Earl Radford Brown
1893 - 1972 (79 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Earl Radford Brown was born on 27 May 1893 in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana (son of Hiram Brown and Rosa "Blanche" Hedges); died on 28 May 1972 in Mississippi; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi. Other Events:
- Census: 1930, Big Creek, Calhoun County, Mississippi
- Census: 1940, Big Creek, Calhoun County, Mississippi
Notes:
MHR note: Earl was a sophomore at the University of Illinois when he enlisted in the US Army, May 1917. He was at Camp Logan, Houston, Texas until May 1918 when he was sent overseas. He was a horse-shoe-er with the "shock troops" from the Battle of St. Michael to the end of the war. He was in the Army of Occupation at Luxembourg until June 1919. He belonged to Battery B, 124th Field Artillery in A.E.F. He belonged to the American Legion. He, his wife and older children are in the Christian Church in Ohio.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30838188/earl-radford-brownEarl married Elizabeth Augusta Jacks on 30 Jun 1920 in Grenada, Mississippi. Elizabeth (daughter of Nathaniel B. Jacks and Julia Evelyn Hayward) was born on 29 Nov 1896 in Montgomery County, Mississippi; died on 22 Aug 1973 in Calhoun City, Calhoun County, Mississippi; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Radford Wilson Brown was born on 27 Oct 1924 in Big Creek, Calhoun County, Mississippi; died on 15 Jun 1978 in Jackson County, Florida; was buried in Chapel Hill Cemetery, Big Creek, Calhoun County, Mississippi.
- Blanche Brown was born on 2 Sep 1922 in Grenada County, Mississippi; died on 4 May 2014 in Sylva, Jacks County, North Carolina; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi.
2. 
Hiram Brown was born on 30 Jul 1862 in Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois (son of Shepherd Brown and Mary Elizabeth Yoho); died on 6 Nov 1915 in Grenada County, Mississippi; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi. Other Events:
- Census: 1900, Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois
- Census: 1910, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois
Notes:
Mr. Hiram Brown Died.
Mr. Hiram Brown, who died on the Jelly farm five miles north of Grenada, last Saturday night, was buried Monday at the burying ground near where he died, Rev. J.A. Hall of the Methodist church of Grenada conducting the services. Mr. Brown was born in Vermilion county, Ill., July 30, 1862. He was married to Miss Blanche Hedges Dec. 24, 1891 and to this union three children were born. He was a charter member of the Church of Christ at Georgetown, Ill. He had made a most favorable impression on all who had gotten to know him in this county and genuine regret is felt over his death.
The Grenada Sentinel, Grenada, Mississippi. Friday, 12 November 1915,page 1.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30838215/hiram-brownHiram married Rosa "Blanche" Hedges on 24 Dec 1891 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois. Rosa (daughter of Peter Thompson Hedges and Mary Ann Vawter) was born on 9 Oct 1867 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 19 Jan 1953 in Big Creek, Calhoun County, Mississippi; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. 
Rosa "Blanche" Hedges was born on 9 Oct 1867 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois (daughter of Peter Thompson Hedges and Mary Ann Vawter); died on 19 Jan 1953 in Big Creek, Calhoun County, Mississippi; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi. Other Events:
- Census: 1920, Grenada, Mississippi
- Census: 1940, Winona, Montgomery County, Mississippi
Notes:
From newspaper clipping.
Ex-Georgetown Teacher, 82, On Long Trip.
Georgetown - Mrs. Blanche Brown of Big Creek, Miss. will begin her journey home, Thursday, after an extensive vacation. She will be 82 years old Oct. 8, and has traveled alone on her trip.
She left her home May 27, going to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Blaylock, in Hickory Flat, Miss, for a week. From there she went to Memphis for four days with a grandson, Hiram Blaylock. The next stop was in South Haven, Kansas, where she spent 10 days with her 90-year-old brother, Thad A. Hedges. Mrs. Hedges is a minister and preaches every Sunday.
She also visited a week with two cousins in Topeka, Kans. then to Moberly, Mo., for four days with a nephew, then two weeks at Center Point, Iowa, with an 84-year-old sister. After visiting this sister she went to Detroit, Mich., for a week with a sister who has been a patient, with total paralysis for five years in a Detroit hospital. On July 19 she came to Georgetown, to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Orpheus Richardson. During her visit there she has made visits in Danville, Fairmount, Catlin and Brocton. When she leaves Thursday she will visit a day in Orden and Urbana.
She plans to stop in Hickory Flat on her way home to visit her daughter again.
