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Peter Thompson Hedges

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  1. 1.  Peter Thompson HedgesPeter Thompson Hedges was born on 29 Jan 1831 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 12 Jun 1924 in Tilton, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 15 Jun 1924 in Forest Grove Cemetery, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: farmer
    • _MILT: Civil War
    • Census: 1860, Rowan County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1870, Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1880, Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1900, White Post Township, Pulaski County, Indiana
    • Census: 1910, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri

    Notes:

    Enlisted on 9 October 1861.
    Mustered in 31 December 1861, Lexington, Kentucky
    as Captain into what was first called Captain Hedges' company of the 24th Regiment.
    Later named Company G, 24th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry.
    Reassigned on 5 July 1864 because of wounds received in action.
    Discharged in 1864 of wounds received in the battle of Resaca, Georgia while serving under Sherman on the march to the sea.

    A brief history of the regiment states "The 24th Regiment of Kentucky Volunteer Infantry was organized in the fall and winter of 1861, under Colonel Lewis B. Grigsby, and was mustered into the United States service on the 11th of December 1861 at Lexington, Kentucky, by Captain Bankhead, United States Mustering officer. Soon after its organization it joined the main army, and was engaged in many of the most severe battles of the war, and did arduous duty in eastern Kentucky and Tennessee. It would fill pages of the Report to give in detail all the places trough which the regiment marched, and the various difficulties and hardships with which it had to contend. At the muster-out at Covington, Kentucky on the 31st January 1865, the recruits were transferred to Company K, 6th Kentucky Veteran Cavalry. It participated in the following battles, in which loss was sustained, viz; Shiloh, Tennessee; Siege of Corinth, Mississippi; Perryville, Kentucky; Knoxville, Tennessee; Resaca, Georgia; Lost Mountain, Atlanta, Georgia and Jonesboro".

    We can assume that Peter Thompson Hedges would have been in all of the above up to Resaca Georgia.

    Capt. P.T. Hedges dies at Tilton
    Pioneer resident of Oakwood township passes away at home of daughter
    Capt. Peter T. Hedges, 92, for many years a resident of Oakwood township, who for the past two years had been making his home with his daughter Mrs. Ida Cronkhite, 1007 South H Street, Tilton, died late ….rsday afternoon at the home of his daughter, death being due to …. Ity and followed by a long illness … had been practically an invalid since 191…..
    Funeral services were held at the residence Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, in charge of Rev. A.F. deCafferly, pastor of the First Church of Christ. Burial will be in Canton, Mo. At one time the home of the deceased, his wife having been buried there a number of years ago. The body will leave over the Wabash railroad Saturday morning at 7:45 and funeral services will be held in the Missouri city Sunday.
    Capt. Hedges was the father of eight children, two sons and six daughters. One son and five daughters survive, as follows: Rev. T.A. Hedges of Thomas, Okla; Mrs. Ida Cronkhite, Tilton; Mrs. Blanch Brown, Grenader, Miss; Mrs. Alice Firebaugh, Medaryville, Ind.; Mrs. Myrtle Denger, Orchard, Ia., and Mrs. Mattie Horn, Canton, Mo. He is also survived by two brothers, William R. Hedges, of Purdin, Mo. And Isaac A. Hedges, of Madera, Calif. Twenty-two grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
    Capt. Hedges was born in Fleming County, Ky. Jan. 29, 1831, being one of ten children of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Hedges. He grew to manhood in that county and united in Marriage with Miss Mary W. Vawter in 1857. When the civil war broke out he enlisted in the ….. Kentucky Volunteer …. And served until 1864 being discharged because of wounds received in the battle of Resaca, Ga. While serving under Sherman on the celebrated march to the sea.
    Following his discharge from the Union army he came to Illinois, settling in Oakwood township in the fall of 1864, where he resided for 32 years, moving to Pulaski county, Ind. In 18 ….. After a residence of 12 years in Indiana the family moved to Canton, Mo., where the wife and mother died in 1912. Mr. Hedges came back to Illinois in 1922 and went to the home of his daughter in Tilton. He was a devout Christian and since he was 20 years old had been a member of the Church of Christ.

    Transcribed from a photocopy of the newspaper clipping. The newspaper is not identified. Blank spots marked by “…..” above are areas where the paper was torn away before being photocopies or where type was unreadable.


    Capt. P.T. Hedges Dies In Illinois
    Deceased Was Father of Rev. T.A. Hedges, Pastor of Christian Church.
    Capt. P.T. Hedges, aged ninety-three years, five months and seven days, died at his home in Danville, Ill., Thursday of last week. He was a father of Rev. T.A. Hedges, pastor of the First Christian church of Thomas.
    Rev. Hedges left here June the 10th and arrived in Danville at 1 p.m. the following day. His father knew him and conversed with his son regarding that he would be kept on the go to return to Thomas in time to preach the following Sunday. Mr. Hedges emphasized the fact that he wished his son to carry on his preaching, consequently when Mr. Hedges died the Rev. Hedges left Danville and arrived home Saturday and delivered a sermon Sunday morning at a joint meeting of Thomas and Hydro Christian churches which was held on Bear creek.
    Rev. A.A. Hedges of Hydro occupied the pulpit of the local Christian church Sunday night.
    The Thomas Tribune, Thomas, Oklahoma. Thursday, 19 June 1924.


    _MILT:
    24th Regiment. Kentucky Infantry. Company G. Captain.

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7961138/peter-thompson-hedges

    Peter married Mary Ann Vawter on 12 Mar 1857 in Rowan County, Kentucky. Mary (daughter of Pascal Vawter and Eliza Mavity) was born on 11 Dec 1836 in Jefferson County, Indiana; died on 15 Dec 1912 in Canton, Lewis County, Missouri; was buried on 17 Dec 1912 in Forest Grove Cemetery, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Thaddeus Arlington Hedges  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Aug 1859 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 29 Jun 1957 in South Haven, Sumner County, Kansas; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, South Haven, Sumner County, Kansas.
    2. 3. Ida May Hedges  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Apr 1865 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 4 May 1952 in Center Point, Iowa; was buried in Stearns Cemetery, Fithian-Muncie, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    3. 4. Rosa "Blanche" Hedges  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Oct 1867 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 19 Jan 1953 in Big Creek, Calhoun County, Mississippi; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi.
    4. 5. Charles Martin Hedges  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Oct 1869 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 28 Jul 1922 in Canton, Lewis County, Missouri; was buried on 30 Jul 1922 in Forest Grove Cemetery, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri.
    5. 6. Alice Felicia Hedges  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Jul 1872 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 1 Sep 1951 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; was buried in Medaryville Cemetery, Medaryville, Pulaski County, Indiana.
    6. 7. Mattie Dell Hedges  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Jan 1875 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 22 Aug 1942 in Canton, Lewis County, Missouri; was buried on 25 Aug 1942 in Forest Grove Cemetery, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri.
    7. 8. Myrtle Elicia Hedges  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Dec 1877 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 28 Jul 1963 in Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri; was buried on 29 Jul 1963 in Fairview Cemetery, Dows, Wright County, Iowa.
    8. 9. Minnie Flora Hedges  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Dec 1877 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 21 Feb 1915 in Biloxi, Mississippi; was buried in Embury Cemetery, Hope, Vermilion County, Illinois.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Thaddeus Arlington Hedges Descendancy chart to this point (1.Peter1) was born on 22 Aug 1859 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 29 Jun 1957 in South Haven, Sumner County, Kansas; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, South Haven, Sumner County, Kansas.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: teacher, minister
    • Census: 1900, LaGrange, Lewis County, Missouri
    • Census: 1910, Liberty, Schuyler County, Missouri
    • Census: 1920, Prairie, Schuyler County, Missouri
    • Census: 1930, Sharon Springs, Wallace County, Kansas
    • Census: 1940, Hunnewell, Sumner County, Kansas

    Notes:

    MHR note: Thaddeus taught school a few terms, beginning at age 17. At 18, he preached his first sermon when the minister was absent, and in 1885 was ordained at Pleasant Mount near Georgetown, Illinois. When 80 years old he had preached 54 years and had been district evangelist in Indiana and state evangelist for Ohio, Nebraska and Missouri. He was evangelist and pastor in Missouri for 27 years. He was 11 when they visited his grandparents in the squared log house so that would have been about 1870.

    from Moberly Monitor-Index, Moberly, Missouri, Friday, February 21, 1947, Page 3.
    Fred Hedges' Parents Are Wed 65 Years. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hedges returner early this morning from South Haven, Kas., where they attended a family reunion honoring the 65th wedding anniversary of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Hedges. Mr. and Mrs. Hedges were married February 19, 1882, at the Christian church
    in Ogden, Ill. Their six children were present at the dinner Wednesday noon. They are Herbert Hedges. Kansas City, the Rev. A. A Hedges and Bert Hedges, Wichita,
    Kas., Fred Hedges of Moberly, Mrs. Neill Heeney, South Haven, and Mrs. Grace Tallman, Canton. Mo. Mr. Hedges is 87 years old and Mrs. Hedges is 84 years old.


    LKH note: article about T.A. Hedges visiting his father. Note: A.A. Hedges is Arthur Hedges, Thaddeus's son.

    Capt. P.T. Hedges Dies In Illinois
    Deceased Was Father of Rev. T.A. Hedges, Pastor of Christian Church.
    Capt. P.T. Hedges, aged ninety-three years, five months and seven days, died at his home in Danville, Ill., Thursday of last week. He was a father of Rev. T.A. Hedges, pastor of the First Christian church of Thomas.
    Rev. Hedges left here June the 10th and arrived in Danville at 1 p.m. the following day. His father knew him and conversed with his son regarding that he would be kept on the go to return to Thomas in time to preach the following Sunday. Mr. Hedges emphasized the fact that he wished his son to carry on his preaching, consequently when Mr. Hedges died the Rev. Hedges left Danville and arrived home Saturday and delivered a sermon Sunday morning at a joint meeting of Thomas and Hydro Christian churches which was held on Bear creek.
    Rev. A.A. Hedges of Hydro occupied the pulpit of the local Christian church Sunday night.
    The Thomas Tribune, Thomas, Oklahoma. Thursday, 19 June 1924.


    T.A. Hedges held a revival meeting at Center Point Church, near Fairmount, Illinois, commencing on 22 August 1939 and lasting 10 days, no additions to the congregation were made.


