Ross County OhArchives Biographies.....Hess, Edward Landolin June 8, 1858 - 
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Author: Henry Holcomb Bennett, Editor.

       "Edward Landolin Hess, for twenty-two consecutive years the efficient 
and popular manager of the telephone company at Chillicothe, is a native 
Ohioan of German parentage.  His father, Landolin Hess, was born in Germany, 
June 28, 1819, and in early manhood joined the tide of emigration to 
America.  On arriving in the United States he selected Chillicothe as his 
abode and there spent the remainder of his days engaged in working at his 
trade as cabinetmaker.  In September, 1846, he was married to Mary Anna, 
daughter of Christian and Elizabeth Lind, natives of Germany who came over 
in 1836 and two years later settled at Chillicothe.  Mr. Hess died in 1864, 
but his widow and seven children survive.  Of the latter, Mary Ann, the 
widow of Joseph Brosemer, resides in Columbus, Ohio; Elizabeth, wife of John 
Schroth, and Christian live in Chillicothe; Jacob F. is a citizen of 
Cincinnati, while Margaret S. and Peter G. reside in Brooklyn, New York.  
Edward Landolin Hess, fourth in age of the living children, was born in 
Chillicothe June 8, 1858.  He obtained a common school education and in 1880 
entered the employment of the Central Ohio Telephone company as acting 
manager of their interests at Chillicothe.  From that day to this Mr. Hess 
has held this position regardless of changes in ownership which have 
converted the old organization into the Central Union Telephone company.  
Nor is it too much to say that during all these years he has so discharged 
his duties as to retain the full confidence of his different employers and 
gain the good will of the company's numerous patrons.  He has so thoroughly 
mastered all the details of the telephone business and become so well known 
to the public who patronize the instruments that he has become a valuable 
man in his position.  Mr. Hess has his nation's fondness for fraternal 
fellowship and gratifies it by membership in various associations, including 
the Modern Woodmen of America, Catholic Order of Foresters and Benevolent 
Order of Ignatius.  January 9, 1883, he was married to Josephine, daughter 
of Charles Rudmann, who came to Ross county in 1852.  This union resulted in 
the birth of three children:  Olandolin Ernest, Petronella  Mary, and Paul 
Edward."

Additional Comments:
       This biography is from page 514 of "The County of Ross."  Henry Holcomb 
Bennett, Editor.  Madison, Wisconsin: Selwyn A. Brant, 1908. 

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