Linnie Hedges: Hedges Genealogy

Abt 1883 - Abt 1883 (0 years)

Generation: 1

1.	Linnie Hedges was born about 1883 (daughter of William Franklin "Frank" Hedges and Malinda Demaree); died about 1883. Notes: MRH note: Accored to Ida Cronkhite, Malinda and Frank's child was called "Linnie". She had flaxen curls.

Generation: 2

William Franklin "Frank" Hedges was born on 9 Sep 1845 in Fleming County, Kentucky (son of Addison W. Hedges and Nancy E. Day); died on 23 Jul 1932 in Zephyrhills, Pasco County, Florida; was buried in Oakside Cemetery, Zephyrhills, Pasco County, Florida.

Other Events:

_MILT: Civil War
Census: 1900, Fleming County, Kentucky
Census: 1910, Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky
Census: 1920, Cassia, Lake County, Florida
Census: 1930, Zephyrhills, Pasco County, Florida

Notes:

Private. Company B. 53 Kentucky Infantry 8 Sep 1864 to 15 May 1865

_MILT:
53rd Kentucky Infantry. Company B. Private.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33330921/william-franklin-hedges

William married Malinda Demaree in 1881 in Rowan County, Kentucky. Malinda (daughter of Jacob Demaree and Melissa Lucinda Hedges) was born on 1 Apr 1865 in Jefferson County, Indiana; died in 1885 in Rowan County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Malinda Demaree was born on 1 Apr 1865 in Jefferson County, Indiana (daughter of Jacob Demaree and Melissa Lucinda Hedges); died in 1885 in Rowan County, Kentucky.

Children:

1. Linnie Hedges was born about 1883; died about 1883.

Generation: 3

Addison W. Hedges was born on 27 May 1807 in Fleming County, Kentucky (son of Levi Hedges and Rosannah Ribelin); died about 1875.

Other Events:

Occupation: carpenter
Census: 1850, Fleming County, Kentucky
Census: 1860, Kenton County, Kentucky
Census: 1870, Mason County, Kentucky

Addison married Nancy E. Day on 21 Nov 1844 in Fleming County, Kentucky. Nancy was born on 7 Apr 1815 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 8 Jul 1874 in Hillsboro, Fleming County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nancy E. Day was born on 7 Apr 1815 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 8 Jul 1874 in Hillsboro, Fleming County, Kentucky.

Children:

2. William Franklin "Frank" Hedges was born on 9 Sep 1845 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 23 Jul 1932 in Zephyrhills, Pasco County, Florida; was buried in Oakside Cemetery, Zephyrhills, Pasco County, Florida.
Joseph Addison Hedges was born on 14 Nov 1849 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 5 Apr 1912 in Hillsboro, Fleming County, Kentucky; was buried on 6 Apr 1912 in Edens Chapel Cemetery, Hillsboro, Fleming County, Kentucky.
David A. Hedges was born in Dec 1853 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died in 1928 in Kansas; was buried in McPherson Cemetery, McPherson, McPherson County, Kansas.
John R. Hedges was born on 19 Mar 1854 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 7 May 1935 in Walnut Creek, Edgecombe County, North Carolina; was buried on 8 May 1935 in Calvary Church Cemetery, Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina.
Mary Jane "Mollie" Hedges was born on 16 Sep 1856 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 7 Feb 1940 in Baton Rouge Road, Grant County, Kentucky; was buried on 9 Feb 1940 in Broad Ridge Cemetery, Dry Ridge, Grant County, Kentucky.
Anne E. Hedges was born on 20 Dec 1858 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died about 1861.
Charles M. Hedges was born on 8 Jan 1862 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 18 Jul 1931 in Washington Township, Dearborn County, Indiana; was buried on 29 Jul 1931 in Hill Crest Cemetery, Dry Ridge, Grant County, Kentucky.

Jacob Demaree was born about 1840 (son of John Allen Demaree and Dianna Unknown); died on 23 Jun 1865 in Rowan County, Kentucky.

