Mary Cassity: Hedges Genealogy

1868 - 1871 (2 years)

Generation: 1

1.	Mary Cassity was born on 9 Aug 1868 (daughter of Martin Peter Marshall "M.P.M." Cassity and Griselle Wheeler); died on 3 Jan 1871; was buried in Wetmore Cemetery, Wetmore, Nemaha County, Kansas. Notes: Buried: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135111082/mary-e.-cassity

Generation: 2

Martin Peter Marshall "M.P.M." Cassity was born on 15 Jun 1835 in Kentucky (son of James Albert Cassity and Mary Ann Hedges); died on 12 Nov 1901 in Plattsburg, Clinton County, Missouri; was buried in Wetmore Cemetery, Wetmore, Nemaha County, Kansas.

Other Events:

Census: 1900, Wetmore, Nemaha County, Kansas

Notes:

A sufficient amount of money was raised last Saturday by subscription to send M.P.M. Cassity to Oneida for treatment. Upwards of $30 was raised in a short time. Rev. T.E. Rolfe took the matter in hand. Mart will go to Oneida sometime this week.
The Wetmore Spectator, Wetmore, Kansas. Friday, 5 April 1901.

Letter From An Old Settler
The following letter from M.P.M. Cassity, an old and well known settler of Wetmore, was published in the Wetmore Spectator last week. His numerous friends in this county will sympathize with him and his sore affliction.
Plattesburg, Mo, May 13.
As I promised to let you hear from me will say that I am about the same as when I left Wetmore. I came her to my sister’s April 26th, after consultation and examination by Drs. Murdock, Morton and McDonald, at Oneida and St. Joseph. They advise me not to have an operation. Said they could perform the operation but there would be great danger in so doing. I was advised by Dr. Murdock, if went to Kansas City to go and see Drs. Minor & Thornton. I have written them and expect reply soon, and if they give me encouragement will go there. If I had plenty of money think I would have an operation and take chances. I feel very thankful to the friends who have assisted me in my great affliction. If I find that my ailment is incurable (which I fear at times at least is true) and I could be cared for there, would rather die at home than elsewhere. I am not afraid to death but dread the pain and suffering prior thereto. Dr. Morton of St. Joe said I should not look at my ailment in that way, that I might outlive him and that I could with local treatment at home or elsewhere be made to feel comfortable. I have to write lying down and am getting weary. I will try and keep you and all who feel interested in my welfare informed. Tell friends to write me here.
M.P.M. Cassity.
The Courier-Tribune, Seneca, Kansas. Friday 24 May 1901.

Death of M.P.M. Cassity
One of the first settles of Nemaha county passed away from this earth’s trials and tribulations in the death of M.P.M. Cassity who died at the home of his sister in Plattsburg, Missouri, last Tuesday November 12, after a long and distressing illness. The deceased came to Nemaha county in 1955 and was the first assessor in the county, at that time the assessors were appointed for the whole county, and perhaps no man was better know to old settlers than Mart Cassity. He was a lawyer by profession, and until about three years ago, when he took down with his last illness, he practiced law in the town of Wetmore. He leaves two sons, C.E. Cassity a student in the law department of the state university at Lawrence, and Geo. M. Cassity, who resides in Oklahoma. The remains were brought to Wetmore today, Thursday, and will be buried Friday.
The Courier-Tribune, Seneca, Kansas. Friday 15 November 1901.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135111117/martin-peter_marshall-cassity

Martin married Griselle Wheeler on 25 Dec 1862 in Nemaha County, Kansas. Griselle (daughter of Lawrence R. Wheeler and Malinda Priest) was born on 20 Feb 1840 in Marion County, Kentucky; died on 3 Sep 1905 in Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kansas; was buried in Mount Washington Cemetery, Independence, Jackson County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Griselle Wheeler was born on 20 Feb 1840 in Marion County, Kentucky (daughter of Lawrence R. Wheeler and Malinda Priest); died on 3 Sep 1905 in Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kansas; was buried in Mount Washington Cemetery, Independence, Jackson County, Missouri.