Mrs. Brown is well known in this community, where she taught school 23 years. She is the widow of Hiram Brown. They were the parents of three children. The elder daughter died in 1932, leaving four children, whom Mrs. Brown assisted in rearing. Her other children are the daughter in Hickory Flat, Miss., and a son, an employe of the Big Creek post office. There are 18 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lynn, daughter Kay, and Miss Phyllis Moore have returned from a 5,500 mile trip through the West. They first visited Mr. Lyon's nephew in Los Alamos, N.M., who is a chemical engineer in the atomic bomb plant. From there they drove to Grand Canyon, then on to California to visit Mrs. Lyon's uncles.
On the return trip they visited Yosemite National Park, Salt Lake City and Reno, Nev., the Rocky Mountain National Park and other places of interest.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30838157/rosa-blanche-brownChildren:
- 1. Earl Radford Brown was born on 27 May 1893 in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana; died on 28 May 1972 in Mississippi; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi.
- Dorothy Mattie Brown was born on 7 Feb 1895 in Montgomery County, Mississippi; died on 6 Jun 1932 in Winona, Montgomery County, Mississippi; was buried in Bethlehem Methodist Church Cemetery, Winona, Montgomery County, Mississippi.
- Myrtle Minnie Brown was born on 7 Mar 1897 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 7 Mar 1992 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee; was buried in Mount Pisgah Cemetery, Duck Hill, Montgomery County, Mississippi.
Generation: 3
4. Shepherd Brown was born about 1824 in Indiana; died before 1880. Other Events:
- Census: 1860, Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois
- Census: 1870, Harrison, Moniteau County, Missouri
Notes:
US IRS Tax assessmetn lists, 1862-1918. Shepherd Brown is listed in 1862, 1863, and 1865 in Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois. He is taxed on copperage.
Died:
Find a Grave includes information on a stone that might be Shephard Brown's. It's listed as Hard to Read Brown. birth: unknown. death: 20 Aug 1871. in McKendree Cemetery, Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois. This is the same cemetery where many of this family are buried.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79520036/hard_to_read-brown
Shepherd married Mary Elizabeth Yoho on 10 Mar 1861 in Vermilion County, Illinois. Mary (daughter of Charles Yoho and Ann D. Brown) was born on 1 Mar 1840 in Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 1 Jan 1909 in Illinois; was buried in McKendree Cemetery, Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Mary Elizabeth Yoho was born on 1 Mar 1840 in Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois (daughter of Charles Yoho and Ann D. Brown); died on 1 Jan 1909 in Illinois; was buried in McKendree Cemetery, Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois. Other Events:
- Census: 1900, Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois
Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11756484/mary_elizabeth-brownChildren:
- 2. Hiram Brown was born on 30 Jul 1862 in Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 6 Nov 1915 in Grenada County, Mississippi; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi.
- Albert Brown was born on 8 Mar 1872 in Missouri; died on 5 Jul 1951 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in McKendree Cemetery, Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois.
- Lucy Brown was born in Jun 1863 in Illinois; died in 1909 in Illinois; was buried in McKendree Cemetery, Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois.
- Grant Brown was born in 1869 in Illinois; died in 1884 in Illinois; was buried in McKendree Cemetery, Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois.
6. 
Peter Thompson Hedges was born on 29 Jan 1831 in Fleming County, Kentucky (son of William Ribelin Hedges and Malinda Russell Cassity); died on 12 Jun 1924 in Tilton, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 15 Jun 1924 in Forest Grove Cemetery, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri. Other Events:
- Occupation: farmer
- _MILT: Civil War
- Census: 1860, Rowan County, Kentucky
- Census: 1870, Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois
- Census: 1880, Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois
- Census: 1900, White Post Township, Pulaski County, Indiana
- Census: 1910, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri
Notes:
Enlisted on 9 October 1861.
Mustered in 31 December 1861, Lexington, Kentucky
as Captain into what was first called Captain Hedges' company of the 24th Regiment.
Later named Company G, 24th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry.
Reassigned on 5 July 1864 because of wounds received in action.
Discharged in 1864 of wounds received in the battle of Resaca, Georgia while serving under Sherman on the march to the sea.
A brief history of the regiment states "The 24th Regiment of Kentucky Volunteer Infantry was organized in the fall and winter of 1861, under Colonel Lewis B. Grigsby, and was mustered into the United States service on the 11th of December 1861 at Lexington, Kentucky, by Captain Bankhead, United States Mustering officer. Soon after its organization it joined the main army, and was engaged in many of the most severe battles of the war, and did arduous duty in eastern Kentucky and Tennessee. It would fill pages of the Report to give in detail all the places trough which the regiment marched, and the various difficulties and hardships with which it had to contend. At the muster-out at Covington, Kentucky on the 31st January 1865, the recruits were transferred to Company K, 6th Kentucky Veteran Cavalry. It participated in the following battles, in which loss was sustained, viz; Shiloh, Tennessee; Siege of Corinth, Mississippi; Perryville, Kentucky; Knoxville, Tennessee; Resaca, Georgia; Lost Mountain, Atlanta, Georgia and Jonesboro".
