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  1. 1.  William Alva Hedges was born on 12 Feb 1872 in Ogden, Champaign County, Illinois (son of James Alva Hedges and Philora Allen); died in 1883 in Homer, Champaign County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    Died:
    MHR note: William Alva Hedges died in the spring of 1883.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James Alva HedgesJames Alva Hedges was born on 14 Sep 1843 in Fleming County, Kentucky (son of William Ribelin Hedges and Malinda Russell Cassity); died on 3 Nov 1921 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 5 Nov 1921 in Fairfield Cemetery, Newman, Douglas County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Religion: Center Point Church
    • _MILT: Civil War
    • Census: 1870, Cross Roads, Rowan County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1880, Cross Roads, Rowan County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1900, Sidell, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1910, Sidell, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1920, Sidell, Vermilion County, Illinois

    Notes:

    From James Alva Hedges obituary: "At the age of seventeen he enlisted in the 10th Indiana Cavalry, Co. A, serving one year, receiving an honorable discharge. Later he went to Kentucky and enlisted in the 10th Indiana cavalry, and served 2 years being discharged at the close of the war.


    1870 US census, enumerated 30 June 1870
    Cross Roads Precinct, Rowan County, Kentucky
    James Hedges, age 27
    Philora, age 22
    Matilda, age 2
    Serona, age 1
    value of real estate – blank
    value of personal property - blank

    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.


    James Alvia Hedges
    Born Sept. 14, 1843-Died Nov.3, 1921
    oh, friend of mine, I grieve to lose
    The grip of they loving hands:
    How much we need each other here
    Each fully understand,
    But if our pathways meet no more
    In meadow-land or heather,
    Believe that when the night is come
    We’ll be at home together.
    Obituary
    James Alvia Hedges, the subject of this sketch, was born September 14, 1843, in Fleming county, Kentucky, and died at Lakeview hospital at Danville Nov. 3, 1921, age 78 years, one month and nineteen days. He was the son of William R. and Malinda Hedges.
    He spent his boyhood days in Kentucky. At the age of seventeen he enlisted in the 10th Indiana Cavalry, Co. A, serving one years, receiving an honorable discharge. Later he went to Kentucky and enlisted in the 10th Indiana cavalry, and served 2 years being discharge at the close of the war.
    Returning to his native state, he married Miss Philora Allen, Dec 26, 1865, who survives him. For fifty seven years they trod the pathway of life together.
    They came to Illinois in 1870, and lived two years, returning to Kentucky. In 1880 they came again to Illinois, settling on a farm near Homer. About twenty years ago they moved to their home in Allerton.
    To this union ten children were born, four preceding him in death. Those living are Mrs. Eva I. Clifton of Moneta, Ia.; Mrs. Serona D. Ellis of Mason, Ind; Mrs. Ada Smith of Ames neighborhood; Isaac Hedges of Spencer, Ia; Mrs. Lottie Clester of this place and George Hedges of Palmer, Ia. He leaves a large number of grand and great grandchildren.
    Peter Hedges of Canton, Mo; W.R. Hedges of Purdin Mo, and Mrs. R.S. Gilkison of Catlin are living brothers and sister.
    In early manhood he became a follower of Jesus Christ, and united with the Christian church. It may be truly said that he lived a consistent christian life. He was a faithful attendant of services at churches in Allerton when in health.
    Mr. Hedges had been failing in health for a number of years ad all that medical skill and loving tender care could do to alleviate his pain and prolong life was of no avail. Through all he was patient, always trusting Him who doeth the best, and he is at home in that land where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest.
    The funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church in this place Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock, conducted by Rev. J.M. Beane of Danville, assisted by A.R. Wassell and Rev. Huff pastor of the Christian church, who resides at Jamaica. Interment at Fairfield cemetery southwest of Allerton.
    From photocopy of newspaper clipping dated 11 Nov. 1921.


