Gerald Grant Watson
1935 - 1985 (49 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Gerald Grant Watson was born on 17 Oct 1935 in La Belle, Hendry County, Florida (son of George Morris Watson and Anna Laura Hedges); died on 7 Jun 1985 in La Belle, Hendry County, Florida; was buried in Fort Denaud Cemetery, Fort Denaud, Hendry County, Florida. Notes:
Hendry County
Gerald Grant Watson
Gerald Grant Waton, 49, of 379 Whidden Road died Friday evening.
He was a life long resident of LaBelle. He was employed at Alico Ranch and was a member and usher at the First Baptist Church.
His survivors include his wife, Jeanette Watson of LaBell; son, Gerald Watson, Jr., Clewiston; daughters: Helen Best, Fort Myers, Laura Smith, LaBelle; Mother, Anna Laura Watson, LaBelle; brothers: William M. Watson, Johnson City, Tex., Stanley G. Watson, Buford, Ga., Harvey Watson, Austin, Tex.; sister, Ethel Corbit, Houston, Tex., and six grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in LaBelle with the Rev. Eugene Abernathy officiating. Burial will follow in Ft. Denaud Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the Akin-Davis Funeral Home in LaBelle on Monday between 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
News-Press, Fort Myers, Florida. Monday, 10 June 1985.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72894870/gerald-grant-watsonFamily/Spouse: Vera Jeanette Shirah. Vera was born on 29 Mar 1939 in Waycross, Ware County, Georgia; died on 12 Oct 2016 in Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida; was buried in Fort Denaud Cemetery, Fort Denaud, Hendry County, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Tonnie Eileen Watson was born on 4 Nov 1966; died on 26 Oct 1976 in Dade County, Florida; was buried in Fort Denaud Cemetery, Fort Denaud, Hendry County, Florida.
2. George Morris Watson was born on 5 Aug 1889 in Tipton, Georgia; died on 2 Aug 1965 in LaBelle, Hendry County, Florida; was buried in Ortona Cemetery, Ortona, Glades County, Florida. Other Events:
- Census: 1940, Hendry County, Florida
- Census: 1945, Hendry County, Florida
Notes:
George M. Watson.
George M. Watson, 75, resident of North LaBelle, died there Monday. He had lived there for the past 35 years. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Anna Laura Watson; sons, C.A. Watson, Tampa; Harvey Watson, Austin, Tex.; Ira L. Watson, Asheville, N.C.; James Watson, Immokalee; Major William Watson, Germany; Gerald Watson, LaBelle; Stanley Watson, Tice; one daughter, Mrs. Ethel Corbitt, Louisiana; brother, Ed Watson, Sylvester, Ga.; sister, Mrs. J.D. Lamb, Tifton, Ga., half-sisters, Mrs. Julia Cook, Tifton, Mrs. Myrtle Giner and Mrs. Christine Cox, of Georgia; 27 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. He was a member of Baptist church. Funeral arrangement will be announced later by Leo W. Englehardt Funeral Home.
News-Press, Fort Myers, Florida. Wednesday, 4 August 1965, page 2.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27186971/george-m.-watson
Block IGeorge married Anna Laura Hedges on 11 Nov 1928 in LaBelle, Hendry County, Florida. Anna (daughter of Ulysses Grant Hedges and Laura Lee Morrison) was born on 27 Jun 1910 in Goddard, Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 30 Dec 1997; was buried in Ortona Cemetery, Ortona, Glades County, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Anna Laura Hedges was born on 27 Jun 1910 in Goddard, Fleming County, Kentucky (daughter of Ulysses Grant Hedges and Laura Lee Morrison); died on 30 Dec 1997; was buried in Ortona Cemetery, Ortona, Glades County, Florida. Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27187030/anna-laura-watson
Block IChildren:
- William Maurice Watson was born on 14 Sep 1930 in La Belle, Hendry County, Florida; died on 27 Dec 2003; was buried in Johnson City Masonic Cemetery, Johnson City, Blanco County, Texas.
- 1. Gerald Grant Watson was born on 17 Oct 1935 in La Belle, Hendry County, Florida; died on 7 Jun 1985 in La Belle, Hendry County, Florida; was buried in Fort Denaud Cemetery, Fort Denaud, Hendry County, Florida.
Generation: 3
6. Ulysses Grant Hedges was born on 26 Mar 1866 in Rectorville, Lewis County,Kentucky (son of Thomas Edgar Hedges and Loretta Fenton McClure); died on 13 Feb 1949 in LaBelle, Hendry County, Florida; was buried in Ortona Cemetery, Ortona, Glades County, Florida. Other Events:
- Occupation: farmer, blacksmith
- Census: 1900, Fleming County, Kentucky
- Census: 1910, Fleming County, Kentucky
- Census: 1930, Glades County, Florida
- Census: 1940, Hendry County, Florida
Notes:
Florida Death Index
Name: Ulysses G. Hedges
Death: 1949 - Hendry, Florida
Living in Glades Co., FL in 1930; son of Thomas E. & Fenton Hedges. Burial with Thomas E. Hedges.
