Vianna Jane Hedges
1828 - 1911 (82 years)-
Name Vianna Jane Hedges Born 4 May 1828 Fleming County, Kentucky 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Female Census 1860 Rowan County, Kentucky Census 1910 Pine Grove, Rowan County, Kentucky Died 24 Jan 1911 Pine Grove, Rowan County, Kentucky [2, 3, 4, 5] Buried 24 Jan 1911 Pine Grove Cemetery, Cranston, Rowan County, Kentucky [2, 3] Person ID I5 Hedges Last Modified 28 Nov 2023
Father William Ribelin Hedges, b. 14 Mar 1798, Montgomery County, Kentucky , d. 28 Nov 1885, Rowan County, Kentucky (Age 87 years) Mother Malinda Russell Cassity, b. 14 Oct 1805, Montgomery County, Kentucky , d. 12 Sep 1887, Rowan County, Kentucky (Age 81 years) Married 22 Dec 1822 Rowan County, Kentucky [1, 2, 4, 6] Family ID F1 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Albert Russell Cassity, b. 21 Jan 1828, Fleming County, Kentucky , d. 13 Sep 1856, Rowan County, Kentucky (Age 28 years) Married 9 Jan 1852 Fleming County, Kentucky [4, 7] - MHR gives marriage date as 10 February 1852.
Children 1. Minera Cassity, b. 7 Feb 1851, Triplett, Rowan County, Kentucky , d. 20 Aug 1854, Triplett, Rowan County, Kentucky (Age 3 years)2. James Alva Cassity, b. 24 Sep 1853, Triplett, Rowan County, Kentucky , d. 1 Sep 1854, Triplett, Rowan County, Kentucky (Age 0 years)3. Mary Samantha Jane "Mollie" Cassity, b. 2 Dec 1856, Rowan County, Kentucky , d. 23 Mar 1933, Triplett, Rowan County, Kentucky (Age 76 years)Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 Family ID F6 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 George Johnson Hamm, b. 4 May 1808, Triplett, Rowan County, Kentucky , d. 10 Sep 1880, Triplett, Rowan County, Kentucky (Age 72 years) Married 11 Sep 1861 Rowan County, Kentucky [4] Children 1. Amelia Helena Hamm, b. 5 Jul 1862, Triplett, Rowan County, Kentucky , d. 24 Jan 1929, Corbin, Whitley County, Kentucky (Age 66 years)2. Malinda Roberta "Berta" Hamm, b. 25 Jan 1865, Triplett, Rowan County, Kentucky , d. 28 Aug 1924, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky (Age 59 years)3. Cassandra Florence Hamm, b. 8 Dec 1872, Triplett, Rowan County, Kentucky , d. 26 Aug 1966, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky (Age 93 years)Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 Family ID F7 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 Frank M. McEldowny, b. 1835, Kentucky , d. Bef 1910 (Age 74 years) Married 5 Nov 1893 Rowan County, Kentucky - from member photo of document on ancestry.com. handwritten page from Marriage Records for Rowan County, Kentucky for 1893. Nov 5. M. F. McEldowney age 58, number of marriages - 3; and Vian Hamm, age 64, number of marriages - 3.
Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 Family ID F8 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 4 May 1828 - Fleming County, Kentucky 
Married - 9 Jan 1852 - Fleming County, Kentucky 
Census - 1860 - Rowan County, Kentucky Married - 11 Sep 1861 - Rowan County, Kentucky Married - 5 Nov 1893 - Rowan County, Kentucky 
Census - 1910 - Pine Grove, Rowan County, Kentucky Died - 24 Jan 1911 - Pine Grove, Rowan County, Kentucky 
Buried - 24 Jan 1911 - Pine Grove Cemetery, Cranston, Rowan County, Kentucky = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Family Bible of William Ribelin Hedges (4)
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Notes - Story about Vianna in her grandson Lucian White's notes from newspaper article about Lucian's skills making dulcimer.
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The Kentucky hills and its people, especially his grandmother Vianna Hamm, are what White likes to talk about most. “Oh,” he exclaimed, “every boy should have a grandmother like that to tell him stories.”
It was right after the Civil War when the southern general John Hunt Morgan paid his last visit to White’s grandmother’s hunting lodge, White said. Morgan used to come there before the war for recreation and hunting and White’s grandparent’s hospitality.
Grandfather Hamm had gotten a land grant to run the lodge and the area was excellent for hunting fox, white-tailed deer and the like. Also had good fishing, White said.
Well Morgan was one of those generals who never did surrender. He became leader of an outlaw band and would ride in, steal horses and loot a place at the drop of a hat. If there wasn’t any loot worth having or he met resistance in taking it, he’d have his men set all the buildings on fire.
When they came riding into his grandmother’s after her husband had died, she was down in a cellar along, White said. The outlaws were bent on stealing the horses from the corral but were unable to get them out. “For some reason the horses just ran around in the corral making a commotion.”
His grandmother ran up from the cellar and accosted the outlaws by herself. White said “John Hunt Morgan!” she shouted at the former general. “Is this the tanks you give me for slaving over a hot cookstove while you were out hunting?
Morgan just looked down from his big horse and motioned for his men to close the gate. “Come on boys,” he said. “her horse never were any good.” And they rode off.
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Great Falls Tribune, Great Falls, Montana. Sunday, 20 April 1980. Section F, page 1.
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- Story about Vianna in her grandson Lucian White's notes from newspaper article about Lucian's skills making dulcimer.
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