hmtl5 Mary Christine Hedges: Hedges Genealogy

Mary Christine Hedges

Female 1904 - 1972  (68 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Mary Christine Hedges was born on 28 Apr 1904 in Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky (daughter of Luther Martin Hedges and Bessie Cook); died on 19 Jul 1972 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky.

    Notes:

    Minor, Mrs. Perry, 66, of 326 Richmond Ave., died at 2:45 p.m., at Lanes Nursing Home after a long illness. She was a member of the Nicholasville Baptist Church and was a member of the Lucille Hare Sunday School Class. She is survived by her husband, Perry Minor. The body is at the Betts & West Funeral Home, Nicholasville and arrangements are incomplete.
    The Lexington Herald, Lexington, Kentucky. Thursday, 20 July 1972.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45274546/christine-minor

    Mary married Perry Morton Minor on 20 Mar 1924 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky. Perry (son of James Perry Minor and Virginia Morton Zimmerman) was born on 10 Jul 1899 in Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky; died on 24 Apr 1973 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Luther Martin Hedges was born on 18 Jul 1872 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky (son of James Monroe "Monnie" Hedges and Lavina Frances "Frankie" Tully); died on 27 Jan 1946 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried on 30 Jan 1946 in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, Fleming County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1910, Mason County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1920, Washington, Mason County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1930, Fayette County, Kentucky

    Notes:

    Luther Martin Hedges
    Luther Martin Hedges, 72, Fayette county farmer, was found dead at his home on the DeLong pike at 10:30 a.m. yesterday. Death was attributed to a heart attack.
    A native of Fleming county, he was a son of the late Monroe and Frances Tulley Hedges, but had been a resident of Fayette county since 1923, coming here from Mason county. He was a member of the Christian church.
    He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bessie Cook, Hedges, Fayette county; two daughters, Mrs. J.F. Thompson, Lexington, and Mrs. Perry M. Minor, Huntington, W.Va.; a son, Stanley Hedges, Dayton, Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. Leona cook, Hamilton, Ohio, and Mrs. Mary Gaines, Springfield, Ill.; two brothers, Lloyd Hedges and Floyd Hedge, both of Aberdeen, Ohio, and five grandchildren.
    The body was removed to the W.R. Milward mortuary chapel.
    The Lexington Herald, Lexington, Kentucky. Monday, 28 January 1945.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41535618/luther-m.-hedges

    Luther married Bessie Cook on 21 Jan 1899 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Bessie was born on 22 Jan 1884 in Mason County, Kentucky; died on 30 May 1952 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Bessie Cook was born on 22 Jan 1884 in Mason County, Kentucky; died on 30 May 1952 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky.

    Notes:

    Mrs. Luther Hedges
    Mrs. Bessie L. Hedges, 68, widow of Luther Hedges, DeLong road, died at 6 p.m. yesterday at the residence of her daughter Mrs. J.F. Thompson, 355 Woodland avenue, after an illness of one year.
    A native of Mason county, she was a daughter of the late J.F. and Laura McDonald Cook. She received her education in the schools of her native county. She had been a resident of Fayette county since 1921 and was a member of the Christian church in Maxon county.
    Besides Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Hedges is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Perry Minor, Nicholasville; a son, Stanley Hedges, Springfield, Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. Hattie Doyle, Pontiac, Mich., and Mrs. J.D. Brumagen, Lexington; a brother, O.C. Cook. Fayette county; five grandchildren, David Hedges and Stanley Hedges Jr., J.F. Thompson Jr., Mrs. W.C. Lamb and Mrs. Frank Stelle, all of Lexington; four great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
    The body was taken to the W.R. Milward mortuary where services will be held.
    The Lexington Herald, Lexington, Kentucky. Saturday, 31 May 1952.


    Name:
    daughter of late J.F. Cook and Laura McDonald

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41535633/bessie-c.-hedges

    Children:
    1. Lorena Frances Hedges was born on 13 Apr 1900 in Goddard, Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 8 Nov 1962 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried on 12 Nov 1962 in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky.
    2. Stanley Lee Hedges was born on 14 Dec 1902 in Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky; died on 26 Feb 1979 in Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio; was buried in Green Mound Cemetery, Kilbourne, Delaware County, Ohio.
    3. 1. Mary Christine Hedges was born on 28 Apr 1904 in Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky; died on 19 Jul 1972 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  James Monroe "Monnie" Hedges was born on 12 Aug 1846 in Fleming County, Kentucky (son of David R. Hedges and Sabra Ann Foudray Vansant); died on 20 Jan 1919 in Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried on 21 Jan 1919 in Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Kentucky.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: blacksmith
    • Census: 1880, Fleming County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1900, Fleming County, Kentucky

    Notes:

    MHR note: "Monroe" was a blacksmith and a minister in the Christian Church. William Gilkison of Catlin, Illinois can recall seeing him at his forge at Ringos Mills, Kentucky when Willie was about 15 years old.

    Monroe is buried at Godard, Kentucky, as is his wife and son, John Tilden Hedges, but no stones for them could be found.

