[p. 717] station agent and telegraph operator at Edenburg, for the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad, and express agent at the same point for the American Express Company, was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, April 24, 1858. His parents were Matthias and Hettie (Stevenson) Hess.
The Hess family is of German extraction and it has many honorable representatives in different parts of Pennsylvania. The parents of Freeman R. Hess were both natives of Fayette County, and he was reared there, in the old family home. When his schooldays were over, he went to Versailles, Ohio, where he remained for nine months learning telegraphing, and when an expert operator, he worked at different points between Bellefontaine and Indianapolis, for the Big Four Railroad, for two years and later, for a short time, for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, at Layton, Pennsylvania. He was then assigned to Lowellville, Ohio, as operator for the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad, where he was continued for three years, when he was transferred, August 5, 1885, to Edenburg and assumed his present duties. He is a widely known and very popular official.
Mr. Hess married Annie Ryan, who is a daughter of Jonathan and Mary Ryan, of West Brownsville, Pennsylvania, and a child was born to them, June 26, 1890, who was named Gaches E. In politics, Mr. Hess is a Democrat and in fraternal life he belongs to the Elks at New Castle, and to the Knights of Pythias at Edenburg.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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