This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hess, Hobson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lg.2ADE/1154 Message Board Post: Seeking information on the following William Hess, from Edgar county, found him on a census that I cannot access in 1818 and 1826 Edgar County, he had a son by the name of Charles E. Hess, who was a railroad conductor and married my G. Grandmother Viola Mae (called May guess she did not care for her first name)Hobson in 1884 which I have a copy of their marriage regristration. I have no other information on him