Cora Belle Gritton
1870 - 1961 (90 years)-
Name Cora Belle Gritton Birth 28 Aug 1870 Vermilion County, Illinois 
[1, 2] Gender Female Education School at Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Residence 1880 Gritton farm and house in Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Death 16 Apr 1961 Tilton, Vermilion County, Illinois [1] Burial Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois [1] Person ID I307 Gritton Last Modified 20 Apr 2026
Father John Franklin Gritton, b. 6 Jul 1842, Illinois d. 1 Jul 1924, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 81 years) Mother Sarah Catherine Cline, b. 5 Jun 1843, Vermilion County, Illinois d. 18 Dec 1929, Jamaica, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 86 years) Marriage 9 Aug 1869 Vermilion County, Illinois [3, 4] - Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois 1853-1874. Page 57. No record of anyone signing for bride or groom. This was Sarah's second marriage.
Family ID F17 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family George Fielden Hedges, b. 29 Dec 1856, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky d. 19 Jan 1950, Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 93 years) Marriage 15 Jun 1891 Vermilion County, Illinois Children 1. Sophia Cordella Hedges, b. 10 Nov 1892, Jamaica, Vermilion County, Illinois d. 19 Sep 1974, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 81 years)2. Ralph Jewell Hedges, b. 27 May 1894, Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois d. 22 Jun 1969, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 75 years)+ 3. Grace Gertrude Hedges, b. 28 Oct 1895, Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois d. 9 May 1988, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 92 years)Family ID F163 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 6 Jul 2019
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Birth - 28 Aug 1870 - Vermilion County, Illinois 
Education - - School at Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois 
Residence - 1880 - Gritton farm and house in Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Marriage - 15 Jun 1891 - Vermilion County, Illinois 
Death - 16 Apr 1961 - Tilton, Vermilion County, Illinois 
Burial - - Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Photos 
Gritton, Cora Belle standing Gritton, Cora Belle 
Hedges, Cora and Winfield Reece 
Hedges, Cora, and Cora Reece 
Hedges, Cora, George, Cora, Win Reece 
Back row: Rachel Wilson, Grandma Gritton, Eva Hedges, Ethel Gritton, Katie Cosat, Kate Randall. Seated: Cora Hedges and grandson Donald, blurred unidentified woman, Ella Cosat, Mary Gritton 
Gritton, Cora 
Left to right: Mollie Towner (a friend) Cora Belle Gritton and Sedora Gritton Goodner 
Cline, Sarah Catherine Gritton and 6 women on porch 
Hedges family: George, Ralph, Cora, Eva, Sarah Catherine Cline Gritton, Grace and two boys 
Rollie Yeazel, Sophia, Howard, Grace and Willis Fox, Florence Reece Kidder, George and Cora Hedges, Cora and Winfield Reece 
Sarah Catherine Cline with her daughter and son-in-law 
On porch at George and Cora Hedges farm house
Back row L to R: Cora Hedges, Eva, Sophia
Front: Willis Fox, Grace, George F. holding baby, Ralph Hedges holding Donald, Unknown woman in black dress, Rollie Yeazel holding Harold Yeazel.
Morehouse Place
George's parents, William Riley and Sarah Hedges, are seated behind George. https://hiltner.com/hedges/familygroup.php?familyID=F15&tree=tree1
George F Hedges, Cora Hedges, Ralph Hedges, Grace Fox, Willis Fox
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Cora's family - postcard to Cora's parents 
Cora's family - postcard to Cora's parents 
Group Photo at Adams house
Group of friends at the home of Maude and Joe Adams. Standing on porch: Sid Smith, Grace Hedges, "Grandpa" (no relation to us) Edmund Hawkins, June Elliott, Joe Adams, Annie Adams.
Standing: Ed Pletch, baby with father, Ralph Hedges, Mollie Pletch and baby, unidentified man, unidentified woman and boy in front, another unidentified woman with a boy in front, Maude Adams's mother who is married to Edwin Hawkins, unidentified boy, Sophia Hedges, Muriel Elliott, Emma Elliott, Maude Adams, Cecelia Elliot, Grant Elliott, Henry Adams, Cora Hedges, George F. Hedges, Ernest Gritton. (Identified by Grace (Hedges) Fox)
Group Photo at Adams house
Group of friends at the home of Maude and Joe Adams. Standing on porch: Sid Smith, Grace Hedges, "Grandpa" (no relation to us) Edmund Hawkins, June Elliott, Joe Adams, Annie Adams.
Standing: Ed Pletch, baby with father, Ralph Hedges, Mollie Pletch and baby, unidentified man, unidentified woman and boy in front, another unidentified woman with a boy in front, Maude Adams's mother who is married to Edwin Hawkins, unidentified boy, Sophia Hedges, Muriel Elliott, Emma Elliott, Maude Adams, Cecelia Elliot, Grant Elliott, Henry Adams, Cora Hedges, George F. Hedges, Ernest Gritton. (Identified by Grace (Hedges) Fox)
Framed photo
Unidentified woman. We found this large framed photo in the home of Eva and Ralph Hedges, along with large framed photos of Ralph's mother, Cora Belle Gritton Hedges and Cora's brother Lewis Gritton.
Gritton Reunion 1952.jpg 
Gritton Reunion framed portrait man
Need identification
Cora Belle Gritton
Headstones 
Hedges, George and Cora Gritton location
Plot: block 25, 196
Hedges, George F. and Cora Gritton 
Spring Hill Cemetery. Block 25 in the distance
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Notes - Friends gave her a surprise
(Press-Democrat Special.)
