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- MHR note: Information from Ida Cronkhite.
The Levi Hedges family lived about 1/4 miles from his father's hewn log house - the the hill side. The hewn log house (1959 property of Ollie Swin) had a monstrous fireplace.
Levi Marion Hedges married second to Hattie M. Denmark who had married a man with the surname of Lester.
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- Samantha Jane Vawter was born February 6, 1841, in Jefferson County, Indiana, and died August 29, 1844, at Fithian, Illinois. On November 10, 1857, she married Levi Marion Hedges at Pine Grove, Rowan County, Kentucky, and died January 28, 1907, at Topeka, Kansas. Levi Marion Hedges was the fifth of eleven children of William Riblan Hedges and Malinda Russell (Cassity) Hedges. During the Civil War, Levi was a sergeant in the Tenth Kentucky Cavalry. In 1862, while Levi and his brother Peter Thompson, were away at war, Confederate guerillas came and asked Pascal Vawter whether he did not have two sons-i-law and a son in the Union Army. He admitted he had. The guerillas then asked Pascal to take the oath of allegiance to the Southern Confederacy, and when he refused, they threatened him with drawn swords, but did not actually harm him. Pascal’s daughter, Samantha Jane and Mary Ann, were living with their father while their husbands were away at war, and it was now thought best that they all move away from Kentucky. Rascal and his wife and daughter Samantha Jane moved to Manchester, Ohio, and Mary An moved to a second cousin’s at Rexford, Indiana, with her small son Thaddeus. William Riblan Hedges may have gone there also, as Samantha Jane added a postscript to a letter he wrote to Mary Ann in 1863.
Levi M. Hedges moved his family from Kentucky, settling in Vermilion County, Illinois, in October 1879. Levi was married a second time in 1893 to Hattie Lascher, a widow, but they were later divorced. Samantha Jane is buried at Emberry Cemetery near Muncie, Illinois. Some time after her death her brother-in-law, P.T. Hedges, had a head stone erected at her grave for her and her daughter, Lora or Etta, as she was sometimes called. Levi Marion Hedges is buried at Topeka, Kansas, in the Topeka Cemetery.
The Mavity Family, page 23-24
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- Enrolled in the Union Army on 13 August 1862.
Mustered in on 9 September 1862 in Covington, Kentucky
Saddler in Company L, 10th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry.
Mustered out on 17 September 1863 in Maysville, Kentucky.
This entire Company L served one year and was mustered in and out on the same dates as Levi M. Hedges.
Brief history of the 10th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry from the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky: "The Regiment, under the command of Col. Joshua Tevis, was immediately put upon arduous duty as the advanced guard of the Army of the Ohio, in the campaign against Gen. Kirby Smith. In November and December, 1862, having been assigned to Brig. Gen. Bilmore's division, it was employed on the line towards Knoxville, Tenn. passing the entire winter in continuous marching. During the spring and summer of 1863 the regiment was employed, by battalion, in West Virginia and Northeastern Tennessee. In Southwest Virginia one of its battalions captured the breech-loading artillery so well know in connection with the history of Marshall's invasion. The services of this regiment were of the most active and efficient character. Its skirmishes and small fights were numerous and its marches continuous and severe. Among other, this regiment participated in the engagements of Elk Fork, Tenn; Gladesville, VA; Triplett's Bridge, Ky; Lancaster, Ky; Richard, Ky (1863); and in the pursuit and rout of the rebel cavalry of Pegran and Scott, beside the numerous affairs attending the advance of Maj. Gen. Granger upon central Kentucky. The regiment was mustered out at Maysville, Ky. 17 September 1863 by Capt. R. B. Hull, United States Army."
- 1870 US census, enumerated 30 June 1870
Cross Roads Precinct, Rowan County, Kentucky
Levi Hedges, age 28
Samantha, age 28
Indiana, age 11
Vawter, age 9
Loretta, age 7
Mary A., age 4
Eliza, age 2
value of real estate - $500
value of personal property - $250
In the 1870 census, four household are listed next to each other: William Ribelin Hedges and three of his sons: Levi, William R. and James Hedges.
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- Levi Hedges, aged 75, died of old age at his home at 1141 Woodward avenue at noon today. The funeral arrangements have not been made yet.
The Topeka Daily Herald, Topeka, Kansas. Monday, 28 January 1907.
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- Levi Hedges died Monday of last week at his daughters hone 1141 Woodward Ave. Topeka Kans., and was buried Tuesday in the Topeka cemetery.
The Valley Falls New Era, Valley Falls, Kansas. Thursday, 7 February 1907.
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- Civil War soldier records and profiles
Name Levi M Hedges
Enlistment Date 13 Aug 1862
Enlistment Place Covington, Kentucky
Enlistment Rank Saddler
Muster Date 9 Sep 1862
Muster Place Kentucky
Muster Company L
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
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- 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
W.H. Hedges was son Addison W. Hedges who was a son of William Ribelin Hedges
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