    James and Philora Hedges family
    James was born in Kentucky in 1843. When he was 18 he enlisted in the Home Guard, serving a year. He enlisted in the 19th Kentucky Calvary serving 13 months. He then enlisted in the 10th Indiana Calvary serving until the end of the war.
    He married Philora Allen from Kentucky. In 1871 they moved to Illinois, later returning to Kentucky for a short time. They had seven children, Eva Clifton, Dee Ellis, Ada Smith, Lottie Clester, Ike, Russell and George.
    In 1901 they moved to Allerton and purchased the dray business. His youngest son, George, assisted him. They met the train daily and delivered the Cargo. They, also, had a poultry business. He was a very honest and genial man. They lived on Green Street.
    Philora was a very religious person and often quoted scriptures to one and all. She loved to smoke a corn cob pipe and often used her son, George as a lookout. The minister called and as a joke, George let him into the smoke filled room. Punishment was severe.
    Their son Russell left home to look for work but never returned or heard from again. They kept a lighted lamp in the window for many years.
    George went to Iowa and married Bertha Juluis, a German Lutheran girl from Palmer, Iowa. They had one daughter, Sophia (Hedges) Larrance, Indianola, Illinois.
    Ada Smith and Lottie Clester settled in or near Allerton. The other children lived in Indiana and Iowa.
    Submitted by Sophia (Hedges) Larrance.
    From Allerton, Illinois 1887-1987: Century of roots.


    member of Center Point Church

    James A. Hedges was one of first five elders elected when Center Point Church was officially founded on 14 February 1891: Richard Elliott, James A. Hedges, J. H. Parrish, B.F. Burton, and Franklin Pletch.

    His nephew, also named James Alva Hedges, was elected as one of the first seven deacons. His niece, Ida May Hedges Cronkhite's husband, Lee Cronkhite was also one of the first seven deacons.

    On 8 April 1901 E.L. Hawkins and George Hedges were elected as elders, joining James Alva Hedges and F. Pletch. George was a nephew of James Alva Hedges.



    _MILT:
    10th Indiana Cavalry. Company A.

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96068789/james-alvia-hedges

    James married Philora Allen on 26 Dec 1865. Philora (daughter of Fielding C. Allen and Matilda Hunt) was born on 28 Sep 1847 in Greenup County, Kentucky; died on 31 Jan 1929 in Allerton, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 2 Feb 1929 in Fairfield Cemetery, Newman, Douglas County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Philora AllenPhilora Allen was born on 28 Sep 1847 in Greenup County, Kentucky (daughter of Fielding C. Allen and Matilda Hunt); died on 31 Jan 1929 in Allerton, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 2 Feb 1929 in Fairfield Cemetery, Newman, Douglas County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Religion: Center Point Church

    Notes:

    Aged Resident In Allerton Is Taken By Death
    Mrs. Philora Hedges, 80, died at 5:20 o’clock Tuesday morning (January 31, 1928) at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lottie Clester.
    Infirmities and heart disease caused her demise. She had been ill for several weeks. The exact hour for the funeral has not been set, but it will be held sometime Thursday at the Presbyterian church with Rev. J. M. Bean, officiating. Burial will be in the Fairfield cemetery. Mrs. Hedges was born at Greenup, Ky., Sept. 28, 1847. She came to Allerton 45 years ago. Dec. 26, 1866 she was married to James A. Hedges who died six years ago.
    She leaves the following children: Mrs. George Clifton, of Moneta, Ia.; Mrs. Edward Ellis, of Macy, Ind.; Mrs. Thomas Smith, of Homer, Ill.; Mrs. Lottie Clester, of Allerton, and George Hedges, of Gilmore City, Ia. She is also survived by 21 grand-children and several great grand-children.
    Danville Commercial-News. January 1928 Allerton, Ill., Jan 21.


