OBIT: W. Franklin HESS, 1889, Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by DKW Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/lancaster/ _______________________________________________ W. FRANKLIN HESS W. Franklin Hess, one of the best known men in lower Lancaster county, died at the Lancaster County Hospital, Oct. 20th. Financial trouble affected his mind and he had been in the hospital six months. He was a son of W. J. Hess, formerly of Quarryville, now of Cecil Co., Md., was about 42 years of age, and leaves a wife and six children. Delta Herald and Times, Delta, PA, November 1, 1889