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[[Category:Biography]][[Category:Military]][[Category:Civil War]] [[Category: Rensselaerville Biographies]]
[[Category:Biographies]][[Category:Military]][[Category:Civil War]] [[Category: Rensselaerville Biographies]]

Latest revision as of 07:38, May 18, 2022


Birth

Henry Reuben Hess was born in Rensselaerville on May 18, 1840, a son of Jacob Hess and Margaret Starkweather. [1]

Occupation

Henry struck out on his own at about 1859 and worked for a grape grower. After his marriage, he bought his own property and raised his own grapes.


Marriage & Children

He married at about 1872 in Poultney, Ann H. _____ and they had two children, Henry Hess and Leila May Hess.

Military Service

Residence: Pulteney, Steuben Co., NY[1]
Enlistment Date: 25 Aug 1862[2]
Enlistment Place: Pulteney [2][1]
Enlistment Rank: Private[2]
State Served: New York
Regiment: 161st Infantry [2]
Company: Company A [2]
Muster Out Date: 17 Oct 1865 [2]
Muster Out Place: Tallahassee, FL[2]
Additional Remarks: Enlisted at the age of 21 to serve 3 years. [2]
Sources Used: Ancestry.com military databases; Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York

Death

Anna died before 1910, Henry died on October 21, 1913 at Pulteney, NY.[3]

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Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York
  3. ↑ Civil War Pension Records @ Fold3.com