This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wV.2ADI/1521.1 Message Board Post: Here are some MOSS marriages just in case they help with clues to the MOSS name. I found a Soloman HESS in Independence Co, Ark. The earliest HESS I could find was these two names on the 1880 Census. Susan HESS Harrison, White, AR 22 <1858> Arkansas Female Other Thomas HESS Harrison, White, AR 19 <1861> Arkansas Male Other