Sarah Maria Hessong

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Sarah Maria Hessong (Beckstead)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, United States
Death: May 09, 1932 (85)
Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
Place of Burial: Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Simon Peter Beckstead and Mary Elizabeth Beckstead
Wife of Jacob Hessong
Mother of Mary Elizabeth Hawkins; Fannie Frances Kelly and Perl "Pearly" Hessong
Sister of Matilda Ann Claiborne; Sabra Moore; Amanda M. Beckstead; Francis (Frank) B. Beckstead; Mary Elizabeth Beckstead and 5 others

Managed by: Caroline Joyce Antille
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About Sarah Maria Hessong

Sarah was the oldest daughter of Simon Beckstead and Mary Elizabeth Calkins.

Her parents were natives of Canada and immigrated to Nauvoo, Illinois with many others to form the LDS church. Her parents were married in Nauvoo in 1845. On their way to Salt Lake City they stopped at what was then Kanesville and is now Council Bluffs, Iowa. Her parents decided to stay in that area as opposed to continuing on to Salt Lake. They settled in Fremont County, Iowa outside of Hamburg.

Sarah was the oldest of 10 children. She married Jacob Hessong in Fremont County, Iowa on 17 Jul 1864. They had three children: Mary E Hessong, Frances Hessong (md L.E. Kelley) and Pearl Hessong (md Jane Stuart). In 1880 they were still living in Fremont County, Iowa but by 1897 were living in Portland, Oregon.

Sarah died in 1932 at the age of 85 years 9 months.

Information courtesy of Kathy Weaver

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Sarah Maria Hessong's Timeline

1846
August 5, 1846
Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, United States
1866
September 19, 1866
Fremont County, Iowa, United States
1870
June 13, 1870
Hamburg, Fremont County, IA, United States
1876
1876
1932
May 9, 1932
Age 85
Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
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Multnomah Park Cemetery (Plot C 15 2), Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States