John W. Hess and Emeline Bigler Grandparents of ... - Bateman Family

Across Three Centuries Alfred John Bateman & Clara May Hess Family8 February 1900Thursday, Feb. 8.President’s Office.COUNCIL OF THE PRESIDENCYANDTHE TWELVE[from the Journal History of the Church](Excerpt): Brother Francis W Lyman stated that he was reminded of an impression he recently had while attendinga conference at Fielding, which ward is presided over by Bishop James Henry Hess. The impression was torecommend that President John W. Hess of the Davis Stake be ordained a Patriarch while still presiding over theDavis Stake. Brother Lyman remarked that he was moved in consequence of Brother Hess’s failing health andthe fact that he was the father of such a large family, and that perhaps he might yet live to bless his own family atleast. A motion was made and carried that Brother Hess be ordained a Patriarch.Remarks made by Francis W. Lyman at General Conference April 1914:“And also the late President John W. Hess of Davis County. It fell to my lot to go and ordain him a patriarch whenhe was thought to be lying on his death bed, that he should take the office with him. He arose from his bed andblessed his numerous family, as I understand, almost every soul of them, and then he went from ward to ward andblessed the people in whole, all that would gather to hear him. He raised his hands and put blessings upon theirheads after he had been at the point of death. We want to bear these things in mind and acknowledge the hand ofthe Lord, and when we offer up prayers and acknowledgments to the Lord, let us gratefully remember the goodthat we have received at His hands. Don’t let us forget, don’t let us lose our faith, don’t let us wander from thestraight and narrow path that leads to life, but be sons of God, serve and honor Him with all our might, mind andstrength, to our latest day.”What was the cause of John’s poor health? I was looking through a book that Bill Hess lent me. It has every paperthat is in the BYU library about the John W. Hess family. In a physician statement that went with an applicationfor a military persion, dated Oct. 1902, the doctor states that he has been treating John W. Hess the last sevenyears for diabetes and protrate problems. If that is true, there is a possibility that he died from the complicationsof diabetes. Diabetes can cause kidney failure. Having lost two members of my family to that cursed disease, Iknow how devastating it can be. It says in most reports of his death that he died of Bright’s Disease which is akidney disease.(Hess, Charles. September 9, 2003 in www.myfamily.com on www.johnwhess.com)Hess is a German and Jewish regional name for someonefrom the state of Hesse. The place name is firstrecorded as Hassia and probably derives from theChatti, a Germanic tribe mentioned by the Roman historianTacitus in the 1st century AD., according to “ADictionary of Surnames” by Patrick Hanks and FlaviaHodges, 1988, p. 253-54.348