Other Events:

Census: 1875, Rock Creek, Nemaha County, Kansas
Census: 1880, Moline, Elk County, Kansas
Residence: 1900, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas

Notes:

1875 Kansas state census. Rock Creek, Nemaha County, Kansas.
Grisella Cassity and her two sons, George and Ed, are in the household of her parents, Lawrence & Malinda Wheeler.

1880 Census. Moline, Elk County, Kansas. Grisella Cassity and her two sons, George and Ed, are in the household of her father widower, Lawrence Wheeler. Grisella is listed as a widow.

1900 census. Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas. In 1900 city directory, Griselle is listed as the widow of Martin P.M. Cassity.

Grizelle Wheeler Cassity was born in Marion County, Kentucky, Feb. 20, 1846 and removed with her parents to Hold County, Mo., when about five years of age. In 1958 her father, Lawrence R. Wheeler, moved with his family to Nemaha county, Kansas, and settled on a farm about four miles south of Sabetha, on what is now known as the Kenreigh farm. There the deceased spent her happy girlhood days and grew to womanhood.
In 1962 she was married to martin P.M. Cassity, and removed to Wetmore, Kansas. Three children were born of this marriage, George M., Mary and Galen E., respectively. The daughter, Mary, died at the age of two years and was buried in the Wetmore cemetery. Her two sons still survive her. Geo. M. is a grain dealer and resides at Tonkawa, Okla. Galen E. is a practicing attorney resided in Kansas City, Mo.
Her marriage was not a happy one, and as a result of it she separated from Mr. Cassity in the Spring of 1882, and removed to a farm near Bern, Kansas, where her boys grew to manhood.
She claimed Bern as her home until the fall of 1901, when she went to El Reno, Okla., and there spent the winter with her sister, Mrs. Mary H. Magill. In the following spring she took up her abode with her son, G.E. Cassity at Hobart, Okla., and there remained with him until he removed to Kansas City, Mo.
Her last illness, which extended over a period of 8 months, was attended with great suffering at times, but her death seemed like a peaceful dream, a gradual sinking into a deep slumber, from which there is no earthly awakening.
Aside from her two sons, she is survived by her two sisters, Mrs. Alice Wise of Stillwater, Okla., and Mrs. Mary H. Magill, of Long Beach, Cal., and her father L.R. Wheeler, also of Long Beach.
The funeral services were conducted by Dr. W.F. Richardson, of the First Christian Church of Kansas City, and the remains were interred in Mt. Washington Cemetery on Monday Sept. 4th.
The Bern Gazette, Bern, Kansas. Friday, 15 September 1905.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80655430/griselle-cassity

Children:

George McClelland Cassity was born on 31 Oct 1863 in Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kansas; died on 15 Dec 1934 in Tonkawa, Kay County, Oklahoma; was buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Ponca City, Kay County, Oklahoma.
1. Mary Cassity was born on 9 Aug 1868; died on 3 Jan 1871; was buried in Wetmore Cemetery, Wetmore, Nemaha County, Kansas.
Galen Edward Cassity was born on 18 Dec 1871 in Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kansas; died on 2 Jan 1936 in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma; was buried in Okmulgee Cemetery, Okmulgee, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma.

Generation: 3

James Albert Cassity was born on 24 Jun 1797 in Bath County, Kentucky (son of Peter Thompson Cassity and Mary "Polly" Melissa Armstrong); died on 9 Jul 1845 in Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Hargis Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky.

Notes:

MHR note: James married second to Mary D. (Clack) Ringo. She was the widow of Lott Ringo whom she had married 7 September 1815 in Fleming County, Kentucky. Mary and Lott Ringo had 5 children: Fidelia Ringo (m. McPherson), Burtis G. Ringo (m. Nancy), Ann L. Ringo (m. H. T. Prather) , William Wallace Ringo, and Harrier D. Ringo (m. Sapp). Mary D. Clack was the daughter of Moses Clack. Mary D. (Clack) Ringo Cassity had two brother: Dixon Clack and Philip D. Clack.

