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(Note: We found little information on Solomon Hess. The information contained here concerning his children we found posted by other researchers on Ancestry.)
Solomon Hess was born about 1822, in Independence Co, Arkansas, the son of Samuel Hess and Sarah (last name unknown).
Solomon served as a private in Captain Andrew R. Porter's Company D, Yell's Regiment. He enrolled at Washington, Arkansas, on July 3, 1846. This Company mustered at San Antonio, Texas on August 31, 1846; at Monclova, Mexico on October 31, 1846; and at Patos, Mexico on December 31, 1846. (Ref: Arkansas Pensioners 1818-1900, by Payne)
Solomon m. Sarah Amanda Collins on August 5, 1847, in Independence Co, Arkansas. Sarah Collins was born about 1829 in Tennessee. She was probably related to Elizabeth Collins, who married Solomon's brother, Riley W. Hess.
We were unable to find Solomon and his family on either the 1850 or the 1860 census.
Researchers indicate that Solomon died about Solomon died about 1865, and Sarah died about 1868.
Information posted on Ancestry identifies his children as follows:
Child of Solomon Hess and Amanda Collins
1. Rhonda Jane Hess, b. Oct 10, 1851, AR; d. 1923, Independence Co, AR; m. John Thomas Dossett on May 29, 1867, in White Co, AR
2. James Franklin Hess, b. 1853, AR (He appears on the 1870 Jackson Co, AR census living with his uncle Riley W. Hess and family.)
3. Joseph Lincoln Hess, b. 1854, AR
4. Mary Ann Hess, b. Sept 14, 1855, AR; d. 1935, OK; m. John Allen Haynes in 1871, in AR
5. Sarah Elizabeth Hess, b. Sept 15, 1860, Searcy Co, AR; d. 1929, Jackson Co, AR; m. Solomon George Wilson on Dec 28, 1882, in Van Buren Co, AR
6. William Riley Hess, b. Sept 16, 1861, Searcy Co, AR; d. 1922, Woodruff Co, AR; m. Mary Elizabeth Mina Rushing on Aug 5, 1880, in Stone Co, AR