hmtl5 James Alva Hedges b. 14 Sep 1843 Fleming County, Kentucky d. 3 Nov 1921 Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois: Hedges Genealogy
James Alva Hedges

James Alva Hedges

Male 1843 - 1921  (78 years)

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  • Name James Alva Hedges 
    Born 14 Sep 1843  Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Religion Church of Christ, Center Point Church  [6
    _MILT Civil War 
    • 10th Indiana Cavalry. Company A.
    Census 1870  Cross Roads, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Cross Roads, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Sidell, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Sidell, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Sidell, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 3 Nov 1921  Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5
    Buried 5 Nov 1921  Fairfield Cemetery, Newman, Douglas County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5
    Person ID I11  Hedges
    Last Modified 11 Mar 2023 

    Father William Ribelin Hedges,   b. 14 Mar 1798, Montgomery County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 1885, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Mother Malinda Russell Cassity,   b. 14 Oct 1805, Montgomery County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Sep 1887, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 22 Dec 1822  Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 7, 8
    Family ID F1  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Philora Allen,   b. 28 Sep 1847, Greenup County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jan 1929, Allerton, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 26 Dec 1865  [1, 4
    Children 
     1. Evaline Matilda Hedges,   b. 1 Mar 1867, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Sep 1933, Royal, Clay County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     2. Serona Demeree Hedges,   b. 13 Oct 1868, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Sep 1942, Macy, Miami County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     3. Reuben Hedges,   b. 8 Feb 1871, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1871  (Age 0 years)
     4. William Alva Hedges,   b. 12 Feb 1872, Ogden, Champaign County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1883, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 10 years)
     5. Ada Luvina Hedges,   b. 15 Aug 1875, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Nov 1965, Tilton, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
    +6. Isaac Sylvester Hedges,   b. 4 May 1877, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jan 1925, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
     7. Russell Ellsworth Hedges,   b. 17 Oct 1878, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location
    +8. Lottie Pearl Hedges,   b. 19 Aug 1882, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Mar 1939, Wood River, Madison County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
     9. Luther Hedges,   b. 15 Feb 1884, Sidell, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Feb 1884, Sidell, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     10. George Edward Hedges,   b. 19 Dec 1887, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 May 1953, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
    Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 
    Family ID F16  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 14 Sep 1843 - Fleming County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1870 - Cross Roads, Rowan County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1880 - Cross Roads, Rowan County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1900 - Sidell, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1910 - Sidell, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - Sidell, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 3 Nov 1921 - Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 5 Nov 1921 - Fairfield Cemetery, Newman, Douglas County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Hedges, Wm Riley, Phylora and Jim, Leonard Smith
    Hedges, Wm Riley, Phylora and Jim, Leonard Smith
    Uncle Jim, Aunt Phy
    Uncle Jim, Aunt Phy
    Hedges, William Riley with brother, sons and grandsons
    Hedges, William Riley with brother, sons and grandsons
    The Morehouse place
    The Morehouse place
    Hedges, James Alva - Uncle Jim 1843 - 1921
    Hedges, James Alva - Uncle Jim 1843 - 1921
    Hedges, James Alva 1843 - 1921
    Hedges, James Alva 1843 - 1921

    Albums
    Family Bible of William Ribelin Hedges
    Family Bible of William Ribelin Hedges (4)
    Center Point Church
    Center Point Church (7)
    Stories of historical days in Vermilion County, Illinois

    https://archive.org/details/storiesofhistor0tugg/page/56/mode/2up


    CENTER POINT CHURCH

    By WlLINORE Moreman, Dist. 170 Teacher, Edna White

    I have chosen this subject because I am one of the fourth generation of my family to attend the Center Point Church.

    This church is located about six miles southwest of Fairmount and three miles of Jamaica. In the year of 1891 this church was dedicated by Reverend Brooks of Paris, Illinois.

    Prior to this time, the people worshipped in the Center Point schoolhouse. It was in the year of 1891, while a revival meeting was being held, that a young lady, Miss Ada Hedges, now Mrs. Ada Smith of Homer, Illinois, desired to enlist in the services and work of her Lord. Her parents, being members of the Church of Christ, sought to start their daughter in the Gospel training and their own faith. A preacher of the New Testament was then called. This minister was the Reverend B. N. Anderson, who held a three weeks' meeting in the Center Point Schoolhouse, and in which building Sunday School and Church were held until February 14, 1891. Sunday School and Church had been held in the schoolhouse in former years occasionally, but there was no organization until 1891.

    Then the disciples named below met and organized themselves into a congregation of the New Testament teaching:

    Mr. and Mrs. James A. Hedges, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. Robert McKee, Mr. and Mrs. David Sconce, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Greer, Mrs. Matilda Hitchcock, Mrs. Jennie Hopper, Mrs. Lucy Hedges, Mrs. Anna Elliott Sullivan all now deceased.
    Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Ellis of Macy, Indiana

    Mrs. Emma Elliott Carrington of Georgetown

    Mrs. Ada Hedges Smith of Homer

    Mr. Harvey Elliott of Sidell, Illinois.

    Elders of the church chosen at the time the church was organized were: Richard Elliott, James A. Hedges. Deacons of the Church when organized: Ed. Ellis, Harvey Elliott.

    Thirty-two members were received in the first revival meeting, many of whom have "crossed the bar" but whose children and grandchildren are still carrying on the work.

    The Sunday School attendance on each Sunday is from 35 to 50. There is one man attending who has not missed Sunday School in five years. This man is George Hedges of Fairmount, Illinois. Many have a one year record.

