George W. Hesser, whose business ability has made him the owner of a good farm of one
hundred and sixty acres on section 18, Illiopolis township, is numbered among the pioneer
settlers of Sangamon county, who, through many decades, have been witnesses of the
changes that have occurred and have transformed the county from a frontier district to
one in which every evidence of an advanced civilization is found. He was brought to this
county June 6, 1836, his birth occurring in Berryville, Frederick County, Virginia,
September 30, 1833, his parents being Samuel L. and Ann Maria (Slagel) Hesser. The father
was born in Winchester, Virginia, June 2, 1797. Samuel L. Hesser was reared in that state
and there married Sarah Fry, who died in 1825. He was again married September 12, 1826,
to Ann Maria Slagel, who was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, October 4, 1803. Five children
were born unto them in Virginia and in 1836 the father brought his family to Sangamon
county, Illinois, arriving in Springfield on the 6th of June.
George W. Hesser was one of a family of four sons and five daughters, who reached adult
age, and with the exception of one daughter all are yet living. His boyhood days were
largely passed in Mechanicsburg township, where he was educated in private schools and
later he attended Eureka College at Eureka, Illinois. He prepared for a business career
by learning the carpenter's trade under his father and for a few years he followed that
pursuit in and near Mechanicsburg. After his marriage he began farming on the old
homestead and several years later he purchased a section of land in Lanesville township.
He afterward purchased the old Fullenwider farm of three hundred and twenty acres and
devoted his energies to its cultivation for seven years, on the expiration of which
period he sold that property and purchased his present farm of one hundred and sixty
acres on section 18, Illiopolis township.
In 1890 he engaged in the hardware and implement business in Illiopolis and has since
been a factor in mercantile enterprises there. In 1895 he moved into the town and resided
there for seven years in order to give his personal attention to his business affairs. He
became one of the stockholders and organizers of the Farmers' State Bank and other
business interests have felt the stimulus of his energy and enterprise.
On the 15th of May, 1860, in Mechanicsburg township, Mr. Hesser was married to Caroline
Morgan, a native of Sangamon county and a daughter of Jacob Morgan, who arrived in
central Illinois about 1827, thus being one of the first settlers in Sangamon county.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hesser have been born six children, of whom four are living, Jesse M.
being the eldest; Homer H., a commercial traveler of Illiopolis, married Jennie
Batchelder and has three children, George B., Frank R. and Mary; Arthur A., of
Illiopolis, married Gertrude Capps and they have three children, Louis D., Robert C. and
Sarah C.; Clara B. is the wife of W. M. close, of the same town, and they have two
children, Erle H. and Mina C.; Byron B. died at the age of nineteen years and George
Samuel died in infancy.
He served as a member of the board of county supervisors for two terms and was chairman
of the committee on insane and charitable institutions. He also served on other important
committees and put forth a strong effort for the benefit of the county along various
lines of progress. He was assessor for eight years in Lanesville township, being the
first to occupy that position there, and for seven years he filled the same position in
Illiopolis township. He has served as township school trustee and a school director and
he exercises his official prerogatives in support of every measure that he believes will
contribute to general progress and improvement. The period of his residence in Sangamon
county covers sixty-eight years. He possesses good business ability, keen discernment and
unfaltering honesty and among the honored and trustworthy pioneers of the county he is
numbered. Publ. in PAST AND PRESENT OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD AND SANGAMON COUNTY
ILLINOIS, By Joseph Wallace, M. A., The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, 1904
Died, at 11:15 o'clock Wednesday morning, Oct. 15, 1913, at his family residence in
Illiopolis, following a stroke of paralysis, George W. Hesser, aged 80 years. Deceased
was born in Fredericksburg, Va., Sept. 30, 1833, and married Miss Caroline Morgan, April
15, 1860 at Mechanicsburg. Mr. Hesser was a member of the First Christian church and a
director of the Farmers' State bank at Illiopolis. He was postmaster at Illiopolis from
1903 to 1911 and was a member of the board of education. He also served as town assessor
and was supervisor for a number of terms.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. George Hesser; two sons, Arthur and Homer Hesser; two
daughters, Mrs. Clara Post and Miss Jessie Hesser of Illiopolis, and five grandchildren.
