Matilda Hunt
1831 - 1901 (70 years)
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Name Matilda Hunt Born 10 Apr 1831 Greenup County, Kentucky 
[1, 2] Gender Female Religion Center Point Church [3, 4] Died 22 Jul 1901 Missouri [1] Buried Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri [1] - Maltilda Hitchcock, wife of John J. Hitchcock, age 70y, 4m, 12d. Buried next to W. R. and Sarah L. Hedges (her daugher).
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25798638/matilda-hitchcock
Plot Block 1, Row 8, Space 9, Lot H77
Person ID I403 Hedges Last Modified 27 Dec 2024
Father Reuben Solomon Hunt, b. 1794, Bath County, Kentucky , d. 27 Sep 1841, Schultz Creek, Greenup County, Kentucky (Age 47 years) Mother Hannah Jarvis, b. 1795, Fleming County, Kentucky , d. 1870, Schultz Creek, Greenup County, Kentucky (Age 75 years) Married 24 Aug 1813 Fleming County, Kentucky Family ID F1632 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Fielding C. Allen, b. Abt 1818, Virginia , d. Apr 1852, Greenup County, Kentucky (Age 34 years) Married 14 Aug 1844 Children 1. Sarah Lavina Allen, b. 21 Aug 1845, Greenup County, Kentucky , d. 16 Jun 1916, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri (Age 70 years)2. Philora Allen, b. 28 Sep 1847, Greenup County, Kentucky , d. 31 Jan 1929, Allerton, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 81 years)3. Martha Allen Last Modified 7 Mar 2025 Family ID F21 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 John Jefferson Hitchcock, b. 23 Dec 1837, Ohio , d. 14 Dec 1920, Siloam, Greenup County, Kentucky (Age 82 years) Married 24 Dec 1858 Greenup County, Kentucky [5] Children + 1. Ada M. Hitchcock, b. 23 Feb 1861, Kentucky , d. 29 Dec 1915, Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana (Age 54 years)+ 2. Nancy Virginia "Nannie" Hitchcock, b. 7 Feb 1864, Greenup County, Kentucky , d. 16 Feb 1898, Gove, Gove County, Kansas (Age 34 years)Last Modified 10 Sep 2021 Family ID F250 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 10 Apr 1831 - Greenup County, Kentucky 
Religion - - Center Point Church Married - 24 Dec 1858 - Greenup County, Kentucky 
Died - 22 Jul 1901 - Missouri 
Buried - - Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Matilda Hunt Allen Hitchcock Matilda Hunt Allen Hitchcock
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Center Point Church (7)
Stories of historical days in Vermilion County, Illinois
https://archive.org/details/storiesofhistor0tugg/page/56/mode/2up
CENTER POINT CHURCH
By WlLINORE Moreman, Dist. 170 Teacher, Edna White
I have chosen this subject because I am one of the fourth generation of my family to attend the Center Point Church.
This church is located about six miles southwest of Fairmount and three miles from Jamaica. In the year of 1891 this church was dedicated by Reverend Brooks of Paris, Illinois.
Prior to this time, the people worshipped in the Center Point schoolhouse. It was in the year of 1891, while a revival meeting was being held, that a young lady, Miss Ada Hedges, now Mrs. Ada Smith of Homer, Illinois, desired to enlist in the services and work of her Lord. Her parents, being members of the Church of Christ, sought to start their daughter in the Gospel training and their own faith. A preacher of the New Testament was then called. This minister was the Reverend B. N. Anderson, who held a three weeks' meeting in the Center Point Schoolhouse, and in which building Sunday School and Church were held until February 14, 1891. Sunday School and Church had been held in the schoolhouse in former years occasionally, but there was no organization until 1891.
Then the disciples named below met and organized themselves into a congregation of the New Testament teaching:
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Hedges, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. Robert McKee, Mr. and Mrs. David Sconce, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Greer, Mrs. Matilda Hitchcock, Mrs. Jennie Hopper, Mrs. Lucy Hedges, Mrs. Anna Elliott Sullivan all now deceased.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Ellis of Macy, Indiana
Mrs. Emma Elliott Carrington of Georgetown
Mrs. Ada Hedges Smith of Homer
Mr. Harvey Elliott of Sidell, Illinois.
Elders of the church chosen at the time the church was organized were: Richard Elliott, James A. Hedges. Deacons of the Church when organized: Ed. Ellis, Harvey Elliott.
Thirty-two members were received in the first revival meeting, many of whom have "crossed the bar" but whose children and grandchildren are still carrying on the work.
The Sunday School attendance on each Sunday is from 35 to 50. There is one man attending who has not missed Sunday School in five years. This man is George Hedges of Fairmount, Illinois. Many have a one year record.
Reverend I. L. Cummins of Danville has been the minister of the Church the last five years, and it is thought that his good work has kept the Church thriving and growing.
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Sources - [S8] Cemetery records.
- [S25] Census.
- [S83] Stories of historical days in Vermilion County, Illinois, Compiled for the school libraries by L. A. Tuggle, County Superintendent of Schools, (https://archive.org/), https://archive.org/details/storiesofhistor0tugg/page/n8/mode/2up.
- [S100] Records of the Center Point Church, Library of Linda Hedges.
- [S30] Kentucky marriage records, 1852-1914.
- [S82] LKH.
- [S8] Cemetery records.
