Nevada Genealogy Trails - Elko County - Abraham W. Hesson /TITLE>  <SCRIPT language="JavaScript"> today=new Date(); cy=today.getFullYear(); </SCRIPT> </head> <body><BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFE8" bgproperties="fixed"> <P> <table align="center" border="5" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="90%"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="10%"><img src="../graphics/Keeper.gif" alt="" height="145" width="87"> <br> </td> <td align="center" <big><big><big>Nevada Genealogy Trails<br>Elko County<br>Abraham W. Hesson </b><big><big><b><br><small><small><small> Biography</small></small></small></b></big></big></big></big></big></big></td> <td valign="top" width="10%"><img src="../graphics/Keeper.gif" alt="" height="145" width="87"> <br> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </center><p><b> <b>ABRAHAM W. HESSON</b>. One of the most straightforward, energetic and successful business men of Elko is A. W. Hesson, a member of the hardware firm of A. W. Hesson & Company, the other representative of the firm being G. C. Englehart. Mr. Hesson is a native of the state of Maryland, where he was born on the 23d of November. 1852. and is of German descent, representing the fifth generation of the family in the United States. His father. Abraham Hesson, was born in Maryland in 1828. and for his wife chose Miss Ann Margaret Waybright. a lady of English ancestry. In his earlier life Abraham Hesson was a millwright, but later engaged in agricultural pursuits, and is still living in Maryland, aged seventy-five years, his wife passing away in her sixty-third year. They became the parents of seven children, six of whom are still living.<p> A. W. Hesson, the only member of this family in Nevada, received his education in the public schools of Pennsylvania, and remained with his father until he was nineteen years of age, after which he spent a year and a half in Iowa engaged in farming. He then came to Nevada, the date of his arrival being in April, 1873. He had intended, however, to make the journey to California, his ticket having been purchased to that state, but finding so many on the train who were making their way to Nevada, he, too, decided to make this his destination and accordingly stopped first at Reno. He next went to Carson City, where he was employed in driving an ox team, and from there made his way to the northern part of Elko county and engaged as a cowboy and also worked in the quartz mills in Tuscarora. A short time afterward he had charge of the Defreze Mill, also in 1881-2 of the Grand Prize, a large producing mine, and with Senator Hunter and others is still interested in valuable mining property. They are now operating the Sweep Stake mine, containing copper, gold and silver, with copper predominating. In 1897 the hardware firm of A. VV. Hesson & Company was established, his partner in the business .being G. C. Englehart, and they have since built up a large and successful trade, dealing in heavy and shelf hardware, stoves, ranges, tinware, paints, oils, jxnvder, mining supplies, all kinds of farming implements, and they also handle the famous Studebaker wagons and buggies. Their store building is one hundred feet deep, and they also have a large warehouse. The firm of Hesson & Company have made a good business record, and Inith of its members are deservedly popular among their associates.<p> In 1882 Mr. Hesson was united in marriage to Miss Jessie A. Yates, a native of Green Bay, Wisconsin, and two children have come to bless their home, both born in Elko county. The son. Robert W., is a graduate of the State University with the class of 1903, in which he received a mining and engineering course, and is now engaged in business with his father. The daughter, Margaret, is at home. Mr. and Mrs. Hesson attend the services of the Presbyterian church, of which the latter is a valued member.<p> In political matters Mr. Hesson has been a life-long Democrat, and as its representative was elected to the position of assessor of Elko county, serving in that important office for eight years. He is a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having passed all the chairs in both branches of the order, and is now a past grand patriarch and past grand master of the state.<HR /> <h5><b> Source:<br> A History of the State of Nevada: Its Resources and People<br> By Thomas Wren, Lewis Publishing Company<br> Published by The Lewis publishing company, 1904<br></b></h5> <hr align="center" width="25%" size="5" noshade="noshade" /><p> <b><CENTER>GO TO:<p><A HREF="#top"> Top Of Page</A><br> <a href="http://genealogytrails.com/nev/elko/index.html">Elko County Main Page</a><br> <a href="http://genealogytrails.com/nev/">Nevada Trails State Page</a><br> <a href="http://genealogytrails.com/">Genealogy Trials Site</a></a></center><p> <center>  <ADDRESS> <STRONG><P> <FONT size=2 face=arial> <center>Copyright © Genealogy Trails <SCRIPT language="JavaScript"> document.write(cy); </SCRIPT></center> <center>All Rights Reserved with Full Rights Reserved for Original Contributor </center></FONT> </STRONG> </ADDRESS> </body></html>