Sarah Jane Kress1 
F, (27 March 1852 - 30 May 1923)
Sarah Jane Kress was born on 27 March 1852.2 She was the daughter of Hiram Kress and Sarah Smith. Sarah Jane Kress married, at age 17, Andrew J. Kiess, age 22, son of John Kiess and Mary Marquardt, on Tuesday, 9 November 1869 at Newberry, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.2,3 Sarah Jane Kress died on 30 May 1923 at Woodward Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, at age 71 years, 2 months and 3 days.2 She was buried in the Woodward Township Cemetery, located in Woodward Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
Children of Sarah Jane Kress and Andrew J. Kiess
- Rebecca Kiess+ (27 May 1870 - 3 Jun 1954)
- Wilson Kiess4 (3 Dec 1874 - 16 Sep 1957)
- Alice Mary Kiess+ (15 Aug 1878 - 20 Dec 1943)
- Della Kiess+ (8 Jan 1880 - )
- Asher Kiess+ (20 Nov 1883 - 11 Nov 1961)
Last Edited=4 Apr 2012
Citations
- [S618] Wilson Kiess Was Leader in Scouting, undated clipping from an unidentified newspaper presumably from a local paper in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, September 1957, shows name as Sarah Kress Kiess. The original article was from a scrapbook of personal memorabilia compiled by Fred R. Dochter (1895-1966) through out his life. His son has continued to add articles to these. Viewed at the home of Frederick Stabler, RD #3, Box 156 (now Jobs Run Road), Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania in September 1993, who borrowed them from the current owner, his son. Fred W. Dochter Jr., Salladasburg, Pennsylvania, USA.
- [S21] Watson Kiess, History of the Kiess Family, Who Came From Germany and Settled In Pennsylvania In The Early 1800's (Lycoming County, Pennsylvania: n.pub., 1957), p. 18.
- [S618] Wilson Kiess Was Leader in Scouting, September 1957, shows that Wilson Kiess was the son of the late Andrew J. and Sarah Kress Kiess [this indicates that Andrew and Sarah were married].
- [S618] Wilson Kiess Was Leader in Scouting, September 1957, shows that Wilson Kiess was the son of the late Andrew J. and Sarah Kress Kiess.