Notes:

MHR note: Ida Cronkhite said that Jacob Demaree was a widower with four small children.

MHR note: Jacob's parents were John Allen Demaree and Dianna Ogle. John Allen Demaree's parents were James Demaree and Nancy Clemons.

LKH note: I can't find census records for any of the Demaree families given by MHR.

LKH note: A possible record might be Jacob Demaree, b.1828, in the 1860 US census in Shelby, Ripley County, Indiana. Wife Frances age 25; Madison age 5; Julia age 3, and Charles age 2. I can't find reliable info on them after that.

This Jacob Demaree (1828-1865) is buried at Holman Cemetery, Ripley County, Indiana. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59551768/jacob-demaree

Meliisa Steinrod filed for widow benefits for Jacob Demaree 26 Jan 1893.
Unit: Unassd 22 Ind. Infantry.
Application no.576679.
US Civil War Pension Index. Roll number T288-118.

Is this the same Jacob Demaree?

Civil War soldier record:
Name: Jacob Demaree
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Indiana
Regiment: 22nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: Private
Film Number: M540 roll 19

Is this the same Jacob?

Civil War soldier record
Name: Jacob Demaree
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Indiana
Regiment: Permanent Party (Garrison Guard), Indiana
Company: B
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: Private
Film Number: M540 roll 19

Is this the same Jacob Demaree?

Indian Archives Digital Index Records:
Civil War soldier record
Name: Jacob Demaree
Birth Year: abt 1837
Age: 27
Enrollment Date: 24 Sep 1864
Discharge Date: 8 May 1865
Place: Greensburg, Indiana
Regiment: 22
Notes: Drafted. Discharged at Indianapolis, IN.
URL: https://secure.in.gov/apps/icpr/search/Home/Detail?rId=1112615

Jacob married Melissa Lucinda Hedges on 12 May 1864 in Rexville, Indiana. Melissa (daughter of William Ribelin Hedges and Malinda Russell Cassity) was born on 17 Mar 1838 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 3 Mar 1899 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Slaty Point Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Melissa Lucinda Hedges was born on 17 Mar 1838 in Fleming County, Kentucky (daughter of William Ribelin Hedges and Malinda Russell Cassity); died on 3 Mar 1899 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Slaty Point Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky.

Other Events:

Census: 1870, Cross Roads, Rowan County, Kentucky

Notes:

MHR note: Malissa and her sister Rosann were the same size and looked alike and used to confuse their beaus.

Malissa made only two moves in her life - from the old house to the new one on the same farm.

Ida Cronkhite said that Melissa's sons (William, "Russell", and Luther) began life looking all right but had convulsions. After the other brothers and sisters were gone they moved in with their parents and Malissa and Joe Stienrod both died there. So did Albert, "Russell" and Hattie). Albert wasn't quite so helpless as the other two.

Malissa, her second husband Joseph Stienrod, and her children died in the house in which Malissa was born. Ida Cronkhite thought that Malissa was probably buried in Three Lick Cemetery where her parents are buried. But she is, however, buried at Slaty Point Cemetery near Farmer, Kentucky and has a stone.

Census:
In the 1870 US census, Melissa Demere and her daughter, Malinda Demere are in the household of Melissa's father (William Ribelin Hedges)

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89851945/melissa-l_-steenrod

Notes:

Married:
1870 US census. Melissa (Hedges) Demeree and daughter are in the household of her parents William and Malinda Hedges

Children:

3. Malinda Demaree was born on 1 Apr 1865 in Jefferson County, Indiana; died in 1885 in Rowan County, Kentucky.

Generation: 4

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]

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.
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.
4. 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.

12.	John Allen Demaree John married Dianna Unknown. Dianna was born in 1801; died on 8 Sep 1863; was buried in New Marion Baptist Cemetery, New Marion, Ripley County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

13.

Dianna Unknown was born in 1801; died on 8 Sep 1863; was buried in New Marion Baptist Cemetery, New Marion, Ripley County, Indiana.

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90073861/dianna-demaree

Children:

6. Jacob Demaree was born about 1840; died on 23 Jun 1865 in Rowan County, Kentucky.

14.