    Column Contributor to Weekly Newspaper Dies at Age of 98.
    Special to the Eagle
    South Haven, Kan., July 6 – T.A. Hedges, for many years a column contributor to the South Haven New Era weekly newspaper under the title ”Brother Hedges Says,” has died at the age of 98.
    A native of Kentucky, he attended University of Illinois and Eureka Bible College, after which he entered the ministry of the Christian church. He was married in Illinois to Mary Virginia Adkinson who died six years ago.
    The Rev. Mr. Hedges had held church pastorates in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, and at one time served as state evangelist in Nebraska and in Missouri.
    Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Mildred Heeney of South Haven, and Mrs. Grace Tallman, of Lakin, Kan., and three sons, A.A. Hedges of Wichita, Herbert Hedges of Kansas City, Mo., and Fred Hedges of Moberly, Mo.
    The Wichita Eagle, Wichita, Kansas. Saturday, 6 July 1957.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67132321/thaddeus-a_-hedges

    Thaddeus married Mary Virginia Atkinson on 19 Feb 1882 in Ogden, Champaign County, Illinois. Mary (daughter of Andrew Jackson Atkinson and Mary Rush) was born on 29 Nov 1862 in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia; died on 17 Apr 1949 in South Haven, Sumner County, Kansas; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, South Haven, Sumner County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Dora Alice Hedges  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Sep 1883 in Ogden, Champaign County, Illinois; died on 3 Nov 1918 in Canton, Lewis County, Missouri; was buried on 5 Nov 1918 in Forest Grove Cemetery, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri.
    2. 11. Frederick Albert Hedges  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Jun 1886 in Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 24 Apr 1977 in Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri; was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri.
    3. 12. Arthur Alden Hedges  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Jul 1887 in Waterloo, Fayette County, Indiana; died on 16 Jan 1965 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas; was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas.
    4. 13. Mary Aureana "May" Hedges  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Mar 1889 in Coburntown, Indiana; died on 14 Jan 1931 in Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri; was buried on 16 Jan 1931 in Saint Joseph Memorial Park, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri.
    5. 14. Herbert Arlington Hedges, Sr  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Dec 1891 in Middleport, Ohio; died on 23 Jun 1980 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri; was buried in Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas.
    6. 15. Bertram Atkinson Hedges  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Dec 1895 in Ainsworth, Brown County, Nebraska; died on 8 Dec 1952 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas.
    7. 16. Grace Virginia Hedges  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Jan 1896 in LaGrange, Lewis County, Missouri; died on 17 Aug 1993 in Keokuk, Iowa; was buried in Darby Cemetery, Schuyler County, Missouri.
    8. 17. Mildred Ruth Hedges  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Mar 1898 in LaGrange, Lewis County, Missouri; died on 24 Aug 1983 in South Haven, Sumner County, Kansas; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, South Haven, Sumner County, Kansas.

  2. 3.  Ida May HedgesIda May Hedges Descendancy chart to this point (1.Peter1) was born on 30 Apr 1865 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 4 May 1952 in Center Point, Iowa; was buried in Stearns Cemetery, Fithian-Muncie, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1930, Tilton, Vermilion County, Illinois
    • Census: 1940, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri

    Notes:

    MHR note: Ida taught school in Vermilion County, Illinois from 1883-1891. In 1900 they moved to Medaryville, Indiana. In 1907 they moved to Tilton, Illinois and lived there until 1932. She went to Canton, then to Kilmichael, Mississippi until 1936, then back to Canton.

    Ida May was immersed July 1875at German Schoolhouse near Fithian, Illinois.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65418503/ida-may-cronkhite

    Ida married Lee Cronkhite on 19 Mar 1891 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois. Lee (son of William S. Cronkhite and Eliza A. Sweet) was born on 30 Mar 1858 in Warren County, Indiana; died on 28 May 1913 in Tilton, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Stearns Cemetery, Fithian-Muncie, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Mary Eliza Cronkhite  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Oct 1900 in Medaryville, Pulaski County, Indiana; died on 19 Mar 1928 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Stearns Cemetery, Fithian-Muncie, Vermilion County, Illinois.

  3. 4.  Rosa "Blanche" HedgesRosa "Blanche" Hedges Descendancy chart to this point (1.Peter1) was born on 9 Oct 1867 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 19 Jan 1953 in Big Creek, Calhoun County, Mississippi; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1920, Grenada, Mississippi
    • Census: 1940, Winona, Montgomery County, Mississippi

    Notes:

    From newspaper clipping.

    Ex-Georgetown Teacher, 82, On Long Trip.
    Georgetown - Mrs. Blanche Brown of Big Creek, Miss. will begin her journey home, Thursday, after an extensive vacation. She will be 82 years old Oct. 8, and has traveled alone on her trip.

    She left her home May 27, going to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Blaylock, in Hickory Flat, Miss, for a week. From there she went to Memphis for four days with a grandson, Hiram Blaylock. The next stop was in South Haven, Kansas, where she spent 10 days with her 90-year-old brother, Thad A. Hedges. Mrs. Hedges is a minister and preaches every Sunday.

    She also visited a week with two cousins in Topeka, Kans. then to Moberly, Mo., for four days with a nephew, then two weeks at Center Point, Iowa, with an 84-year-old sister. After visiting this sister she went to Detroit, Mich., for a week with a sister who has been a patient, with total paralysis for five years in a Detroit hospital. On July 19 she came to Georgetown, to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Orpheus Richardson. During her visit there she has made visits in Danville, Fairmount, Catlin and Brocton. When she leaves Thursday she will visit a day in Orden and Urbana.

    She plans to stop in Hickory Flat on her way home to visit her daughter again.

    Mrs. Brown is well known in this community, where she taught school 23 years. She is the widow of Hiram Brown. They were the parents of three children. The elder daughter died in 1932, leaving four children, whom Mrs. Brown assisted in rearing. Her other children are the daughter in Hickory Flat, Miss., and a son, an employe of the Big Creek post office. There are 18 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

    Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lynn, daughter Kay, and Miss Phyllis Moore have returned from a 5,500 mile trip through the West. They first visited Mr. Lyon's nephew in Los Alamos, N.M., who is a chemical engineer in the atomic bomb plant. From there they drove to Grand Canyon, then on to California to visit Mrs. Lyon's uncles.

    On the return trip they visited Yosemite National Park, Salt Lake City and Reno, Nev., the Rocky Mountain National Park and other places of interest.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30838157/rosa-blanche-brown

    Rosa married Hiram Brown on 24 Dec 1891 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois. Hiram (son of Shepherd Brown and Mary Elizabeth Yoho) was born on 30 Jul 1862 in Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 6 Nov 1915 in Grenada County, Mississippi; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. Earl Radford Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 May 1893 in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana; died on 28 May 1972 in Mississippi; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi.
    2. 20. Dorothy Mattie Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Feb 1895 in Montgomery County, Mississippi; died on 6 Jun 1932 in Winona, Montgomery County, Mississippi; was buried in Bethlehem Methodist Church Cemetery, Winona, Montgomery County, Mississippi.
    3. 21. Myrtle Minnie Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Mar 1897 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 7 Mar 1992 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee; was buried in Mount Pisgah Cemetery, Duck Hill, Montgomery County, Mississippi.

  4. 5.  Charles Martin Hedges Descendancy chart to this point (1.Peter1) was born on 25 Oct 1869 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 28 Jul 1922 in Canton, Lewis County, Missouri; was buried on 30 Jul 1922 in Forest Grove Cemetery, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, Delaware, Jefferson County, Kansas
    • Census: 1910, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri
    • Census: 1920, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri

    Notes:

    MHR note: At age 20 Charlie got into a scrape with a girl who was half-witted. He skipped out with a horse and buggy. The horse was mortgaged but he sold it, and when questioned by A. V., said it had broken through a bridge and broken its leg and he'd had to kill it. Uncle Cappy [Peter Thompson Hedges] had to pay the money. He had to give the girl money and took her to an aunt in Florida. After they arrived, her father had her swear that she and Cappy had been registered as man and wife at a hotel on the way and extorted more money from him. He sold his farm and moved.

    Charles is buried in Forest Grove Cemetery next to his parents.


    Miss Ida A. Helvey, daughter of Chas. Helvey, was married at Leavenworth, July 26 (Sunday) to Chas. M. Hedges, an attorney, who has had an office at Horton. They will make their home in Kansas City, where Mrs. Hedges will open an office. Mrs. Hedges has many friends here who will wish all possible happiness.
    Troy Times, Troy, Kansas. Friday, 31 July 1898, page 4.


    30 November 1898
    Charles M. Hedges, manager of the American Law association at Kansas City, Mo., is mysteriously missing.
    The Atchison Daily Champion, Atchison, Kansas. Wednesday, 30 November 1898, page 2.


    1 December 1898
    No Trace Found of Charles M. Hedges
    Whereabouts of the Missing Attorney Still Shrouded in Mystery – Police Are Puzzled.
    “Where is Charles M. Hedges? Has he met with foul play?
    These are the questions which the police and the fiends of the missing man are asking themselves. His whereabouts is as deep a mystery as when he first dropped out of sight last Sunday. The police are puzzled over th case.
    As told exclusively in yesterday’s Times, Charles M. Hedges was a manager of the American Law association in the Nelson building and disappeared last Sunday afternoon. He was last seen at the Leland hotel in Liberty as he was starting to the depot to catch the 7:45 train over the Hannibal and St. Joseph road to this city. He lived with his wife and 7-months-old child at 1622 Broadway and went to Liberty last Sunday morning to visit his uncle, the Rev. Mr. Vawter, pastor of the Christian church of that town. His uncle was in Platte City and was not to return until the next day so Hedges went to the Leland hotel to stay until train time.
    He left the hotel about ten minutes before the time for his train to start, saying that he “must go home and see his wife and baby.” That was the last anyone remembers seeing of him.
    Hedges rented desk room in the law office of Charles H. Winston in the Nelson building and was well known to the business men of the city as a collector. Mr. Winston can find no trace of Hedges, and he believes that the missing man has been foully dealt with. Last night he said: “I am doing everything in my power to find Hedges. I knew him well and can not account for his continued absence.”
    Hedges brother, the Rev. T.A. Hedges, a Christian minister at Lancaster, Mo., was in the city all day yesterday trying to find the missing man. The conductor and brakeman of the Hannibal and St. Joseph train on which Hedges is supposed to have come from Liberty last Sunday were seen and questioned, but neither remembered anything of a man who answered the description of Hedges. The Rev. Mr. Hedges left for Lancaster last night and will wait until something turns up.
    Hedges is 25 years old, of medium height and weight and was well dressed when he disappeared. His friends say that he left money on deposit here in the National Bank of Commerce, and that his business was prosperous. None of his friends can account for his absence.
    The Kansas City Time, Kansas City, Missouri. Thursday, 1 December 1898, page 6.


