Ashba Vawter Hedges
1860 - 1929 (69 years)
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Name Ashba Vawter Hedges Born 29 Aug 1860 Rowan County, Kentucky 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Occupation school teacher [4] Census 1900 Center Township, Norton County, Kansas Census 1910 Guilford, Wilson County, Kansas Census 1920 Big Creek, Ellis County, Kansas Died 23 Oct 1929 Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas [1, 3, 5] Buried Maple Grove Cemetery, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas [3, 5] - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25419009/ashba-vawter-hedges
Section E, Lot MH, Grave 118
Person ID I375 Hedges Last Modified 17 May 2024
Father Levi Marion Hedges, b. 30 May 1833, Fleming County, Kentucky , d. 28 Jan 1907, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas (Age 73 years) Mother Samantha Jane Vawter, b. 6 Feb 1841, Jefferson County, Indiana , d. 29 Aug 1884, Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 43 years) Married 10 Nov 1857 Rowan County, Kentucky [6, 7] Family ID F10 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Mildred Wear, b. 4 Sep 1874, Perrysville, Indiana , d. 25 Apr 1945, Hays, Ellis County, Kansas (Age 70 years) Married 21 Jun 1891 Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas [1, 2] Children 1. Addie Hedges, b. 12 Apr 1892, Pilot, Vermilion County, illinois , d. 12 Apr 1892, Pilot, Vermilion County, illinois (Age 0 years)+ 2. Effie Grace Hedges, b. 25 Oct 1893, Denison, Jackson County, Kansas , d. 12 Mar 1964, Eldorado, Butler County, Kansas (Age 70 years)3. Albion Tourgee Hedges, b. 11 Sep 1895, Denison, Jackson County, Kansas , d. 3 Jan 1944, Canton, Stark County, Ohio (Age 48 years)4. Mary Mildred Hedges, b. 3 Aug 1899, Denison, Jackson County, Kansas , d. 24 Sep 1987, Portland, Oregon (Age 88 years)5. Eva Louella Hedges, b. 25 Sep 1901, Norton, Norton County, Kansas , d. 20 Sep 1979, Pueblo, Colorado (Age 77 years)+ 6. Ashby Vawter Hedges, b. 29 Dec 1903, Norcatur, Kansas , d. 3 Jul 1968, Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio (Age 64 years)+ 7. Lida Alice Hedges, b. 24 Nov 1905, Norcatur, Kansas , d. 19 Nov 1996, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona (Age 90 years)Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 Family ID F229 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 29 Aug 1860 - Rowan County, Kentucky 
Married - 21 Jun 1891 - Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas 
Census - 1900 - Center Township, Norton County, Kansas 
Census - 1910 - Guilford, Wilson County, Kansas 
Census - 1920 - Big Creek, Ellis County, Kansas Died - 23 Oct 1929 - Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas 
Buried - - Maple Grove Cemetery, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - MHR note: Ashbey Vawter Hedges was a school teacher and superintendent of schools for 50 years (if parts of terms are counted). He taught first "Slaty Point" school, Rowan County, Kentucky (along the Triplett Creek) and went back to teach his last school there. He taught also in Illinois (Wingard School, among others), and in Kansas, and one term in Oklahoma (1907-08). He carried the mail by horseback from Mt. Sterling to Cross Roads, Kentucky (now Farmer), swimming the Licking River to do so. He was a Mason, Oddfellow and Republican. He was a member of the Christian Church.
[1] - Hedges – Funeral services for A.V. Hedges, 69, who died at the Kansas Masonic home here Thursday, will be at the Gill mortuary Saturday at 2 p.m. Rev. R.L. George will officiate. Bestor Brown Lodge A.F.&A.M. will have charge of services at the grave in Maple Grove cemetery.
The Wichita Beacon, Wichita, Kansas. Friday, 25 October 1929.
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- MHR note: Ashbey Vawter Hedges was a school teacher and superintendent of schools for 50 years (if parts of terms are counted). He taught first "Slaty Point" school, Rowan County, Kentucky (along the Triplett Creek) and went back to teach his last school there. He taught also in Illinois (Wingard School, among others), and in Kansas, and one term in Oklahoma (1907-08). He carried the mail by horseback from Mt. Sterling to Cross Roads, Kentucky (now Farmer), swimming the Licking River to do so. He was a Mason, Oddfellow and Republican. He was a member of the Christian Church.
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