MHR note: Mary Ann Cassity is given as "Polly Ann" on the stone. The Hargiss Cemetery is across a very narrow road from the railroad tracks. the graves have coffin-like covers and there is a tiny one beside theirs and a child-sized one next to that, both without inscriptions. The man living next to the little cemetery (James Edward Hall) said several stones had disappeared from the cemetery one night. One may have been that of their son, "Russell" Cassity.

LKH note: Burials in the Hargis Cemetery were relocated during the Cave Run Lake construction project, 1965-1974. Some burials were relocated to Alfrey Cemetery. However, I can find no information for relocation of James Albert Cassity and his family.

James married Mary Ann Hedges on 9 Jun 1825 in Fleming County, Kentucky. Mary (daughter of Levi Hedges and Rosannah Ribelin) was born on 7 Sep 1800 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 28 Oct 1838 in Fleming County, Kentucky; was buried in Hargis Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Ann Hedges was born on 7 Sep 1800 in Fleming County, Kentucky (daughter of Levi Hedges and Rosannah Ribelin); died on 28 Oct 1838 in Fleming County, Kentucky; was buried in Hargis Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky.

Notes:

MHR note: When Mary "Polly Ann" (Hedges) Cassity died, her body was hauled on a sled drawn by an ox-team which forded a stream to get to Morehead. She is buried in Hargis Cemetery near the rail road tracks in Morehead.

LKH note: Burials in the Hargis Cemetery were relocated during the Cave Run Lake construction project, 1965-1974. Some burials were relocated to Alfrey Cemetery. However, I can find no information for relocation of James Albert Cassity and his family.

MHR note: Mary Ann Cassity is given as "Polly Ann" on the stone. The Hargiss Cemetery is across a very narrow road from the railroad tracks. the graves have coffin-like covers and there is a tiny one beside theirs and a child-sized one next to that, both without inscriptions. The man living next to the little cemetery (James Edward Hall) said several stones had disappeared from the cemetery one night. One may have been that of their son, "Russell" Cassity.

Buried:
See notes below.

Children:

Infant Cassity was born on 10 Feb 1827 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 10 Feb 1827 in Fleming County, Kentucky; was buried in Hargis Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky.
Albert Russell Cassity was born on 21 Jan 1828 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 13 Sep 1856 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Hargis Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky.
Eliza Jane Cassity was born on 22 Sep 1829 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 10 Sep 1857 in Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky.
William Newton "Newt" Cassity was born on 5 Jun 1831 in Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 31 May 1919 in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas; was buried on 3 Jun 1919 in Wetmore Cemetery, Wetmore, Nemaha County, Kansas.
Rosannah Cassity was born on 10 Mar 1832 in Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 6 Jul 1911 in Plattsburg, Clinton County, Missouri; was buried on 7 Jul 1911 in Greenlawn Cemetery, Plattsburg, Clinton County, Missouri.
2. Martin Peter Marshall "M.P.M." Cassity was born on 15 Jun 1835 in Kentucky; died on 12 Nov 1901 in Plattsburg, Clinton County, Missouri; was buried in Wetmore Cemetery, Wetmore, Nemaha County, Kansas.

Lawrence R. Wheeler was born on 21 Aug 1823 in Kentucky; died on 25 Mar 1906 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Sabetha Cemetery, Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kansas.

