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| Sidell farm aerial view
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| Sidell farmhouse foundation
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| Sidell farmhouse foundation
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| Hedges, Geo, Cora, Ralph, Grace and Sophia at Center Point Church
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| Hedges, Ralph and Eva Robinson in Darien, WI
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| Hedges, Ralph
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| Hedges, George F, Cora and their children Sophia and Ralph
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| Hedges children: Sophia, Ralph and Grace
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| Hedges children: Sophia, Ralph and Grace
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| Hedges, Ralph on the right with Virgie Kirkpatrick behind him, Mary Parliament Moreman, Dorsey Moreman on the left.
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| Hedges, George, Cora and family
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| Hedges, Ralph
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| Hedges, William Riley with brother, sons and grandsons
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| Hedges, William Riley with brother, sons and grandsons
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| Hedges, Ralph and Roy Curtis Bagley
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| Hedges, Ralph with Arthur Dimick and an unnamed Sherfield
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| Hedges, Ralph
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| Hedges, Grace, Sophia and Ralph
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| At the farm of Adam W. Yeazel
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| Hedges, Ralph and friend, Chauncy Todd
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| At Ralph and Eva's in Sidell, Illinois
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| Hedges, Ralph, Eva and others at the brooder house
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| Hedges Reunion
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| July 24 1913 picnic
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| Simpson's wife, Aunt Mary Simpson, Geo and Cora, Willis, Eva
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| Hedges, George and Cora family
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| Cora's family - postcard to Cora's parents
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| Hedges, George and Cora family
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| Hedges, Ralph and car
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| Hedges family reunion - need identification HedgesAlbum133 |
| 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. |
| Eva and Ralph Hedges, Lottie Ponder, Raymond Bagley
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| Hedges Reunion 1946.jpg
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| Hedges, Sophia, Ralph and Grace
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| Hedges, Sophia, Ralph, Grace
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| Hedges_Sept001.jpg
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| 1913 picnic back
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| HedgesAlbum118.jpg
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| HedgesAlbum120
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| Sophia, Ralph, Grace, George F. and Cora Hedges
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| HedgesAlbum187.jpg
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| Hedges_Sept008.jpg
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| Hedges_Sept010.jpg
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| Hedges_Sept019.jpg
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| HedgesAlbum117.jpg
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| Hedges, James A, George F and Rollie Yeazel
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| Cora's family - postcard to Cora's parents
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| Ralph Hedges with a friend and two mules
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| Ralph Hedges with his aunt Ida Robinson
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| brooder house
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| Ralph Hedges farm in winter
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| farmall
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| farming
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| Hedges Reunion 1932
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| Hedges men
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| Group Photo at Adams house Group of friends at the home of Maude and Joe Adams. Standing on porch: Sid Smith, Grace Hedges, "Grandpa" (no relation to us) Edmund Hawkins, June Elliott, Joe Adams, Annie Adams.
Standing: Ed Pletch, baby with father, Ralph Hedges, Mollie Pletch and baby, unidentified man, unidentified woman and boy in front, another unidentified woman with a boy in front, Maude Adams's mother who is married to Edwin Hawkins, unidentified boy, Sophia Hedges, Muriel Elliott, Emma Elliott, Maude Adams, Cecelia Elliot, Grant Elliott, Henry Adams, Cora Hedges, George F. Hedges, Ernest Gritton. (Identified by Grace (Hedges) Fox) |
| Group Photo at Adams house Group of friends at the home of Maude and Joe Adams. Standing on porch: Sid Smith, Grace Hedges, "Grandpa" (no relation to us) Edmund Hawkins, June Elliott, Joe Adams, Annie Adams.
Standing: Ed Pletch, baby with father, Ralph Hedges, Mollie Pletch and baby, unidentified man, unidentified woman and boy in front, another unidentified woman with a boy in front, Maude Adams's mother who is married to Edwin Hawkins, unidentified boy, Sophia Hedges, Muriel Elliott, Emma Elliott, Maude Adams, Cecelia Elliot, Grant Elliott, Henry Adams, Cora Hedges, George F. Hedges, Ernest Gritton. (Identified by Grace (Hedges) Fox) |
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| Center Point Church (7) Stories of historical days in Vermilion County, Illinois
https://archive.org/details/storiesofhistor0tugg/page/56/mode/2up
CENTER POINT CHURCH
By WlLINORE Moreman, Dist. 170 Teacher, Edna White
I have chosen this subject because I am one of the fourth generation of my family to attend the Center Point Church.
This church is located about six miles southwest of Fairmount and three miles from Jamaica. In the year of 1891 this church was dedicated by Reverend Brooks of Paris, Illinois.
Prior to this time, the people worshipped in the Center Point schoolhouse. It was in the year of 1891, while a revival meeting was being held, that a young lady, Miss Ada Hedges, now Mrs. Ada Smith of Homer, Illinois, desired to enlist in the services and work of her Lord. Her parents, being members of the Church of Christ, sought to start their daughter in the Gospel training and their own faith. A preacher of the New Testament was then called. This minister was the Reverend B. N. Anderson, who held a three weeks' meeting in the Center Point Schoolhouse, and in which building Sunday School and Church were held until February 14, 1891. Sunday School and Church had been held in the schoolhouse in former years occasionally, but there was no organization until 1891.
Then the disciples named below met and organized themselves into a congregation of the New Testament teaching:
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Hedges, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. Robert McKee, Mr. and Mrs. David Sconce, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Greer, Mrs. Matilda Hitchcock, Mrs. Jennie Hopper, Mrs. Lucy Hedges, Mrs. Anna Elliott Sullivan all now deceased.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Ellis of Macy, Indiana
Mrs. Emma Elliott Carrington of Georgetown
Mrs. Ada Hedges Smith of Homer
Mr. Harvey Elliott of Sidell, Illinois.
Elders of the church chosen at the time the church was organized were: Richard Elliott, James A. Hedges. Deacons of the Church when organized: Ed. Ellis, Harvey Elliott.
Thirty-two members were received in the first revival meeting, many of whom have "crossed the bar" but whose children and grandchildren are still carrying on the work.
The Sunday School attendance on each Sunday is from 35 to 50. There is one man attending who has not missed Sunday School in five years. This man is George Hedges of Fairmount, Illinois. Many have a one year record.
Reverend I. L. Cummins of Danville has been the minister of the Church the last five years, and it is thought that his good work has kept the Church thriving and growing. |