Herbert Arlington Hedges, Sr
1891 - 1980 (88 years)-
Name Herbert Arlington Hedges Suffix Sr Born 2 Dec 1891 Middleport, Ohio 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male _MILT World War I. - US Marine Corps. 1st Lieutenant.
Census 1920 Quincy, Adams County, Illinois Census 1930 Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri Census 1940 Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri Died 23 Jun 1980 Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri [1, 2, 3, 4] Buried Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas [2, 3, 4] - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92508029/herbert-arlington-hedges
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Person ID I913 Hedges Last Modified 26 Apr 2023
Father Thaddeus Arlington Hedges, b. 22 Aug 1859, Rowan County, Kentucky , d. 29 Jun 1957, South Haven, Sumner County, Kansas (Age 97 years) Mother Mary Virginia Atkinson, b. 29 Nov 1862, Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia , d. 17 Apr 1949, South Haven, Sumner County, Kansas (Age 86 years) Married 19 Feb 1882 Ogden, Champaign County, Illinois [1, 4, 5] Family ID F218 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Lillian Lucille Bailey, b. 14 Apr 1893, Harrison, Boone County, Arkansas , d. 15 Jan 1980, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri (Age 86 years) Married 22 Dec 1914 Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma [1] Divorced Bef 1942 [1] Children 1. Esther Bailey Hedges, b. 6 Jan 1916, Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma , d. 31 Mar 2007, Whitman County, Washington (Age 91 years)2. Betty Jean Hedges, b. 25 Dec 1917, Cedar Rapids, Iowa , d. Dec 1986, Shawnee Mission, Johnson County, Kansas (Age 68 years)3. Sidney McDowell Hedges, b. 23 Nov 1921, Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri , d. 27 Apr 1996, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas (Age 74 years)4. Herbert Arlington Hedges, b. 3 Nov 1925, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri , d. 9 Aug 1978, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri (Age 52 years)Last Modified 23 Sep 2021 Family ID F544 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Jacqueline Royster, b. 2 Dec 1910, Independence, Jackson County, Missouri , d. 13 Sep 1997, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri (Age 86 years) Married 8 May 1942 Benton County, Arkansas - Arkansas, County marriages index, 1837-1957
Children 1. Skipper Royster Hedges, b. 22 May 1939, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri , d. 21 Jun 2014, Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri (Age 75 years)2. Victoria Jacquelynn Hedges, b. 2 Sep 1945, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri , d. 18 May 2004, Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida (Age 58 years)Last Modified 19 Sep 2021 Family ID F545 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 2 Dec 1891 - Middleport, Ohio 
Married - 22 Dec 1914 - Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma 
Census - 1920 - Quincy, Adams County, Illinois 
Census - 1930 - Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri Census - 1940 - Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri 
Married - 8 May 1942 - Benton County, Arkansas Died - 23 Jun 1980 - Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri 
Buried - - Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Herbert A. Hedges
Herbert A. Hedges, 84, of 6025 State Line, Kansas City, died Monday, June 23, at Research Hospital. He was born in Middleport, Ohio. Mr. Hedges, a former resident of Chillicothe, known as "Mr. Life Insurance," had a long and colorful career. At an early age, he was a cabin boy on the Mississippi River on the White Collar Line. As a youth, he became a crewman for the Redpath-Vawter Chautauqua circuit, where he became intimately acquainted with celebrities of the day: William Jennings Bryan, Schumann Heinck, Champ Clark, Senator La Follette and the Ben Greet Shakespearean Players.
In March, 1918, he joined the United States Marine Corps and served on active duty in France, where he was commissioned as first lieutenant. After the war, he entered the life insurance business in Queen City, Mo. Four years later, he became general agent in Kansas City for the Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa, with which he enjoyed a long and successful career.
On June 15, 1978, the Kansas City Association of Life Underwriters created a Man-of-the-Year Award and called it the Herb Hedges Award. Mr. Hedges had served as a leading general agent in Kansas City, was three times honored as a Master Agency Builder, president of the National Association of Life Underwriters (with offices in New York City). He was known in the industry as a life insurance salesman's salesman. His "Fiddlers, Peddlars and Salesman" speech made him a sought-after dinner speaker.
He was a member of the Country Club Christian Church and Mission Hills Country Club. He is survived by his wife, Jacqueline R. Hedges, of the home; a son, Skipper Hedges, Kansas City, and four daughters, Cee Cee Zabor, Blue Springs; Mrs. Edwin M. Bramson, Prairie Village; Mrs. Rufus Gabel, Kansas City, and Mrs. James E. Anderson, Pullman, Wash. He is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Mildred Heency, South Haven, Kan., and Mrs. Grace Tallman, Keokuk, Ia.
Services will be held at 12, Friday at the Country Club Christian Church, 61st and Ward Parkway, Kansas City. Burial will be at the National cemetery, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., at 2:30 p.m.
The family requests no flowers. Contributions may be made to Olivette Baptist Church Missionary Fund, 4901 Mission Rd., Westwood, Kansas 66205.
The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune Obituary, June 25, 1980, p. 9.
[3, 4] - From The Mavity Family, compiled by Norman Bloss Mavity. Published by Edwards Brother, Inc. Ann Arbor, MI, [1954].
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E-292. Herbert Arlington Hedges was born December 2, 1891, at Middleport, Ohio. He was married December 22, 1914, at Muskogee, Oklahoma, to Lillian Lucille Bailey, who was born April 14, 1893 at Harrison, Arkansas, the daughter of attorney DeRoos Bailey and Lillie (McDowell) Bailey. Herbert Arlington Hedges attended Culver-Stockton College, Canton, Missouri, and Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He belongs to the Optimist Club, Christian Church, and Missouri Life Underwriters. He is National Trustee of "National Life Underwriters."
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