Other Events:

Census: 1850, Mason County, Kentucky
Census: 1860, Rock Creek, Nemaha County, Kansas
Census: 1865, Lochnane Township, Brown County, Kansas

Notes:

Obituary:
An Old Settler Gone.
L.R. Wheeler, who located in Sabetha away back about 1855, passed away last week at Long Beach, California, where he went only last fall to spend the winter season. Mr. Wheeler was one of the best-known residents of the county. He was a life-long democrat and was one of the chief spirits of the party when there were but a handful of the faith in the county. He was the owner of a good farm in the vicinity of Sabetha and was for many years engaged in business in that city. He was past eight years of age at the time of his death. His body was brought to Sabetha for burial, being met on the way and accompanied back by his daughter, Mrs. Aaron Magill. The funeral took place Monday afternoon.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174824217/lawrence-r-wheeler

Lawrence married Malinda Priest. Malinda was born on 29 May 1828 in Kentucky; died on 23 Jun 1879; was buried in Sabetha Cemetery, Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Malinda Priest was born on 29 May 1828 in Kentucky; died on 23 Jun 1879; was buried in Sabetha Cemetery, Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kansas.

Notes:

LKH note: In the 1865 Kansas census, Griselle Holland, b. about 1808, Kentucky, is in the household of Lawrence and Malinda Wheeler. I believe that Griselle is Malinda's widowed mother.
Griselle Holland (1808-1874) is buried in the same cemetery as Lawrence and Malinda Wheeler. And their eldest daughter is named Griselle.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174824238/malinda-m-wheeler

Children:

3. Griselle Wheeler was born on 20 Feb 1840 in Marion County, Kentucky; died on 3 Sep 1905 in Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kansas; was buried in Mount Washington Cemetery, Independence, Jackson County, Missouri.

Generation: 4

Peter Thompson Cassity was born on 19 Jun 1775 in Virginia; died on 12 May 1862 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Three Lick Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky.

Other Events:

Occupation: farmer
Census: 1810, Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Kentucky
Census: 1820, Fleming County, Kentucky
Census: 1830, Fleming County, Kentucky
Census: 1850, Fleming County, Kentucky
Census: 1860, Rowan County, Kentucky

Notes:

MHR note: Peter Thompson Cassity's parents were William Cassity and Nancy Thompson.

LKH note: I have not yet found documentation of William and Nancy (Thompson) Cassity.

MHR note: Peter Thompson Cassity was named after his grandfather's name, Peter, and his mother's maiden name, Thompson.

MHR note: Peter Cassity was a preacher (or elder). He officiated the marriages of several of his grandchildren.

1810 US census
Name: Peter Cassidy
Flemingsburg, Fleming, Kentucky
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 7
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 9

1820 US census, enumerated 7 August 1820
Name: Peter Cassidy
Fleming, Kentucky
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 18: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 6
Free White Persons - Under 16: 5
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 10

1830 census
Name: Peter Cassity
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Eastern Division, Fleming, Kentucky
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 5

1850 US census, enumerated 20 August 1850
Division 2, Fleming County, Kentucky
Peter Cassity, age 74, farmer, real estate $1200
Mary, age 78
Albert R, age 22
Rosanah, age 17
Martin M, age 14

Albert, Rosanah, and Martin are the children of Peter and Mary's son and daughter-in-law, James Albert Cassity (1797-1845) and Mary Ann (Hedges) Cassity (1800-1838).

Buried:
MHR note: Peter T. and Mary have stones in Three Lick Cemetery on an oak-covered hill, 6.5 miles beyond the Farmer Kentucky rail road station. A great many graves in that cemetery are unmarked. Some had been enclosed in a rail fence which has crumbled and rotted away.

Peter married Mary "Polly" Melissa Armstrong on 20 Sep 1796 in Clark County, Kentucky. Mary was born on 10 Feb 1779 in Augusta County, Viriginia; died on 29 Sep 1860 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Three Lick Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary "Polly" Melissa Armstrong was born on 10 Feb 1779 in Augusta County, Viriginia; died on 29 Sep 1860 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Three Lick Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky.

Notes:

MHR note: Parents are Robert Armstrong and Mary Russell.

LKH note: I have not yet found documentation for Robert and Mary (Russell) Armstrong).

MHR note: Letter from Ida Cronkhite dated 17 May 1951.

