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From: "Mary D" <>
Subject: Fw: [PaOldC] Re: Hephzibah Cemetery, Chester County
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 20:04:53 -0400


Does anyone know where Edgley is at in PA? I tried Mapquest and they said that they couldn't find an Edgley in Pa... The Obituary says that she died in her son Alfred Snyder Hess' home in Edgley...


Sorry I don't have Benjamin :( but here's the obit transcription for Anna, and when I have time I'll scan it and email to you, if you'd like. This has quite a bit of clues regarding Anna. I'd check out the Red Lion Church and also see who took over that funeral home-might have some awesome records for you, for both Benj. & Anna!! Have you checked the other census records for them? Let me know!! (I think I'm more excited about find this for you than you are for getting it lol - IF you don't already have the info!)

Daily Local News
September 25, 1950
Anna Snyder Hess
Anna Snyder Hess, widow of the late Benjamin Hess, died yesterday morning at the home of her son, Alfred Snyder, in Edgley. She was 87, and had been ill for about a year.
Mrs. Hess was born in York county to Abraham and Elizabeth Taylor Snyder, and lived in Modena for many years.
She was a member of Red Lion Methodist Church.
Survivors are two sons, Alfred, Edgeley, and Harry, Doe Run; tow daughters, Mrs. Hastings Dickinson, Chicago, Ill., and Mrs. Horace Townsley, Duluth, Minn.; 12 grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren.

Funeral notice-same paper/date
HESS.--In Edgley, formerly of Modena, on Sunday, Sept. 24, Anna Snyder, wife of the late Benjamin Hess, in her 87th year.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend the services at the Gensemer Funeral Home, 1030 East Lincoln Hwy., Coatesville, Pa., on Wednesday, Sept. 27, at 2 P.M. Interment at Hephzibah Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday evening after 7 o'clock.

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