HESSE, Frank 1849-1920

HESSE, HILL, SCHMIDT, KOEBELO, WOLFE, FRESSLE

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 4/10/2011 at 17:07:56

[Waterloo Evening Courier, Friday, February 13, 1920]

FRANK HESSE IS
DEAD IN OREGON

Member of Pioneer Family of Waterloo;
Volunteer in Civil War;
Clarksville Business Man

Word was received today by relatives in this city of the death of Frank Hesse at his home in Eugene, Oregon. Particulars were not given, but deceased had been in declining health for the past two years, due to arteriosclerosis, and this malady was probably the cause of his demise.

Mr. Hesse belonged to one of Waterloo's pioneer families. The parents, Mr. and Mrs. John G. Hesse, arrived in the village early in the year 1856. There were several small children in the group and they were unable to find a suitable house. In later years Mr. Hesse loved to relate how Charles Mullan Sr., came to their assistance and granted them the use of his log sheep pen, which, with a little remodeling, made a fairly habitable dwelling until his father, who was a carpenter, was able to erect a house on upper Bluff Street.

-- Iowa Volunteer in Civil War --

Deceased was born in Germany, July 10, 1848**. He grew to manhood in Waterloo attending the village and later the public schools here. On leaving school he became a tinner's apprentice and shortly after the Civil War broke by "stretching" his age he was accepted for army service and became a member of Co. D. Forty-seventh Iowa Infantry. In 1868 he went to Clarksville, Butler County, where he later embarked in the hardware business, in which line he continued until his removal to Oregon, about nine years ago.

In the later '60's he married Lucy Hill, who, with their four sons, Fred, of Wapello; Clyde, Des Moines; Louis and George at home, survives. A brother, Herman, resides in Los Angeles. Relatives living here are Mrs. J. G. Schmidt, Mrs. P. A. Koebelo and Mrs. Harry Wolfe, nieces, and John Fressle, nephew. Another nephew, Louis Fressle, resides at Dunkerton.

-- Highly Honored by G. A. R. --

Mr. Hesse was the recipient of high honors by his comrades of the G. A. R. and was commander of James Butler post No. 220, and quartermaster of the same post 1908-1910; commander of J. W. Geary post No. 7, department of Oregon, 1913-1914, and quartermaster of the same post 1917-1918. He was also senior vice department commander, department of Oregon 1916-1917.

In company with Mrs. Hesse, deceased made his last visit to the scenes of his boyhood last summer. Altho but few of his friends and companions of early days remain, he greatly enjoyed his visit. Judge Mullan and Fred White, who were his former playmates and later army comrades, with others who had joined the great majority, were greatly missed by him.

**The newspaper said his year of birth is 1948 but Find A Grave shows his gravestone with a birth year of 1949. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Hesse&GSfn=Frank&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=1920&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=15616812&df=all&

NOTE: Upon his death his body was shipped from Oregon to Iowa for burial at Lynwood Cemetery Clarksville, Iowa