OBIT: William HESS, 1860, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JO Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm __________________________________________ DIED. IN THIS BOROUGH, ON THE 31ST ult., of Consumption of almost three years, William Hess, aged 23 years, 3 months and 10 days. The following lines were composed by the deceased during his sickness: You think I have a happy heart, Because a smile I wear; But none can tell the bitter grief That's daily gnawing there. O! once I had a happy home, And friends and parents dear; But now they all are passed away, And left me wandering here. But yet I would not wish them back In this lone world of care, But rather would I leave this earth, And rise to meet them there. I, too, like them, am passing on; Death soon will seal my fate, Nor do I care how soon he comes, Nor mourn he stays so late. Huntingdon Journal and American, Wednesday, November 14, 1860