hmtl5 Thomas Edgar Hedges b. 22 Jan 1843 Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky d. 18 Dec 1938 LaBelle, Hendry County, Florida: Hedges Genealogy
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Thomas Edgar Hedges

Male 1843 - 1938  (95 years)

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  • Name Thomas Edgar Hedges 
    Birth 22 Jan 1843  Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Military Civil War. Union Army. 10th Cavalry, Co. A. Private.  [5] 
    Census 1880  Orangeburg, Mason County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Mason County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Mason County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1935  Clades County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 18 Dec 1938  LaBelle, Hendry County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4] 
    Burial Ortona Cemetery, Ortona, Glades County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4] 
    Person ID I504  Hedges
    Last Modified 18 Jul 2025 

    Father Jesse Hedges,   b. Abt 1810, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 May 1894, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Lucy Ann Hawkins,   b. 15 Apr 1815, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Mar 1884, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 23 Dec 1832  Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6] 
    Family ID F297  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Loretta Fenton McClure,   b. 17 Apr 1847, Mason County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Nov 1919, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 9 Feb 1865  Mason County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Children 
     1. Ulysses Grant Hedges,   b. 26 Mar 1866, Rectorville, Lewis County,Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Feb 1949, LaBelle, Hendry County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     2. Georgetta Temperance Hedges,   b. Jun 1868, Mason County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Nov 1955 (Age 87 years)
     3. Edgar Fulton Hedges,   b. 6 Apr 1872, Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 May 1948, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    +4. Robert Valentine Hedges,   b. 9 Oct 1880, Mason County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1948, LaBelle, Hendry County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    Family ID F310  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 22 Jan 1843 - Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 9 Feb 1865 - Mason County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1880 - Orangeburg, Mason County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1900 - Mason County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1910 - Mason County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1935 - Clades County, Florida Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 18 Dec 1938 - LaBelle, Hendry County, Florida Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Ortona Cemetery, Ortona, Glades County, Florida Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • MHR note: Thomas was a minister in the Christian Church.
      [1]
    • Born 1843 in KY.
      Name: Thomas E. Hedges
      Death: 1938 - Hendry, Florida
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      Death location was his home in LaBelle, FL, not whatever auto populated when I tried to enter LaBelle, FL. (see obituary photo)

      Thomas E. Hedges was a Union Soldier during the Civil War. He enlisted on 2 Aug 1862 as a Private in Company A of the 10th Kentucky Cavalry.
      [3]
    • MHR note: in letter from Ida Cronkhite dated 13 February 1951. William Ribelin Hedges brother, Jesse, married Lucy Ann Hawkins. I don't remember surely of all the children, but Albert, 20 I think, joined the "rebel" army and was killed at the battle of Shiloh. Later his brothers, Marcus and Thomas joined the Union Army.
      [1]
    • Name: Thomas E Hedges
      Enlistment Date: 4 Aug 1862
      Enlistment Place: Covington, Kentucky
      Enlistment Rank: Corporal
      Muster Date: 8 Sep 1862
      Muster Place: Kentucky
      Muster Company: A
      Muster Regiment: 10th Cavalry
      Muster Regiment Type: Cavalry
      Muster Information: Enlisted
      Muster Out Date: 17 Sep 1863
      Muster Out Place: Maysville, Kentucky
      Muster Out Information: Mustered Out
      Side of War: Union
      Survived War?: Yes
      Title: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky
      [5]
    • Civil War Veteran, 95, Dies at LaBelle
      Thomas E. Hedges, 95, died yesterday at his home in Labelle after a short illness. He was born Jan. 22, 1843 in Louis county, Ky. and has lived in LaBelle for the past 27 years. He is a civil war veteran.
      Mr. Hedges is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Georgette Truesdell, Springhill, Ky.; three sons, U.G. Hedges, R.V. Hedges, of LaBelle, and E.F. Hedges of Tolesboro, Ky., and a granddaughter, Mrs. Wade Hampton of LaBelle. Funeral arrangements are being made by Spooner and Engelhardt funeral home and services will be held at 3 o’clock this afternoon at the LaBelle Methodist church with Rev. P.T. Tyler and Rev. W.E. Dance officiating. Interment will be in the Ortona cemetery.
      News-Press, Fort Myers, Florida. Monday, 19 December 1938, page 1.
      [4, 7]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Mary Hedges Reiner, The Hedges Family by Mary Hedges Reiner.

    2. [S5] 1900 US census.

    3. [S6] Find a Grave.

    4. [S9] Obituary.

    5. [S106] Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles.

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

    7. [S87] Newspaper article.


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