Marcus Raymond Hedges
1895 - 1941 (45 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Marcus Raymond Hedges was born on 2 Dec 1895 in Dewey County, Oklahoma (son of Marcus Newton Hedges and Mildred Leyh); died on 6 Jul 1941 in Dewey County, Oklahoma; was buried in Riley Cemetery, Lenora, Dewey County, Oklahoma. Notes:
The community was very painfully shocked Monday morning by the sudden death of a friend and neighbor, Marcus Hedges, who lives two miles east and one south of Cestos. The Blumer boys, his nephews, went to his home Monday morning to harvest and as they saw no stir about the place, went to the house and found him dead. So far as anyone knows, he was in perfect health. He had taken supper at the Joe Blumer home on Sunday evening and spent the evening until about eleven o’clock there, then returned to his home. ‘Mike’ as everyone called him, was a friend to all and will be greatly missed by young and old alike. His smiling face will be missed in the church, for he was always there at every service. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to his bereaved relatives.
Henry Humphrey and family were called here Monday by the death of Mrs. Humphrey’s uncle, Marcus Hedges.
The Vici Beacon, Vici, Oklahoma. Thursday, 10 July 1941, page 3.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96515358/marcus-r-hedges
2. Marcus Newton Hedges was born on 3 Jun 1835 in Fleming County, Kentucky (son of Jesse Hedges and Lucy Ann Hawkins); died on 19 Dec 1910 in Cestos, Dewey County, Oklahoma; was buried in Riley Cemetery, Lenora, Dewey County, Oklahoma. Other Events:
- Occupation: farmer
- _MILT: Civil War
- Census: 1860, Mason County, Kentucky
- Census: 1865, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois
- Census: 1880, Sidell, Vermilion County, Illinois
- Census: 1900, Simpson Township, Dewey County, Oklahoma
- Census: 1900, Simpson Township, Dewey County, Oklahoma
- Census: 1910, Simpson Township, Dewey County, Oklahoma
Notes:
MHR note: in letter from Ida Cronkhite dated 13 February 1951. William Ribelin Hedges brother, Jesse, married Lucy Ann Hawkins. I don't remember surely of all the children, but Albert, 20 I think, joined the "rebel" army and was killed at the battle of Shiloh. Later his brothers, Marcus and Thomas joined the Union Army.
Name: Marcus N Hedges
Enlistment Date: 13 Aug 1862
Enlistment Place: Covington, Kentucky
Enlistment Rank: Farrier
Muster Date: 9 Sep 1862
Muster Place: Kentucky
Muster Company: H
Muster Regiment: 10th Cavalry
Muster Regiment Type: Cavalry
Muster Information: Enlisted
Muster Out Date: 17 Sep 1863
Muster Out Place: Maysville, Kentucky
Muster Out Information: Mustered Out
Side of War: Union
Survived War?: Yes
Title: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky
_MILT:
10th Cavalry. Company H. Farrier.
Died:
Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96515357/marcus-newton-hedgesMarcus married Mildred Leyh about 1885. Mildred was born in 1853 in Pennsylvania; died in 1923; was buried in Riley Cemetery, Lenora, Dewey County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Mildred Leyh was born in 1853 in Pennsylvania; died in 1923; was buried in Riley Cemetery, Lenora, Dewey County, Oklahoma. Other Events:
- Census: 1885, Lisbon, Linn County, Iowa; In 1885 Mildred "Millie" and her son Clarence are in the household of her widowed mother, Dolly Leyh. Mildred is listed as Millie Leyh McIntyre and married.
Notes:
County of Dewey
In the County Court,
In the Matter of the Estate of Mrs. M.N. Hedges, deceased.
Notice of Settlement of Final Account.
Notice is hereby given that Dora Blumer, as administratrix of the estate of Mrs. M.N. Hedges, deceased, has rendered and presented for settlement, and filed in said court her final account and report as administratrix of said estate and her petition for distribution of said estate and her discharge and that the 18th day of September, 1923, at the hour of two o'clock P.M. of said day at the County Court room in the Town of Talega in said County of Dewey has been duly appointed by the court as the time and place for the hearing of said petition and the settlement of said account at which time and place any person interested in said estate may appear and file his exceptions in writing to the accounts and contest the same.
