Samantha Jane Vawter
1841 - 1884 (43 years)
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Name Samantha Jane Vawter Born 6 Feb 1841 Jefferson County, Indiana 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Female Died 29 Aug 1884 Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois [1, 2, 3] Buried Embury Cemetery, Hope, Vermilion County, Illinois [2, 3] Person ID I14 Hedges Last Modified 15 Mar 2025
Father Pascal Vawter, b. 6 Jan 1813, Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana , d. 26 Jan 1899, Medaryville, Pulaski County, Indiana (Age 86 years) Mother Eliza Mavity, b. 7 Dec 1813, Kentucky , d. 11 Aug 1904, Medaryville, Pulaski County, Indiana (Age 90 years) Married 1 Apr 1834 Jennings County, Indiana [1, 4] Family ID F18 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Levi Marion Hedges, b. 30 May 1833, Fleming County, Kentucky , d. 28 Jan 1907, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas (Age 73 years) Married 10 Nov 1857 Pine Grove, Rowan County, Kentucky [3, 5, 6] Children 1. Indiana Louisa "Lou" Hedges, b. 20 Aug 1858, Rowan County, Kentucky , d. 15 Apr 1883, Carter County, Kentucky (Age 24 years)2. Ashba Vawter Hedges, b. 29 Aug 1860, Rowan County, Kentucky , d. 23 Oct 1929, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas (Age 69 years)3. Loretta Ophelia Hedges, b. 26 Nov 1862, Rowan County, Kentucky , d. May 1883, Hope, Illinois (Age 20 years)4. Mary Addison "Addi" Hedges, b. 26 Aug 1865, Aberdeen, Brown County, Ohio , d. May 1887, Bunker Hill, Illinois (Age 21 years)5. Eliza Lydia "Lida" Hedges, b. 30 May 1868, Rowan County, Kentucky , d. 6 Jun 1954, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas (Age 86 years)6. John Milton Hedges, b. 23 May 1870, Rowan County, Kentucky , d. 26 Mar 1907, Las Animas, Las Animas County, Colorado (Age 36 years)7. William R. Hedges, b. 22 Feb 1873, Rowan County, Kentucky , d. Feb 1873, Rowan County, Kentucky 8. Malinda S. Hedges, b. 22 Feb 1873, Rowan County, Kentucky , d. Feb 1873, Rowan County, Kentucky 9. Charles Edgar Hedges, b. 27 Dec 1876, Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky , d. 15 Sep 1951, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas (Age 74 years)10. Walter Grierson Hedges, b. 18 Mar 1880, Muncie, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 18 Jul 1963, Leavenworth County, Kansas (Age 83 years)+ 11. Levi "Marion" Freece Hedges, b. 16 Jun 1882, Hope, Illinois , d. 31 Mar 1944, La Crescenta, Los Angeles County, California (Age 61 years)Last Modified 15 Mar 2025 Family ID F10 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 6 Feb 1841 - Jefferson County, Indiana 
Married - 10 Nov 1857 - Pine Grove, Rowan County, Kentucky 
Died - 29 Aug 1884 - Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois 
Buried - - Embury Cemetery, Hope, Vermilion County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Levi Marion Hedges and Samantha Jane Vawter Hedges Levi Marion Hedges and Samantha Jane Vawter Hedges
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Notes - Samantha Jane Vawter was born February 6, 1841, in Jefferson County, Indiana, and died August 29, 1844, at Fithian, Illinois. On November 10, 1857, she married Levi Marion Hedges at Pine Grove, Rowan County, Kentucky, and died January 28, 1907, at Topeka, Kansas. Levi Marion Hedges was the fifth of eleven children of William Riblan Hedges and Malinda Russell (Cassity) Hedges. During the Civil War, Levi was a sergeant in the Tenth Kentucky Cavalry. In 1862, while Levi and his brother Peter Thompson, were away at war, Confederate guerillas came and asked Pascal Vawter whether he did not have two sons-i-law and a son in the Union Army. He admitted he had. The guerillas then asked Pascal to take the oath of allegiance to the Southern Confederacy, and when he refused, they threatened him with drawn swords, but did not actually harm him. Pascal’s daughter, Samantha Jane and Mary Ann, were living with their father while their husbands were away at war, and it was now thought best that they all move away from Kentucky. Rascal and his wife and daughter Samantha Jane moved to Manchester, Ohio, and Mary An moved to a second cousin’s at Rexford, Indiana, with her small son Thaddeus. William Riblan Hedges may have gone there also, as Samantha Jane added a postscript to a letter he wrote to Mary Ann in 1863.
Levi M. Hedges moved his family from Kentucky, settling in Vermilion County, Illinois, in October 1879. Levi was married a second time in 1893 to Hattie Lascher, a widow, but they were later divorced. Samantha Jane is buried at Emberry Cemetery near Muncie, Illinois. Some time after her death her brother-in-law, P.T. Hedges, had a head stone erected at her grave for her and her daughter, Lora or Etta, as she was sometimes called. Levi Marion Hedges is buried at Topeka, Kansas, in the Topeka Cemetery.
The Mavity Family, page 23-24
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- Samantha Jane Vawter was born February 6, 1841, in Jefferson County, Indiana, and died August 29, 1844, at Fithian, Illinois. On November 10, 1857, she married Levi Marion Hedges at Pine Grove, Rowan County, Kentucky, and died January 28, 1907, at Topeka, Kansas. Levi Marion Hedges was the fifth of eleven children of William Riblan Hedges and Malinda Russell (Cassity) Hedges. During the Civil War, Levi was a sergeant in the Tenth Kentucky Cavalry. In 1862, while Levi and his brother Peter Thompson, were away at war, Confederate guerillas came and asked Pascal Vawter whether he did not have two sons-i-law and a son in the Union Army. He admitted he had. The guerillas then asked Pascal to take the oath of allegiance to the Southern Confederacy, and when he refused, they threatened him with drawn swords, but did not actually harm him. Pascal’s daughter, Samantha Jane and Mary Ann, were living with their father while their husbands were away at war, and it was now thought best that they all move away from Kentucky. Rascal and his wife and daughter Samantha Jane moved to Manchester, Ohio, and Mary An moved to a second cousin’s at Rexford, Indiana, with her small son Thaddeus. William Riblan Hedges may have gone there also, as Samantha Jane added a postscript to a letter he wrote to Mary Ann in 1863.
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Sources - [S2] Mary Hedges Reiner, The Hedges Family by Mary Hedges Reiner.
- [S6] Find a Grave.
- [S77] The Mavity Family, Norman Bloss Mavity, (Edwards Brother, Inc.), Library of Linda Hedges., page 23-24.
- [S40] Indiana Marriage Collection: 1800-1941.
- [S1] Family Bible, William Ribelin Hedges.
- [S30] Kentucky marriage records, 1852-1914.
- [S2] Mary Hedges Reiner, The Hedges Family by Mary Hedges Reiner.