Sophia Cordella Hedges
1892 - 1974 (81 years)
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Name Sophia Cordella Hedges - More photos of Sophie at her page on the Hedges site, along with links to her father's ancestry.
https://hiltner.com/hedges/getperson.php?personID=I92&tree=tree1
Born 10 Nov 1892 Jamaica, Vermilion County, Illinois 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Female Died 19 Sep 1974 Vermilion County, Illinois [1, 2, 3] Buried GAR Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois [1] - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75774647/sophia-c_-yeazel
Block 16, Lot 34, Space 2
Person ID I471 Gritton Last Modified 15 Apr 2024
Father George Fielden Hedges, b. 29 Dec 1856, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky , d. 19 Jan 1950, Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 93 years) Mother Cora Belle Gritton, b. 28 Aug 1870, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 16 Apr 1961, Tilton, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 90 years) Married 15 Jun 1891 Vermilion County, Illinois Family ID F163 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Chester Rolla "Rollie" Yeazel, b. 11 Sep 1893, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois , d. 21 Jun 1979, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 85 years) Married 24 Oct 1915 Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois Children 1. Harold Ralph Yeazel, b. 6 Mar 1918, Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 15 Nov 1988, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana (Age 70 years)2. Howard B. Yeazel, b. 21 Nov 1920, Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 29 Aug 2011, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma (Age 90 years)Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 Family ID F230 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- More photos of Sophie at her page on the Hedges site, along with links to her father's ancestry.
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Event Map 
Born - 10 Nov 1892 - Jamaica, Vermilion County, Illinois 
Married - 24 Oct 1915 - Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois 
Died - 19 Sep 1974 - Vermilion County, Illinois 
Buried - - GAR Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Photos 
Gritton, Mabel, Grace and Sophia Hedges 
Gritton, Hester Wood Dec 1970.jpg
Left to right: Hester, Grace, Sophia, Rollie
Gritton, Helen Hofman Dec 1970 
Cline, Sarah Catherine Gritton and 6 women on porch 
Rollie Yeazel, Sophia, Howard, Grace and Willis Fox, Florence Reece Kidder, George and Cora Hedges, Cora and Winfield Reece 
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.
George F Hedges glass negative - Rollie and Sophia 
Morehouse Place
George's parents, William Riley and Sarah Hedges, are seated behind George.
Rollie and Sophia Yeazel, Ralph and Eva Hedges, Willis and Grace Fox
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Hedges, Sophie 
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)
Yeazel, Rollie and Sophie Hedges, Sophia 
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)
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Documents 
Hedges, Sophia wedding announcement 
Hedges, Sophia obituary
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Notes - Sophia C. Yeazel, 81, of Fairmount died at 10:24 a.m. Thursday (September 19, 1974) in Lake View Hospital, Danville, where she was admitted Wednesday night.
Mrs. Yeazel was born November 10, 1892, east of Jamaica, a daughter of George and Cora B. Gritton Hedges. She was married to C. Rollie Yeazel Oct. 15, 1915, in her parent's home.
Mrs. Yeazel leaves her husband, sons, Harold R. of Marion, Ind., and Howard B. of Catlin, three grandsons, one granddaughter, four great-grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Willis Fox of Fairmount. A brother preceded her in death.
Mrs. Yeazel spent all her life in the Fairmount-Homer area. She was a member of Catlin Church of Christ and in Berean Class.
[1, 3] - member of Center Point Church
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- Sophia C. Yeazel, 81, of Fairmount died at 10:24 a.m. Thursday (September 19, 1974) in Lake View Hospital, Danville, where she was admitted Wednesday night.
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