Family legend: Mary Russell. A young Irishman named Russell, married a young widow with a small daughter. After Russell had fathered three sons and a daughter, he decided to go to America. his step-daughter would receive a small inheritance at 18. There were still some months to go. So he went on, with the three sons, and the wife and the two daughters would follow. This was the days of sailing ships, three months to cross, three months for a letter to come back. The letter came from Chillicothe, Ohio.

The inheritance was duly paid in gold. Then Mrs. Russell and her two daughters started to join her husband. This would perhaps bring the time to three years, and don't ask any more details, for that is all I have. On board, the oldest died at sea ad was buried at sea. And when Mrs. Russell and her daughter, Mary got to Chillicothe, Ohio she was told her husband was long dead and the three sons "bound out". Two had been taken farther into the wild west (Indiana?) but she found the youngest and tried to buy him back. His guardian refused to let him go. So she stole him and left gold to pay for his time and the all three went away from there.

Mary Russell was one of the girls who helped go to the spring till they filled all available vessels in case the Indians attacked. And Rebecca (Anderson) Maxwell Crawford helped. Mary Russell married Isaac Armstrong. When Mary (Armstrong) Cassity met Elizabeth (Crawford) Vawter at the home of P. T. Hedges in Fleming County, Kentucky to view their great-grandson, T.A. [Thaddeus A. Hedges], they told what each had heard of that time, from their mothers. Zane Grey used it in a novel. I don't know where the fort was.

The family ghost story. Isaac Armstrong's (it could have been Robert Isaac Armstrong, probably Robert Armstrong) were making up the maple syrup. There was much work, and it called for many hands. There was no beet or cane sugar in those days. Elder berry bushes furnished spouts to carry the sap, after they were cut in suitable lengths and the pith pushed out. They had a pot, many buckets, so they chopped logs about two feet long, split in half and with hatchet and fire they made a trough to set under the spout. Every morn they collected the sap from the trees and carried it to the kettle (or the kettles, if they had more than one) and boiled till it was "just right" for syrup or sugar. This lasted a week or ten days, till the leaf buds swelled, to spoil the flavor. So all hands helped. Mary Armstrong and her brothers (Robert Armstrong and James Armstrong) and cousins, Isabell and George Steele, from 20 miles away, and those who lived near. Today was the last day, and the boys said tonight would be rainy, dark of the moon, and they hadn't had a coon hunt yet. The sap was all in, and plenty of wood, and Polly and Ibby could finish the boiling for they were going hunting, for tomorrow they would all go home. When the syrup was finally done, it was dark, and half a mile from the house through the woods. Indians didn't trouble much any more, and bears and panthers not often. Polly picked up a stout stick and assured Ibby there was nothing to fear. Presently they heard a groan and saw a white "something" beside the path. Ibby said, "let's go" . Polly said it might be a sick horse. Ibby fled toward the house, but Polly drew near. Again the strange groan and a flounder. Polly said "Be you devil or what you may, I'll give you one lick" and struck with all her strength and fled. Next morn the boys were cross, and did not seem to have anything to report from the coon hunt and scattered home. A year later they again assemble. "Bob" (either a cousin or brother) asked Polly to cut his hair. She asked "how come that scar on your head?" "If you won't get mad, I'll tell you". He had been the ghost. "And you almost killed me".

This was my great-grandmother Polly [Mary] Armstrong (b.10 Feb 1779, Virginia; d.29 Sept. 1860, Rowan County, Kentucky) married Peter Thompson Cassity (b. 19 June 1775, Virginia; d.12 May 1862, Rowan County, Kentucky. Her brothers were James Armstrong (b.1758, d.1830) and Robert Armstrong.

MHR note:
James Armstrong was the brother of Polly who married Peter Thompson Cassity who is our ancestor. He is buried in 3 Lick Cemetery, on a hill near the old log house of William Ribelin Hedges, and I saw his stone when there the first time but he had died so much earlier than Polly that I didn't recognize the possibility of his being her brother, and didn't copy the inscription, and when I went back the next time, the stone had disappeared, but the people next door denied all knowledge of having anything to do with its removal, tho I think they had removed it to plant tobacco there.

