This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HESS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3dB.2ACI/6168 Message Board Post: Looking for Samuel H. Hess, 1820--?, stone mason, born in Pa. Samuel married Frances/Francis McDonald in Clinton, Iowa, 1850's. Samuel died in Iowa or Kansas as later Frances is listed as head of household with 6 children in Kansas. Looking for Samuel's parents. Did sons follow in their father's occupations then? Thank you.