Robert Hedges
1858 - 1879 (20 years)-
Name Robert Hedges Born 8 Dec 1858 Texas 
[1, 2] Gender Male Died 8 Oct 1879 Rockwall County, Texas [2] - MHR gives Colorado as place of death. [3]
Buried Mount Zion Cemetery, Rockwall, Rockwall County, Texas [2] - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126940332/robert-b-hedges
Inscription:
Robert B. Hedges
Born Dec 8, 1858
Died Oct 8, 1879
Gone before us, O our brother, to the Spirit land. Vainly look we for another in thy place to stand."
Person ID I345 Hedges Last Modified 27 Nov 2023
Father Addison W. Hedges, b. 13 Feb 1826, Fleming County, Kentucky , d. 9 Aug 1863, Rockwall, Rockwall County, Texas (Age 37 years) Mother Sarah Jane McCurry, b. 10 Sep 1830, Greene County, Tennessee , d. 23 Nov 1904, Rockwall County, Texas (Age 74 years) Married 18 Mar 1858 Texas [4] Family ID F5 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - 8 Dec 1858 - Texas 
Died - 8 Oct 1879 - Rockwall County, Texas 
Buried - - Mount Zion Cemetery, Rockwall, Rockwall County, Texas = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Hedges, Robert newspaper article
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Notes - MHR note: Myrtle said that Robert Hedges was murdered while driving the treasure coach in Colorado.
Robert had started for the home of P. T. Hedges in Illinois when he was shot by a bandit, so never arrived.
[3] - J.W. Roberts, of Rockwall, reaching the city to night in charge of R.B. Hedges, who was recently wounded in a fight with highwaymen, near Morrisville, Colorado. In the fight two of the gang, Texas Jack and Shelby, were also wounded, and are now prisoners. The following morning, while Hedges lay in bed, one of the gang entered and shot him in the hip. Hedges came through in the express coach, and was lifted from the car on his cot.
Tri-Weekly Herald. Thursday, 9 October 1879
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Southern States News.
Texas.]
J.W. Roberts, of Rockwall, reached the city to-night in charge of R.B. Hedges, who was recently wounded in a fight with highwaymen, near Morrisville, Colo. In the fight two of the gang, Texas Jack and Shelby, were also wounded, and are now prisoners. The following morning, while Hedges lay in bed, one of the gang entered and shot him in the hip. Hedges came through in the express coach, and was lifted from the car on his cot.
The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, Louisiana. Saturday, 11 October 1879, page 8.
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- MHR note: Myrtle said that Robert Hedges was murdered while driving the treasure coach in Colorado.
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