He is also survived by three brothers, John Hesser of Riverton, Jacob Hesser of Enos,
Texas, and T. S. Hesser of York, Neb., and two sisters, Mrs. L. B. Fullenwider of Los
Angeles, Cal., and Mrs. Anna McBride of Beloyt, Kan. Publ. in IL State Register,
Springfield, IL 10-16-1913
hundred and sixty acres on section 18, Illiopolis township, is numbered among the pioneer
settlers of Sangamon county, who, through many decades, have been witnesses of the
changes that have occurred and have transformed the county from a frontier district to
one in which every evidence of an advanced civilization is found. He was brought to this
county June 6, 1836, his birth occurring in Berryville, Frederick County, Virginia,
September 30, 1833, his parents being Samuel L. and Ann Maria (Slagel) Hesser. The father
was born in Winchester, Virginia, June 2, 1797. Samuel L. Hesser was reared in that state
and there married Sarah Fry, who died in 1825. He was again married September 12, 1826,
to Ann Maria Slagel, who was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, October 4, 1803. Five children
were born unto them in Virginia and in 1836 the father brought his family to Sangamon
county, Illinois, arriving in Springfield on the 6th of June.
George W. Hesser was one of a family of four sons and five daughters, who reached adult
age, and with the exception of one daughter all are yet living. His boyhood days were
largely passed in Mechanicsburg township, where he was educated in private schools and
later he attended Eureka College at Eureka, Illinois. He prepared for a business career
by learning the carpenter's trade under his father and for a few years he followed that
pursuit in and near Mechanicsburg. After his marriage he began farming on the old
homestead and several years later he purchased a section of land in Lanesville township.
He afterward purchased the old Fullenwider farm of three hundred and twenty acres and
devoted his energies to its cultivation for seven years, on the expiration of which
period he sold that property and purchased his present farm of one hundred and sixty
acres on section 18, Illiopolis township.
In 1890 he engaged in the hardware and implement business in Illiopolis and has since
been a factor in mercantile enterprises there. In 1895 he moved into the town and resided
there for seven years in order to give his personal attention to his business affairs. He
became one of the stockholders and organizers of the Farmers' State Bank and other
business interests have felt the stimulus of his energy and enterprise.
On the 15th of May, 1860, in Mechanicsburg township, Mr. Hesser was married to Caroline
Morgan, a native of Sangamon county and a daughter of Jacob Morgan, who arrived in
central Illinois about 1827, thus being one of the first settlers in Sangamon county.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hesser have been born six children, of whom four are living, Jesse M.
being the eldest; Homer H., a commercial traveler of Illiopolis, married Jennie
Batchelder and has three children, George B., Frank R. and Mary; Arthur A., of
Illiopolis, married Gertrude Capps and they have three children, Louis D., Robert C. and
Sarah C.; Clara B. is the wife of W. M. close, of the same town, and they have two
children, Erle H. and Mina C.; Byron B. died at the age of nineteen years and George
Samuel died in infancy.
He served as a member of the board of county supervisors for two terms and was chairman
of the committee on insane and charitable institutions. He also served on other important
committees and put forth a strong effort for the benefit of the county along various
lines of progress. He was assessor for eight years in Lanesville township, being the
first to occupy that position there, and for seven years he filled the same position in
Illiopolis township. He has served as township school trustee and a school director and
he exercises his official prerogatives in support of every measure that he believes will
contribute to general progress and improvement. The period of his residence in Sangamon
county covers sixty-eight years. He possesses good business ability, keen discernment and
unfaltering honesty and among the honored and trustworthy pioneers of the county he is
numbered. Publ. in PAST AND PRESENT OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD AND SANGAMON COUNTY
ILLINOIS, By Joseph Wallace, M. A., The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, 1904
Died, at 11:15 o'clock Wednesday morning, Oct. 15, 1913, at his family residence in
Illiopolis, following a stroke of paralysis, George W. Hesser, aged 80 years. Deceased
was born in Fredericksburg, Va., Sept. 30, 1833, and married Miss Caroline Morgan, April
15, 1860 at Mechanicsburg. Mr. Hesser was a member of the First Christian church and a
director of the Farmers' State bank at Illiopolis. He was postmaster at Illiopolis from
1903 to 1911 and was a member of the board of education. He also served as town assessor
and was supervisor for a number of terms.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. George Hesser; two sons, Arthur and Homer Hesser; two
daughters, Mrs. Clara Post and Miss Jessie Hesser of Illiopolis, and five grandchildren.