    18 December 1898
    Hedges Case Baffles Them
    Police Can Not Penetrate The Mystery Surrounding It.
    For More Than a Month Charles M. Hedges Has Been Missing, and Not the Slightest Trace of His Whereabouts Has Been Found – His Wife Still Has Hopes of His Return, and Continues His Business.
    In an office on the sixth floor of the Nelson building a woman with traces of suffering in her finely-chiseled face, sits all day at a desk and carries on the business which her husband built up during five years of constant toil in the face of many difficulties. She is the wife of Charles M. Hedges, the manager, of the American Law association, who disappeared as mysteriously on November 27 last as if the earth had opened and swallowed him from sight.
    This woman is carrying on the business of the association as if nothing the world had happened and as if she had been doing it for years. The desk where her husband sat is loaded down with just as many papers as when he was there. Business men of the city who have had occasion to place any of their affairs in the hands of this woman say that she is as much a manager of affairs as was ever her husband.
    Before her husband disappeared he was a collector of other men’s bills. As manager of the American Law association he solicited unpaid bills from business men and by letters to the delinquent ones tried to get them to settle the bills. Those who knew him best say that he kept a record of every man who paid a bill which had been entrusted to him for collection and that this list was sent monthly to the business firms of the city so that these firms might know who the men were who could pay the bills they had contracted. In writing these letters to the men who owed money to business firms, Hedges would state that if the bills were paid the man’s name would be place on this list and the firms of the city would thereby know whom to trust in selling goods on time. Friends of the missing man say that Hedges never had the bills in his possession, but would simply write the letters to the debtors and collect his commission from the creditors in the event of the bill being paid as a result of his efforts.
    Mrs. Hedges Still Has Hope.
    Writing letters is the task which Mrs. Hedges has during all of each day. Every morning when the mail is delivered to the office she tears open each letter with a look of hope in her face. “There may be a letter from Charlie, and he may be sick some out-of-the-way place and can’t come home,” she says. Although disappointed at every mail, she has not give up all hope. “He will come back sometime.” That is what she lives for.
    While this woman thumps diligently away at a typewriter, a little baby boy plays around on the floor of the office. This child was the delight of Hedges, and when he left his home for a day’s visit at Liberty, he kissed the child good-by. All remembrance of its father leaves the child for days at a time. Sometimes this little boy asks for him, but these requests are becoming fewer and farther apart as the days go by.
    “The boy has almost forgotten that he ever had a father,” the mother says. “I suppose the child would recognize him if he would come back, but I am not so sure of it.
    The search for Hedges is still on, but not even the shadow of a suspicion of his whereabouts has been learned of by the police or the missing man’s friends since he dropped out of sight. Hedges’ disappearance is the strangest case the local police have ever been called upon to unravel. To drop out of sight as completely as if a fire had consumed every atom of one’s body is a thing seldom heard of hearabouts. Although nearly a month has passed since Hedges disappeared, not one man has been found who remembers seeing him or anyone who looked like him since he left the Leland hotel at Liberty to catch the 7:45 o’clock train to this city on the night of November 27.
    The police, the missing man’s lodge of the Odd Fellows and a dozen close friends have done everything possible in the search for him, and none has found the slightest trace. Hedges’ accounts were as straight as a string, and he owed no man, as far as his friends here know. He left a wife and a child, both of whom he is said to have loved dearly. His wife says that there was never anything but the happiest of relations in the family home, and that her husband was a sober, studious man.
    The Kansas City Time, Kansas City, Missouri. Sunday, 18 December 1898, page 5.


    26 December 1898
    Hedges Is Still Missing
    His Wife Has Given Up All Hope of His Ever Returning to Kansas City.
    It has now been a month since Charles M. Hedges, manager of the American Law Association, mysteriously disappeared. His young wife and 9-month-old baby boy, having waited in vain for him to return, will leave Kansas City today for Lancaster, Mo., where Rev. Mr. T.A. Hedges, a brother of the missing man, resides.
    Mrs. Hedges sate with the baby in her lap feeding it bread and milk when a report for The Journal called at 2201 McGee last night. She said she had not expect particularly that Mr. Hedges would come home at this time and make a Christmas present of himself to his wife and baby. She had got ready to leave Kansas City, she said, and was going.
    “I have not found the slightest trace of my husband,” she said quite calmly. “He has never written me a line since he left, and I do not know whether he is alive to write.
    “When he left Kansas City n the morning of November 27, the last day that I saw him, he kissed me and the baby good-by just as usual, and started for a visit to his uncle at Liberty, MO. Arriving there, he found that his uncle was out of town, and he waited about the Leland hotel all day for the train back to Kansas City. At 7:35 p.m. he left the hotel to take the 7:45 train for home. That is the last ever seen of him. I went to Liberty and made inquiries and a thorough search, but could trace him no farther.”
    Mrs. Hedges denies that her husband was short in his accounts or that his business affairs were tangled. She says she cannot imagine any motive he could have had in going away. She became acquainted with Mr. Hedges at Horton, Kas.
    Kansas City Journal, Kansas City, Missouri. Monday, 26 December 1898, page 5.


    15 January 1899
    They Are Still Missing
    Many Sudden Disappearances Are Yet Unexplained
    [long article about several area disappearances, including Charles]
    One of the mysterious disappearances the police of Kansas city have been called upon to unravel is that of Charles M. Hedges, manager of the American Law association. Hedges dropped out of sight on November 27, at Liberty, Mo., while there on a day’s visit to his uncle, an elder of the Christian church. Not even a suspicion of a trace of him has ever been found, although the police, the missing man’s lodge of the Odd Fellows and numerous friends have all joined in the search for him. Hedges is said to have loved dearly his young wife and infant child, who were left alone in the world. He kissed them goodby on the morning of Sunday, November 27, and said he would be back again at night. That was the last either of them ever has seen of him.
    The Kansas City Time, Kansas City, Missouri. Sunday, 15 January 1899, page 5.


    Rock Creek, Kan., Feb. 23, 1900.
    Editor Headlight,
    Dear Sir. – Some time ago I believe I saw a local in your paper in regard to the mysterious disappointment [edit – disappearance] of one Charles M. Hedges of the American Law Association of Kansas City, Mo., formerly located at Horton.
    Now to come to business I am in search of Mrs. Hedges address. Could you throw any light on the matter? Could you inform me of either Mrs. Hedges address or that of her parents.
    Thank you in advance for your kindness, which shall be appreciated most highly.
    Yours Humbly, Percy G. Hawley.
    P.S. Please do not fail me in this matter as this is very important, in fact grave. Yours, P.G. Hawley.
    The Horton Headlight-Commercial, Horton, Kansas. Thursday, 8 March 1900, page 5.


    Died:
    Missouri death certificate
    https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1922/1922_00022591.PDF

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30069609/charles-martin-hedges

    Charles married Ida A. Helvey on 26 Jul 1896 in Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas. Ida was born on 18 Jan 1874 in Clinton County, Missouri; died on 19 Nov 1938 in Cherokee County, Kansas; was buried in Hosey Hill Cemetery, Weir, Cherokee County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. Forest Martin Hedges  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Apr 1898; died on 5 Jun 1903 in Weir City, Cherokee County, Kansas; was buried in Hosey Hill Cemetery, Weir, Cherokee County, Kansas.

    Charles married Maude Lockwood on 14 Sep 1910 in Canton, Lewis County, Missouri. Maude was born in 1882 in Illinois; died in 1971; was buried in Forest Grove Cemetery, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 6.  Alice Felicia Hedges Descendancy chart to this point (1.Peter1) was born on 18 Jul 1872 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 1 Sep 1951 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; was buried in Medaryville Cemetery, Medaryville, Pulaski County, Indiana.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1910, White Post Township, Pulaski County, Indiana
    • Census: 1920, White Post Township, Pulaski County, Indiana
    • Census: 1930, Medaryville, Pulaski County, Indiana

    Notes:

    Mrs. Alice Firebaugh
    Medaryville, Aug. 31 – Mrs. Alice Firebaugh, 79, formerly of here, died this afternoon at Detroit, Mich., following a lingering illness.
    She was a member of the Medaryville Christian church.
    Survivors include three sons, John, Harold, and Norman, all of Detroit; two daughters, Mrs. Lela Willever of Detroit and Mrs. Lois Yates of Cuba, Ill.; three sisters and one brother.
    Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana. 1 September 1951, page 5..


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30556748/alice-f_-firebaugh

    Alice married Charles Ezra Firebaugh on 11 Dec 1892 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois. Charles (son of Thomas Firebaugh and Lucinda Sarah Hobick) was born on 10 Jan 1872 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 10 Feb 1906 in Jasper County, Indiana; was buried on 13 Feb 1906 in Medaryville Cemetery, Medaryville, Pulaski County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. Everett Harold Firebaugh  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Sep 1893 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 10 Feb 1979 in Howell, Livingston County, Michigan; was buried in Oakland Hills Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Novi, Oakland County, Michigan.
    2. 24. Lela Marie Firebaugh  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 May 1895 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 18 Sep 1992 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; was buried in Grand Lawn Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.
    3. 25. Hiram Lee Firebaugh  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Aug 1897 in Pulaski County, Indiana; died on 21 Jun 1945 in Medaryville, Pulaski County, Indiana; was buried in Independence Cemetery, Baileys Corner, Jasper County, Indiana.
    4. 26. Norman Thomas Peter Firebaugh  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Jan 1901 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 30 Aug 1981 in Pleasant Plains, Lake County, Michigan.
    5. 27. Lois Lavinah Firebaugh  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Jan 1903 in Jasper County, Indiana; died on 25 Jan 2001 in Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri; was cremated in location of ashes unknown.
    6. 28. John Herbert Andrew Firebaugh  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Dec 1904 in Jasper County, Indiana; died on 14 Sep 1981 in Broomfield, Oakland County, Michigan.

  6. 7.  Mattie Dell HedgesMattie Dell Hedges Descendancy chart to this point (1.Peter1) was born on 20 Jan 1875 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 22 Aug 1942 in Canton, Lewis County, Missouri; was buried on 25 Aug 1942 in Forest Grove Cemetery, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1930, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri
    • Census: 1940, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri

    Notes:

    LKH note: Mattie was the second wife of Charles Jacob Horn.


    Died:
    Missouri death certificate
    https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1942/1942_00030729.PDF

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7961791/mattie-horn

    Mattie married Charles Jacob Horn on 31 Oct 1916 in Downing, Schuyler County, Missouri. Charles was born on 9 Jul 1857 in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia; died on 18 Aug 1926 in Canton, Lewis County, Missouri; was buried on 21 Aug 1926 in Forest Grove Cemetery, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 8.  Myrtle Elicia HedgesMyrtle Elicia Hedges Descendancy chart to this point (1.Peter1) was born on 21 Dec 1877 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 28 Jul 1963 in Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri; was buried on 29 Jul 1963 in Fairview Cemetery, Dows, Wright County, Iowa.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1940, Dows, Wright County, Iowa

    Notes:

    Four persons died in the Missouri crash that took the lives of three Iowa women.
    The dead all relatives riding in one car:
    Mrs. Neill Elizabeth Gillam, 57, Des Moines school teacher.
    Her mother, Mrs. Myrtle Denger, 86, of Des Moines,
    Mrs. Clara Mae Gillam, in her 60s, of Tipton, a sister-in-law of Mrs. Nell Gillam, and
    Flora E. Tillotson, 62, of St. Joseph, Ill., niece of Mrs. Denger.
    A car driven by Mrs. Nell Gillam, 1962 University of Iowa Mother of the Year, apparently went out of control on U.S. Highway 40 near Higginsville in western Missouri and swerved into the path of a car driven by Lee L. Lowder, Jr., of Allen, Kan. Lowder escaped injury, but his wife was hospitalized at Lexington, Mo, in critical condition.
    Officer said the dead women were returning from a California vacation.
    Iowa City Press-Citizen, Iowa City, Iowa. Monday, 29 July 1963.