    member of Center Point Church


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96068800/philora-hedges

    Children:
    1. Evaline Matilda Hedges was born on 1 Mar 1867 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 14 Sep 1933 in Royal, Clay County, Iowa; was buried on 17 Sep 1933 in Trimello Cemetery, Clay County, Iowa.
    2. Serona Demeree Hedges was born on 13 Oct 1868 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 12 Sep 1942 in Macy, Miami County, Indiana; was buried on 15 Sep 1942 in Plainview Cemetery, Macy, Miami County, Indiana.
    3. Reuben Hedges was born on 8 Feb 1871 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died in Nov 1871.
    4. 1. William Alva Hedges was born on 12 Feb 1872 in Ogden, Champaign County, Illinois; died in 1883 in Homer, Champaign County, Illinois.
    5. Ada Luvina Hedges was born on 15 Aug 1875 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 14 Nov 1965 in Tilton, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Davis Cemetery, Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    6. Isaac Sylvester Hedges was born on 4 May 1877 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 22 Jan 1925 in Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa; was buried on 26 Jan 1925 in Fairfield Cemetery, Newman, Douglas County, Illinois.
    7. Russell Ellsworth Hedges was born on 17 Oct 1878 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died in in disappeared in 1900.
    8. Lottie Pearl Hedges was born on 19 Aug 1882 in Homer, Champaign County, Illinois; died on 25 Mar 1939 in Wood River, Madison County, Illinois; was buried in Fairfield Cemetery, Newman, Douglas County, Illinois.
    9. Luther Hedges was born on 15 Feb 1884 in Sidell, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 29 Feb 1884 in Sidell, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    10. George Edward Hedges was born on 19 Dec 1887 in Homer, Champaign County, Illinois; died on 21 May 1953 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Chadwick Cemetery, Christian County, Missouri.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William Ribelin HedgesWilliam 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]


  2. 5.  Malinda Russell CassityMalinda 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:
    1. 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.
    2. Addison W. Hedges was born on 13 Feb 1826 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 9 Aug 1863 in Rockwall, Rockwall County, Texas.
    3. 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.
    4. 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.
    5. 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.
    6. 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.
    8. 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.
    9. 2. 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.
    10. Isaac Armstrong Hedges was born on 4 Mar 1846 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died in 1930 in Santa Paula, Ventura County, California.

  3. 6.  Fielding C. Allen was born about 1818 in Virginia (son of Fielding Allen and Mary Dellen); died in Apr 1852 in Greenup County, Kentucky.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: lumberman
    • Census: 1850, Greenup County, Kentucky

    Notes:

    From Greenup County, Kentucky deaths from vital statistics, 1852. Allen, Fielding C. Age 34. Male. Married. Death - April 1852, typhoid fever. Place of birth - Virginia. Died - Greenup County. Parents - Fielding Allen and Mary Allen.

    1850 US census, enumerated 8 August 1850
    District 1, Greenup County, Kentucky
    F. C. Allen, age 33, farmer, real estate $1100
    Matilda, age 22
    Lavina, age 4
    Philora, age 2
    Martha, age 10 months
    H. C. Craycraft, age 20, farmer, real estate $500
    M. Jones, age 25
    Sarah Johnes, age 21
    Elizabeth Jones, age 8 months

    The household of Addison Allen, age 24, and of Joseph Allen, age 24 are close by.



    Died:
    Information from census and from Kentucky death records: Died of typhoid fever.

    Fielding married Matilda Hunt on 14 Aug 1844. Matilda (daughter of Reuben Solomon Hunt and Hannah Jarvis) was born on 10 Apr 1831 in Greenup County, Kentucky; died on 22 Jul 1901 in Missouri; was buried in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Matilda HuntMatilda Hunt was born on 10 Apr 1831 in Greenup County, Kentucky (daughter of Reuben Solomon Hunt and Hannah Jarvis); died on 22 Jul 1901 in Missouri; was buried in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.

    Other Events:

    • Religion: Center Point Church

    Notes:

    member of Center Point Church


    Buried:
    Maltilda Hitchcock, wife of John J. Hitchcock, age 70y, 4m, 12d. Buried next to W. R. and Sarah L. Hedges (her daugher).