He is also survived by three brothers, John Hesser of Riverton, Jacob Hesser of Enos,
Texas, and T. S. Hesser of York, Neb., and two sisters, Mrs. L. B. Fullenwider of Los
Angeles, Cal., and Mrs. Anna McBride of Beloyt, Kan. Publ. in IL State Register,
Springfield, IL 10-16-1913
George W. Hesser, whose business ability has made him the owner of a good farm of one
hundred and sixty acres on section 18, Illiopolis township, is numbered among the pioneer
settlers of Sangamon county, who, through many decades, have been witnesses of the
changes that have occurred and have transformed the county from a frontier district to
one in which every evidence of an advanced civilization is found. He was brought to this
county June 6, 1836, his birth occurring in Berryville, Frederick County, Virginia,
September 30, 1833, his parents being Samuel L. and Ann Maria (Slagel) Hesser. The father
was born in Winchester, Virginia, June 2, 1797. Samuel L. Hesser was reared in that state
and there married Sarah Fry, who died in 1825. He was again married September 12, 1826,
to Ann Maria Slagel, who was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, October 4, 1803. Five children
were born unto them in Virginia and in 1836 the father brought his family to Sangamon
county, Illinois, arriving in Springfield on the 6th of June.
George W. Hesser was one of a family of four sons and five daughters, who reached adult
age, and with the exception of one daughter all are yet living. His boyhood days were
largely passed in Mechanicsburg township, where he was educated in private schools and
later he attended Eureka College at Eureka, Illinois. He prepared for a business career
by learning the carpenter's trade under his father and for a few years he followed that
pursuit in and near Mechanicsburg. After his marriage he began farming on the old
homestead and several years later he purchased a section of land in Lanesville township.
He afterward purchased the old Fullenwider farm of three hundred and twenty acres and
devoted his energies to its cultivation for seven years, on the expiration of which
period he sold that property and purchased his present farm of one hundred and sixty
acres on section 18, Illiopolis township.
In 1890 he engaged in the hardware and implement business in Illiopolis and has since
been a factor in mercantile enterprises there. In 1895 he moved into the town and resided
there for seven years in order to give his personal attention to his business affairs. He
became one of the stockholders and organizers of the Farmers' State Bank and other
business interests have felt the stimulus of his energy and enterprise.
On the 15th of May, 1860, in Mechanicsburg township, Mr. Hesser was married to Caroline
Morgan, a native of Sangamon county and a daughter of Jacob Morgan, who arrived in
central Illinois about 1827, thus being one of the first settlers in Sangamon county.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hesser have been born six children, of whom four are living, Jesse M.
being the eldest; Homer H., a commercial traveler of Illiopolis, married Jennie
Batchelder and has three children, George B., Frank R. and Mary; Arthur A., of
Illiopolis, married Gertrude Capps and they have three children, Louis D., Robert C. and
Sarah C.; Clara B. is the wife of W. M. close, of the same town, and they have two
children, Erle H. and Mina C.; Byron B. died at the age of nineteen years and George
Samuel died in infancy.
He served as a member of the board of county supervisors for two terms and was chairman
of the committee on insane and charitable institutions. He also served on other important
committees and put forth a strong effort for the benefit of the county along various
lines of progress. He was assessor for eight years in Lanesville township, being the
first to occupy that position there, and for seven years he filled the same position in
Illiopolis township. He has served as township school trustee and a school director and
he exercises his official prerogatives in support of every measure that he believes will
contribute to general progress and improvement. The period of his residence in Sangamon
county covers sixty-eight years. He possesses good business ability, keen discernment and
unfaltering honesty and among the honored and trustworthy pioneers of the county he is
numbered. Publ. in PAST AND PRESENT OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD AND SANGAMON COUNTY
ILLINOIS, By Joseph Wallace, M. A., The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, 1904
Died, at 11:15 o'clock Wednesday morning, Oct. 15, 1913, at his family residence in
Illiopolis, following a stroke of paralysis, George W. Hesser, aged 80 years. Deceased
was born in Fredericksburg, Va., Sept. 30, 1833, and married Miss Caroline Morgan, April
15, 1860 at Mechanicsburg. Mr. Hesser was a member of the First Christian church and a
director of the Farmers' State bank at Illiopolis. He was postmaster at Illiopolis from
1903 to 1911 and was a member of the board of education. He also served as town assessor
and was supervisor for a number of terms.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. George Hesser; two sons, Arthur and Homer Hesser; two
daughters, Mrs. Clara Post and Miss Jessie Hesser of Illiopolis, and five grandchildren.