William Ribelin Hedges was born on 14 Mar 1798 in Montgomery County, Kentucky (son of Levi Hedges and Rosannah Ribelin); died on 28 Nov 1885 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Three Lick Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky.

Other Events:

Occupation: farmer
Census: 1850, Fleming County, Kentucky
Census: 1850, Fleming County, Kentucky
Census: 1860, Rowan County, Kentucky
Census: 1860, Rowan County, Kentucky
Census: 1870, Cross Roads, Rowan County, Kentucky

Notes:

MHR note: Ida Cronkhite said (in pink letter of 28 December 1949) she thought that “Aunt Betty” Hopper (Eliz. B.1820) who was found with the William Ribelin Hedges family in the 1870 census, was a distant cousin through the Armstrongs. She cared for her mother who died when Betty was about 25 years old. Malinda Hedges needed help, so Betty made her home with them. She got board and room and one third of the wool. Betty was so shy she put on her sunbonnet before coming downstairs and few ever saw her face. Lonely widowers found her not only unresponsive, but unwilling to talk to them. When 81 and nearly blind, she fell downstairs and died shortly thereafter. She helped rear the second generation and “Uncle Will” said she'd been a second mother.

MHR Note: Letter from Melissa Lucinda Hedges, to her brothers, William R. Hedges, James A. Hedges and Levi M. Hedges and sister Philora (Allen) Hedges telling of their father's death. This letter was in the possession of Anna (Hedges) Bagley, Purdin, Missouri when Mary (Hedges) Reiner visited her in 1940. The heading “at home” refers to the home of William R. and Malinda R. Hedges on the bank of the Licking River at the mouth of the Bluebank, Fleming County, Kentucky, in the part of Fleming County.

At home, December 1, 1885.
Dear Brothers and Sisters:

It is with a sad heart I take up my pen to write the sad news of our dear father’s death. He departed this life Saturday, Nov. 28, at 25 minutes after six o’clock in the morning. After a serious illness of 12 day. He suffered more than tongue can tell. He lay in an unconscious state for several hours. He suffered greatly from the time he was taken. The doctor had to draw his water from him. Oh it was so hard to see him suffer so, but it had to be. Rose came to see him; staid several days then went home; came back after he was down. Ike got here after he was dead. Uncle Jesse staid with him all the time. We laid him in the old graveyard where sister Mary was laid, there to slumber till Gabriel’s trump and the voice of the Lord shall awaken the dead from the old churchyard.

I sent postals to you all when I found he was so bad, but I suppose it was not so any of you could come. He never talked about any of his children, but thought he could not live from the start. We done all we could for him but nothing done any good. He has done paid the debt we all have to pay and we can go to him; he cannot come to us; Oh how we miss him. Mother sits around and looks so sad. I can hardly bear it. She is not well. She send her love to you all.

My love to you all. Write soon as you all are very close together. I want this letter to be read by all. I would love to see you and talk to you face to face but we are far apart. Yes we are scattered – we are scattered, though a joyous band were we. Now this letter is for one and all of you. Write as often as you can.
You sister, M. L. Stenrod

1850 US census, enumerated 20 August 1850
Division 2, Fleming County, Kentucky
William R Hedges, age 52, farmer, real estate $3000
Malinda R, age 44
Addison W, age 24, farmer
Viana J, age 22
Peter T, age 19, laborer
Levi M, age 17, laborer
Rosannn S, age 14, attending school
Malissa L, age 12, attending school
William R, age 9, attending school
James A, age 6, attending school
Isaac A, age 4
Mary Ann Crouch, age 26
Peter L Crouch, age 2
William N Cassity, age 18, laborer

1860 US census, enumerated 15 Aug 1860
Rowan County, Kentucky
W R Hedges, age 62, farmer, real estate $3000, personal property $1060
Malinda R, age 54
Viana J, age 31
Malissa I, age 21
William, age 19
James, age 16
Isaac, age
Elizabeth Hopper, age 40, domestic