    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25798638/matilda-hitchcock

    Children:
    1. Sarah Lavina Allen was born on 21 Aug 1845 in Greenup County, Kentucky; died on 16 Jun 1916 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 18 Jun 1916 in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.
    2. 3. Philora Allen was born on 28 Sep 1847 in Greenup County, Kentucky; died on 31 Jan 1929 in Allerton, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 2 Feb 1929 in Fairfield Cemetery, Newman, Douglas County, Illinois.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Levi HedgesLevi 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]


  2. 9.  Rosannah RibelinRosannah 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:
    1. William R. Hedges was born in 1796 in Montgomery County, Kentucky; died in 1796.
    2. 4. 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.
    3. 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.
    4. Rosanna Hedges was born about 1803 in Fleming County, Kentucky.
    5. 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.
    6. Addison W. Hedges was born on 27 May 1807 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died about 1875.
    7. 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.
    8. 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.
    9. Levi Hedges was born in 1814 in Fleming County, Kentucky.
    10. David R. Hedges was born about 1817 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 27 Oct 1878 in Fleming County, Kentucky.
    11. 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.
    12. James Hedges was born about 1820 in Fleming County, Kentucky.
    13. 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.

  3. 10.  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]


  4. 11.  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:
    1. 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.
    2. 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.
    3. Mary Cassity was born on 18 May 1801 in Montgomery County, Kentucky; died in 1847 in Greenup County, Kentucky.
    4. 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.
    5. 5. 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.
    6. 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.
    7. 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.
    8. 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.
    9. 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.

  5. 12.  Fielding Allen was born about 1780.

    Fielding married Mary Dellen on 24 Dec 1802 in Fauquier County, Virginia. Mary was born about 1780. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Mary Dellen was born about 1780.
    Children:
    1. 6. Fielding C. Allen was born about 1818 in Virginia; died in Apr 1852 in Greenup County, Kentucky.

  7. 14.  Reuben Solomon Hunt was born in 1794 in Bath County, Kentucky (son of Reuben Solomon Hunt and Nancy Mary Denton); died on 27 Sep 1841 in Schultz Creek, Greenup County, Kentucky; was buried in Nippert Cemetery, Sunshine, Greenup County, Kentucky.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8030645/reuben-hunt

    Reuben married Hannah Jarvis on 24 Aug 1813 in Fleming County, Kentucky. Hannah was born in 1795 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died in 1870 in Schultz Creek, Greenup County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Hannah Jarvis was born in 1795 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died in 1870 in Schultz Creek, Greenup County, Kentucky.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1860, Greenup County, Kentucky; 1860 census, Greenup County, Kentucky. Hannah Hunt, age 65, is in the household of her son, John S. Hunt.

    Children:
    1. Mariah Hunt was born in 1814 in Kentucky; died in 1854 in Kentucky.
    2. Melvina Hunt
    3. Emily Hunt
    4. Carlisle Hunt was born on 18 Oct 1814 in Bath County, Kentucky; died on 24 Oct 1865 in Greenup County, Kentucky; was buried in Dupuy Gray Greenslate Cemetery, Maloneton, Greenup County, Kentucky.
    5. Harrison Hamson Hunt was born in 1815 in Bath County, Kentucky; died on 27 Jul 1859 in Greenup County, Kentucky; was buried in Dupuy Gray Greenslate Cemetery, Maloneton, Greenup County, Kentucky.
    6. John Simpson Hunt was born in 1818 in Greenup County, Kentucky; died in 1903 in Greenup County, Kentucky; was buried in Nippert Cemetery, Sunshine, Greenup County, Kentucky.
    7. Louisa Hunt was born about 1821 in Greenup County, Kentucky; died on 20 Dec 1854 in Greenup County, Kentucky.
    8. Andrew Jackson Hunt was born on 14 Oct 1825 in Bath County, Kentucky; died on 10 May 1867 in Greenup County, Kentucky; was buried in Dupuy Gray Greenslate Cemetery, Maloneton, Greenup County, Kentucky.
    9. 7. Matilda Hunt was born on 10 Apr 1831 in Greenup County, Kentucky; died on 22 Jul 1901 in Missouri; was buried in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.
    10. Lucetta Hunt was born about 1832.
    11. Ambrose Hunt was born in Oct 1834 in Kentucky.


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