    Mother, Daughter Rites
    Services for Mrs. Myrtle Denger, 85, and her daughter, Mrs. Nell E. Gillam, 57, both of 920 Creston ave., who were killed in an auto accident Sunday near Higginsville, Mo., will be at 9 a.m. Thursday at Park Avenue Christian Church.
    Burial for Mrs. Denger will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the cemetery at Dows. Burial for Mrs. Gillam will be in Glendale Cemetery.
    Also killed in the accident were Mrs. Gillam’s sister-in-law, Mrs. Clara Mae Gillam of Tipton, and Flora E. Tillotson, 62, of St. Joseph, Ill., a niece of Mrs. Denger. The four women were returning to their homes from a California vacation trip when the car driven by Mrs. Nell Gillam collided with another car.
    D.M. Teacher
    Mrs. Nell Gillam, a teacher at Dunlap School here, was born at Armour, S.D. She came to Des Moines from Tipton 27 years ago, and was a member of Park Avenue Christian Church and South Gate Order of Eastern Star, and was past president of Park Avenue School Parent-Teacher Association and of the American Legion Auxiliary at Tipton.
    She is survived by a son, 2nd Lt. Lynn Gillam of Ft. Bragg, N.C.; two brothers, Charles P. Denger of Des Moines and Edward T. Denger of Ojai, Cal., a stepson, Robert E. Gillam, and a step-daughter, Mrs. Eloise Griffin, both of Des Moines, and four grandchildren.
    Lived at Dows
    Mrs. Denger, born in Illinois, lived in Dows before moving here six years ago. She was a member of Park Avenue Christian Church and was past worthy matron of the Eastern Star at Dows and past president at Dows of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and the Missionary Society.
    Surviving are her two sons, six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
    The bodies of Mrs. Denger and her daughter are at Arnold’s Highland Park Funeral Home.
    Des Moines Tribune, Des Moines, Iowa. Tuesday, 30 July 1963.


    Died:
    Missouri death dertificate
    https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1963/1963_00029034.PDF

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166360594/myrtle-e-denger

    Myrtle married Albert Andrew Denger on 31 Dec 1902 in Medaryville, Pulaski County, Indiana. Albert (son of Peter Denger and Maria Butz) was born on 18 Apr 1869 in Livingston County, Illinois; died on 23 Jan 1931 in Dows, Wright County, Iowa; was buried on 26 Jan 1931 in Fairview Cemetery, Dows, Wright County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 29. Nellie Elizabeth Denger  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Jul 1906 in Armour, South Dakota; died on 28 Jul 1963 in Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri; was buried on 29 Jul 1963 in Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa.
    2. 30. Charles Peter Denger  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Mar 1909 in Louis County, Missouri; died on 12 Jan 2002 in Urbandale, Polk County, Iowa; was buried in Resthaven Cemetery, West Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa.
    3. 31. Edward Thaddeus Denger  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Oct 1915 in Rudd, Floyd County, Iowa; died on 27 Jun 1976 in Sepulveda, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Ivy Lawn Memorial Park, Ventura, Ventura County, California.

  8. 9.  Minnie Flora HedgesMinnie Flora Hedges Descendancy chart to this point (1.Peter1) was born on 21 Dec 1877 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 21 Feb 1915 in Biloxi, Mississippi; was buried in Embury Cemetery, Hope, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    MHR note: Minnie attended high school in Medaryville, Indiana. She moved with her family to Pulaski County, Indiana in 1896.

    She and Bertie were members of the Christian Church.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55564405/minnie-f_-tillotson

    Shares a headstone with her infant son, Charles Albert Hedges Tillotson.

    Minnie married Bertie E. Tillotson on 26 Dec 1897 in Medaryville, Pulaski County, Indiana. Bertie (son of Luther Martin Tillotson and Mary Ellen Myrick) was born on 19 May 1872 in Armstrong, Illinois; died on 7 Apr 1936 in Kouts, Porter County, Indiana; was buried in Embury Cemetery, Hope, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 32. Flora Ellen Tillotson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Apr 1899 in Medaryville, Pulaski County, Indiana; died on 28 Jul 1963 in Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri; was buried on 29 Jul 1963 in Embury Cemetery, Hope, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    2. 33. Bertie "Arden" Luther Tillotson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Sep 1901 in Armstrong, Illinois; died on 11 Sep 1984 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
    3. 34. Charles Albert Hedges Tillotson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 May 1908 in Potomac, Rantoul County, Illinois; died on 16 Nov 1908 in Potomac, Rantoul County, Illinois; was buried in Embury Cemetery, Hope, Vermilion County, Illinois.


Generation: 3

  1. 10.  Dora Alice Hedges Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thaddeus2, 1.Peter1) was born on 23 Sep 1883 in Ogden, Champaign County, Illinois; died on 3 Nov 1918 in Canton, Lewis County, Missouri; was buried on 5 Nov 1918 in Forest Grove Cemetery, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri.

    Notes:

    Mrs. Dora Hudson
    Mrs. Dora Hudson of Canton, formerly Miss Dora Hedges, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. T.A. Hedges, residents of LaGrange for a number of years, died of pneumonia, following influenza, at her home in Canton Sunday. She leaves her husband and two children.
    Lewis County Journal, Monticello, Missouri. Friday, 15 November 1918, page 1.


    Died:
    Missouri death certificate
    https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1918/1918_00042938.PDF

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208756593/dora-alice-hudson

    Dora married William Andrew Hudson on 29 Dec 1903 in Novelty, Know County, Missouri. William was born on 2 Apr 1882 in Knox County, Missouri; died on 2 Jun 1960 in Canton, Lewis County, Missouri; was buried on 5 Jun 1960 in Forest Grove Cemetery, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 35. Lee Hedges Hudson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Jul 1908 in Newark, Knox County, Missouri; died on 24 Jul 1983 in Akron, Summit County, Ohio; was buried in Rose Hill Burial Park, Fairlawn, Summit County, Ohio.
    2. 36. Freda Berniece Hudson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Oct 1911 in Plevna, Knox County, Missouri; died on 10 Aug 1986 in Fort Colins, Larimer County, Colorado; was buried in Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado.

  2. 11.  Frederick Albert Hedges Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thaddeus2, 1.Peter1) was born on 16 Jun 1886 in Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 24 Apr 1977 in Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri; was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1920, Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa
    • Census: 1930, South Sugar Creek, Randolph County, Missouri

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54656645/frederick-a.-hedges

    Frederick married Julia May Fitzgerald on 27 Mar 1911 in Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa. Julia was born on 9 Oct 1894 in Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa; died on 14 Jul 1931 in Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri; was buried on 19 Jul 1931 in Oakland Cemetery, Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 37. Thelma Maxine Hedges  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Aug 1913 in Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa; died on 3 Dec 1987.
    2. 38. Mary Hedges  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Mar 1916 in Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa; died on 30 Mar 1916 in Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa.
    3. 39. Virginia Hedges  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Mar 1916 in Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa; died on 25 Aug 1917 in Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa; was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa.

    Frederick married Nettie Ethel Fillinger on 14 May 1938 in Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri. Nettie was born on 28 Oct 1897 in Eolia, PIke County, Missouri; died on 20 May 1973 in Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri; was buried in Crescent Heights Cemetery, Pleasant Hill, Pike County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 12.  Arthur Alden Hedges Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thaddeus2, 1.Peter1) was born on 3 Jul 1887 in Waterloo, Fayette County, Indiana; died on 16 Jan 1965 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas; was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: minister
    • Census: 1915, Conway Springs, Sumner County, Kansas
    • Census: 1920, Palmyra, Marion County, Missouri
    • Census: 1930, Dexter, Stoddard County, Missouri

    Notes:

    Minister’s Rites Set On Monday
    Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday for the Rev. Arthur A. Hedges, 76, of 1618 Fairmount, who died Friday.
    He was interim minister at Haverhill, Kan., Christian Church for the past eight years.
    Born July 3, 1888, in Indiana, he had been a resident of Wichita 52 years. He attended Friends University and obtained his master’s degree at Phillips University, Enid, Okla.
    He was the first minister at West Side Christian Church and also served Kansas churches at Conway Springs, Liberal, Great Bend, and Peabody.
    Survivors include his widow, Jean; a daughter, Mrs. R.S. Maytum, 1017 N. Yale; two sons, Dr. Thayne Hedges, Enid, and Howard L. Hedges, McConnell AFB; two brothers, H.A., Kansas City, Mo., and F.A., Moberly, Mo.; two sisters, Mrs. Neill Henney, South Haven, Kan., and Mrs. Grace P. Tallman, Moberly; and five grandchildren.
    Services will be at Central Christian Church. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery. Gill Mortuary has charge.
    The Wichita Eagle, Wichita, Kansas. Sunday, 17 January 1965.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33260244/arthur-alden-hedges

    Section F, Lot 28, Grave 7

    Arthur married Irma "Jean" Hathaway on 14 May 1913 in Wellington, Kansas. Irma was born on 18 Jan 1895 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas; died on 25 Oct 1971 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas; was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 40. Thadine Ruth Hedges  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Apr 1915 in Conway Springs, Sumner County, Kansas; died on 29 May 2002 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas; was buried in Old Mission Cemetery, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas.
    2. 41. Thayne Alden Hedges  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Mar 1921 in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma; died on 21 Jan 1986 in Madera County, California; was cremated in burial details unknown.

  4. 13.  Mary Aureana "May" Hedges Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thaddeus2, 1.Peter1) was born on 22 Mar 1889 in Coburntown, Indiana; died on 14 Jan 1931 in Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri; was buried on 16 Jan 1931 in Saint Joseph Memorial Park, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri.

    Notes:

    Kansas Woman Dies in St. Joseph Hospital
    Miss Mary A. Hedges, forty-one years old, Sharon Springs, Kan. died Friday morning at a local hospital. She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T.A. Hedges, Sharon Springs; four brothers, Fred A. Hedges, Moberly, Mo.; Arthur A. Hedges, Liberal, Kan., and Herbert and Bertram Hedges, Kansas City; and two sisters, Mrs. Grace Thalman, Johnson, Kan., and Mrs. Mildred Heeney, South Haven, Kan. The body is at Fleeman’s mortuary pending funeral arrangements.
    St. Joseph Gazette, St. Joseph, Missouri. Saturday, 17 January 1931, page 3.


    Died:
    Missouri death certificate
    https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1931/1931_00000248.PDF

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/221143002/mary-a-hedges


  5. 14.  Herbert Arlington Hedges, Sr Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thaddeus2, 1.Peter1) was born on 2 Dec 1891 in Middleport, Ohio; died on 23 Jun 1980 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri; was buried in Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas.

