hmtl5 Jerry Wendell Swim: Hedges Genealogy

Jerry Wendell Swim

Male 1944 - 2002  (58 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Jerry Wendell Swim was born on 2 Nov 1944 in Rowan County, Kentucky (son of Fred Earl Swim and Lovell Aleen Purvis); died on 9 Dec 2002 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Slaty Point Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59877698/jerry-wendell-swim


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Fred Earl Swim was born on 14 Jul 1920 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 20 Jan 2000 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Slaty Point Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59877530/fred-earl-swim

    Fred married Lovell Aleen Purvis. Lovell (daughter of Hobart E. Purvis and Minnie Gertrude Ward) was born on 21 Jan 1925 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 13 Apr 2001 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Slaty Point Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Lovell Aleen Purvis was born on 21 Jan 1925 in Rowan County, Kentucky (daughter of Hobart E. Purvis and Minnie Gertrude Ward); died on 13 Apr 2001 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Slaty Point Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky.

    Notes:

    Morehead - Lovell Purvis Swim, 76, 3780 Lower Licking Road, former St. Claire Medical Center dietary worker and homemaker, widow of Fred Earl Swim, died Friday. Services 1 p.m. Tuesday, Lane-Stucky-Gray Funeral Home. Visitation 5 p.m. Monday.
    Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky. Sunday 15 April 2001.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59877620/lovell-aleen-swim

    Children:
    1. 1. Jerry Wendell Swim was born on 2 Nov 1944 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 9 Dec 2002 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Slaty Point Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Hobart E. Purvis was born on 13 Oct 1895 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 12 Apr 1945 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Slaty Point Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1930, Pine Grove, Rowan County, Kentucky

    Notes:

    FUNERAL RITES FOR HOBART PURVIS AT SLATY POINT
    Death claimed Hobart Purvis, 49, farmer, a veteran of the First World War at his home on the Licking River Road near Farmers last Thursday.

    Funeral services were conducted Saturday at Slaty Point with Rev. Herschel Moore in charge.

    Mr. Purvis was notified two weeks ago that his eldest son had lost his life in Europe.
    Published in The Rowan County News (Morehead, Kentucky) on Thursday, April 19, 1945.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67285192/hobart-e.-purvis

    Hobart married Minnie Gertrude Ward. Minnie (daughter of William F. Ward and Martha Eleanor "Ele" Moody) was born on 10 Dec 1899 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 2 Nov 1953 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Slaty Point Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Minnie Gertrude Ward was born on 10 Dec 1899 in Rowan County, Kentucky (daughter of William F. Ward and Martha Eleanor "Ele" Moody); died on 2 Nov 1953 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Slaty Point Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky.

    Notes:

    LKH Note: In the census taken 7 Jan 1920, the sisters Minnie, Lillie, and Tina Ward are incorrectly listed with the surname of Moody. They are in the household of their grandmother Ivelia (Hedges) Moody. Ivelia's brother John Hedges is also part of the household and is incorrectly listed as John Moody. The census taker assumed everyone shared Ivelia's surname of Moody.

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67282925/minnie-gertrude-purvis

    Children:
    1. Raymond Kermit Purvis was born on 23 Mar 1923 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 13 Mar 1945; was buried in Slaty Point Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky.
    2. 3. Lovell Aleen Purvis was born on 21 Jan 1925 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 13 Apr 2001 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Slaty Point Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky.
    3. Mary Olive Purvis was born on 31 Jul 1926 in Butler County, Ohio; died on 16 Jun 1972 in Butler County, Ohio; was buried in Fairmound Cemetery, West Elkton, Preble County, Ohio.
    4. Willard Herman Purvis was born on 21 Jun 1928 in Ripley, Brown County, Ohio; died on 20 Jan 2001; was buried in Corinth National Cemetery, Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi.
    5. Marvin Ellwood Purvis was born on 25 May 1933 in Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 17 Dec 2001 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio; was buried in Fairmound Cemetery, West Elkton, Preble County, Ohio.
    6. Milborn Odell Purvis was born on 21 May 1935 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 24 Oct 1996 in Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Slaty Point Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky.
    7. Frances Hanna Purvis was born on 29 Jan 1931 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 22 Apr 2005 in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
    8. Eldiva Joyce Purvis was born on 6 Apr 1937 in Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 14 Aug 2011 in Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky; was buried in burial details unknown.
    9. Clifford Ray Purvis was born on 5 Dec 1938 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 14 Apr 2012 in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada; was buried in Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City, Clark County, Nevada.


Generation: 4

  1. 14.  William F. Ward was born on 14 Feb 1874 in Nicholas County, Kentucky; died on 1 Jan 1959 in Hamilton County, Ohio.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, Brushy Fork Precinct, Rowan County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1910, Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1920, White Sulphur, Bath County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1930, Concord, Ross County, Ohio
    • Census: 1940, Symmes Township, Hamilton County, Ohio

    Notes:

    MHR note; Willam Ward was living at Camp Denison, Ohio (near Cincinnati) in 1950 and "the boys" had been sent to the Odd Fellows Home, said Tina Esther (Ward) Ellington, his daughter by Martha Eleanor Moody, William's 2nd wife.

    William married Martha Eleanor "Ele" Moody on 21 Aug 1902 in Rowan County, Kentucky. Martha (daughter of Joseph Harvey Moody and Ivelia Jane Hedges) was born about 1876 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky; died before 1909 in Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 15.  Martha Eleanor "Ele" Moody was born about 1876 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky (daughter of Joseph Harvey Moody and Ivelia Jane Hedges); died before 1909 in Kentucky.

    Notes:

    LKH Note: In the census taken 7 Jan 1920, the sisters Minnie, Lillie, and Tina Ward are incorrectly listed with the surname of Moody. They are in the household of their grandmother Ivelia (Hedges) Moody. Ivelia's brother John Hedges is also part of the household and is incorrectly listed as John Moody. The census taker assumed everyone shared Ivelia's surname of Moody.

    Children:
    1. 7. Minnie Gertrude Ward was born on 10 Dec 1899 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 2 Nov 1953 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Slaty Point Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky.
    2. Lillie Jane Ward was born on 2 Aug 1903 in Three Lick, Kentucky; died on 10 Dec 1985 in Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio; was buried in Sugartree Ridge Cemetery, Sugar Tree Ridge, Highland County, Ohio .
    3. Tina Esther Ward was born on 3 Mar 1906 in Three Lick, Kentucky; died on 19 Oct 1978 in Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Ellington Cemetery, Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky.