Mary Dalton Hedges
1880 - 1966 (86 years)
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Name Mary Dalton Hedges Born 17 Feb 1880 Rowan County, Kentucky 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Female Religion Center Point Church [4] Census 1920 Houston, Harris County, Texas - 1920 US census, Mary, widow, is proprietor of a rooming house with 35 people as roomers, 2 of whom are children under the age of 10. One roomer is Harry Scott Wood, age 41, her future husband.
Note: there are several rooming house with large numbers of residents on this and surrounding census pages.
Died 4 Dec 1966 Rockport, Aransas County, Texas [1, 3, 5, 6] Buried Rockport Cemetery, Rockport, Aransas County, Texas [3, 6] - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136026614/mary-d-wood
There is also a headstone for Mary with her first husband, Adam Simpson, in Woodlawn Cemetery, Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106427307/mary-d-simpson
Person ID I88 Hedges Last Modified 17 Apr 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 [6, 7, 8] - Married by Allen Ken, magistrate.
Marriage date and location from Civil War pension application.
Family ID F15 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Adam Simpson, b. 10 Jan 1874, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 22 Mar 1911 (Age 37 years) Married 22 Mar 1899 Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois [1, 2] - photocopy of wedding announcement
Children 1. William "Cecil" Simpson, b. 29 Apr 1900, Sidell, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 5 Sep 1961, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio (Age 61 years)2. Ersel Eldon Simpson, b. 11 Apr 1902, Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 7 Jun 1946, Rockport, Aransas County, Texas (Age 44 years)Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 Family ID F66 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Harry Scott Wood, b. 10 Feb 1879, Ohio , d. 8 Dec 1969, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas (Age 90 years) Married 25 May 1921 Montgomery County, Texas Last Modified 21 May 2022 Family ID F67 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- 1920 US census, Mary, widow, is proprietor of a rooming house with 35 people as roomers, 2 of whom are children under the age of 10. One roomer is Harry Scott Wood, age 41, her future husband.
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Event Map 
Born - 17 Feb 1880 - Rowan County, Kentucky 
Religion - - Center Point Church 
Married - 22 Mar 1899 - Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois 
Census - 1920 - Houston, Harris County, Texas 
Married - 25 May 1921 - Montgomery County, Texas 
Died - 4 Dec 1966 - Rockport, Aransas County, Texas 
Buried - - Rockport Cemetery, Rockport, Aransas County, Texas = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Photos 
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, Mary Dalton 
Simpson, Cecil, Ersel and Mary 
Simpson, Adam, Mary Dalton Hedges wedding 1899 
Wood, Harry and Mary Dalton Hedges 
Wood, Harry and Aunt Mary in Texas 
Wood, Harry, Mary Dalton Hedges, Opal Buckman in Texas 
Wood, Harry, Texas (1).jpg 
Simpson's wife, Aunt Mary Simpson, Geo and Cora, Willis, Eva 
Hedges, WR family back.jpg 
WR Hedges and Sarah Lavina family around 1890
Documents 
Gardner, Dalton dinner
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Notes - MHR note: Mary Dalton Hedges was named for an aunt, Ada Dalton.
[1] - Farewell dinner
A family reunion was held at the home of Mrs. Marie Owens, Purdin, Missouri, Sunday Nov. 8, 1936 in honor of Mrs. Emma Hedges Gardner of Riverton, Wyoming and Mrs. Mary Hedges Wood of Dallas Texas who had not seen each other for thirty-five years.
A splendid cafeteria dinner was served, after which the afternoon was spent in visiting, taking pictures, singing and playing games.
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wood, Dallas, Texas, Mrs. Emma Garner, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gardner and daughter Nellie Jean of Riverton, Wyoming. Charlie Bagley and wife, Curt Bagley, wife and daughters Margaret, Clarice and Wilma. Raymond Bagley, wife and daughter Nellie, Manley Buckman, wife and children Billy, Betty and Donald, Mr. and Mrs. John Hedges, Ivan Hedges, wife and daughter Doris, Mr. and Mrs. Billie Jenkins, Mrs. Marie Owens, Loren and Leota, Mr. and Mrs. Athes Creason, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Creason, and Mr. James Hedges all of Purdin. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Bagley and Carolyn Ann of Kirksville, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bagley and Bertie of Humphreys, Mr. and Mrs. Alva Bagley and Ronald of Browning, Mrs. Aletha Smith and children, J.W., Norman, Gerald, Mary, Ruth and Janet, Mr. J.P. and Kenneth McKenzie and Miss Shelda Gooch all of Linneus. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Collins and Barbara of New Bostod, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas, Helen and Wilma of Brookfield.
Nov 12th, 1936. One who was there.
[9] - Mrs. Harry S. Wood
Rockport – Mrs. Harry S. Wood, 86, died at 10:45 a.m. Sunday at her home here after a long illness. She was born in Kentucky and had lived in Rockport the past 24 years. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Funeral services will be at 4:30 Monday at the Rockport Church of Christ with N.E. Hicks, minister, officiating. Burial will be in Rockport Cemetery under the direction of Cage-Marshall Funeral Home.
She is survived by her husband.
Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Corpus Christi, Texas. Monday, 5 December 1966.
[6, 10] - member of Center Point Church
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- MHR note: Mary Dalton Hedges was named for an aunt, Ada Dalton.
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