    Lavina reared the children of her son, Lloyd, when their mother died. Monroe was tall and thin and had dark blue eyes and dark brown hair. This information from Rose Sherlock as told to her sister Ethel Collins.


    1880 US census, enumerated 12 Jun 1880.
    Hillsboro Precinct, Fleming County, Kentucky
    James M. Hedges, age 33, black smith
    Luvina, age 28, keeping house
    Leona, age 9
    Luther, age 9
    Jonathan, age 3

    James is listed next to his cousin William R. Hedges.

    James married Lavina Frances "Frankie" Tully on 2 Jun 1876 in Fleming County, Kentucky. Lavina (daughter of William Jackson Tully and Rachel D. Crawford) was born on 18 Jun 1853 in Mason County, Kentucky; died on 18 Mar 1920 in Fleming County, Kentucky; was buried on 18 Mar 1920 in Goddard Cemetery, Goddard, Fleming County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Lavina Frances "Frankie" Tully was born on 18 Jun 1853 in Mason County, Kentucky (daughter of William Jackson Tully and Rachel D. Crawford); died on 18 Mar 1920 in Fleming County, Kentucky; was buried on 18 Mar 1920 in Goddard Cemetery, Goddard, Fleming County, Kentucky.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1920, Poplar Plains, Rushville, Fleming County, Kentucky

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Burial location from death certificate

    Children:
    1. Leona Hedges was born on 29 Jun 1871 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 27 Dec 1955 in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio; was buried in Rose Hill Burial Park, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio.
    2. 2. Luther Martin Hedges was born on 18 Jul 1872 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; died on 27 Jan 1946 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried on 30 Jan 1946 in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky.
    3. John "Tilden" Hedges was born about 1878 in Kentucky; died in Aug 1938 in Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois.
    4. Lloyd Hayes Lockart "Doe" Hedges was born on 25 Aug 1880 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 17 Dec 1951 in Goddard, Fleming County, Kentucky; was buried in Wallingford Cemetery, Wallingford, Fleming County, Kentucky.
    5. Floyd Blake Hedges was born on 25 Aug 1880 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died in Oct 1952 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.
    6. Arthur Hedges was born in Mar 1882 in Kentucky; died about 1906; was buried in Goddard, Fleming County, Kentucky.
    7. Mary Jane Hedges was born in Apr 1885 in Kentucky; died on 29 Apr 1948 in Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia; was buried in Goddard Cemetery, Goddard, Fleming County, Kentucky.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  David R. Hedges was born about 1817 in Fleming County, Kentucky (son of Levi Hedges and Rosannah Ribelin); died on 27 Oct 1878 in Fleming County, Kentucky.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: blacksmith
    • Census: 1850, Fleming County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1860, Mason County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1870, Orangeburg, Mason County, Kentucky

    Notes:

    MHR note: The three children who died young, William J., infant, and Louesa J., are buried on the Cornelius turner farm in the Graham Cemetery near Poplar Plains, Kentucky.

    David married Sabra Ann Foudray Vansant on 22 Apr 1838 in Fleming County, Kentucky. Sabra was born in 1819 in Kentucky; died in in Lewis County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Sabra Ann Foudray Vansant was born in 1819 in Kentucky; died in in Lewis County, Kentucky.
    Children:
    1. William J. Hedges was born in 1840 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 16 Feb 1843 in Fleming County, Kentucky; was buried in Old Crain Cemetery, Fleming County, Kentucky.
    2. Infant Hedges was born on 3 Mar 1842 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 16 Mar 1842 in Fleming County, Kentucky; was buried in Old Crain Cemetery, Fleming County, Kentucky.
    3. Louesa W. Hedges was born on 3 Feb 1844 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 14 Oct 1846 in Fleming County, Kentucky; was buried in Old Crain Cemetery, Fleming County, Kentucky.
    4. 4. James Monroe "Monnie" Hedges was born on 12 Aug 1846 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 20 Jan 1919 in Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried on 21 Jan 1919 in Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Kentucky.

  3. 10.  William Jackson Tully was born on 25 Jan 1817 in Mason County, Kentucky; died on 30 Jul 1893 in Mason County, Kentucky; was buried in Bethany Church Cemetery, Springdale, Mason County, Kentucky.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1850, Mason County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1870, Orangeburg, Mason County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1880, Orangeburg, Mason County, Kentucky

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26168029/william-jackson-tully

    William married Rachel D. Crawford in 1850 in Mason County, Kentucky. Rachel was born on 22 Feb 1824 in Mason County, Kentucky; died on 15 Apr 1885; was buried in Bethany Church Cemetery, Springdale, Mason County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Rachel D. Crawford was born on 22 Feb 1824 in Mason County, Kentucky; died on 15 Apr 1885; was buried in Bethany Church Cemetery, Springdale, Mason County, Kentucky.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26168023/rachel-d.-tully

    Notes:

    Married:
    rootsweb marriage records index.

    Children:
    1. 5. Lavina Frances "Frankie" Tully was born on 18 Jun 1853 in Mason County, Kentucky; died on 18 Mar 1920 in Fleming County, Kentucky; was buried on 18 Mar 1920 in Goddard Cemetery, Goddard, Fleming County, Kentucky.