In testimony whereof I have here to set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 25th day of August 1923.
(Seal) R.L. Foster, Co. Judge
Taloga Times-Advocate, Taloga, Oklahoma. Thursday, 30 August 1923.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96515398/mildred-leyh-hedgesChildren:
- Eldora Mae Hedges was born on 6 Jun 1886 in Missouri; died on 1 Feb 1984 in Dewey County, Oklahoma; was buried in Riley Cemetery, Lenora, Dewey County, Oklahoma.
- Claude Franklin Hedges was born on 29 Aug 1888 in Missouri; died in 1931; was buried in Riley Cemetery, Lenora, Dewey County, Oklahoma.
- 1. Marcus Raymond Hedges was born on 2 Dec 1895 in Dewey County, Oklahoma; died on 6 Jul 1941 in Dewey County, Oklahoma; was buried in Riley Cemetery, Lenora, Dewey County, Oklahoma.
- Laura Hedges was born on 1 May 1896 in Oklahoma; died on 23 Sep 1972; was buried in Brumfield Cemetery, Seiling, Dewey County, Oklahoma.
- Lula Bell Hedges was born in Aug 1897 in Oklahoma; died in 1908; was buried in Riley Cemetery, Lenora, Dewey County, Oklahoma.
Generation: 3
4. Jesse Hedges was born about 1810 in Fleming County, Kentucky (son of Levi Hedges and Rosannah Ribelin); died on 29 May 1894 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in New Hope Presbyterian Cemetery, Fleming County, Kentucky. Other Events:
- Occupation: blacksmith
- Census: 1850, Lewis County, Kentucky
- Census: 1870, Cross Roads, Rowan County, Kentucky
- Census: 1880, Cross Roads, Rowan County, Kentucky
Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/259633067/jesse-hedgesJesse married Lucy Ann Hawkins on 23 Dec 1832 in Fleming County, Kentucky. Lucy was born on 15 Apr 1815 in Kentucky; died on 1 Mar 1884 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in New Hope Presbyterian Cemetery, Fleming County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Lucy Ann Hawkins was born on 15 Apr 1815 in Kentucky; died on 1 Mar 1884 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in New Hope Presbyterian Cemetery, Fleming County, Kentucky. Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24866186/lucy-ann-hedgesChildren:
- Margaret Ann Hedges was born on 12 Oct 1833 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 25 Dec 1913 in Hillsboro, Fleming County, Kentucky; was buried on 27 Dec 1913 in Hillsboro Cemetery, Hillsboro, Fleming County, Kentucky.
- 2. Marcus Newton Hedges was born on 3 Jun 1835 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 19 Dec 1910 in Cestos, Dewey County, Oklahoma; was buried in Riley Cemetery, Lenora, Dewey County, Oklahoma.
- Wallace Hedges was born about 1833 in Fleming County, Kentucky.
- John Wesley Hedges was born in Oct 1840 in Kentucky; died in 1926 in LaBelle, Hendry County, Florida.
- William "Albert" Hedges was born about 1841 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died in Nov 1865 in Richmond, Virginia.
- Thomas Edgar Hedges was born on 22 Jan 1843 in Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky; died on 18 Dec 1938 in LaBelle, Hendry County, Florida; was buried in Ortona Cemetery, Ortona, Glades County, Florida.
- Ivelia Jane Hedges was born on 23 Dec 1845 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 3 Jun 1922 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Three Lick Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky.
- Mary Elizabeth "Molly" Hedges was born on 28 Aug 1851 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 26 May 1933 in Salt Lick, Bath County, Kentucky; was buried in Jones Cemetery, Salt Lick, Kentucky.
- David Teager "Tea" Hedges was born on 8 Jul 1852 in Lewis County, Kentucky; died on 2 Jun 1923 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Generation: 4
8. 
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]
9. 
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.
- Addison W. Hedges was born on 27 May 1807 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died about 1875.
- 4. 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.