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Jacob C. Hess (Dover, Kentucky, police judge)

b. 1816? d. 1886-05-09

Dover, Mason County, Kentucky, police judge. Virginia native. Married to America "Mary" Thomas Hess in Mason County, Kentucky on October 6, 1840. Father of Sarah Hess and Viola Hess. Wharf master in Mason County in 1850. Police judge of Dover in September 1863. Wharf boat and livery worker in Mason County in 1860. Appointed Dover postmaster on September 10, 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Record of Appointment of Postmasters (1832-1971), NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, 145 rolls, Record Group Number 28, Dover, Mason County, KY, p. 137.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason, District 1, p. 21B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Dover, 3rd District, p. 231.

"Jacob C. Hess." The Evening Bulletin, Maysville, Kentucky, 10 May 1886, p. 3, https://www.newspapers.com/image/78160993/?terms=%22Jacob%2BC%2BHess%22 (accessed 16 May 2017).

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mason County Marriages, Film #000281843.

Citation

Hess, Jacob C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208011 (November 12, 2026).

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