    Other Events:

    • _MILT: World War I.
    • Census: 1920, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois
    • Census: 1930, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
    • Census: 1940, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri

    Notes:

    Herbert A. Hedges
    Herbert A. Hedges, 84, of 6025 State Line, Kansas City, died Monday, June 23, at Research Hospital. He was born in Middleport, Ohio. Mr. Hedges, a former resident of Chillicothe, known as "Mr. Life Insurance," had a long and colorful career. At an early age, he was a cabin boy on the Mississippi River on the White Collar Line. As a youth, he became a crewman for the Redpath-Vawter Chautauqua circuit, where he became intimately acquainted with celebrities of the day: William Jennings Bryan, Schumann Heinck, Champ Clark, Senator La Follette and the Ben Greet Shakespearean Players.
    In March, 1918, he joined the United States Marine Corps and served on active duty in France, where he was commissioned as first lieutenant. After the war, he entered the life insurance business in Queen City, Mo. Four years later, he became general agent in Kansas City for the Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa, with which he enjoyed a long and successful career.
    On June 15, 1978, the Kansas City Association of Life Underwriters created a Man-of-the-Year Award and called it the Herb Hedges Award. Mr. Hedges had served as a leading general agent in Kansas City, was three times honored as a Master Agency Builder, president of the National Association of Life Underwriters (with offices in New York City). He was known in the industry as a life insurance salesman's salesman. His "Fiddlers, Peddlars and Salesman" speech made him a sought-after dinner speaker.
    He was a member of the Country Club Christian Church and Mission Hills Country Club. He is survived by his wife, Jacqueline R. Hedges, of the home; a son, Skipper Hedges, Kansas City, and four daughters, Cee Cee Zabor, Blue Springs; Mrs. Edwin M. Bramson, Prairie Village; Mrs. Rufus Gabel, Kansas City, and Mrs. James E. Anderson, Pullman, Wash. He is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Mildred Heency, South Haven, Kan., and Mrs. Grace Tallman, Keokuk, Ia.
    Services will be held at 12, Friday at the Country Club Christian Church, 61st and Ward Parkway, Kansas City. Burial will be at the National cemetery, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., at 2:30 p.m.
    The family requests no flowers. Contributions may be made to Olivette Baptist Church Missionary Fund, 4901 Mission Rd., Westwood, Kansas 66205.
    The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune Obituary, June 25, 1980, p. 9.


    From The Mavity Family, compiled by Norman Bloss Mavity. Published by Edwards Brother, Inc. Ann Arbor, MI, [1954].
    page 118
    E-292. Herbert Arlington Hedges was born December 2, 1891, at Middleport, Ohio. He was married December 22, 1914, at Muskogee, Oklahoma, to Lillian Lucille Bailey, who was born April 14, 1893 at Harrison, Arkansas, the daughter of attorney DeRoos Bailey and Lillie (McDowell) Bailey. Herbert Arlington Hedges attended Culver-Stockton College, Canton, Missouri, and Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He belongs to the Optimist Club, Christian Church, and Missouri Life Underwriters. He is National Trustee of "National Life Underwriters."


    _MILT:
    US Marine Corps. 1st Lieutenant.

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92508029/herbert-arlington-hedges

    Section M, site 495

    Herbert married Lillian Lucille Bailey on 22 Dec 1914 in Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, and was divorced before 1942. Lillian (daughter of DeRoos Bailey and Lillie McDowell) was born on 14 Apr 1893 in Harrison, Boone County, Arkansas; died on 15 Jan 1980 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri; was buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 42. Esther Bailey Hedges  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Jan 1916 in Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma; died on 31 Mar 2007 in Whitman County, Washington; was buried in Pullman City Cemetery, Whitman County, Washington.
    2. 43. Betty Jean Hedges  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Dec 1917 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; died in Dec 1986 in Shawnee Mission, Johnson County, Kansas; was buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.
    3. 44. Sidney McDowell Hedges  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Nov 1921 in Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri; died on 27 Apr 1996 in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas; was buried in Valley View Memorial Park, Pottawatomie County, Kansas.
    4. 45. Herbert Arlington Hedges  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Nov 1925 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri; died on 9 Aug 1978 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri; was buried in Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas.

    Herbert married Jacqueline Royster on 8 May 1942 in Benton County, Arkansas. Jacqueline was born on 2 Dec 1910 in Independence, Jackson County, Missouri; died on 13 Sep 1997 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri; was buried in Mount Washington Cemetery, Independence, Jackson County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 46. Skipper Royster Hedges  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 May 1939 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri; died on 21 Jun 2014 in Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri; was buried in non-cemetery burial.
    2. 47. Victoria Jacquelynn Hedges  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Sep 1945 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri; died on 18 May 2004 in Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida; was buried in Fred Hunter's Hollywood Memorial Gardens West, Hollywood, Broward County, Florida.

  6. 15.  Bertram Atkinson Hedges Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thaddeus2, 1.Peter1) was born on 2 Dec 1895 in Ainsworth, Brown County, Nebraska; died on 8 Dec 1952 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas.

    Other Events:

    • _MILT: World War I. US Marines.
    • Census: 1920, La Harpe, Hancock County, Illinois
    • Census: 1930, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
    • Census: 1940, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas

    Notes:

    MHR note: Bert served In WWI he was in the 13th Regiment US Marines; Corporal of A. E.F.; 1st Lieut. US Marine Corps Reserves (1925-1935); Sec. General Director "The Sunflower Boys", Sat of American Legion, Department of Kansas.

    He received at A.B. degree from the University of Illinois, Urbana in 1916. He was manager for Business Men's Assurance Co of America. Had a professional degree C.L.U United Congress. Church; past president of the Lions Club; past president of the University Club; American Legion (past commander); 40 aet 8; Teta X; Kappa Delta Pi; Phi Delta Kappa; on board of directors of the public museum.



    Bert A. Hedges Taken by Death
    Insurance Executive Ill for Two Years
    Bert A. Hedges, 59, of 164 South Fountain, nationally known as an insurance executive, died Monday morning at Wesley hospital. He had been in failing health for the last two years but his condition had been critical for the last month.
    In addition to insurance groups, he was active in many civic organizations, including the local UNESCO. Because of his work in the development of the latter organization, he was named an honorary citizen of Orleans, France, Wichita sister city under the UNESCO plan. He was Kansas chairman of UNESCO.
    Hedges had been a resident of Wichita 20 year.
    Taught School
    A graduate of the University of Illinois in 1916, he served as a public school teacher and superintendent in Illinois before entering the life insurance business.
    He was a national president of the American War Dads, a post commander of the American Legion and president of both the Wichita Lions club and the University club. He formed the Kansas Association of Accident and Health underwriters and served as its first president in 1940.
    Among insurance activities he was a member of the executive board of the International Association of Accident and Health underwriters and national chairman of the general agents and managers committee of the National Association of Life underwriters. He also served as chairman of numerous national committees in these organizations.
    Wrote Two Books
    Hedges was the author of two books, “Selling Accident and Health Insurance” and “Let’s Sell Life Insurance.
    In 1952 he was named winner of the Harold R. Gordon memorial award, presented by the Chicago Accident and Health association at Asbury Park, N.J. This award is the “Oscar” of the insurance business.
    He entered the insurance business at Champaign, Ill. He later served as general agent at Decatur, Ill., and then was associated with his brother, Herbert, in the insurance business in Kansas City. He was appointed director of field services and sale training in the home office of the Business Men’s Assurance company in 1929. In 1932 he was named branch manager for the firm in Kansas, Northern Oklahoma and Southern Nebraska, with headquarters in Wichita.
    Developed Business
    Beginning with only three or four salesmen, he developed a force of 45 agents.
    Hedges at one time was president of the Soldiers Home board of managers for the state of Kansas.
    He was with the U.S. marines during World War I, serving overseas. He had always planned to visit Orleans, France, of which he was an honorary citizen, but never got to make the trip. One of this twin daughters, Edith, visited Orleans, officiating at the presentation of the train provided children of the French city by the children of Wichita.
    Born in Nebraska
    Hedges was a member of the Plymouth Congregational church. He was born Dec. 2, 1893, in Ansley, Neb.
    Surviving are his wife, Edith, of the home; a son, Robert, of Champaign, Ill; three daughters, Mrs. Virginia Aldendifer of Indianapolis, Ind., Mrs. Elaine Stevens of Detroit, Mich., and Edith Hedges of Pittsburgh, Pa. He also is survived by his father, T.A. Hedges of South Haven, Kan.; three brothers and two sisters. One of the brothers, Arthur Hedges, lives at 1618 Fairmount.
    Memorial services will be held at Plymouth Congregational church, probably Thursday afternoon. The family requests that friends send contributions to the cancer fund.
    The body will be taken to Kansas City, Mo., for cremation.
    Lahey mortuary is in charge of local arrangements.
    The Wichita Beacon, Wichita, Kansas. Monday, 8 December 1952, page 5.

    Bertram married Edith Marian Wight on 8 Sep 1917 in Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois. Edith (daughter of Samuel Augustus Wight and Mabel "Carrie" Curtis) was born on 8 Jul 1894 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; died on 21 Mar 1983 in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 48. Robert Atkinson Hedges  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Feb 1919 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; died on 1 Feb 1999.
    2. 49. Virginia Wight Hedges  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Jul 1922 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas; died on 11 Feb 2010 in Wichita, Sadgwick County, Kansas.
    3. 50. Edith Mildred "Ditta" Hedges  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Nov 1923 in Champaign County, Illinois; died on 10 Jul 2006 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
    4. 51. Elaine Hedges  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Nov 1922 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas; died on 4 Nov 2014 in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California.

  7. 16.  Grace Virginia Hedges Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thaddeus2, 1.Peter1) was born on 25 Jan 1896 in LaGrange, Lewis County, Missouri; died on 17 Aug 1993 in Keokuk, Iowa; was buried in Darby Cemetery, Schuyler County, Missouri.

    Notes:

    MHR note: Grace was baptized into the Christian Church when 11. She attended LaGrange Baptist College one semester and one semester at Dulver-Stockton College, Canton, Missouri. She taught school in Schuyler County, Missouri for five years and taught again in 1944-45, and 1945-46.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145010973/grace-virginia-tallman

    Grace married Lemuel Childs Tallman on 29 May 1919 in Queen City, Schuyler County, Missouri. Lemuel (son of Charles Tallman and Elizabeth Henderson) was born on 17 Oct 1893 in Lancaster, Missouri; died on 19 Dec 1949 in Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri; was buried in Darby Cemetery, Schuyler County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 52. Richard Hedges Tallman  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Jun 1920 in Queen City, Schuyler County, Missouri; died on 1 Aug 2005; was buried in Maywood Cemetery, Maywood, Lewis County, Missouri.
    2. 53. Gordon Everett Tallman  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Dec 1922 in Lancaster, Schuyler County, Missouri; died on 17 Dec 1972; was buried in Haviland Cemetery, Haviland, Kiowa County, Kansas.
    3. 54. Mary Margaret Tallman  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Oct 1925 in Bloomfield, Davis County, Iowa; died on 24 Sep 2017 in Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa; was buried in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa.
    4. 55. Herbert Tallman  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Jul 1933 in La Grange, Lewis County, Missouri; died on 21 Jan 2019 in Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania; was buried in National Cemetery of the Alleghenies, Cecil, Washington County, Pennsylvania.

  8. 17.  Mildred Ruth Hedges Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thaddeus2, 1.Peter1) was born on 11 Mar 1898 in LaGrange, Lewis County, Missouri; died on 24 Aug 1983 in South Haven, Sumner County, Kansas; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, South Haven, Sumner County, Kansas.

