Peter Thompson Hedges
1872 - 1959 (87 years)
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Name Peter Thompson Hedges Born 19 Jan 1872 Champaign County, Illinois 
[1, 2] Gender Male Occupation school teacher; principal [3, 4] Census 1910 Shreveport, Ward 6, Caddo Parish, Louisiana Census 1930 Police Jury Ward 1, Natchitoches, Louisiana Census 1940 Natchitoches, Natchitoches, Louisiana Census 1950 Natchitoches, Natchitoches, Louisiana Died 29 May 1959 Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana [1, 2, 3, 5] Buried Fern Park Cemetery, Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana [2, 3] Person ID I85 Hedges Last Modified 15 Jan 2024
Father William Riley Hedges, b. 10 Mar 1841, Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky , d. 25 Oct 1925, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri (Age 84 years) Mother Sarah Lavina Allen, b. 21 Aug 1845, Greenup County, Kentucky , d. 16 Jun 1916, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri (Age 70 years) Married 28 Nov 1863 Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio [3, 6, 7] - Married by Allen Ken, magistrate.
Marriage date and location from Civil War pension application.
Family ID F15 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Ina Shoptaugh, b. 10 May 1879, Williamstown, Missouri , d. 30 May 1933, Natchitoches, Natchitoches, Louisiana (Age 54 years) Married 13 Jun 1900 Canton, Lewis County, Missouri [1] Children + 1. Forrest Lyman Hedges, b. 17 Aug 1902, Gorin, Missouri , d. 29 Nov 1980, Natchitoches, Natchitoches, Louisiana (Age 78 years)2. Kathryn Fern Hedges, b. 15 Jul 1917, Louisiana , d. 25 Jan 1930, Natchitoches, Natchitoches, Louisiana (Age 12 years)Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 Family ID F62 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Beulah Lee Lamb, b. 22 Oct 1908, Bessmay, Jasper County, Texas , d. 25 May 2003, Baytown, Harris County, Texas (Age 94 years) Married 12 Aug 1934 DeRidder, Louisiana Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 Family ID F63 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Married by Allen Ken, magistrate.
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Born - 19 Jan 1872 - Champaign County, Illinois 
Married - 13 Jun 1900 - Canton, Lewis County, Missouri 
Census - 1910 - Shreveport, Ward 6, Caddo Parish, Louisiana 
Census - 1930 - Police Jury Ward 1, Natchitoches, Louisiana 
Married - 12 Aug 1934 - DeRidder, Louisiana 
Census - 1940 - Natchitoches, Natchitoches, Louisiana Census - 1950 - Natchitoches, Natchitoches, Louisiana 
Died - 29 May 1959 - Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana 
Buried - - Fern Park Cemetery, Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Hedges family of William R. and Sarah L.
The family of William R. and Sarah L. Hedges
L to R – standing: Jasper Newton Hedges, Lucy Malinda Hedges, Peter Thompson Hedges, Mary Dalton Hedges, James Alva Hedges, Anna May Hedges, George Fielden Hedges, Emma Analiza Hedges, John William Hedges. Seated: William Riley Hedges and Sarah Lavina (Allen) HedgesHedges, Peter Thompson 
sons of William Riley Hedges 
Hedges, Peter Thompson and George Fielden 
Hedges, Tom and Forrest 
Hedges Uncles Jim, John, Geo, Tom. Aunts Ona, Cora, Beulah 
Hedges Reunion 1946
The Seventeenth Annual Hedges Reunion was held Sunday, August 18, 1946 at Lincoln Park, Danville, Illinois with 99 relatives and friends present. A basket dinner was served at the noon hour. George F. Hedges presided at the business meeting in the afternoon. Talks were given from those from distances and was enjoyed by all. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year. President J. W. Hedges, Vice President P. T. Hedges, Secretary Treasurer Anna Bagley. The next meeting will be held the 3rd Sunday in August 1947 in Missouri. Gifts were presented to the oldest man present, George F. Hedges, 79. Oldest woman was Mrs. Cora Hedges, 76 years old. The youngest was Robert Alan Yeazel, 3 month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Yeazel. Newlyweds were Mr. and Mrs. John Hanks. The one coming the farthest was Jasper N. Hedges of Dubois, Wyoming, 1650 miles. There were 6 marriages, Betty Buckman and Dale Wood, Geraldine Hedges and Frank Pesorara, Betty Lou Smith and Frank Day, Lois Smith and Max Dodd, Roy Hedges and Inez Cola, Irene Smith and John Hanks. There were 9 births [transcriber has omitted this section to preserve privacy] Two deaths: Ercel Eldon Simpson and James A. Hedges. Greetings were received from those from a distance who could not attend.