He is also survived by three brothers, John Hesser of Riverton, Jacob Hesser of Enos,
Texas, and T. S. Hesser of York, Neb., and two sisters, Mrs. L. B. Fullenwider of Los
Angeles, Cal., and Mrs. Anna McBride of Beloyt, Kan. Publ. in IL State Register,
Springfield, IL 10-16-1913
hundred and sixty acres on section 18, Illiopolis township, is numbered among the pioneer
settlers of Sangamon county, who, through many decades, have been witnesses of the
changes that have occurred and have transformed the county from a frontier district to
one in which every evidence of an advanced civilization is found. He was brought to this
county June 6, 1836, his birth occurring in Berryville, Frederick County, Virginia,
September 30, 1833, his parents being Samuel L. and Ann Maria (Slagel) Hesser. The father
was born in Winchester, Virginia, June 2, 1797. Samuel L. Hesser was reared in that state
and there married Sarah Fry, who died in 1825. He was again married September 12, 1826,
to Ann Maria Slagel, who was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, October 4, 1803. Five children
were born unto them in Virginia and in 1836 the father brought his family to Sangamon
county, Illinois, arriving in Springfield on the 6th of June.
George W. Hesser was one of a family of four sons and five daughters, who reached adult
age, and with the exception of one daughter all are yet living. His boyhood days were
largely passed in Mechanicsburg township, where he was educated in private schools and
later he attended Eureka College at Eureka, Illinois. He prepared for a business career
by learning the carpenter's trade under his father and for a few years he followed that
pursuit in and near Mechanicsburg. After his marriage he began farming on the old
homestead and several years later he purchased a section of land in Lanesville township.
He afterward purchased the old Fullenwider farm of three hundred and twenty acres and
devoted his energies to its cultivation for seven years, on the expiration of which
period he sold that property and purchased his present farm of one hundred and sixty
acres on section 18, Illiopolis township.
In 1890 he engaged in the hardware and implement business in Illiopolis and has since
been a factor in mercantile enterprises there. In 1895 he moved into the town and resided
there for seven years in order to give his personal attention to his business affairs. He
became one of the stockholders and organizers of the Farmers' State Bank and other
business interests have felt the stimulus of his energy and enterprise.
On the 15th of May, 1860, in Mechanicsburg township, Mr. Hesser was married to Caroline
Morgan, a native of Sangamon county and a daughter of Jacob Morgan, who arrived in
central Illinois about 1827, thus being one of the first settlers in Sangamon county.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hesser have been born six children, of whom four are living, Jesse M.
being the eldest; Homer H., a commercial traveler of Illiopolis, married Jennie
Batchelder and has three children, George B., Frank R. and Mary; Arthur A., of
Illiopolis, married Gertrude Capps and they have three children, Louis D., Robert C. and
Sarah C.; Clara B. is the wife of W. M. close, of the same town, and they have two
children, Erle H. and Mina C.; Byron B. died at the age of nineteen years and George
Samuel died in infancy.
He served as a member of the board of county supervisors for two terms and was chairman
of the committee on insane and charitable institutions. He also served on other important
committees and put forth a strong effort for the benefit of the county along various
lines of progress. He was assessor for eight years in Lanesville township, being the
first to occupy that position there, and for seven years he filled the same position in
Illiopolis township. He has served as township school trustee and a school director and
he exercises his official prerogatives in support of every measure that he believes will
contribute to general progress and improvement. The period of his residence in Sangamon
county covers sixty-eight years. He possesses good business ability, keen discernment and
unfaltering honesty and among the honored and trustworthy pioneers of the county he is
numbered. Publ. in PAST AND PRESENT OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD AND SANGAMON COUNTY
ILLINOIS, By Joseph Wallace, M. A., The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, 1904
Died, at 11:15 o'clock Wednesday morning, Oct. 15, 1913, at his family residence in
Illiopolis, following a stroke of paralysis, George W. Hesser, aged 80 years. Deceased
was born in Fredericksburg, Va., Sept. 30, 1833, and married Miss Caroline Morgan, April
15, 1860 at Mechanicsburg. Mr. Hesser was a member of the First Christian church and a
director of the Farmers' State bank at Illiopolis. He was postmaster at Illiopolis from
1903 to 1911 and was a member of the board of education. He also served as town assessor
and was supervisor for a number of terms.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. George Hesser; two sons, Arthur and Homer Hesser; two
daughters, Mrs. Clara Post and Miss Jessie Hesser of Illiopolis, and five grandchildren.
He is also survived by three brothers, John Hesser of Riverton, Jacob Hesser of Enos,
Texas, and T. S. Hesser of York, Neb., and two sisters, Mrs. L. B. Fullenwider of Los
Angeles, Cal., and Mrs. Anna McBride of Beloyt, Kan. Publ. in IL State Register,
Springfield, IL 10-16-1913
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