p 49 - JONAS HESS, son of Philip Hess, generally known as "der Yo-ny" Hess, was born near Springtown, Pa., in the year 1787. His wife, Mary Black, who was said to have been a Scotch woman, was born in the year 1790. They first settled at Bursonville, Bucks County, Pa., on what is now the Newton Stover farm. The old log farm house, long since dismantled, stood back from the road, south of the present farm buildings, near a spring, indicated at the present time by a clump of trees. They afterwards occupied a farm south of Springtown, owned at that time by Jonas' uncle, Conrad Hess, later known as the Jacob Hess farm. Several years afterwards they moved into a log tenement house, about one and one-half miles, southwest of the village of Springtown, a short distance in the rear of John Moyer's farm buildings, accessible by a land leading in from Flint HIll road, afterwards owned and occupied by David Gross, who sold the property to John Deaterly. The house was torn down in 1869. About the year 1832 or 33, Jonas emigrated with his family to Ohio, and after residing at different places in that state finally settled at Prospect, Marion County, and followed day-laboring. His death occurred April 21, 1842, by drowning while fishing in Scioto River near his home. His wife died September 8, 1841. Both lie buried in Prospect Cemetery, which is beautifully located on the banks of Scioto River, at Prospect, Ohio. Eight children were born: Henry, John, Samuel, Thomas, Jesse, Levi, Esther and Jonathan.