Hedges, WR family back.jpg 
Hedges WR family
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Notes - MHR note: Peter T. Hedges received a degree from Chillicothe Normal School, a B.S. degree from the University of Missouri, 1906; A. M. University of Missouri, 1907 with life certificate. He joined the Christian Church, Ogden, Illinois when 16. He was a Mason (Shriner) and Odd Fellow. He taught in Williamstown, Missouri high school for three years, and was in charge of Corin College, Corin, Missouri for two years; Bethany College, Bethany, West Virginia (the first Christian college, founded by Alexander Campbell) for one year; University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) three years; principle of schools, Shreveport, Louisiana for one year; and head of Natchitoches, Louisiana schools for ten years. He was in the contracting business awhile and in 1940 was an auto parts dealer and sold second hand cars.
[1] - George Hedges of Jamaica, Ill, and P.T. Hedges of Shreveport, Lou., spent Xmas with their father, Uncle Billy Hedges, and other relatives.
The Browning Leader-Record, Browning, Missouri. Thursday, 3 January 1924, page 4.
[8] - Marriage Licenses
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P.T. Hedges, City – Beaulah Lamb, Merryville, La.
The Natchitoches Enterprise, Natchitoches, Louisiana. Thursday, 23 August 1934, page 2.
[8] - P.T. Hedges, 85, Natchitoches, Dies
(Special to the Town Talk)
Natchitoches, La. – Funeral services for Peter Thompson Hedges, 87, of Shreveport, are set for 2 p.m. today from First National Funeral Home in Natchitoches with Rev. Perry Webbs Jr. and Rev. George Pearce Jr. officiating.
He died at 4 a.m. Friday at his residence in Shreveport.
Survivors include her wife, Mrs. Beulah Lamb Hedges of Shreveport; one son, Forest L. Hedges of Natchitoches; two brothers, Cap Hedges of Wyoming and John Hedges of Purdin, Mo.; two sisters, Mrs. Charlie Bagley of Purdin, Mo. and Mrs. Mary S. Wood of Rock Port, Texas; one granddaughter,
He was a retired professor of mathematics at Northwestern State college and a past master and life member of Phoenix Lodge 38 F&AM, Natchitoches, and was a member of El Karubah Shrine.
Interment will be in Fern Park cemetery in Natchitoches under the direction of First National Funeral Home of Natchitoches.
The Town Talk, Alexandria, Louisiana. Saturday, 30 May 1959.
[3, 8] - Funeral Today For Former Principal Here
Peter T. Hedges Dies at 87; Rites In Natchitoches
funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Natchitoches for Peter Thompson Hedges of Shreveport, once principal of the old Central High School here. He died early Friday at his home at 1936 Laurel at the age of 87.
Mr. Hedges was a native of Illinois but longtime resident of Natchitoches and Shreveport. Educated in Missouri, he began his teaching career after receiving his master's degree in that state, and came to Shreveport at Central High principal in 1908.
Later he organized the department of mathematics at Northwestern State College at Natchitoches, where he remained until the 1902's when he retired to enter the real estate business there.
He was a member of El Karubah Shrine here and a past master of the Phoenix Lodge 38 of Natchitoches, and life member of the Masonic organization. His pallbearers will be past master of Phoenix Lodge.
The Rev. Perry Webb Jr. will officiate at services at a First National Funeral Home chapel, assisted by the Rev. George Pierce Jr. Burial will be in Fern Park Cemetery.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Beulah Lamb Hedges; one son, Forest L. Hedges, of Natchitoches; two brothers, Jap Hedges of Wyoming and John Hedges of Purdin, Mo.; two sisters, Mrs. Charley Bagley, Purdin; and Mrs. Mary Simpson, Wood, Rockport, Tex.; and one granddaughter.
The Times, Shreveport, Louisiana. Saturday, 30 May 1959.
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- MHR note: Peter T. Hedges received a degree from Chillicothe Normal School, a B.S. degree from the University of Missouri, 1906; A. M. University of Missouri, 1907 with life certificate. He joined the Christian Church, Ogden, Illinois when 16. He was a Mason (Shriner) and Odd Fellow. He taught in Williamstown, Missouri high school for three years, and was in charge of Corin College, Corin, Missouri for two years; Bethany College, Bethany, West Virginia (the first Christian college, founded by Alexander Campbell) for one year; University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) three years; principle of schools, Shreveport, Louisiana for one year; and head of Natchitoches, Louisiana schools for ten years. He was in the contracting business awhile and in 1940 was an auto parts dealer and sold second hand cars.
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