Thaddeus "Mortimer" Gilkison
1878 - 1955 (77 years)-
Name Thaddeus "Mortimer" Gilkison Birth 7 Aug 1878 Rowan County, Kentucky 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Census 1920 Deerfield, Lake County, Illinois Census 1930 Highwood, Lake County, Illinois Death 27 Oct 1955 Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois [1, 2, 4] Burial St. Marys Cemetery, Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois [2] Person ID I391 Hedges Last Modified 13 May 2025
Father Sanford Lewis Gilkison, b. 2 Jan 1834, Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky d. 10 Feb 1884, Rowan County, Kentucky (Age 50 years) Mother Rosannah Sarah Hedges, b. 1 Nov 1835, Fleming County, Kentucky d. 27 May 1924, Jamaica, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 88 years) Marriage 31 Jan 1860 Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky [5] Family ID F12 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Fitt, b. 18 Nov 1888, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois d. 29 May 1947 (Age 58 years) Marriage 7 Aug 1906 Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois [1] Children 1. Mary Thelma Gilkison, b. 28 Nov 1907 d. 1 Dec 1907 (Age 0 years) 2. Joseph Ivan Gilkison, b. 15 Aug 1909, Illinois d. 16 Sep 1964, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas (Age 55 years)+ 3. Thomas Mortimer Gilkison, b. 29 Dec 1914, Highwood, Lake County, Illinois d. 8 Oct 2006, Overland Park, Johnson County, Kansas (Age 91 years)Family ID F244 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 13 Jan 2023
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Event Map 
Birth - 7 Aug 1878 - Rowan County, Kentucky 
Marriage - 7 Aug 1906 - Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois 
Census - 1920 - Deerfield, Lake County, Illinois 
Census - 1930 - Highwood, Lake County, Illinois 
Death - 27 Oct 1955 - Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois 
Burial - - St. Marys Cemetery, Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Photos 
Cousins: Hedges, Horn, Brown, Smith, Bagley, Denger, Cronkite, Gilkison 
Hedges Reunion 1932
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Notes - MHR: Mary Fitt was a Catholic. Thaddeus became a Catholic when he married. her.
[1] - Genealogy of the Coffinberry Family.
Compiled by Mrs. Beatrice Berman Scott, 1927
https://archive.org/details/genealogyofcoffi00scot/page/n5/mode/2up
page 57-58
"Gilkisons"
There is a family of Gilkisons living in Highwood, Ill., whom, I believe, are a branch of one of the two original Gilkison brothers, who were born in Scotland and came to America and settled in Virginia and Kentucky in the early days. There were two brothers who came to this country, we are descendants of one of the brothers and the family of Gilkisons living in Illinois are, perhaps, descendants of the other brother.
T. Mortimer Gilkison sends in the following data:
My great-grandfather was born in Scotland (am sure his name was William) and came to America as an orphan at about fifteen years of age and settled in Virginia. This, as near as I can trace, was about 1785. I am unable to tell you anything about his family except that he had one son, William, my grandfather.
My grandfather went from Virginia to Kentucky when a young man and was married twice. To his first wife was horn one daughter and two sons: Malvina, Milton, Stanford L.. my father.
To his second wife was born three sons and two daughters: Burgis, Albert, Rowe, Almira and Amanda. Of all the children, there is just one living. That one is Albert, whose address, I believe, is Triplett, Kentucky.
My father, Sanford L. Gilkison, was born in what was at that time a part of Flemming County, later Rowen County, some time in 1833. I have lost the date. Was married on December 31, I860, to Rosana S. Hedges. To them five children were horn: Lillian, Rousseau, Frances, William and Mortimer. The last is my name.
Rousseau lives at Bluestone, Kentucky, and William lives at Gatlin, Illinois. I was married August 7, 1906, to Mary Lucile Fitt. We have had three children, the oldest, Thelma, was born November 28, 1907, died December 1, 1907. The next, Joseph Ivon, was born August 15, 1909. Thomas Morti¬ mer was born December 29, 1914.
There are descendants of Jonathon Gilkison (brother to James and John C. Gilkison) living in Quincy, Illinois. Janathem settled in Missouri.
There is a Henery A. Gilkison belonging to our family tree who is living in Chicago. He is a descendant, I think, of James and Nancy, but cannot place him.
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- MHR: Mary Fitt was a Catholic. Thaddeus became a Catholic when he married. her.
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Sources - [S2] Mary Hedges Reiner, The Hedges Family by Mary Hedges Reiner.
- [S6] Find a Grave.
- [S26] US World War I draft registration.
- [S11] Hedges Reunion Book, Library of Linda Hedges.
- [S1] Family Bible, William Ribelin Hedges.
- [S113] Beatrice Berman Scott, Genealogy of the Coffinberry family, https://archive.org/details/genealogyofcoffi00scot/page/n5/mode/2up.
- [S2] Mary Hedges Reiner, The Hedges Family by Mary Hedges Reiner.