hmtl5 Vianna Jane Hedges b. 4 May 1828 Fleming County, Kentucky d. 24 Jan 1911 Pine Grove, Rowan County, Kentucky: Hedges Genealogy
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Vianna Jane Hedges

Vianna Jane Hedges

Female 1828 - 1911  (82 years)

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  • Name Vianna Jane Hedges 
    Born 4 May 1828  Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1860  Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Pine Grove, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 24 Jan 1911  Pine Grove, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Buried 24 Jan 1911  Pine Grove Cemetery, Cranston, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Person ID I5  Hedges
    Last Modified 24 Mar 2025 

    Father William Ribelin Hedges,   b. 14 Mar 1798, Montgomery County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 1885, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Mother Malinda Russell Cassity,   b. 14 Oct 1805, Montgomery County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Sep 1887, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 22 Dec 1822  Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 6] 
    Documents
    The Hedges Family by Mary Hedges Reiner.pdf    		The Hedges Family by Mary Hedges Reiner.pdf
    Lieut. William Hedges, 4th Company, 33rd Battalion, Maryland Militia In the American Revolution
    Compiled by Mary (Hedges) Reiner 1955
    Family ID F1  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Albert Russell Cassity,   b. 21 Jan 1828, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1856, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years) 
    Married 9 Jan 1852  Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7] 
    • MHR gives marriage date as 10 February 1852.
    Children 
     1. Minera Cassity,   b. 7 Feb 1851, Triplett, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Aug 1854, Triplett, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)
     2. James Alva Cassity,   b. 24 Sep 1853, Triplett, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Sep 1854, Triplett, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     3. Mary Samantha Jane "Mollie" Cassity,   b. 2 Dec 1856, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 1933, Triplett, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Sep 1880, Triplett, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 11 Sep 1861  Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
     1. Amelia Helena Hamm,   b. 5 Jul 1862, Triplett, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jan 1929, Corbin, Whitley County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     2. Malinda Roberta "Berta" Hamm,   b. 25 Jan 1865, Triplett, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Aug 1924, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
     3. Cassandra Florence Hamm,   b. 8 Dec 1872, Triplett, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Aug 1966, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
    Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 
    Family ID F7  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Frank M. McEldowny,   b. 1835, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1910  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 5 Nov 1893  Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • 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 28 Feb 2025 
    Family ID F8  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 4 May 1828 - Fleming County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 9 Jan 1852 - Fleming County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1860 - Rowan County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 11 Sep 1861 - Rowan County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 5 Nov 1893 - Rowan County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1910 - Pine Grove, Rowan County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 24 Jan 1911 - Pine Grove, Rowan County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 24 Jan 1911 - Pine Grove Cemetery, Cranston, Rowan County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    Vianna Jane Hedges    		Vianna Jane Hedges

    Albums
    Family Bible of William Ribelin Hedges    		Family Bible of William Ribelin Hedges (4)

  • Notes 
    • Story about Vianna in her grandson Lucian White's notes from newspaper article about Lucian's skills making dulcimer.
      * * * * *
      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 alone, 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 thanks 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.
      * * *
      Great Falls Tribune, Great Falls, Montana. Sunday, 20 April 1980. Section F, page 1.
      [9]
    • Sept. 20, 1889
      Deed Book #2, page 376. Rowan County, Kentucky.
      Know all men by these present that we the heirs of W.R. Hedges Deceased our names annexed do appoint and convey full power our attorney in fact for us our heirs and assigns to P.T. Hedges, of Vermilion County and State of Illinois granting him full power to sell, rent, transfer or convey all personal property and Real Estate belong to the Estate of W.R. hedges, Decd. In the County of Rowan and Bath and State of Kentucky and after paying all just debts against the said Estate to divide the remainder equally between the said heirs of the home survey in Rowan County, Ky.
      Signed:
      M.L. Steenrod
      Joseph Steenrod
      Isaac A. Hedges
      Julia M. Hedges
      W.H. Hedges
      Sue Hedges
      V.J. Ham
      L.M. Hedges
      R.S. Guilkison
      Peter T. Crouch
      Hattie L. Crouch
      https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C377-497Y-F?cat=112267&i=199&lang=en

      LKH note:
      Peter T. Crouch was the son Mary Ann (Hedges) Crouch who was the oldest daughter of William Ribelin Hedges

      .H. Hedges was son Addison W. Hedges who was a son of William Ribelin Hedges
      [10]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] Family Bible, William Ribelin Hedges.

    2. [S6] Find a Grave.

    3. [S7] Death certificate.

    4. [S2] Mary Hedges Reiner, The Hedges Family by Mary Hedges Reiner.

    5. [S3] Kentucky birth records, 1852-1910.

    6. [S64] Fleming County, Kentucky Marriage Records, 1798-1851.

    7. [S49] Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979.

    8. [S90] Marriage record.

    9. [S87] Newspaper article.

    10. [S109] Mary Hedges Reiner misc. records notebook, Mary Hedges Reiner, Library of Linda Hedges.


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