1870 US census, enumerated
Cross Roads, Rowan County, Kentucky
William Hedges, age 72, farmer, real estate $5000, personal property $1000
Malinda, age 64, keeping house
Melissa Demere, age 30, domestic servant
Malinda Demere, age 5
Elizabeth Hopper, age 50, at home

In the 1870 census, four household are listed next to each other: William Ribelin Hedges and three of his sons: Levi, William R. and James Hedges.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64939177/william-hedges

William married Malinda Russell Cassity on 22 Dec 1822 in Rowan County, Kentucky. Malinda (daughter of Peter Thompson Cassity and Mary "Polly" Melissa Armstrong) 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. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

15.

Malinda Russell Cassity was born on 14 Oct 1805 in Montgomery County, Kentucky (daughter of Peter Thompson Cassity and Mary "Polly" Melissa Armstrong); died on 12 Sep 1887 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Three Lick Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky.

Notes:

MHR note: Stories told by Ida M. (Hedges) Cronkite to Miriam Hickman. Malinda, daughter of Peter and Mary (Armstrong) Cassity married William Ribelin Hedges. "They used to say 'she lifted the limb of a tree it took two men to lift.' This is the true story. She and a small boy with his mother were hurrying to get home from a storm. Part of a tree blew down and caught the boy and pinned him down. Malinda lifted till the mother could drag him out. Next day two men went to clear the road and it took two men to lift it from the ground. This was my father's mother and he told me he had seen her lift an anvil off the block with one hand. She could weave four yards of jeans then walk four miles up hill to spend the night with a neighbor. When she was seventy, she was still spinning and weaving. The year she was eighty-two, 1887, your grandmother came with her to Illinois. They were two days on the train. There were four sons, two grandsons, and one granddaughter to visit, all in Vermilion County, but hard trips between in horse and buggy days. Then a train to Montezuma, Indiana to visit two nieces. Then to Louisville, Kentucky, where the youngest son met her with a lumber wagon to take her over a corduroy road sixteen miles to his home. Back again to Louisville and then the train on home at the mouth of Blue Bank on the Licking River near Farmers, Kentucky.

"About a week later she heard there was to be preaching at Slaty Point. This was about three miles away. There she had gone to church all her life. They had no conveyance but hadn't they always walked? So she went. At the church she got sick and they took her to the nearest neighbor and a day or two later she died. She was eighty-two years old. At the age of seventeen she went from her father's home to her husband. She moved from the old house to the new and lived sixty-five years on the same farm."

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64939547/malinda-russell-hedges

Children:

Mary Ann Hedges was born on 26 Nov 1823 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 22 Sep 1854 in Fleming County, Kentucky; was buried in Three Lick Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky.
Addison W. Hedges was born on 13 Feb 1826 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 9 Aug 1863 in Rockwall, Rockwall County, Texas.
Vianna Jane Hedges was born on 4 May 1828 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 24 Jan 1911 in Pine Grove, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried on 24 Jan 1911 in Pine Grove Cemetery, Cranston, Rowan County, Kentucky.
Peter Thompson Hedges was born on 29 Jan 1831 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 12 Jun 1924 in Tilton, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 15 Jun 1924 in Forest Grove Cemetery, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri.
Levi Marion Hedges was born on 30 May 1833 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 28 Jan 1907 in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas; was buried in Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.
Rosannah Sarah Hedges was born on 1 Nov 1835 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 27 May 1924 in Jamaica, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 30 May 1924 in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky.
7. Melissa Lucinda Hedges was born on 17 Mar 1838 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 3 Mar 1899 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Slaty Point Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky.
William Riley Hedges was born on 10 Mar 1841 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 25 Oct 1925 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 26 Oct 1925 in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.
James Alva Hedges was born on 14 Sep 1843 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 3 Nov 1921 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 5 Nov 1921 in Fairfield Cemetery, Newman, Douglas County, Illinois.
Isaac Armstrong Hedges was born on 4 Mar 1846 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died in 1930 in Santa Paula, Ventura County, California.

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