Ulysses G. Hedges
Ulysses G. Hedges, 83, died at his home at LaBelle, yesterday. He had lived there for the past 37 years and was a retired farmer. He was born March 26, 1866 in Mason County, Ky. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Jim Watson, Alva; Mrs. Wade Hampton, LaBelle; a son, Thomas Hedges, Charlestown, Ind.; a sister, Mrs. Georgetta Truesdell, Winchester, O. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by the Leo W. Engelhardt funeral home.
News-Press, Fort Myers, Florida. Monday, 14 February 1949, page 2.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26634677/ulysses-g.-hedges
Plot IUlysses married Laura Lee Morrison on 30 Oct 1890 in Goddard, Fleming County, Kentucky. Laura (daughter of Leander C. Morrison and Amanda Susan Lykes) was born on 12 Jun 1874 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 30 Jun 1910 in Goddard, Fleming County, Kentucky; was buried in Hillsboro Cemetery, Hillsboro, Fleming County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Laura Lee Morrison was born on 12 Jun 1874 in Fleming County, Kentucky (daughter of Leander C. Morrison and Amanda Susan Lykes); died on 30 Jun 1910 in Goddard, Fleming County, Kentucky; was buried in Hillsboro Cemetery, Hillsboro, Fleming County, Kentucky. Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110011140/laura-hedgesChildren:
- Olive Lee Hedges was born on 8 Sep 1891 in Goddard, Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 15 Nov 1981 in Hendry County, Florida; was buried in Fort Myers Cemetery, Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida.
- Stanley Edgar Hedges was born on 19 Oct 1893 in Goddard, Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 14 Feb 1935 in Augusta, Georgia.
- 3. Anna Laura Hedges was born on 27 Jun 1910 in Goddard, Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 30 Dec 1997; was buried in Ortona Cemetery, Ortona, Glades County, Florida.
Generation: 4
12. Thomas Edgar Hedges was born on 22 Jan 1843 in Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky (son of Jesse Hedges and Lucy Ann Hawkins); died on 18 Dec 1938 in LaBelle, Hendry County, Florida; was buried in Ortona Cemetery, Ortona, Glades County, Florida. Other Events:
- _MILT: Civil War
- Census: 1880, Orangeburg, Mason County, Kentucky
- Census: 1900, Mason County, Kentucky
- Census: 1910, Mason County, Kentucky
- Census: 1935, Clades County, Florida
Notes:
Born 1843 in KY.
Name: Thomas E. Hedges
Death: 1938 - Hendry, Florida
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Death location was his home in LaBelle, FL, not whatever auto populated when I tried to enter LaBelle, FL. (see obituary photo)
Thomas E. Hedges was a Union Soldier during the Civil War. He enlisted on 2 Aug 1862 as a Private in Company A of the 10th Kentucky Cavalry.
MHR note: in letter from Ida Cronkhite dated 13 February 1951. William Ribelin Hedges brother, Jesse, married Lucy Ann Hawkins. I don't remember surely of all the children, but Albert, 20 I think, joined the "rebel" army and was killed at the battle of Shiloh. Later his brothers, Marcus and Thomas joined the Union Army.
Name: Thomas E Hedges
Enlistment Date: 4 Aug 1862
Enlistment Place: Covington, Kentucky
Enlistment Rank: Corporal
Muster Date: 8 Sep 1862
Muster Place: Kentucky
Muster Company: A
Muster Regiment: 10th Cavalry
Muster Regiment Type: Cavalry
Muster Information: Enlisted
Muster Out Date: 17 Sep 1863
Muster Out Place: Maysville, Kentucky
Muster Out Information: Mustered Out
Side of War: Union
Survived War?: Yes
Title: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky
Civil War Veteran, 95, Dies at LaBelle
Thomas E. Hedges, 95, died yesterday at his home in Labelle after a short illness. He was born Jan. 22, 1843 in Louis county, Ky. and has lived in LaBelle for the past 27 years. He is a civil war veteran.
Mr. Hedges is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Georgette Truesdell, Springhill, Ky.; three sons, U.G. Hedges, R.V. Hedges, of LaBelle, and E.F. Hedges of Tolesboro, Ky., and a granddaughter, Mrs. Wade Hampton of LaBelle. Funeral arrangements are being made by Spooner and Engelhardt funeral home and services will be held at 3 o’clock this afternoon at the LaBelle Methodist church with Rev. P.T. Tyler and Rev. W.E. Dance officiating. Interment will be in the Ortona cemetery.