Fairmount, Ill., Sept. 2. - One of the most delightful entertainments of the season was the birthday surprise on Mrs. Geo. Hedges last Sunday, at her home northeast of the village. The event was planned and executed by her husband and daughters. While Mrs. Hedges was busily engaged in serving dinner to some friends who had accompanied her home from Sunday school and church, her friends to the number of seventy-five or more slipped into the front rooms of her home and came marching out to the dining room with her mother in the lead, which, by the way, was a great surprise, the latter having come out from Danville.
The afternoon was spent in a social and religious way. About 4 o'clock the crowd repaired to the front yard where some fifteen or twenty minutes was devoted to song and prayer, and the breaking of bread, which was presided over by Rev. Scott, of Danville, after which the remainder of the evening was spent in song, and social conversation, and the eating of cream, cake and candy and fruit, and a general good time was enjoyed by all. One singular feature connected with their gathering was that the hostess was surprised on her 18th birthday in 1888, in the same house where she now lives. Mrs. Hedges was the recipient of many beautiful pieces of china.
Newspaper clipping from Cora (Gritton) Hedges. No publishing information available.
[5] - Mrs. Cora Hedge of Fairmount has been visiting the family of Frank Gritton on East Park street this week.
The Champaign County News, Champaign, Illinois. Saturday, 27 May 1893, page 1.
[6] - member of Center Point Church
[7] - Note from Marjorie Block
3200N / 1370E - is the road where Cora Gritton's house stood. Cora walked south & knoll to school
2200N / 1400E a school house stood here
LKH note:
Is this the location of the house near Indianola?
- Services Held For Mrs. Hedges
Fairmount - Mrs. Cora B. Hedges, 90, died April 16 t the Smoot Memorial Home in Tilton, where she had been a patient for the last 3 1/2 months.
Funeral services were conducted in Catlin April 18 with burial in Danville. The Rev. Edward Bratton officiated, assisted by the Rev. S. Mercer of Fairmount.
Born Aug. 28, 1870, in Blount township, she was the daughter of John and Sarah Cline Gritton. She was married to George Hedges of near Fairmount in 1892. He preceded her in death in February 1950.
Mrs. Hedges was a member of the Central Point Church of Christ and later transferred her membership to the Catlin Church of Christ.
Survivors include two daughter, Mrs. Fox and Mrs. C.R. Yeazel, both of Fairmount; a son Ralph of Sidell; a brother, Louis of Danville; six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
[5] - Rites Are Held Tuesday For Mrs. Cora Hedges, 90
Fairmount - Funeral services for Mrs. Cora B. Hedges, 90, were held Tuesday afternoon, April 18, 1961, at the Catlin Church of Christ. Mrs. Hedges died Sunday afternoon at the Smoot Nursing home in Tilton, where she had been a patient for 3 1/2 months. She had been in failing health for a year.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Ed Bratton, assister by Rev. F.S. Mercer, pastor of the Fairmount Baptist church. Music was furnished by Mrs. Jewel Clark, soloist, with Mrs. Rawlin Ross organist.
Pall bearers were Harold and Howard Yeazel, Donald Hedges, Marion and Joe Fox, grandsons, and Raymond Bagley of Meadville, Mo., a great-grandson. Flower girls were Mesdames Harold Yeazel, Howard Yeazel, Marion Fox, Joe Fox, Donald Hedges, and Miss Donna Lee Yeazel.
Following the services, interment was in the Spring Hill cemetery at Danville, will the Carrington funeral home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Hedges, a daughter of John and Sarah Cline Gritton was born August 28, 1870 in Blount township. She was married to George F. Hedges, a farmer near Fairmount, in 1892. Mr. Hedges died in February, 1950. They farmed in the Jamaica neighborhood for many years.
She was a member of the former Center Point Church of Christ, southwest of Fairmount. When that church ceased to exist, her membership was moved to the Catlin Church of Christ.
Surviving are two daughter, Mrs. Sophia Yeazel and Mrs. Grace Fox of Fairmount, where Mrs. Hedges lived most of the time before entering the nursing home; a son, Ralph Hedges of Sidell; a brother, Louis Gritton of Danville; six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
[5] - Mrs. Hedges, 90, Succumbs
Fairmount (Special)
Mrs. Cora B. Hedges, 90, of Fairmount, died at 1:15 p.m. Sunday at the Smoot Nursing Home, Tilton, where she had been for 3 1/2 months. She had been in failing health for a year.
Before moving to the nursing home she had lived with two daughters, Mrs. Grace Fox and Mrs. C.R. Yeazel, in Fairmount.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Catlin Church of Christ, with the Rev. Ed Bratton officiating, assisted by the Rev. F.S. Mercer. Burial will be in Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville. The Carrington Funeral Home, Fairmount, is in charge. Friends may call at the home of Mrs. Grace Fox in Fairmount.
Mrs. Hedges was born Aug. 28, 1870, in Blount Township, a daughter of John and Sarah Cline Gritton. She was married in 1892 to George F. Hedges, a farmer near Fairmount. He died in February 1950.
She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Fox and Mrs. Yeazel, a son, Ralph, of Sidell, a brother, Louis Gritton, Danville, six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
She was a member of the former Center Point Church of Christ, southwest of Fairmount.
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- Friends gave her a surprise
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Sources - [S2] Find a Grave.
- [S89] census records.
- [S104] marriage record.
- [S48] Marriage Abstracts, Vermilion County, Illinois: 1853-1874, (Illiana Genealogical and Historical Society).
- [S103] newspaper clipping, Library of Linda Hedges.
- [S102] Newspaper article.
- [S106] Records of Center Point Church, Library of Linda Hedges.
- [S2] Find a Grave.
