Daniel Ford Hedges
1890 - 1973 (82 years)-
Name Daniel Ford Hedges Born 14 Aug 1890 Frederick County, Maryland 
[1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Male Census 1920 Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland Census 1930 Woodsboro, Frederick County, Maryland Census 1940 Frederick County, Maryland Died 21 Mar 1973 Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland [4] Buried Glade Cemetery, Walkersville, Frederick County, Maryland [4] Person ID I3413 Hedges Last Modified 24 Apr 2023
Father Charles Henry Hedges, b. 23 Jan 1858, Frederick County, Maryland , d. 4 Nov 1942 (Age 84 years) Mother Alice Sidney Erb, b. 26 Aug 1858, Frederick County, Maryland , d. 3 Nov 1953, Frederick County, Maryland (Age 95 years) Married 13 Mar 1888 Frederick County, Maryland [1, 2] Family ID F1511 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Violet Swadener, b. 19 Sep 1892, Libertytown, Frederick County, Maryland , d. 1 Nov 1989 (Age 97 years) Married 30 Dec 1912 Frederick County, Maryland [1] Children 1. Alice Kathleen Hedges, b. 11 Dec 1914, Walkersville, Frederick County, Maryland , d. 15 Feb 2004, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland (Age 89 years)Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 Family ID F1523 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 14 Aug 1890 - Frederick County, Maryland 
Married - 30 Dec 1912 - Frederick County, Maryland 
Census - 1920 - Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland 
Census - 1930 - Woodsboro, Frederick County, Maryland Census - 1940 - Frederick County, Maryland 
Died - 21 Mar 1973 - Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland 
Buried - - Glade Cemetery, Walkersville, Frederick County, Maryland = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Traffic Wrecks Claim Two Lives
[long article about two separate accidents, including the following text]
In the earlier accident, State Police have charged a Frederick County man in the traffic death of a Washington man, Samuel C.S. Thoronka, 25, of Chaplin Street NW.
Daniel Ford Hedges, 82, of Rt.3, Frederick, who was listed Saturday morning in serious condition with head injuries at the Washington County Hospital, was charged with failure to yield the right of way in the 1 p.m. accident.
Police said Thoronka was operating his 1969 VW north on U.S. 15 when a 1964 pickup truck operated by Hedges pulled from Biggs Ford Road into the path of Thoronka vehicle.
In the ensuing collision, the Hedges vehicle overturned and came to rest on its top. Police said both vehicles were severely damaged.
Junion Ambulance and Walkersville Fire Company personnel worked for about 20 minutes to free Thoronka from his car. Both men were transported to Frederick Memorial Hospital, and Thoronka was later flown by the
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State police helicopter to the shock-trauma unit of Baltimore University Hospital where he died at 11:45 p.m. Friday. He was earlier said to be suffering from “massive internal injuries and severe bleeding.”
Hedges was transferred to Washington County Hospital suffering from head injuries and a possible fractured skull. He was reported in “serious” condition Saturday morning.
Police listed driver error on the part of Hedges as the contributing factor in the accident, and said he was charged with failure to yield the right of way.
Trooper R.M. McCarty and Cpl. P.R. Sanders are investigating for state police.
The News, Frederick, Maryland. Saturday, 17 March, 1973, page 1.
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