Ralph Jewell Hedges
1894 - 1969 (75 years)-
Name Ralph Jewell Hedges Birth 27 May 1894 Jamaica, Vermilion County, Illinois 
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Gender Male Religion Center Point Church [6, 7] Census 1920 Prairie Township, Edgar County, Illinois Census 1930 Jamaica Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Census 1940 Young America Township, Edgar County, Illinois Census 1950 Young America Township, Edgar County, Illinois Death 22 Jun 1969 Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois [1, 2, 4, 5, 8] Burial Woodlawn Cemetery, Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois [4, 5] - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138310682/ralph-j-hedges
McMillan Block 2, Lot 68, graves 1 and 2
Person ID I94 Hedges Last Modified 25 Aug 2025
Father George Fielden Hedges, b. 27 Dec 1866, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky d. 19 Feb 1950, Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 83 years) Mother Cora Belle Gritton, b. 28 Aug 1870, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois d. 19 Apr 1961, Tilton, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 90 years) Marriage 28 Jul 1892 Vermilion County, Illinois [2, 9, 10] Family ID F60 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Eva Lee Robinson, b. 1 Nov 1898, Burning Springs, Clay County, Kentucky d. 5 Nov 1988, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 90 years) Marriage 23 Sep 1916 Vermilion County, Illinois [2, 9, 10] Children 1. Donald Ralph Hedges, b. 25 Jun 1921, Chrisman, Edgar County, Illinois d. 26 Jun 1996, Walworth County, Wisconsin (Age 75 years)Family ID F72 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 18 Feb 2018
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Event Map 
Birth - 27 May 1894 - Jamaica, Vermilion County, Illinois 
Religion - - Center Point Church 
Marriage - 23 Sep 1916 - Vermilion County, Illinois 
Census - 1920 - Prairie Township, Edgar County, Illinois 
Census - 1930 - Jamaica Township, Vermilion County, Illinois 
Census - 1940 - Young America Township, Edgar County, Illinois Census - 1950 - Young America Township, Edgar County, Illinois 
Death - 22 Jun 1969 - Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois 
Burial - - Woodlawn Cemetery, Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Photos 
Sidell farm aerial view 
Sidell farmhouse foundation 
Sidell farmhouse foundation 
Hedges, Geo, Cora, Ralph, Grace and Sophia at Center Point Church 
Hedges, Ralph and Eva Robinson in Darien, WI Hedges, Ralph 
Hedges, George F, Cora and their children Sophia and Ralph 
Hedges children: Sophia, Ralph and Grace 
Hedges children: Sophia, Ralph and Grace 
Hedges, Ralph on the right with Virgie Kirkpatrick behind him, Mary Parliament Moreman, Dorsey Moreman on the left. 
Hedges, George, Cora and family 
Hedges, Ralph 
Hedges, William Riley with brother, sons and grandsons 
Hedges, William Riley with brother, sons and grandsons 
Hedges, Ralph and Roy Curtis Bagley 
Hedges, Ralph with Arthur Dimick and an unnamed Sherfield 
Hedges, Ralph 
Hedges, Grace, Sophia and Ralph 
At the farm of Adam W. Yeazel 
Hedges, Ralph and friend, Chauncy Todd 
At Ralph and Eva's in Sidell, Illinois 
Hedges, Ralph, Eva and others at the brooder house 
Hedges Reunion 
July 24 1913 picnic 
Simpson's wife, Aunt Mary Simpson, Geo and Cora, Willis, Eva 
Hedges, George and Cora family 
Cora's family - postcard to Cora's parents 
Hedges, George and Cora family 
Hedges, Ralph and car 
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 
Hedges Reunion 1946.jpg 
Hedges, Sophia, Ralph and Grace 
Hedges, Sophia, Ralph, Grace Hedges_Sept001.jpg 
1913 picnic back 
HedgesAlbum118.jpg 
HedgesAlbum120 Sophia, Ralph, Grace, George F. and Cora Hedges 
HedgesAlbum187.jpg Hedges_Sept008.jpg Hedges_Sept010.jpg 
Hedges_Sept019.jpg 
HedgesAlbum117.jpg 
Hedges, James A, George F and Rollie Yeazel 
Cora's family - postcard to Cora's parents 
Ralph Hedges with a friend and two mules 
Ralph Hedges with his aunt Ida Robinson 
brooder house 
Ralph Hedges farm in winter 
farmall 
farming 
Hedges Reunion 1932 
Hedges men 
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)
Hedges house, Purdin, Missouri
Documents 
Hedges, Ralph Chauffeur License 1931 
Hedges, Ralph obituary 
Ralph J. Hedges obit
Headstones 
Hedges, Eva and Ralph location 
Hedges, Eva and Ralph back of stone 
Hedges, Eva and Ralph
Albums 
Center Point Church photos and history (7)
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Notes - World War II draft registration card describes Ralph as 5ft, 9in tall, 155 lb., flue eyes, brown hair, ruddy complexion.
[11] - 1920 US census, enumerated 4 February 1920
Paris Township, Edgar County, Illinois
Ralph Hedges, age 25, farmer
Eva, age 22
[12] - 1930 US census, enumerated 14 April 1930
Jamaica Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
Ralph J. Hedges, age 35, farmer, renting farm
Eva L., age 32
Donald R., age 8
[12] - 1940 US census, enumerated 22 April 1940
Young America Township, Edgar County, Illinois
Ralph Hedges, age 45, farmer, rented farm
Eva, age 42
Donald, age 18
[12] - 1950 US census, enumerated
Young America Township, Edgar County, Illinois
Ralph J. Hedges, age 55, farmer
Eva L., age 53
[12] - Ralph J. Hedges
Sidell – Ralph J. Hedges, 75, died at 5 p.m. Sunday (June 22, 1969) at his home in Sidell.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Honnold and Son Funeral Home in Sidell with Rev. S.M. Read officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Indianola. Visitation will be from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Mr. Hedges was born May 27, 1894 in Fairmount, son of George F. and Cora Gritton Hedges. He married Eva Robinson Sept. 23, 1916 in Danville. He was a member of the Chrisman Christian Church.
He is survived by his wife; one son, Donald R. Hedges, Darien, Wis., two sisters, Mrs. Sophia Yeazel, Fairmount, and Mrs. Grace Fox, Fairmount; and two grandchildren.
News-Gazette, Champaign, Illinois. 23 June 1969
[5, 13] - member of Center Point Church
Baptized at age 14 at Center Point Church during a revival meeting by Rev. F. DeGafferally on 16 September, 1908.
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- World War II draft registration card describes Ralph as 5ft, 9in tall, 155 lb., flue eyes, brown hair, ruddy complexion.
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Sources - [S14] Social Security Death Index.
- [S16] Family Bible, George F. Hedges.
- [S26] US World War I draft registration.
- [S6] Find a Grave.
- [S9] Obituary.
- [S83] Compiled for the school libraries by L. A. Tuggle, County Superintendent of Schools, Stories of historical days in Vermilion County, Illinois, (https://archive.org/), https://archive.org/details/storiesofhistor0tugg/page/n8/mode/2up.
- [S100] Records of the Center Point Church, Library of Linda Hedges.
- [S11] Hedges Reunion Book, Library of Linda Hedges.
- [S2] Mary Hedges Reiner, The Hedges Family by Mary Hedges Reiner.
- [S19] Marriage certificate.
- [S48] US World War II draft registration.
- [S25] Census.
- [S88] newspaper clipping, Library of Linda Hedges.
- [S14] Social Security Death Index.