Sylvester Andrew Hedges
1896 - 1940 (44 years)
Generation: 1
1. Sylvester Andrew Hedges was born on 8 Feb 1896 in Paxton, Illinois; died on 29 Mar 1940 in Wilmington, Los Angeles County, California. Notes:
MHR note: Sylvester married three times: Joy, unknown second wife, and Buanita Smith. He had no children by any marriage. He died before his sister Alma died in 1951.
LKH note: City directory of 1934 show Sylvester A. Hedges and Bonita Hedges living in San Pedro California.
Sylvester Hedges
Sylvester Hedges, 42, of 120 East “M” street, passed away at his home early this morning following a brief illness.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lois Hedges; Lila Feree, Bonnie Lee Hauch, and Lynea, step-daughters; C.M. Hedges, brother, residing in Illinois; Mrs. Lulu Voorhees and Mrs. Alma O’Connell, sisters in Illinois.
The body was removed to Woods Mortuary where funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Wilmington Daily Press Journal, Wilmington, California. Friday, 29 March 1940, page 3.
Sylvester married Lois Buanita Smith on 22 Jul 1930 in Indiana. Lois (daughter of Henry Franklin Smith and Nellie Cordelia Alkire) was born on 10 May 1906 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 24 Mar 2001; was buried in Green Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]