hmtl5 Charles Mortimer Gilkison b. 4 Dec 1900 Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois d. 1 Jun 1967 Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois: Hedges Genealogy
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Charles Mortimer Gilkison

Male 1900 - 1967  (66 years)

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  • Name Charles Mortimer Gilkison 
    Birth 4 Dec 1900  Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1930  Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 1 Jun 1967  Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Burial Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Person ID I1178  Hedges
    Last Modified 1 Jun 2025 

    Father William Isaac Gilkison,   b. 13 Aug 1871, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Aug 1960, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Sarah Adeline "Addie" Cox,   b. 3 Feb 1882, Counts Cross Roads, Carter County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Aug 1958, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 15 Feb 1900  Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Family ID F243  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Clara Goldie Eaton,   b. 18 Mar 1901, Sidell, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 May 1972 (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 11 Nov 1922  Covington, Fountain County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Betty Jeane Gilkison,   b. 31 Oct 1926, Catlin Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Nov 2013, Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     2. Ruth Gilkison,   b. 20 Sep 1927, Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 2001 (Age 73 years)
     3. Charles Richard Gilkison,   b. 13 Mar 1935, Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Feb 1995, Riverside County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
     4. Joseph Mortimer Gilkison,   b. 22 Jan 1939, Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 2001 (Age 62 years)
    Family ID F672  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Nov 2019 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 4 Dec 1900 - Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 11 Nov 1922 - Covington, Fountain County, Indiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1940 - Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1 Jun 1967 - Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Mount Vernon Cemetery, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Hedges Reunion 1946    		Hedges Reunion 1946
    The Seventeenth Annual Hedges Reunion was held Sunday, August 18, 1946 at Lincoln Park, Danville, Illinois with 99 relatives and friends present. A basket dinner was served at the noon hour. George F. Hedges presided at the business meeting in the afternoon. Talks were given from those from distances and was enjoyed by all. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year. President J. W. Hedges, Vice President P. T. Hedges, Secretary Treasurer Anna Bagley. The next meeting will be held the 3rd Sunday in August 1947 in Missouri. Gifts were presented to the oldest man present, George F. Hedges, 79. Oldest woman was Mrs. Cora Hedges, 76 years old. The youngest was Robert Alan Yeazel, 3 month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Yeazel. Newlyweds were Mr. and Mrs. John Hanks. The one coming the farthest was Jasper N. Hedges of Dubois, Wyoming, 1650 miles. There were 6 marriages, Betty Buckman and Dale Wood, Geraldine Hedges and Frank Pesorara, Betty Lou Smith and Frank Day, Lois Smith and Max Dodd, Roy Hedges and Inez Cola, Irene Smith and John Hanks. There were 9 births [transcriber has omitted this section to preserve privacy] Two deaths: Ercel Eldon Simpson and James A. Hedges. Greetings were received from those from a distance who could not attend.

  • Notes 
    • Charley M. Gilkison
      Georgetown (CNS) - Charley M. Gilkison, 68, died yesterday (June 1, 1967) at 3 p.m. at his home northeast of Georgetown.
      He had been a farmer all his life and had lived in the Georgetown are 36 years.
      Born Dec. 4, 1900 in Indianola, he was the son of William and Addie Cox Gilkison. He was married to Clara Eaton on Nov. 11, 1922 in Covington and she survives.
      Other survivors are two sons, Richard of West Covina, Calif., and Joseph of Pittsburg, Pa.; two daughters, Mrs. Jesse Carson of Oakwood and Mrs. Ruth Roberts of Potomac; a brother, Sanford of Fairmount; four sisters, Mrs. Miriam Hickman of Joliet, Mrs. Iris Davis of Catlin, Mrs. Cena Hickman of Fairmount, and Mrs. Dorothy Thielking of Edgewater, Maryland and 13 grandchildren.
      Mr. Gilkison was a member of the First Church of Christ in Georgetown and was a member of the church board and vice president of the Christian Builders Sunday School Class.
      The body is at the Houghton Funeral Home where friends may call after 7 p.m. today. The body will be taken to the church at 1 p.m. Sunday for services at 2 p.m. Ed Armstrong will officiate and burial will be in Mount Vernon Cemetery in Catlin Township.

      Obituary from the Fairmount & Jamaica History Site facebook page.
      [4]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Mary Hedges Reiner, The Hedges Family by Mary Hedges Reiner.

    2. [S11] Hedges Reunion Book, Library of Linda Hedges.

    3. [S6] Find a Grave.

    4. [S9] Obituary.


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