We can assume that Peter Thompson Hedges would have been in all of the above up to Resaca Georgia.
Capt. P.T. Hedges dies at Tilton
Pioneer resident of Oakwood township passes away at home of daughter
Capt. Peter T. Hedges, 92, for many years a resident of Oakwood township, who for the past two years had been making his home with his daughter Mrs. Ida Cronkhite, 1007 South H Street, Tilton, died late ….rsday afternoon at the home of his daughter, death being due to …. Ity and followed by a long illness … had been practically an invalid since 191…..
Funeral services were held at the residence Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, in charge of Rev. A.F. deCafferly, pastor of the First Church of Christ. Burial will be in Canton, Mo. At one time the home of the deceased, his wife having been buried there a number of years ago. The body will leave over the Wabash railroad Saturday morning at 7:45 and funeral services will be held in the Missouri city Sunday.
Capt. Hedges was the father of eight children, two sons and six daughters. One son and five daughters survive, as follows: Rev. T.A. Hedges of Thomas, Okla; Mrs. Ida Cronkhite, Tilton; Mrs. Blanch Brown, Grenader, Miss; Mrs. Alice Firebaugh, Medaryville, Ind.; Mrs. Myrtle Denger, Orchard, Ia., and Mrs. Mattie Horn, Canton, Mo. He is also survived by two brothers, William R. Hedges, of Purdin, Mo. And Isaac A. Hedges, of Madera, Calif. Twenty-two grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
Capt. Hedges was born in Fleming County, Ky. Jan. 29, 1831, being one of ten children of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Hedges. He grew to manhood in that county and united in Marriage with Miss Mary W. Vawter in 1857. When the civil war broke out he enlisted in the ….. Kentucky Volunteer …. And served until 1864 being discharged because of wounds received in the battle of Resaca, Ga. While serving under Sherman on the celebrated march to the sea.
Following his discharge from the Union army he came to Illinois, settling in Oakwood township in the fall of 1864, where he resided for 32 years, moving to Pulaski county, Ind. In 18 ….. After a residence of 12 years in Indiana the family moved to Canton, Mo., where the wife and mother died in 1912. Mr. Hedges came back to Illinois in 1922 and went to the home of his daughter in Tilton. He was a devout Christian and since he was 20 years old had been a member of the Church of Christ.
Transcribed from a photocopy of the newspaper clipping. The newspaper is not identified. Blank spots marked by “…..” above are areas where the paper was torn away before being photocopies or where type was unreadable.
Capt. P.T. Hedges Dies In Illinois
Deceased Was Father of Rev. T.A. Hedges, Pastor of Christian Church.
Capt. P.T. Hedges, aged ninety-three years, five months and seven days, died at his home in Danville, Ill., Thursday of last week. He was a father of Rev. T.A. Hedges, pastor of the First Christian church of Thomas.
Rev. Hedges left here June the 10th and arrived in Danville at 1 p.m. the following day. His father knew him and conversed with his son regarding that he would be kept on the go to return to Thomas in time to preach the following Sunday. Mr. Hedges emphasized the fact that he wished his son to carry on his preaching, consequently when Mr. Hedges died the Rev. Hedges left Danville and arrived home Saturday and delivered a sermon Sunday morning at a joint meeting of Thomas and Hydro Christian churches which was held on Bear creek.
Rev. A.A. Hedges of Hydro occupied the pulpit of the local Christian church Sunday night.
The Thomas Tribune, Thomas, Oklahoma. Thursday, 19 June 1924.
_MILT:
24th Regiment. Kentucky Infantry. Company G. Captain.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7961138/peter-thompson-hedgesPeter married Mary Ann Vawter on 12 Mar 1857 in Rowan County, Kentucky. Mary (daughter of Pascal Vawter and Eliza Mavity) was born on 11 Dec 1836 in Jefferson County, Indiana; died on 15 Dec 1912 in Canton, Lewis County, Missouri; was buried on 17 Dec 1912 in Forest Grove Cemetery, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. 
Mary Ann Vawter was born on 11 Dec 1836 in Jefferson County, Indiana (daughter of Pascal Vawter and Eliza Mavity); died on 15 Dec 1912 in Canton, Lewis County, Missouri; was buried on 17 Dec 1912 in Forest Grove Cemetery, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri. Notes:
Died:
Missouri death certificate
https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1912/1912_00040002.PDF
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7961140/mary-ann-hedgesChildren:
- Thaddeus Arlington Hedges was born on 22 Aug 1859 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 29 Jun 1957 in South Haven, Sumner County, Kansas; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, South Haven, Sumner County, Kansas.
