James L. Hess

1839 - 1864  (25 years)

• Name	James L. Hess
  Birth	1839	VA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military	1864  [2]
  	Civil War: Pvt., Co. B, 9th West Virginia Infantry
  Death	9 May 1864	Cloyd's Mountain, Pulaski Co., VA   [2]
  	Cause: killed in battle
  Person ID	I51904	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	Hiram Hess,   b. 1815, VA d. Mar 1859, Roane Co., VA (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Phebe Lough,   b. Abt 1811, Pendleton Co., VA d. Between 1839 and 1845, VA (Age 28 years)
  Marriage	14 Dec 1837	Braxton Co., VA   [3]
  	Married by David Frame, Esq.
  Family ID	F18280	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1394] Virginia, Fayette County, FCR: Fayette Co., VA 1850, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), M432, roll 943, 14th District, p. 335A, dwelling 65, family 65, Jas. L. Hess, accessed 18 Jan 2026 (Reliability: 3). [S2586] William H. Bishop Esq., History of Roane County, WV (Bishop), (Spencer, W.Va.: W. H. Bishop, 1927.), p. 109. (Reliability: 3). James L. Hess is noted as having been killed at Cloyds Mountain while serving as a private in Co. V, 9th West Virginia Infantry. [S1256] West Virginia. Braxton County., Braxton Co., WV Marriage Register, (Digital images. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Vital Research Records. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ : 2009.), marriage register, 1: 10, Hess-Lough, 1837; accessed 18 Jan 2026. (Reliability: 3).