TIMOTHY HESS, a prominent republican and well situated farmer of Redstone township, was born on a farm in Menallen township, Fayette county, Pa., February 6, 1840, and is a son of John and Eliza (Dutson) Hess.
His grandfather, Martin Hess, resided in Redstone township, on property now owned by Richard Randolph, and married a Miss Wallace.
His father, John Tess, was born on a farm now owned by Lewis Hess, in about 1812. He was married to Eliza Dutson, of Washington county, who was born in 1819. They had ten children, of whom Timothy Hess was the second.
Timothy Hess received bis education in the common schools of Menallen township, and turned his attention to farming until twenty-five years of age, when he went to Oil City, Venango county, Pa, and there engaged as an “oil driller.” He remained two years, when he returned to Redstone, and has since been successfully engaged in farming and stock dealing.
On November 30, 1865, he was married by Rev. W.W. Hickman to Miss Mary E., born April 26, 1847, and a daughter of Solomon and Hannah (Colley) Crumrine, the former was born July 18, 1824, in Greene county, Pa., served one term as commissioner of National road; the latter was born October 14, 1823, on the Colley homestead, four miles east of Brownsville, and died there February 13, 1871.
Timothy Hess is unswerving in his allegiance to the republican party and its fundamental principles, and is recognized as a prominent and leading member of his party.
He and wife are members of the Disciple church. He owns thirty-one acres of the Colley farm, which is productive and underlaid with limestone and coal of the best quality. He has been very successful in stock dealing as well as in farming.