Buried:
MHR note: Peter T. and Mary have stones in Three Lick Cemetery on an oak-covered hill, 6.5 miles beyond the Farmer Kentucky rail road station. A great many graves in that cemetery are unmarked. Some had been enclosed in a rail fence which has crumbled and rotted away.

Children:

4. James Albert Cassity was born on 24 Jun 1797 in Bath County, Kentucky; died on 9 Jul 1845 in Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Hargis Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky.
Isaac Russell Cassity was born on 23 Mar 1799 in Bath County, Kentucky; died on 2 Sep 1864 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky.
Mary Cassity was born on 18 May 1801 in Montgomery County, Kentucky; died in 1847 in Greenup County, Kentucky.
William T. Cassity was born on 2 Jan 1803 in Montgomery County, Kentucky; died on 21 Jan 1868 in Linn County, Missouri; was buried in Grantsville Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.
Malinda Russell Cassity was born on 14 Oct 1805 in Montgomery County, Kentucky; died on 12 Sep 1887 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Three Lick Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky.
Armstrong Russell Cassity was born on 21 Jul 1807 in Montgomery County, Kentucky; died on 24 Sep 1881 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; was buried in Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Linn County, Missouri.
Alvah Russell Cassity was born on 4 Jul 1809 in Montgomery County, Kentucky; died on 10 Nov 1860 in Linn County, Missouri; was buried in Cassity Cemetery, Linn County, Missouri.
Peter Thompson Cassity was born on 15 Apr 1811 in Bath County, Kentucky; died on 25 Sep 1889 in Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri; was buried in Shatto Cemetery, Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri.
Nancy Cassity was born on 9 Nov 1813 in Bath County, Kentucky; died in 1870 in Missouri; was buried in Sunnyside Cemetery, Ewing, Fleming County, Kentucky.

10.

Levi Hedges was born on 24 Nov 1775 in Frederick County, Maryland (son of William Hedges and Elizabeth Dern); died on 1 Apr 1847 in Fleming County, Kentucky; was buried in Old Crain Cemetery, Fleming County, Kentucky.

Other Events:

Census: 1800, Montgomery County, Kentucky
Census: 1820, Fleming County, Kentucky
Census: 1830, Fleming County, Kentucky
Census: 1840, Fleming County, Kentucky

Notes:

MHR note: Levi used to have family worship at their home and he loved to sing. He sat on his porch the evening before his death and watched the sun set, and sang his favorite song:

The day is past and gone,
The evening shades appear:
Oh, may we all remember well
The night of death draws near.

We lay our garments by,
Upon our bed to rest.
So death may soon disrobe us all
Of what we now possess.

He was taken suddenly in the night by an attack of acute indigestion and was gone.

MHR note: Levi Hedges worked as a blacksmith, tanner, carpenter, and of course, farmed also.

MHR note:
Levi's father, William, had stated in his will that his son Andrew could keep the plantation Hedgehogg is he could, which Andrew did by buying out the other two sons, Levi and William.

1800 tax list. Montgomery County, Kentucky. Levi Hedges.

Census 1820. Fleming County, Kentucky. In 1820, the age brackets indicate that Levi's household included 11 people: Levi (age 45); Rosannah (age 40); William (age 22); Monroe (age 17; Addison (age 13); Jesse (age 10); Levi (age 6; David (age 3; Jonathan (age 1); Mary Ana (age 20); [possibly Elizabeth age 16]; and Sarah (age 8).

Census 1830. Fleming County, Kentucky. In 1830, the age brackets indicate that Levi's household included 8 people: Levi (age 55); Rosannah (age 50); Monroe (age 27); Addison (age 23); Jesse (age 20); [possibly Levi age 16]; David (age 13); Jonathan (age 11); [possibly James age 10]; Sarah (age 18), and Louvina (age 7).

