BIO: C. H. HESS, Clearfield County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Banja & Sally Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/ NOTE: Use this web address to access other bios: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/swoope/swoope.htm _____________________________________________________________ From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr., Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, page 782. _____________________________________________________________ C. H. HESS,* who is engaged in general farming on a tract of 225 acres, located about two and a half-miles northeast of Woodland, Pa., is one of the largest land owners in Bradford township. He was born in 1882 at Philipsburg, Center county, Pa., a son of Charles and Catherine Hess, both of whom are still living. The father is a native of Center county, Pa., and a farmer by occupation. C. H. Hess grew to maturity on the farm in Center county, Pa., and has always followed farming and stock raising in a general way. He bought and located on his present farm of 225 acres in 1906 and has greatly improved it during the four years of his ownership, having brought it to its present standing. Mr. Hess was married in 1906 to Jessie Blowers of Center county, Pa., and they have one son, Loye. Mr. Hess is a member of Grange No. 358 of Bradford township, and is one of the representative and progressive agriculturists of the township.