    Reverend I. L. Cummins of Danville has been the minister of the Church the last five years, and it is thought that his good work has kept the Church thriving and growing.

  • Notes 
    • MHR note: His daughter Ada (Hedges) Smith said he had black hair and blue eyes.
      [7]
    • From James Alva Hedges obituary: "At the age of seventeen he enlisted in the 10th Indiana Cavalry, Co. A, serving one year, receiving an honorable discharge. Later he went to Kentucky and enlisted in the 10th Indiana cavalry, and served 2 years being discharged at the close of the war.
      [4]
    • 1870 US census, enumerated 30 June 1870
      Cross Roads Precinct, Rowan County, Kentucky
      James Hedges, age 27
      Philora, age 22
      Matilda, age 2
      Serona, age 1
      value of real estate – blank
      value of personal property - blank

      In the 1870 census, four household are listed next to each other: William Ribelin Hedges and three of his sons: Levi, William R. and James Hedges.
      [9]
    • James Alvia Hedges
      Born Sept. 14, 1843-Died Nov.3, 1921
      oh, friend of mine, I grieve to lose
      The grip of they loving hands:
      How much we need each other here
      Each fully understand,
      But if our pathways meet no more
      In meadow-land or heather,
      Believe that when the night is come
      We’ll be at home together.
      Obituary
      James Alvia Hedges, the subject of this sketch, was born September 14, 1843, in Fleming county, Kentucky, and died at Lakeview hospital at Danville Nov. 3, 1921, age 78 years, one month and nineteen days. He was the son of William R. and Malinda Hedges.
      He spent his boyhood days in Kentucky. At the age of seventeen he enlisted in the 10th Indiana Cavalry, Co. A, serving one years, receiving an honorable discharge. Later he went to Kentucky and enlisted in the 10th Indiana cavalry, and served 2 years being discharge at the close of the war.
      Returning to his native state, he married Miss Philora Allen, Dec 26, 1865, who survives him. For fifty seven years they trod the pathway of life together.
      They came to Illinois in 1870, and lived two years, returning to Kentucky. In 1880 they came again to Illinois, settling on a farm near Homer. About twenty years ago they moved to their home in Allerton.
      To this union ten children were born, four preceding him in death. Those living are Mrs. Eva I. Clifton of Moneta, Ia.; Mrs. Serona D. Ellis of Mason, Ind; Mrs. Ada Smith of Ames neighborhood; Isaac Hedges of Spencer, Ia; Mrs. Lottie Clester of this place and George Hedges of Palmer, Ia. He leaves a large number of grand and great grandchildren.
      Peter Hedges of Canton, Mo; W.R. Hedges of Purdin Mo, and Mrs. R.S. Gilkison of Catlin are living brothers and sister.
      In early manhood he became a follower of Jesus Christ, and united with the Christian church. It may be truly said that he lived a consistent christian life. He was a faithful attendant of services at churches in Allerton when in health.
      Mr. Hedges had been failing in health for a number of years ad all that medical skill and loving tender care could do to alleviate his pain and prolong life was of no avail. Through all he was patient, always trusting Him who doeth the best, and he is at home in that land where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest.
      The funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church in this place Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock, conducted by Rev. J.M. Beane of Danville, assisted by A.R. Wassell and Rev. Huff pastor of the Christian church, who resides at Jamaica. Interment at Fairfield cemetery southwest of Allerton.
      From photocopy of newspaper clipping dated 11 Nov. 1921.
      [4, 10]
    • James and Philora Hedges family
      James was born in Kentucky in 1843. When he was 18 he enlisted in the Home Guard, serving a year. He enlisted in the 19th Kentucky Calvary serving 13 months. He then enlisted in the 10th Indiana Calvary serving until the end of the war.
      He married Philora Allen from Kentucky. In 1871 they moved to Illinois, later returning to Kentucky for a short time. They had seven children, Eva Clifton, Dee Ellis, Ada Smith, Lottie Clester, Ike, Russell and George.
      In 1901 they moved to Allerton and purchased the dray business. His youngest son, George, assisted him. They met the train daily and delivered the Cargo. They, also, had a poultry business. He was a very honest and genial man. They lived on Green Street.
      Philora was a very religious person and often quoted scriptures to one and all. She loved to smoke a corn cob pipe and often used her son, George as a lookout. The minister called and as a joke, George let him into the smoke filled room. Punishment was severe.
      Their son Russell left home to look for work but never returned or heard from again. They kept a lighted lamp in the window for many years.
      George went to Iowa and married Bertha Juluis, a German Lutheran girl from Palmer, Iowa. They had one daughter, Sophia (Hedges) Larrance, Indianola, Illinois.
      Ada Smith and Lottie Clester settled in or near Allerton. The other children lived in Indiana and Iowa.
      Submitted by Sophia (Hedges) Larrance.
      From Allerton, Illinois 1887-1987: Century of roots.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] Family Bible, William Ribelin Hedges.

    2. [S5] 1900 US census.

    3. [S4] Illinois deaths and stillbirths index: 1916-1947.

    4. [S9] Obituary.

    5. [S6] Find a Grave.

    6. [S83] Stories of historical days in Vermilion County, Illinois, Compiled for the school libraries by L. A. Tuggle, County Superintendent of Schools, (https://archive.org/), https://archive.org/details/storiesofhistor0tugg/page/n8/mode/2up.

    7. [S2] Mary Hedges Reiner.

    8. [S64] Fleming County, Kentucky Marriage Records, 1798-1851.

    9. [S25] Census.

    10. [S88] newspaper clipping.