Census 1840. Fleming County, Kentucky. In 1840, the age brackets indicate that Levi's household included 5 people: Levi (age 65); Rosannah (age 60), Sarah (age 28); Louvina (age 17), and a female aged 5 to 9.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64938628/levi-hedges

Mary Hedges Reiner visited the cemetery in November 1950 when it was known as the Graham Cemetery. Two Flemingsburg High School boys went with her to hunt for headstones and they found them completely covered with earth. She took photographs of the two stones.

Levi married Rosannah Ribelin in 1795 in Kentucky. Rosannah (daughter of William Ribelin and Mary Ann Kiher) was born on 2 Sep 1780 in Yadkin Valley, North Carolina; died on 29 Sep 1848 in Fleming County, Kentucky; was buried in Old Crain Cemetery, Fleming County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

11.

Rosannah Ribelin was born on 2 Sep 1780 in Yadkin Valley, North Carolina (daughter of William Ribelin and Mary Ann Kiher); died on 29 Sep 1848 in Fleming County, Kentucky; was buried in Old Crain Cemetery, Fleming County, Kentucky.

Notes:

MHR note: Rosannah (Ribelin) Hedges was the neighborhood nurse and midwife. There is a story told of a black servant who came to take her to attend a birth in the home of his master. He rode a horse and led one with a side saddle. The river was in flood, and she was swept out of her saddle in the dark. The servant caught her and held her head above water until the horses swam to the shallow water and they went on. She attended to her duties as midwife and next morning the water was down so she could go home.

She told fortunes with tea leaves.

Levi Hedges left Maryland and came to Kentucky probably around 1795. That is also the year that he met and eloped with Rosannah, the oldest daughter of William Ribelin (who had moved his family to Kentucky from Yadkin Valley, North Carolina). Levi was about nineteen and she was not quite fifteen years old. Her father threatened to scratch her name from the family Bible, but he did not do so as Mary Hedges Reiner saw the family Bible of William Ribelin (probably in the 1950's) in the Historical Society in Lexington and Rosannah's name was still there.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25751032/rosannah-hedges

Mary Hedges Reiner visited the cemetery in November 1950 when it was known as the Graham Cemetery. Two Flemingsburg High School boys went with her to hunt for headstones and they found them completely covered with earth. She took photographs of the two stones.

Children:

William R. Hedges was born in 1796 in Montgomery County, Kentucky; died in 1796.
William Ribelin Hedges was born on 14 Mar 1798 in Montgomery County, Kentucky; died on 28 Nov 1885 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Three Lick Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky.
5. Mary Ann Hedges was born on 7 Sep 1800 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 28 Oct 1838 in Fleming County, Kentucky; was buried in Hargis Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky.
Rosanna Hedges was born about 1803 in Fleming County, Kentucky.
Monroe Hedges was born on 11 Feb 1803 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 18 Oct 1899 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana; was buried in Mount Jackson Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana.
Addison W. Hedges was born on 27 May 1807 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died about 1875.
Jesse Hedges was born about 1810 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 29 May 1894 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in New Hope Presbyterian Cemetery, Fleming County, Kentucky.
Sarah Hedges was born on 3 Sep 1812 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 16 Jul 1892 in Fleming County, Kentucky; was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Cranston, Rowan County, Kentucky.
Levi Hedges was born in 1814 in Fleming County, Kentucky.
David R. Hedges was born about 1817 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 27 Oct 1878 in Fleming County, Kentucky.
Jonathan Kiher Hedges was born on 31 Jul 1819 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 15 Nov 1912 in Smoot, Greenbrier County, West Virginia; was buried in Andrew Chapel Cemetery, Williamsburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
James Hedges was born about 1820 in Fleming County, Kentucky.
Louvina Jane Hedges was born on 18 Jul 1823 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 14 Jul 1891 in Fleming County, Kentucky; was buried in Gilead Cemetery, Bath County, Kentucky.

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