John Wells Hess
Alternate Names
John W. Hess (Alternate Name)
Birth Date
On 1824 August 24 (Born)
Death Date
On 1903 December 16 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Franklin, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States
1824 August 24
Mother
Elizabeth Foutz (1797 - 1876)
Father
Jacob Hess
Date Details
Occurred On 1824 August 24
Baptized by David Evans
1834 February 25 (Age 9)
Married
Emeline Bigler
1845 November 2 (Age 21)
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company E
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 21)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
Traveling Group
Emeline Bigler
Additional Information
Detached to Pueblo
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Mormon Battalion Detachments (1847)
1847 May 24 – July 29 (Age 22)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Emeline Bigler (Age 22)
Date Details
Started On 1847 May 24
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 29
Company Arrived
Called as Captain to
John W. Hess Company (1849)
1849 April 15 – July 27 (Age 24)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Captain
Traveling Group
Alma Hess (Age 9)
Emma Elizabeth Hess (Age 6)
Elizabeth Foutz (Age 51)
Harriett Hess (Age 15)
David Hess (Age 12)
Date Details
Started On 1849 April 15
Joined Company
Ended On 1849 July 27
Company Arrived
Traveled in
Company Unknown (1852)
1852 (Age 27)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Occurred Circa 1852
Joined Company
Circa 1852
Company Arrived
Married
Emily Card
1852 March 30 (Age 27)
Married
Helena Julia Peterson
1856 November 16 (Age 32)
Married
Mary Ann Steed
1857 March 27 (Age 32)
Married
Caroline Workman
1862 April 25 (Age 37)
Served in
Eastern States Mission
1869 October 9 – 1870 March 29 (Age 45)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Residence When Called
Farmington, Davis, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Horace Sunderlin Eldredge
Location Served
United States
Date Details
Started On 1869 October 9
Set Apart
Ended On 1870 March 29
Released
Served in
Southern States Mission
1885 (Age 60)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Location Served
Southern States
Date Details
Started On 1885
Called
End Date Not Found
Images
Mission Photo
Died in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States
1903 December 16 (Age 79)
Media
John Wells Hess (1824 - 1903)
John Wells Hess (1824 - 1903) Profile
Mission Photo
Sources
Person
1850 Utah Census
1850 Utah Census.
Biographical Record of Salt Lake City and Vicinity
Biographical Record of Salt Lake City and Vicinity, Page 443.
Davis County Clipper
"Pres. J. W. Hess Dead", Davis County Clipper, (25 December 1903), Page 4.
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.
Mission
First Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918
First Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918, 6 February 1902.
First Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918, 12 September 1902.
First Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918, 30 September 1902.
First Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918, 9 October 1895.
First Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918, 8 March 1902.
First Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918, 10 November 1902.
First Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918, 29 November 1902.
First Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918, 21 January 1902.
First Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918, 23 September 1902.
First Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918, 29 December 1902.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 9 October 1869, Vol. A, Page 13, Line 535.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 9 October 1869, Vol. B, Page 14, Line 535.
Pioneer
Hayes, Alma, "A History of Patriarch Alma Hayes," [1]
Hayes, Alma, "A History of Patriarch Alma Hayes," [1].
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Improvement Era
Improvement Era, February, Page 74.
Mormon Battalion
Historian's Office correspondence files, 1856-1926
"John W. Hess letter to Anthon H. Lund", Historian's Office correspondence files, 1856-1926, (1903).
Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847
Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847. Descriptive roll, 1847: Page 2.
Mormon Battalion James Brown Detached Company descriptive roll and pay record, 1847. Pay record, 1847: Page 2.
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 27.
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847
Names of Pueblo soldiers and Mississippi brethren, 1847, Page 1.
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996, Page 23.
Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848
"Mormon Battalion, Volunteers", Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848.