NOBLE COUNTY OHIO - BIO: John Hesson (1887) *********************************************************************** OHGENWEB NOTICE: All distribution rights to this electronic data are reserved by the submitter. Reproduction or re-presentation of copyrighted material will require the permission of the copyright owner. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ *********************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Submitter: Tina Hursh Email: ribbit@clubnet.isl.net Date: 25 July 2002 *********************************************************************** From the The Ohio Biographies Project http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~usbios/Ohio/mnpg.html a part of The U.S. Biographies Project http://members.tripod.com/~debmurray/usbios/usbiog.html Transcribed by Deb Murray. --------------- John Hesson, son of William Hesson, was born in 1826 and came to Noble County in 1847, settling near Carlisle. His father came in 1846 and settled near Middleburg, where he remained about fifteen years, when he returned to Belmont, where he engaged in the milling business. After about five years he returned to Noble and purchased a farm near Carlisle, where he resided until his deceasee in 1882, leaving his widow and seven children. John Hesson was married November 4, 1847, to Miss Louisa Tuttle, of Monroe County. She died in 1868, and in 1872 he was again married to Miss Maria Mallett. He was a member of Company E, Thirty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and for disability was discharged in the fall of 1862. History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887 Stock