Ulysses Grant Hedges
1866 - 1949 (82 years)-
Name Ulysses Grant Hedges Born 26 Mar 1866 Rectorville, Lewis County,Kentucky 
[1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Male Occupation farmer, blacksmith Census 1900 Fleming County, Kentucky Census 1910 Fleming County, Kentucky Census 1930 Glades County, Florida Census 1940 Hendry County, Florida Died 13 Feb 1949 LaBelle, Hendry County, Florida [1, 3, 4] Buried Ortona Cemetery, Ortona, Glades County, Florida [3] Person ID I506 Hedges Last Modified 2 May 2023
Father Thomas Edgar Hedges, b. 22 Jan 1843, Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky , d. 18 Dec 1938, LaBelle, Hendry County, Florida (Age 95 years) Mother Loretta Fenton McClure, b. 17 Apr 1847, Mason County, Kentucky , d. 16 Nov 1919, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky (Age 72 years) Married 9 Feb 1865 Mason County, Kentucky [1, 2] Family ID F310 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Laura Lee Morrison, b. 12 Jun 1874, Fleming County, Kentucky , d. 30 Jun 1910, Goddard, Fleming County, Kentucky (Age 36 years) Married 30 Oct 1890 Goddard, Fleming County, Kentucky [1] Children 1. Olive Lee Hedges, b. 8 Sep 1891, Goddard, Fleming County, Kentucky , d. 15 Nov 1981, Hendry County, Florida (Age 90 years)2. Stanley Edgar Hedges, b. 19 Oct 1893, Goddard, Fleming County, Kentucky , d. 14 Feb 1935, Augusta, Georgia (Age 41 years)+ 3. Anna Laura Hedges, b. 27 Jun 1910, Goddard, Fleming County, Kentucky , d. 30 Dec 1997 (Age 87 years)Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 Family ID F312 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Hettie Darnell Bramel, b. 10 Oct 1877, Goddard, Fleming County, Kentucky , d. 29 Apr 1934, Goddard, Fleming County, Kentucky (Age 56 years) Married 25 Sep 1912 Fleming County, Kentucky [1] Children 1. Thomas Dudley Hedges, b. 19 Nov 1914, Florida , d. 25 May 1986, Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana (Age 71 years)Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 Family ID F313 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 26 Mar 1866 - Rectorville, Lewis County,Kentucky 
Married - 30 Oct 1890 - Goddard, Fleming County, Kentucky 
Census - 1900 - Fleming County, Kentucky Census - 1910 - Fleming County, Kentucky Married - 25 Sep 1912 - Fleming County, Kentucky 
Census - 1930 - Glades County, Florida 
Census - 1940 - Hendry County, Florida 
Died - 13 Feb 1949 - LaBelle, Hendry County, Florida 
Buried - - Ortona Cemetery, Ortona, Glades County, Florida = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - MHR note: Deeds 69, p.498: 1 March 1899, Fleming Co., KY, The Hiner family (II) sold 160 A. to Ulysses G. hedges of Fleming Co., Ky. (n.b.13, p.91, 1959).
Deeds 96, p.558. Fleming Co., KY, 30 Sept. 1939. U.G. Hedges says he is 72, of LaBelle, Florida, (formerly of Fleming Co., KY.) son in law of L.C. Morrison deceased, who d.1902, leaving only Laura Hedges, 28 and U.G. Hedges (now 72), then of Godard, KY. And a daughter Sally Marshall (then 24) wife of Rufus Marshall (now 58) 9Sally prob. now 54) and Amanda Morrison, then 50 who conveyed 143 A. to Laura Hedges and Sally Marshall. (n.b.13, p.72) (see n.b.2-156, p.58).
[1] - 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.
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- MHR note: Deeds 69, p.498: 1 March 1899, Fleming Co., KY, The Hiner family (II) sold 160 A. to Ulysses G. hedges of Fleming Co., Ky. (n.b.13, p.91, 1959).
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