    Notes:

    South Haven – Mildred R. Heeney, 85, retired teacher, died Wednesday. Service 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Christian Church, South Haven.
    Survivors: husband, Neill; son, Edwin of Dixson, Calif.; daughter, Alois Hutchison of Willington, Dorothy Harader of Garland, Texas; 13 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Christian Church, South Haven. Day Funeral Home, Willington.
    The Wichita, Eagle, Wichita, Kansas. Friday, 26 August 1983.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67337455/mildred-r.-heeney

    Mildred married Neill Easter Heeney on 7 Aug 1927 in Miltonvale, Kansas. Neill was born on 24 Sep 1898 in Blackwell, Oklahoma; died on 19 Jan 1998; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, South Haven, Sumner County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  9. 18.  Mary Eliza Cronkhite Descendancy chart to this point (3.Ida2, 1.Peter1) was born on 6 Oct 1900 in Medaryville, Pulaski County, Indiana; died on 19 Mar 1928 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Stearns Cemetery, Fithian-Muncie, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    MHR note: Mary graduated from Danville High School in 1921. She belonged to the 1st Church of Christ, Danville, Illinois.

    Mary was immersed at the First Church of Christ, Danville, Illinois 23 February 1913. She was the one who took dictation of "Uncle Cappy's" autobiography.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65418629/mary-e_-cronkhite


  10. 19.  Earl Radford BrownEarl Radford Brown Descendancy chart to this point (4.Rosa2, 1.Peter1) was born on 27 May 1893 in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana; died on 28 May 1972 in Mississippi; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1930, Big Creek, Calhoun County, Mississippi
    • Census: 1940, Big Creek, Calhoun County, Mississippi

    Notes:

    MHR note: Earl was a sophomore at the University of Illinois when he enlisted in the US Army, May 1917. He was at Camp Logan, Houston, Texas until May 1918 when he was sent overseas. He was a horse-shoe-er with the "shock troops" from the Battle of St. Michael to the end of the war. He was in the Army of Occupation at Luxembourg until June 1919. He belonged to Battery B, 124th Field Artillery in A.E.F. He belonged to the American Legion. He, his wife and older children are in the Christian Church in Ohio.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30838188/earl-radford-brown

    Earl married Elizabeth Augusta Jacks on 30 Jun 1920 in Grenada, Mississippi. Elizabeth (daughter of Nathaniel B. Jacks and Julia Evelyn Hayward) was born on 29 Nov 1896 in Montgomery County, Mississippi; died on 22 Aug 1973 in Calhoun City, Calhoun County, Mississippi; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 56. Radford Wilson Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Oct 1924 in Big Creek, Calhoun County, Mississippi; died on 15 Jun 1978 in Jackson County, Florida; was buried in Chapel Hill Cemetery, Big Creek, Calhoun County, Mississippi.
    2. 57. Blanche Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Sep 1922 in Grenada County, Mississippi; died on 4 May 2014 in Sylva, Jacks County, North Carolina; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi.

  11. 20.  Dorothy Mattie BrownDorothy Mattie Brown Descendancy chart to this point (4.Rosa2, 1.Peter1) was born on 7 Feb 1895 in Montgomery County, Mississippi; died on 6 Jun 1932 in Winona, Montgomery County, Mississippi; was buried in Bethlehem Methodist Church Cemetery, Winona, Montgomery County, Mississippi.

    Notes:

    MHR note: Dorothy taught for two years in Illinois and four years in Mississippi.

    Both Dorothy and Claude are members of the Christian Church.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22636780/dorothy-m.-blaylock

    Dorothy married Claude Henry Blaylock on 22 Feb 1920 in Greene County, Mississippi. Claude (son of William Henry Blaylock and Sarah Louise Collins) was born on 11 Dec 1887 in Montgomery County, Mississippi; died on 10 Feb 1971 in Winona, Montgomery County, Mississippi; was buried in Bethlehem Methodist Church Cemetery, Winona, Montgomery County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 58. Elizabeth Rose Blaylock  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Mar 1921 in Montgomery County, Mississippi; died on 3 Dec 1928 in Montgomery County, Mississippi; was buried in Bethlehem Methodist Church Cemetery, Winona, Montgomery County, Mississippi.
    2. 59. William Hiram Blaylock  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Aug 1922 in Montgomery County, Mississippi; died on 51 Dec 2019; was buried in Memphis Memory Gardens, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee.
    3. 60. Winifred Blaylock  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1926 in Mississippi; died on 19 Oct 2015 in Searcy, White County, Arkansas; was buried in Marks Cemetery, Marks, Quitman County, Mississippi.
    4. 61. Rachel Blaylock  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 May 1927 in Mississippi; died on 11 Oct 2011 in Leland, Washington County, Mississippi; was buried in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi.

  12. 21.  Myrtle Minnie BrownMyrtle Minnie Brown Descendancy chart to this point (4.Rosa2, 1.Peter1) was born on 7 Mar 1897 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 7 Mar 1992 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee; was buried in Mount Pisgah Cemetery, Duck Hill, Montgomery County, Mississippi.

    Notes:

    Memphis
    Myrtle Minnie Blaylock, 95, of Memphis died Saturday at her home. Services will be at noon Monday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial at 3:30 p.m. Monday in Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery in Duck Hill, Miss. Mrs. Blaylock, the widow of Hardy B. Blaylock, leaves six daughters, Dorothy M. Counts, Joyce Maness and Pearl Rose Sparks, all of Memphis, Louise Counts of St. Charles, Mo., Mary Elliott of Hickory Flat, Miss., and Emeline Payne of Potts Camp, Miss.; four sons, Ruby B. Blaylock and William T. Blaylock, both of Grenada, Miss., Ralph H. Blaylock of Southaven and Robert A. Blaylock of Cahokia, Ill., 34 grandchildren, 56 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
    The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee. Sunday, 8 March 1992.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23632536/myrtle-brown-blaylock

    Myrtle married Hardy Benson Blaylock on 2 Apr 1922 in Grenada County, Mississippi. Hardy (son of William Henry Blaylock and Sarah Louise Collins) was born on 12 Jan 1897 in Montgomery County, Mississippi; died on 9 Nov 1975 in Grenada, Mississippi; was buried in Mount Pisgah Cemetery, Duck Hill, Montgomery County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 62. Dorothy Marie Blaylock  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Feb 1923 in Mississippi; died on 12 Nov 2014 in Doniphan, Ripley County, Missouri; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery East, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee.
    2. 63. William Thompson Blaylock  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Jun 1924 in Duck Hill, Montgomery County, Mississippi; died on 30 Nov 2004 in Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi.
    3. 64. Louise Blaylock  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Jan 1926 in Duck Hill, Montgomery County, Mississippi; died on 4 Mar 2004; was buried in Troy City Cemetery, Troy, Lincoln County, Missouri.
    4. 65. Rev Ralph Hedges Blaylock  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 May 1927 in Duck Hill, Montgomery County, Mississippi; died on 9 Dec 2015; was buried in Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens, Southaven, DeSoto County, Mississippi.
    5. 66. Mary Elizabeth Blaylock  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Dec 1928 in Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi; died on 21 May 2006; was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Pine Grove, Benton County, Mississippi.
    6. 67. Joyce Blaylock  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Sep 1930 in Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi; died on 9 Aug 2021 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee; was buried on 13 Aug 2021 in Memphis Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens, Bartlett, Shelby County, Tennessee.
    7. 68. Robert Arlington Blaylock  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Jan 1934 in Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi; died on 21 Nov 2020 in Saint Cloud, Benton County, Minnesota; was buried in Valhalla Gardens of Memory, Belleville, Saint Clair County, Illinois.

  13. 22.  Forest Martin Hedges Descendancy chart to this point (5.Charles2, 1.Peter1) was born on 10 Apr 1898; died on 5 Jun 1903 in Weir City, Cherokee County, Kansas; was buried in Hosey Hill Cemetery, Weir, Cherokee County, Kansas.

    Notes:

    Died.
    Forest M. Hedges, the five year son of Mrs. Joe Morgan, died at their home Friday, June 5, 1903, of diphtheria. The funeral services were held at the home on Saturday at 2 o’clock, conducted by Rev. M.D. Stout and the remains were laid to rest in the Weir City cemetery.
    Weir Journal, Weir, Kansas. Friday. 12 June 1902.


    Forest Martin Hedges, the only son of Mrs. G.C. Morgan departed this life at Weir City, Kans., Friday, June 5, 1903, age 5 years, one month and 26 days. The funeral services were held at the resident on West North street Saturday at 2 o’clock p.m. conducted by the writer. The text matt. 18:14 – “Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.” The little one was interred in the Weir City cemetery.
    With asking hearts and troubled minds
    To see him in the grave confined.
    In behalf of the bereft Mr. and Mrs. Morgan, we express our heartfelt thanks to the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs and their friend for the tender care and sympathy throughout their deep affliction.
    While lonesome and along
    We shall think of the dear one.
    And amidst this deep sorrow of woe
    Our tears for him will overflow.
    Yet bear up we know we much
    Than only in Lord can we trust;
    That when the darkest mist clar away
    Again we shall see him some bright day.
    M.D. Strout, M.E. Pastor.
    Weir Weekly Tribune, Weir, Kansas. Friday. 12 June 1902.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51157406/forest-m-hedges


  14. 23.  Everett Harold Firebaugh Descendancy chart to this point (6.Alice2, 1.Peter1) was born on 22 Sep 1893 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 10 Feb 1979 in Howell, Livingston County, Michigan; was buried in Oakland Hills Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Novi, Oakland County, Michigan.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: roofer
    • Census: 1920, Shell Creek Precinct, Madison County, Nebraska
    • Census: 1930, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
    • Census: 1940, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

    Notes:

    Everett Firebaugh, roofing firm owner
    Services for Everett H. Firebaugh, 85, retired owner and founder of the E.H. Firebaugh Roofing Co. in Detroit, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Ross B. Northrop and Son Funeral Home, 19019 Northville Road in Northville.
    Mr. Firebaugh, who had been a Detroit resident and businessman for 25 years before his retirement in 1954, died Saturday at the Livingston Care Center in Howell.
    He was a member of the Redford Masonic Lodge No.132 F&AM and a former member of the Redford Lions Club and the Redford Exchange.
    Surviving are his wife, Anna; three sons, Vergil, Dale and Harold Lee; four daughters, Mildred Reynold, Ethel Gonella, Lois Ragan and Ann Chesney; two brothers, two sisters, 22 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
    Masonic services will be at 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Oakland Hills Cemetery in Novi.
    Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan. Monday, 12 February 1979.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/248743239/everett-harold-firebaugh

    Everett married Anna Julsen on 12 Mar 1917 in Newman Grove, Madison County, Nebraska. Anna (daughter of Ole Julsen and Marit Olsdatter Teigseth) was born on 1 Jul 1895 in Boone County, Nebraska; died on 25 Sep 1982 in Howell, Livingston County, Michigan; was buried in Oakland Hills Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Novi, Oakland County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 69. Virgil Arden Firebaugh  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Mar 1918 in Newman Grove, Madison County, Nebraska; died on 4 Nov 1987 in Hamburg, Livingston County, Michigan; was buried in Oakland Hills Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Novi, Oakland County, Michigan.
    2. 70. Mildred Irene Firebaugh  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Mar 1920 in Loretto, Nebraska; died on 28 Feb 1998 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.
    3. 71. Dale Julsen Firebaugh  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Oct 1927 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; died on 15 Oct 1987 in Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina; was buried in Bethlehem United Methodist Church Cemetery, Climax, Guilford County, North Carolina.
    4. 72. Harold Lee Firebaugh  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Dec 1932 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; died on 15 Jan 1982 in Alachua, Polk County, Florida.