News-Press, Fort Myers, Florida. Monday, 19 December 1938, page 1.
_MILT:
10th Cavalry. Company A. Corporal.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26634708/thomas-e.-hedges
Plot I
Next to his son, Ulysses G. Hedges.Thomas married Loretta Fenton McClure on 9 Feb 1865 in Mason County, Kentucky. Loretta (daughter of Valentine McClure and Temperance Loudine Hoffman) was born on 17 Apr 1847 in Mason County, Kentucky; died on 16 Nov 1919 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried on 17 Nov 1919 in East Fork Cemetery, Fearisville, Lewis County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Loretta Fenton McClure was born on 17 Apr 1847 in Mason County, Kentucky (daughter of Valentine McClure and Temperance Loudine Hoffman); died on 16 Nov 1919 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried on 17 Nov 1919 in East Fork Cemetery, Fearisville, Lewis County, Kentucky. Notes:
Died at Asylum
Mrs. Thomas Hedges, of Rectorville neighborhood, who has been in the state asylum for the insane at Lexington, for only a few months, died at that institution Sunday after a short illness. The body was brought here for burial. Besides her husband she is survived by several children, on of whom is Mr. Robert Hedges, former local postal employe.
Funeral will be from Bethany church at 10 o’clock Tuesday morning and burial will be made at the East Fork cemetery.
The Public Ledger, Maysville, Kentucky. Monday, 17 November 1919.
Louisville: Mrs. Thomas Hedges, who died in a Lexington hospital, was buried in the East Fork Cemetery.
The Kentucky Post and Times-Star, Covington, Kentucky. Wednesday, 19 November 1919, page 2.
From death certificate. At the time of her death she was a TB patient at the Maysville Infirmary.
A lunacy inquest was held before Judge Purnell and a jury Saturday on Mrs. Thomas Hedges, of the Rectorville neighborhood, who has been suffering from a mental derangement for several weeks.
The Public Ledger, Maysville, Kentucky. Saturday, 5 July 1919, page 4.
Buried:
Burial location from death certificate. At the time of her death she was a TB patient at the Maysville Infirmary, so most likely is buried at the Maysville Infirmary Cemetery.Children:
- 6. Ulysses Grant Hedges was born on 26 Mar 1866 in Rectorville, Lewis County,Kentucky; died on 13 Feb 1949 in LaBelle, Hendry County, Florida; was buried in Ortona Cemetery, Ortona, Glades County, Florida.
- Georgetta Temperance Hedges was born in Jun 1868 in Mason County, Kentucky; died on 22 Nov 1955; was buried in Bethany Church Cemetery, Springdale, Mason County, Kentucky.
- Edgar Fulton Hedges was born on 6 Apr 1872 in Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois; died on 30 May 1948 in Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried on 1 Jun 1948 in Olivet Cemetery, Rectorville, Mason County, Kentucky.
- Robert Valentine Hedges was born on 9 Oct 1880 in Mason County, Kentucky; died in Mar 1948 in LaBelle, Hendry County, Florida; was buried in Fort Myers Cemetery, Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida.
14. Leander C. Morrison was born on 28 Aug 1848 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 6 May 1901 in Goddard, Fleming County, Kentucky; was buried in Hillsboro Cemetery, Hillsboro, Fleming County, Kentucky. Other Events:
- Occupation: farmer
- Census: 1880, Plummers Mill, Fleming County, Kentucky
Notes:
MHR note: Laura Lee (Morrison) Hedges and Sallie (Morrison) Marshall were the only children of Leander C. Morrison and Amanda S. Morrison, said Deeds, 68, p.620, Fleming Co., KY. 31 January 1906, when the widow, Ananda S. conveyed to the 2, 90 A. in 2 tracts, ... line of heirs of John Foudray ... Joseph Hedges line ... corner to David Helphenstein. (n.b.13, p.71.)
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63052887/leander-c.-morrisonLeander married Amanda Susan Lykes. Amanda was born on 22 Feb 1856 in Plummers Mill, Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 31 Jan 1924 in Fleming County, Kentucky; was buried in Hillsboro Cemetery, Hillsboro, Fleming County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. Amanda Susan Lykes was born on 22 Feb 1856 in Plummers Mill, Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 31 Jan 1924 in Fleming County, Kentucky; was buried in Hillsboro Cemetery, Hillsboro, Fleming County, Kentucky. Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63053012/amanda-susan-morrisonChildren:
- 7. Laura Lee Morrison was born on 12 Jun 1874 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 30 Jun 1910 in Goddard, Fleming County, Kentucky; was buried in Hillsboro Cemetery, Hillsboro, Fleming County, Kentucky.