Walter Grierson Hedges
1880 - 1963 (83 years)-
Name Walter Grierson Hedges Born 18 Mar 1880 Muncie, Vermilion County, Illinois [1, 2] Gender Male Census 1910 Kapioma, Atchison County, Kansas Census 1920 Grasshopper Township, Atchison County, Kansas Census 1930 Netawaka, Jackson County, Kansas Census 1940 Wetmore, Nemaha County, Kansas Died 18 Jul 1963 Leavenworth County, Kansas [1, 2] Buried Muscotah Cemetery, Muscotah, Atchison County, Kansas [1, 2] Person ID I383 Hedges Last Modified 2 May 2023
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 [3, 4] Family ID F10 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mamie Elizabeth Wills, b. 9 Aug 1883, Muscotah, Atchison County, Kansas , d. 24 Jan 1955, Horton, Brown County, Kansas (Age 71 years) Married 1 Jan 1903 Holton, Jackson County, Kansas [1] Children + 1. Perpecta Marie Hedges, b. 16 Oct 1903, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri , d. 6 Oct 1993, Whiting, Jackson County, Kansas (Age 89 years) + 2. Walter Stewart Hedges, b. 30 Jun 1906, Muscotah, Atchison County, Kansas , d. 26 Feb 1986, Quartzite, Arizona (Age 79 years) 3. Bessie Ellen Hedges, b. 3 Apr 1918, Holton, Jackson County, Kansas , d. 5 Feb 1994, Grandview, Jackson County, Missouri (Age 75 years) 4. Irene Almyra Hedges, b. 25 Sep 1921, Whiting, Jackson County, Kansas , d. 25 Sep 1921, Whiting, Jackson County, Kansas (Age 0 years) 5. Harry Vawter Hedges, b. 17 May 1927, Goff, Nemaha County, Kansas , d. 17 May 1927, Goff, Nemaha County, Kansas (Age 0 years) Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 Family ID F234 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - MHR note: In 1888 when the family broke up housekeeping, Walter went to live with a man who paid him a quarter to do without his supper and then charged him 25 cents for breakfast. He ran away from Rhotens after 3 years.
Five children.
[1] - Kansas, United Spanish War Veterans Reports of Deaths, 1945-1970. Walter G. Hedges, Private, 44th Reg. Infantry. b.18 March 1880, Muncie, Illinois. d.18 July 1963, V.A. Hospital, Wadsworth, Kansas. Cemetery at Horton, Kansas.
- MHR note: In 1888 when the family broke up housekeeping, Walter went to live with a man who paid him a quarter to do without his supper and then charged him 25 cents for breakfast. He ran away from Rhotens after 3 years.
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