  15. 24.  Lela Marie Firebaugh Descendancy chart to this point (6.Alice2, 1.Peter1) was born on 7 May 1895 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 18 Sep 1992 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; was buried in Grand Lawn Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.

    Notes:

    MHR note: Lee and Lela were living on one of the Henry Ford 4-A farms, about 15 miles from the Arnold home.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13875112/lela-m.-willever

    Section 10

    Stone for Lela M. Willever does not include year of death. It it possible that she is buried elsewhere, but I have found no information for her under her second marriage surname of Lela Gotts.

    Lela married Lee Apgar Willever on 4 May 1916 in Garden City, Michigan. Lee (son of Abraham S. Willever and Laura Apgar) was born on 25 May 1893 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; died on 17 Mar 1954 in Inkster, Michigan; was buried in Grand Lawn Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Lela married Harold Thomas Gotts on 31 Aug 1956. Harold was born on 7 Feb 1912 in Ypsilanti, Michigan; died on 13 Nov 1985 in Inkster, Wayne County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  16. 25.  Hiram Lee Firebaugh Descendancy chart to this point (6.Alice2, 1.Peter1) was born on 16 Aug 1897 in Pulaski County, Indiana; died on 21 Jun 1945 in Medaryville, Pulaski County, Indiana; was buried in Independence Cemetery, Baileys Corner, Jasper County, Indiana.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1930, White Post Township, Pulaski County, Indiana
    • Census: 1940, White Post Township, Pulaski County, Indiana

    Notes:

    Lee Firebaugh
    Medaryville, June 21 – Lee Firebaugh, 47, died on his farm west of here early this morning following an extended illness. In August of 1919 he was married to Vera Manning and was a World War I veteran.
    Surviving with the wife are three children, Mrs. Alice Lashbrook of Rensselaer, Mrs. Norma Lee Hagwood of Detroit, Mich., Seaman second class John; mother, Mrs. Alice Firebaugh of Detroit, Mich., one sister, Mrs. Leah Williever of Detroit, Mich., three brothers, Harold, John of Detroit, Mich, Norman of Pasadena, Calif.
    Body at the Querry funeral home until 4 p.m. Friday when it will be taken to the home. Funeral services Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Christian church, of which he was a member.
    Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana. Friday, 22 June 1945.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109317495/hiram-lee-firebaugh

    Hiram married Vera Mae Manning on 19 Aug 1919 in Pulaski County, Indiana. Vera was born on 3 Dec 1900 in Pulaski County, Indiana; died on 20 Mar 1952 in Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana; was buried on 23 Mar 1952 in Independence Cemetery, Baileys Corner, Jasper County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  17. 26.  Norman Thomas Peter Firebaugh Descendancy chart to this point (6.Alice2, 1.Peter1) was born on 11 Jan 1901 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 30 Aug 1981 in Pleasant Plains, Lake County, Michigan.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1940, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

    Norman married Evelyn M. Robinson on 6 Jan 1936 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. Evelyn was born about 1893 in Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  18. 27.  Lois Lavinah Firebaugh Descendancy chart to this point (6.Alice2, 1.Peter1) was born on 18 Jan 1903 in Jasper County, Indiana; died on 25 Jan 2001 in Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri; was cremated in location of ashes unknown.

    Notes:

    MHR note: Lois, L.B. Culver-Stockton College, Canton, Missouri 1927. Central Normal College, Danville, Illinois, summer 1921. Eastern Star; State Federated Women's Club, Christian Church. Carter Member: Omega (Gamma Chap), Culver-Stockton. Pan-Hellenic Council; Student senate; Dramatic Club; Theta Alpha Phi (national honorary dramatics Sec.). President of Y.W.C. A.

    She taught primary grades, Medaryville, Indiana 1921-22 and English and math 10 years in Medaryville and Smithfield, Illinois to 1937. She was cashier for Associated Chautauquas and junior supervisor three summers; assistant postmaster in Medaryville, Indiana 1922-3.


    Lois L. Yates
    Lois L. Yates, 98, Lexington, MO, passed away Thursday, January 25, 2001, at Lafayette Regional Health Center, Lexington. Cremation. Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 27, at Walker-Nadler Chapel, Lexington. Memorial contributions may be made to the Lafayette Regional Health Center Auxiliary. (Arrangements: Walker-Nadler Funeral Home, Lexington, MO)
    The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Missouri. Friday, 26 January 2001.

    Lois married Robert Louis Yates on 24 Jul 1930 in San Jose, Mason County, Illinois. Robert was born on 12 Feb 1906 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; died on 12 Oct 1984 in Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  19. 28.  John Herbert Andrew Firebaugh Descendancy chart to this point (6.Alice2, 1.Peter1) was born on 5 Dec 1904 in Jasper County, Indiana; died on 14 Sep 1981 in Broomfield, Oakland County, Michigan.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1940, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

    Notes:

    Firebaugh
    John H., September 14, 1981. Husband of Marjorie; father of Mrs. Donald (Judith) Kuntzman and James L. Firebaugh; brother of Mrs. Harold (Lela) Gotts and Mrs. Robert (Lois) Yates; grandfather of Deborah, Robert, David, Katie and Mindy. Funeral service at Bell Chapel of the Wm. R. Hamilton Co., 820 E. Maple Av, Birmingham, Thursday, 1 p.m. Suggested visitation, 7-9 pm. Tuesday and 2-4 & 7-9 pm Wed. Tributes may be sent to Cancer Foundation.
    Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan. Tuesday, 15 September 1981.

    John married Marjorie Geneva Prall on 24 May 1932 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Marjorie (daughter of William Frederick Prall and Edith Elizabeth Woodlock) was born on 9 Aug 1908 in Henryville, Indiana; died on 18 Nov 1986 in Birmingham, Oakland County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  20. 29.  Nellie Elizabeth Denger Descendancy chart to this point (8.Myrtle2, 1.Peter1) was born on 25 Jul 1906 in Armour, South Dakota; died on 28 Jul 1963 in Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri; was buried on 29 Jul 1963 in Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa.

    Notes:

    Four persons died in the Missouri crash that took the lives of three Iowa women.
    The dead all relatives riding in one car:
    Mrs. Neill Elizabeth Gillam, 57, Des Moines school teacher.
    Her mother, Mrs. Myrtle Denger, 86, of Des Moines,
    Mrs. Clara Mae Gillam, in her 60s, of Tipton, a sister-in-law of Mrs. Nell Gillam, and
    Flora E. Tillotson, 62, of St. Joseph, Ill., niece of Mrs. Denger.
    A car driven by Mrs. Nell Gillam, 1962 University of Iowa Mother of the Year, apparently went out of control on U.S. Highway 40 near Higginsville in western Missouri and swerved into the path of a car driven by Lee L. Lowder, Jr., of Allen, Kan. Lowder escaped injury, but his wife was hospitalized at Lexington, Mo, in critical condition.
    Officer said the dead women were returning from a California vacation.
    Iowa City Press-Citizen, Iowa City, Iowa. Monday, 29 July 1963.


    Mother, Daughter Rites
    Services for Mrs. Myrtle Denger, 85, and her daughter, Mrs. Nell E. Gillam, 57, both of 920 Creston ave., who were killed in an auto accident Sunday near Higginsville, Mo., will be at 9 a.m. Thursday at Park Avenue Christian Church.
    Burial for Mrs. Denger will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the cemetery at Dows. Burial for Mrs. Gillam will be in Glendale Cemetery.
    Also killed in the accident were Mrs. Gillam’s sister-in-law, Mrs. Clara Mae Gillam of Tipton, and Flora E. Tillotson, 62, of St. Joseph, Ill., a niece of Mrs. Denger. The four women were returning to their homes from a California vacation trip when the car driven by Mrs. Nell Gillam collided with another car.
    D.M. Teacher
    Mrs. Nell Gillam, a teacher at Dunlap School here, was born at Armour, S.D. She came to Des Moines from Tipton 27 years ago, and was a member of Park Avenue Christian Church and South Gate Order of Eastern Star, and was past president of Park Avenue School Parent-Teacher Association and of the American Legion Auxiliary at Tipton.
    She is survived by a son, 2nd Lt. Lynn Gillam of Ft. Bragg, N.C.; two brothers, Charles P. Denger of Des Moines and Edward T. Denger of Ojai, Cal., a stepson, Robert E. Gillam, and a step-daughter, Mrs. Eloise Griffin, both of Des Moines, and four grandchildren.
    Lived at Dows
    Mrs. Denger, born in Illinois, lived in Dows before moving here six years ago. She was a member of Park Avenue Christian Church and was past worthy matron of the Eastern Star at Dows and past president at Dows of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and the Missionary Society.
    Surviving are her two sons, six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
    The bodies of Mrs. Denger and her daughter are at Arnold’s Highland Park Funeral Home.
    Des Moines Tribune, Des Moines, Iowa. Tuesday, 30 July 1963.


    Died:
    Missouri death certificate
    https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1963/1963_00029041.PDF

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127979991/nell-e.-gillam

    Block 30, section A, lot 32

    Nellie married Ralph Lynn Gillam on 8 May 1929 in Nashua, Iowa. Ralph (son of Edson C. Gillam and Emma Millard) was born on 16 Sep 1889 in Fairfax, Iowa; died on 18 Sep 1949 in Ortona Cemetery, Ortona, Glades County, Florida; was buried in Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  21. 30.  Charles Peter Denger Descendancy chart to this point (8.Myrtle2, 1.Peter1) was born on 24 Mar 1909 in Louis County, Missouri; died on 12 Jan 2002 in Urbandale, Polk County, Iowa; was buried in Resthaven Cemetery, West Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa.