- Ida May Hedges was born on 30 Apr 1865 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 4 May 1952 in Center Point, Iowa; was buried in Stearns Cemetery, Fithian-Muncie, Vermilion County, Illinois.
- 3. Rosa "Blanche" Hedges was born on 9 Oct 1867 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 19 Jan 1953 in Big Creek, Calhoun County, Mississippi; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi.
- Charles Martin Hedges was born on 25 Oct 1869 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 28 Jul 1922 in Canton, Lewis County, Missouri; was buried on 30 Jul 1922 in Forest Grove Cemetery, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri.
- Alice Felicia Hedges was born on 18 Jul 1872 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 1 Sep 1951 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; was buried in Medaryville Cemetery, Medaryville, Pulaski County, Indiana.
- Mattie Dell Hedges was born on 20 Jan 1875 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 22 Aug 1942 in Canton, Lewis County, Missouri; was buried on 25 Aug 1942 in Forest Grove Cemetery, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri.
- Myrtle Elicia Hedges was born on 21 Dec 1877 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 28 Jul 1963 in Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri; was buried on 29 Jul 1963 in Fairview Cemetery, Dows, Wright County, Iowa.
- Minnie Flora Hedges was born on 21 Dec 1877 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 21 Feb 1915 in Biloxi, Mississippi; was buried in Embury Cemetery, Hope, Vermilion County, Illinois.
Generation: 4
10. Charles Yoho was born on 25 Mar 1806 in Marshall County, Virginia; died on 25 Apr 1891 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in McKendree Cemetery, Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois. Other Events:
- Census: 1850, Vermilion County, Illinois
- Census: 1880, Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois
Notes:
Name:
son of Samuel Yoho and Elizabeth Prebble
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34287031/charles-yohoCharles married Ann D. Brown. Ann was born on 29 Feb 1816 in Tennessee; died on 7 Apr 1882; was buried in McKendree Cemetery, Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Ann D. Brown was born on 29 Feb 1816 in Tennessee; died on 7 Apr 1882; was buried in McKendree Cemetery, Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois. Notes:
Name:
daughter of Jacob Brown and Nancy Ann Thompson
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34287014/anna-d-yohoChildren:
- 5. Mary Elizabeth Yoho was born on 1 Mar 1840 in Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 1 Jan 1909 in Illinois; was buried in McKendree Cemetery, Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois.
12. 
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-hedgesWilliam 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]
13. 
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-hedgesChildren:
- 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.
- 6. 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.
- 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.
14. 
Pascal Vawter was born on 6 Jan 1813 in Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana (son of Beverly Vawter and Elizabeth Crawford); died on 26 Jan 1899 in Medaryville, Pulaski County, Indiana. Other Events:
- Census: 1850, Monroe, Jefferson County, Indiana
- Census: 1860, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky
- Census: 1870, Mowers Precinct, Lewis County, Kentucky
- Census: 1880, Mowers Precinct, Lewis County, Kentucky
Pascal married Eliza Mavity on 1 Apr 1834 in Jennings County, Indiana. Eliza (daughter of John Mavity and Dorothy Reel) was born on 7 Dec 1813 in Kentucky; died on 11 Aug 1904 in Medaryville, Pulaski County, Indiana; was buried in Medaryville Cemetery, Medaryville, Pulaski County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. 
Eliza Mavity was born on 7 Dec 1813 in Kentucky (daughter of John Mavity and Dorothy Reel); died on 11 Aug 1904 in Medaryville, Pulaski County, Indiana; was buried in Medaryville Cemetery, Medaryville, Pulaski County, Indiana. Notes:
Mrs. Elia Vawter.
A former resident of Lewis County died August 11th at Medaryville, Ind.
Mrs. Eliza Vawter, for many years a resident of Lewis County, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary A. Hedges, at Medaryville, Ind., Aug. 11th, in the ninety-second year of her age. Her husband, Pascal Vawter, preceded her to the grave five years. She was the mother of eight children, four of whom are living, - C.P. Vawter of Lexington (formerly of Springdale), Elder J. M. Vawter of Jeffersonville, Ind., Mrs. Jesse Truesdell of Cove Dale, Ky., and Mrs. Hedges. Mrs. Vawter left forty grandchildren, forty-one great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. She had been a member of the Christian Church seventy-five year.
The Evening Bulletin, Maysville, Kentucky. Monday, 15 August 1904.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30556605/eliza-vawterChildren:
- 7. Mary Ann Vawter was born on 11 Dec 1836 in Jefferson County, Indiana; died on 15 Dec 1912 in Canton, Lewis County, Missouri; was buried on 17 Dec 1912 in Forest Grove Cemetery, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri.
- Samantha Jane Vawter was born on 6 Feb 1841 in Jefferson County, Indiana; died on 29 Aug 1884 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Embury Cemetery, Hope, Vermilion County, Illinois.