Bomen Hess
Bomen Hess, undertaker, Washington, was born in Clinton County, August 20, 1838, and is a son of Fuller and Mary Hess, natives of Pennsylvania, who immigrated to Ohio in the year 1833, with a family of one child, Bomen, our subject, who was married in January, 1860, to Miss Sarah C. Cochran, daughter of Robert and Sarah Cochran, of Adams County. They are blessed with three children : Mary, Robert, and Elvira.
Mr. Hess is a member of Temple Lodge No. 227, I. O. O. F,, and of Fayette Lodge No. 107, F. & A. M. He received his education in Washington, where the principal portion of his youth was spent. He has for the past six years been engaged in the business of undertaker at Washington, and is doing the principal portion of the business. He is a man generally known and well beloved by all who know him, hence his extensive business.
From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County