Ada Luvina Hedges
1875 - 1965 (90 years)
-
Name Ada Luvina Hedges Born 15 Aug 1875 Rowan County, Kentucky 
[1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Female Religion Center Point Church [5, 6] Census 1940 Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Died 14 Nov 1965 Tilton, Vermilion County, Illinois [1, 3, 4, 7] Buried Davis Cemetery, Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois [1, 3, 4] Person ID I289 Hedges Last Modified 17 Apr 2024
Father James Alva Hedges, b. 14 Sep 1843, Fleming County, Kentucky , d. 3 Nov 1921, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 78 years) Mother Philora Allen, b. 28 Sep 1847, Greenup County, Kentucky , d. 31 Jan 1929, Allerton, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 81 years) Married 26 Dec 1865 [3, 8] Family ID F16 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Thomas Laben Smith, b. 26 Jun 1864, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania , d. 20 Jun 1934, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois (Age 69 years) Married 7 Aug 1892 Homer, Champaign County, Illinois [1, 3] Children + 1. James "Lester" Smith, b. 6 Jun 1896, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois , d. 5 Dec 1969 (Age 73 years)+ 2. Leonard Wesley Smith, b. 22 Jul 1899, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois , d. 12 Jan 1978, Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois (Age 78 years)Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 Family ID F176 Group Sheet | Family Chart
-
Event Map 
Born - 15 Aug 1875 - Rowan County, Kentucky 
Religion - - Center Point Church 
Married - 7 Aug 1892 - Homer, Champaign County, Illinois 
Census - 1940 - Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois 
Died - 14 Nov 1965 - Tilton, Vermilion County, Illinois 
Buried - - Davis Cemetery, Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
: Address
: Location
: City/Town
: County/Shire
: State/Province
: Country
: Not Set
-
Photos 
Hedges, Cora, Sophia, Grace, Willis Fox, Addy Smith, neighbor Molly Pletch, and Floye Hedges Ericson 
At Ralph and Eva's in Sidell, Illinois 
Gritton, Hedges, Fox, Yeazel in Fairmount
On the porch at Grace and Willis Fox's house in Fairmount, Illinois. Back row from left: Cora Belle (Gritton) Hedges, Ada (Hedges) Smith, Mollie Pletch (a neighbor), Willis Fox. Front row: Sophia (Hedges) Yeazel, Elmer Ericson of Downey California, and Grace (Hedges) Fox.Ada Hedges Smith 
Ada Hedges Smith and Grace Hedges in their new Auburn car 
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.
Hedges Reunion - best guess for date is before 1939 
Hedges Reunion 1932 
Hedges_Sept030.jpg
Documents 
Smith, Ada Hedges
Albums 
Center Point Church (7)
Stories of historical days in Vermilion County, Illinois
https://archive.org/details/storiesofhistor0tugg/page/56/mode/2up
CENTER POINT CHURCH
By WlLINORE Moreman, Dist. 170 Teacher, Edna White
I have chosen this subject because I am one of the fourth generation of my family to attend the Center Point Church.
This church is located about six miles southwest of Fairmount and three miles from Jamaica. In the year of 1891 this church was dedicated by Reverend Brooks of Paris, Illinois.
Prior to this time, the people worshipped in the Center Point schoolhouse. It was in the year of 1891, while a revival meeting was being held, that a young lady, Miss Ada Hedges, now Mrs. Ada Smith of Homer, Illinois, desired to enlist in the services and work of her Lord. Her parents, being members of the Church of Christ, sought to start their daughter in the Gospel training and their own faith. A preacher of the New Testament was then called. This minister was the Reverend B. N. Anderson, who held a three weeks' meeting in the Center Point Schoolhouse, and in which building Sunday School and Church were held until February 14, 1891. Sunday School and Church had been held in the schoolhouse in former years occasionally, but there was no organization until 1891.
Then the disciples named below met and organized themselves into a congregation of the New Testament teaching:
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Hedges, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. Robert McKee, Mr. and Mrs. David Sconce, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Greer, Mrs. Matilda Hitchcock, Mrs. Jennie Hopper, Mrs. Lucy Hedges, Mrs. Anna Elliott Sullivan all now deceased.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Ellis of Macy, Indiana
Mrs. Emma Elliott Carrington of Georgetown
Mrs. Ada Hedges Smith of Homer
Mr. Harvey Elliott of Sidell, Illinois.
Elders of the church chosen at the time the church was organized were: Richard Elliott, James A. Hedges. Deacons of the Church when organized: Ed. Ellis, Harvey Elliott.
Thirty-two members were received in the first revival meeting, many of whom have "crossed the bar" but whose children and grandchildren are still carrying on the work.
The Sunday School attendance on each Sunday is from 35 to 50. There is one man attending who has not missed Sunday School in five years. This man is George Hedges of Fairmount, Illinois. Many have a one year record.
Reverend I. L. Cummins of Danville has been the minister of the Church the last five years, and it is thought that his good work has kept the Church thriving and growing.
-
Notes - MHR note: Ada was a member of the Church of Christ, Danville, Illinois and a member of the Perseverance Band.
[1] - Mrs. Ada Smith
Homer (CNS) – Mrs. Ada Hedges Smith, 90, died at 8:30 p.m. (Nov. 14, 1965) at the Smoot Nursing Home in Tilton where she had been a patient five years.
She formerly lived on Homer rural route and in Danville.
She was born at Farmerburg, Ky., Aug. 15, 1875, the daughter of James and Philora Hitchcock Hedges. She was married to Tom Smith on Aug. 7, 1892 at Homer. He died in 1933.
Surviving are two sons, Lester of Metcalf and Leonard of Homer rural route; a daughter, Mrs. Grace Brazelton of Hume; 11 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.
She was also preceded in death by three brothers and three sisters.
She was a member of the Church of Christ of Danville and the Perseverence Band.
The body is at the Jeanes-Kirby Funeral Home in Homer where funeral will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Ernest Eckhoff officiating. Burial will be in Davis Cemetery at Fairmount. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday.
[3, 9] - member of Center Point Church
[6]
- MHR note: Ada was a member of the Church of Christ, Danville, Illinois and a member of the Perseverance Band.
-
Sources - [S2] Mary Hedges Reiner, The Hedges Family by Mary Hedges Reiner.
- [S3] Kentucky birth records, 1852-1910.
- [S9] Obituary.
- [S6] Find a Grave.
- [S83] Stories of historical days in Vermilion County, Illinois, Compiled for the school libraries by L. A. Tuggle, County Superintendent of Schools, (https://archive.org/), https://archive.org/details/storiesofhistor0tugg/page/n8/mode/2up.
- [S100] Records of the Center Point Church, Library of Linda Hedges.
- [S11] Hedges Reunion Book, Library of Linda Hedges.
- [S1] Family Bible, William Ribelin Hedges.
- [S88] newspaper clipping, Library of Linda Hedges.
- [S2] Mary Hedges Reiner, The Hedges Family by Mary Hedges Reiner.