasper county during the last twelve years, and for nine years, as engineer of the Center Creek Mining Company, has had charge of mining station No. 1, which is fitted with the largest steam pump in Jasper county.
His brother, J. A. Hess, is his second engineer and ably assists him in the duties of his position. For many years John A. Hess was an engineer in the service of the Iron Mountain Railway Company.
Isaac C. Hess was married in Jasper county, Missouri, to Miss Rosa Wisby, a native of Franklin county, Missouri, and they have four children: Lee, Gertie. Earl and Lester. Mr. Hess is known to his fellow citizens as one who is always willing to put his shoulder to the wheel to help start or maintain any movement that promises to advance the interests of any considerable class of his fellow citizens.
As a councilman he has proven himself a model official, and should he be called to a higher position, those who know him believe he would fill every demand upon him.


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