Ida May Hedges
1865 - 1952 (87 years)-
Name Ida May Hedges Birth 30 Apr 1865 Vermilion County, Illinois 
[1] Gender Female Census 1930 Tilton, Vermilion County, Illinois Census 1940 Canton, Lewis County, Missouri Death 4 May 1952 Center Point, Iowa [1, 2] Burial Stearns Cemetery, Fithian-Muncie, Vermilion County, Illinois [1] Person ID I365 Hedges Last Modified 26 Dec 2025
Father Peter Thompson Hedges, b. 29 Jan 1831, Fleming County, Kentucky d. 12 Jun 1924, Tilton, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 93 years) Mother Mary Ann Vawter, b. 11 Dec 1836, Jefferson County, Indiana d. 15 Dec 1912, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri (Age 76 years) Marriage 12 Mar 1857 Rowan County, Kentucky [3, 4] Family ID F9 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lee Cronkhite, b. 30 Mar 1858, Warren County, Indiana d. 28 May 1913, Tilton, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 55 years) Marriage 19 Mar 1891 Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois [1] Children 1. Mary Eliza Cronkhite, b. 6 Oct 1900, Medaryville, Pulaski County, Indiana d. 19 Mar 1928, Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 27 years)Family ID F219 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 18 Feb 2018
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Birth - 30 Apr 1865 - Vermilion County, Illinois 
Marriage - 19 Mar 1891 - Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois 
Census - 1930 - Tilton, Vermilion County, Illinois 
Census - 1940 - Canton, Lewis County, Missouri 
Death - 4 May 1952 - Center Point, Iowa 
Burial - - Stearns Cemetery, Fithian-Muncie, Vermilion County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Photos Rosa and Ida Hedges 
Thaddeus Hedges family 
Cousins: Hedges, Horn, Brown, Smith, Bagley, Denger, Cronkite, Gilkison
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Notes - MHR note: Ida taught school in Vermilion County, Illinois from 1883-1891. In 1900 they moved to Medaryville, Indiana. In 1907 they moved to Tilton, Illinois and lived there until 1932. She went to Canton, then to Kilmichael, Mississippi until 1936, then back to Canton.
Ida May was immersed July 1875at German Schoolhouse near Fithian, Illinois.
[1] - MHR notebook:
Ida May (Hedges) and her husband, Lee Cronkhite, had one child, Mary Eliza, who died single.
Ida May Hedges is a member of the Christian Church, having been immersed by J.C. Myers in July 1875 at Gorman schoolhouse near Fithian, Ill. She taught school from 1883 to 1891 in Vermilion Co., Ill. The Lee Cronkhite family moved to Vandercook Co., Illinois near Danville, in March, 1907 and lived there till 1932. Her husband and daughter having died, Ida May (Hedges) Cronkhite moved then to Canton, Mo. to care for the grandchildren of her sister, at Kilmichael, Miss., she went down there, and returned to Canton, Mo,, in 1936. Here she remained till the death of her sister, Mattie, in 1942, when she went to Center Point, Iowa, to live with a niece, Flora Tillotson. In 1945 she traveled around visiting the families of her brother, Thaddeus, and her sister in Detroit, and spent the winter of 1945-46 with her sister, Blanche, in Kilmichael, Mississippi. Ida May Hedges was the daughter of Mary Ann (Vawter0 and her husband, Peter Thompson Hedges, and the second of their eight children.
- MHR note: Ida taught school in Vermilion County, Illinois from 1883-1891. In 1900 they moved to Medaryville, Indiana. In 1907 they moved to Tilton, Illinois and lived there until 1932. She went to Canton, then to Kilmichael, Mississippi until 1936, then back to Canton.
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