hmtl5 Levi "Marion" Freece Hedges b. 16 Jun 1882 Hope, Illinois d. 31 Mar 1944 La Crescenta, Los Angeles County, California: Hedges Genealogy

Levi "Marion" Freece Hedges

Male 1882 - 1944  (61 years)


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  • Name Levi "Marion" Freece Hedges 
    Born 16 Jun 1882  Hope, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Census 1910  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Grant, Clay County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  Barstow, San Bernardino County, California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 31 Mar 1944  La Crescenta, Los Angeles County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4
    Person ID I384  Hedges
    Last Modified 13 Apr 2023 

    Father Levi Marion Hedges,   b. 30 May 1833, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1907, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Samantha Jane Vawter,   b. 6 Feb 1841, Jefferson County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Aug 1884, Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years) 
    Married 10 Nov 1857  Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Family ID F10  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alma Elizabeth Dempsey,   b. 5 Dec 1884, Manhattan, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jul 1981, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years) 
    Married 17 Jun 1907  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Louis Marvin Hedges,   b. 4 May 1910, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jan 1992, Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     2. Alois Everett Hedges,   b. 28 Dec 1912, Clay County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Aug 1967, Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
     3. James Claire Hedges,   b. 12 Oct 1915, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1993, Sonoma, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    Last Modified 28 Oct 2021 
    Family ID F235  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 16 Jun 1882 - Hope, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 17 Jun 1907 - Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1910 - Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - Grant, Clay County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1940 - Barstow, San Bernardino County, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 31 Mar 1944 - La Crescenta, Los Angeles County, California Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • MHR note: "Marion" moved his family from Topeka, Kansas to Montrose, California in 1920. He preached at Marietta, Kansas, June 1916. He was a house carpenter, and had a roving foot. He was reared by P.T. Hedges and Mary Ann.

      MHR note: "Marion" was taken in by Aunt Mary and Uncle Cappy [P.T. Hedges and wife Mary Ann (Vawter0 Hedges] but didn't get along with the girls and was unhappy. At 15 he ran away to Chicago with a neighbor boy and was gone a month or so. He returned but left again at 16 and tramped to Norton and worked on a bridge gang a couple of months. He returned to Norton. On his bicycle went to Palro and worked in harvest at Anmon's. [spelling?]

      MHR note: He went with Nettie some, went to Hays on July 4 and tore the lace off her wrap. After his marriage he heard that Nettie was working in Denver at a restaurant, took off to see her without telling Alma who initiated a search and it became news in a paper notice. Nettie saw the item and sent him back to Topeka. He reported that he went to a lodge convection and when he got on the train he know no more until he woke up in a rooming house in Denver and supposed he'd been drugged.

      Four children.
      [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Mary Hedges Reiner.

    2. [S18] California Death Records.

    3. [S5] 1900 US census.

    4. [S11] Hedges Reunion Book.

    5. [S1] Family Bible, William Ribelin Hedges.

    6. [S30] Kentucky marriage records, 1852-1914.