Warren County KyArchives Biographies.....Hess, Family various - various
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Author: Genealogy and Biography, Volume V, 3rd edition, 1886

THE MOREHEAD HOUSE, the leading hotel in Bowling Green, was established in 1847
by Charles D. Morehead, and has been known and conducted as the Morehead
House. Since 1863 it has been in the hands of the Hess family, and its
present proprietors are Mrs. Sarah E. Armitage and Mrs. Camilla A. Herdman,
members of this family. Their father, John Hess, was born in Staunton, VA,
in 1794; he was a son of John Hess, a native of Germany, who immigrated to
America at the close of the last century. The Hess family came to Kentucky
in 1806, and settled in the Three Springs country, and were among the first
families in that neighborhood. The paternal grandfather of these ladies was
a exceedingly large man, and weighed, at the time of his death, in 1826, 450
pounds. Their father by occupation was a saddler, and for a great number of
years was jailer of Warren County. He married, in 1827, Julia Ann Fox,
daughter of Henry and Sarah (Parks) Fox. Mrs. Hess was born six miles north
of  Bowling Green, in 1809. To their union seven children were born, as
follows: Alexander B. (deceased), John H. (deceased), Sarah E., William M.,
Alexander C., Camilla A. and Julia P. Mr. Hess died in 1859. In 1857 Mrs.
Hess rented what was then known as the Green River Hotel, and there kept a
boarding house until 1862, when the building was converted into a
Confederate hospital; in 1862 she purchased the Morehead House. The building
was remodeled in 1883, and is now 210x105 feet, and three stories high. The
death of Mrs. Hess occurred August 26, 1876. Sarah E. Hess was united in
marriage, in 1866, with Valerius Armitage, a Pennsylvanian by birth. They
have two children: Harry V. and Mary J. Camilla A. Hess was married, in
1869, to John N. Herdman, a native of Bowling Green. To this union has been
born three children, as follows: Julia N., Carl D. and Guy S. These families
are among the leading and representative people of the county, and are
members of the Baptist Church.


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