When John Medford Hess was born on 6 December 1861, in Clackamas, Oregon, United States, his father, Tillmon Cullwell "Cull" Hess, was 24 and his mother, Rachel Merinda Hall, was 18. He married Mary Etta Stone on 25 October 1886, in Adin, Modoc, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Hot Springs Township, Modoc, California, United States for about 20 years and Canby, Modoc, California, United States for about 20 years. He died on 15 August 1932, in Gridley, Butte, California, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Gridley-Biggs Cemetery, Gridley, Butte, California, United States.
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The Homestead Act of 1862 gave each citizen 160 acres of land. The qualified applicants were required to build a home and cultivate the land for five years.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The Great Gale of 1880 was a severe snow and wind storm that devastated parts of Oregon and Washington on January 9, 1880. The extratropical cyclone caused tides to rise seven feet, gale force winds, and snow accumulations of up to 18 inches.
German, Dutch, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from the territory of Hesse (see Hessen 1).
South German: from a short form of the personal name Matthäus (see Matthew ).
German and Dutch: from the ancient Germanic personal name Hesso, a derivative of a compound name formed with hadu ‘strife’ as the first element, or from a pet form of Herman or Hendrik (see Henry 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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