    Other Events:

    • _MILT: World War II. US Navy.
    • Census: 1940, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa

    Notes:

    Charles P. Denger, 92, of Illahee Hills Retirement Center in Urbandale died of Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma Saturday at Iowa Methodist Medical Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hamilton’s Near Highland Memory Gardens Funeral Home, with burial at Resthaven Cemetery in West Des Moines.
    Mr. Denger was born in Missouri and had lived near Dows before moving to the Des Moines area 70 years ago. He was a retired independent oil jobber and a Navy veteran of World War II. He was a member of Auburn Union Park Masonic Lodge and enjoyed golfing and fishing.
    He is survived by a son, Dennis of Urbandale; and a grandchild. He was preceded in death by his wife, Elaine.
    Friends may call an hour before services Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the America Cancer Society.
    The Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa. Monday, 14 January 2002.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104686348/charles-p-denger

    Charles married Nedra Elaine Sawdey on 17 Oct 1931 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota. Nedra (daughter of Edgar Burdell Sawdey and Carrie Bessie Stewart) was born on 11 Oct 1911 in Dows, Wright County, Iowa; died on 23 Oct 1992 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa; was buried in Resthaven Cemetery, West Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  22. 31.  Edward Thaddeus Denger Descendancy chart to this point (8.Myrtle2, 1.Peter1) was born on 20 Oct 1915 in Rudd, Floyd County, Iowa; died on 27 Jun 1976 in Sepulveda, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Ivy Lawn Memorial Park, Ventura, Ventura County, California.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1940, Grimes, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

    Notes:

    Edward T. Denger
    A mass of Christian burial will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday for Edward T. Denger, 69, of 1218 Pear Ave., Oxnard, who died Sunday at Veterans Hospital, Sepulveda, after a lengthy illness.
    Born Oct. 20, 1915, in Rudd, Iowa, Mr. Denger was a 25-year resident of Ventura County. He was retired from the United States Navy.
    He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Viola Denger of Ojai; son, Richard Denger of Ventura; daughter, Mrs. Shirley Shannon of Camarillo; brother Charles Denger of Des Moines, Iowa; and six grandchildren.
    Rosary will be held at the James A. Reardon Mortuary Chapel, Oxnard. Burial will be at Ivy Lawn Memorial Park, Ventura.
    Ventura County Star, Ventura, California. Monday, 28 June 1976, page 4.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144261404/edward-thadeous-denger

    Section H, lot 33, grave 11

    Edward married Viola Rosella Chapman on 21 May 1938 in Clarion, Iowa. Viola was born on 11 Dec 1915 in Woodstock, Wright County, Iowa; died on 24 Jan 2004 in Ventura, Ventura County, California; was buried in Ivy Lawn Memorial Park, Ventura, Ventura County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  23. 32.  Flora Ellen Tillotson Descendancy chart to this point (9.Minnie2, 1.Peter1) was born on 10 Apr 1899 in Medaryville, Pulaski County, Indiana; died on 28 Jul 1963 in Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri; was buried on 29 Jul 1963 in Embury Cemetery, Hope, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1920, Ogden, Champaign County, Illinois
    • Census: 1930, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri

    Notes:

    Four persons died in the Missouri crash that took the lives of three Iowa women.
    The dead all relatives riding in one car:
    Mrs. Neill Elizabeth Gillam, 57, Des Moines school teacher.
    Her mother, Mrs. Myrtle Denger, 86, of Des Moines,
    Mrs. Clara Mae Gillam, in her 60s, of Tipton, a sister-in-law of Mrs. Nell Gillam, and
    Flora E. Tillotson, 62, of St. Joseph, Ill., niece of Mrs. Denger.
    A car driven by Mrs. Nell Gillam, 1962 University of Iowa Mother of the Year, apparently went out of control on U.S. Highway 40 near Higginsville in western Missouri and swerved into the path of a car driven by Lee L. Lowder, Jr., of Allen, Kan. Lowder escaped injury, but his wife was hospitalized at Lexington, Mo, in critical condition.
    Officer said the dead women were returning from a California vacation.
    Iowa City Press-Citizen, Iowa City, Iowa. Monday, 29 July 1963.


    Died:
    Missouri death certifiacte
    https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1963/1963_00029054.PDF

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55396112/flora-e.-tillotson


  24. 33.  Bertie "Arden" Luther TillotsonBertie "Arden" Luther Tillotson Descendancy chart to this point (9.Minnie2, 1.Peter1) was born on 22 Sep 1901 in Armstrong, Illinois; died on 11 Sep 1984 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: miner
    • Census: 1930, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

    Notes:

    MHR note: Arden was a miner. He graduated from high school in 1922. He once worked in a coal mine and was park supervisor in Danville, Illinois. In 1952 he began a job as custodian for a theater in Danville, Illinois. He is a member of the Christian Church. In about 1969 they moved to Stultz Mobile home Park.

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46490109/arden-l.-tillotson

    Block 9

    Bertie married Ethel Bales on 18 Jun 1924 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. Ethel (daughter of Perry Webster Bales and Edna Dicken) was born on 22 Oct 1905 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; died in 1997; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  25. 34.  Charles Albert Hedges Tillotson Descendancy chart to this point (9.Minnie2, 1.Peter1) was born on 26 May 1908 in Potomac, Rantoul County, Illinois; died on 16 Nov 1908 in Potomac, Rantoul County, Illinois; was buried in Embury Cemetery, Hope, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55564431/charles-albert-tillotson

    Shares a headstone with his mother.



Generation: 4

  1. 35.  Lee Hedges Hudson Descendancy chart to this point (10.Dora3, 2.Thaddeus2, 1.Peter1) was born on 22 Jul 1908 in Newark, Knox County, Missouri; died on 24 Jul 1983 in Akron, Summit County, Ohio; was buried in Rose Hill Burial Park, Fairlawn, Summit County, Ohio.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1930, Akron, Summit County, Ohio
    • Census: 1940, Akron, Summit County, Ohio

    Notes:

    LKH note:
    Find a Grave gives Lee's birthplace as Canton, Lewis County, Missouri.

    Mary Hedges Reiner, The Mavity Book, and Lee's World War II draft card give his birth place as Newark, Knox County, Missouri.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/233427776/lee-hedges-hudson

    Section 3

    Lee married Mary Carmelita Van Tress on 7 Apr 1924 in Palmyra, Marion County, Missouri. Mary (daughter of Sylvester Eli Van Tress and Lucy B. Risk) was born on 7 Sep 1907 in Lewis County, MIssouri; died on 8 Oct 1990 in Akron, Summit County, Ohio; was buried in Rose Hill Burial Park, Fairlawn, Summit County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 36.  Freda Berniece Hudson Descendancy chart to this point (10.Dora3, 2.Thaddeus2, 1.Peter1) was born on 9 Oct 1911 in Plevna, Knox County, Missouri; died on 10 Aug 1986 in Fort Colins, Larimer County, Colorado; was buried in Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51989430/freda-berniece-zingg

    Freda married Austin Wesley Zingg on 31 Aug 1932 in New Cumberland, West Virginia. Austin (son of Homer William Zingg and Nina Bates Allender) was born on 20 Dec 1906 in Wayne Township, Henry County, Iowa; died on 7 Apr 1959 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado; was buried in Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 73. Infant Zingg  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 May 1946 in Columbia, Boone County, Missouri; died on 18 May 1946 in Columbia, Boone County, Missouri; was buried on 21 May 1946 in Columbia Cemetery, Columbia, Boone County, Missouri.

  3. 37.  Thelma Maxine Hedges Descendancy chart to this point (11.Frederick3, 2.Thaddeus2, 1.Peter1) was born on 3 Aug 1913 in Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa; died on 3 Dec 1987.

    Thelma married Kenneth Kermit McAllister on 22 Apr 1934 in Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri. Kenneth was born on 23 Jul 1910 in Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri; died on 8 Oct 1961 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois; was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 38.  Mary Hedges Descendancy chart to this point (11.Frederick3, 2.Thaddeus2, 1.Peter1) was born on 27 Mar 1916 in Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa; died on 30 Mar 1916 in Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa.

  5. 39.  Virginia Hedges Descendancy chart to this point (11.Frederick3, 2.Thaddeus2, 1.Peter1) was born on 27 Mar 1916 in Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa; died on 25 Aug 1917 in Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa; was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa.

    Notes:

    MHR note: Virginia was given the name Mary Virginia after Mary died.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33147512/bertha-virginia-hedges


  6. 40.  Thadine Ruth Hedges Descendancy chart to this point (12.Arthur3, 2.Thaddeus2, 1.Peter1) was born on 16 Apr 1915 in Conway Springs, Sumner County, Kansas; died on 29 May 2002 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas; was buried in Old Mission Cemetery, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas.

    Notes:

    Maytum, Ruth Thadine, 87, retired Institute of Logopedics public relations employee, died Wednesday, May 29, 2002. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, University United Methodist Church.
    Survivors: husband, Robert; son and daughter-in-law, John and Judy Maytum; brother, Howard Hedges all of Wichita. Memorials established with Hospice Care of Kansas, 630 N. St. Francis, Wichita 67214 and University United Methodist Church, 2220 N. Yale, Wichita 67220. Downing & Lahey Mortuary East. Condolences may be sent to the family via www.downingandlahey.com
    The Wichita Eagle, Wichita, Kansas. Friday, 31 May 2002.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101642788/thadine-maytum

    Love, Section B, Space B8

    Family/Spouse: Robert Stanton Maytum. Robert was born on 15 Sep 1921 in Alexandria, Hanson County, South Dakota; died on 9 Sep 2002; was buried in Old Mission Cemetery, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 41.  Thayne Alden Hedges Descendancy chart to this point (12.Arthur3, 2.Thaddeus2, 1.Peter1) was born on 25 Mar 1921 in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma; died on 21 Jan 1986 in Madera County, California; was cremated in burial details unknown.

    Notes:

    Thayne A. Hedges, professor of speech at Fresno State
    Madera – Memorial services for Dr. Thayne A. Hedges, 64, a professor at Fresno State University, will be at 4 p.m. today at United Christian Church in Fresno. Cremation arrangements will be under the direction of the Madera Funeral Home.
    Mr. Hedges died Tuesday.
    He was born in Oklahoma and had lived in Madera for five years.
    He was a professor of communicative disorders at FSU for five years.
    Mr. Hedges also taught at California State University Chico for two years. He was a member of the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association and the California Speech-Language and Hearing Association. He taught at Phillips University in Enid, Okla., and was director of the Community Speech and Hearing Center in Enid.
    In November 1985, the Community Speech and Hearing Center in Enid was named after him.
    Surviving are his wife, Ruth; three sons, Brendan of Madera, Craig of Fresno and Michael of Mendocino; a daughter, Carol Hedges of Visalia; a sister, Thadine Maytum of Kansas; and a grandson.
    The family requests that any remembrance be sent to the Department of Communicative Disorder at FSU for student scholarships.
    The Fresno Bee, Fresno, California. Thursday, 23 January 1986.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/254885004/thayne-alden-hedges

    Thayne married Ruth Evelyn Carroll on 19 Aug 1948 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas. Ruth was born on 13 Aug 1926 in Oklahoma; died on 12 Oct 2007 in Fresno, Fresno County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 74. Michael Alden Hedges  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 Dec 1953 in Sacramento County, California; died on 2 Dec 1997 in Booneville, Mendocino County, California.

  8. 42.  Esther Bailey Hedges Descendancy chart to this point (14.Herbert3, 2.Thaddeus2, 1.Peter1) was born on 6 Jan 1916 in Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma; died on 31 Mar 2007 in Whitman County, Washington; was buried in Pullman City Cemetery, Whitman County, Washington.

    Notes:

    Esther Anderson-Spencer was born Esther Bailey Hedges, Jan. 6, 1916, at Muskogee, Okla., to Herbert and Lillian Bailey Hedges. She grew up in Kansas City, Mo., spending the summers at Lake Bemidji in Minnesota. She married James Ellwood Anderson of Two Harbors, Minn., in 1937; he died in 1989. They lived in Kansas City, Columbia, Mo., St. Paul and Duluth, Minn., and Farragut, Idaho, before coming to Pullman in 1949. She received a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Minnesota and wrote a monthly column for the famous Ski-U-Mah, the college humor magazine. In later years, she returned to college and received an M.A. degree in English Literature from WSU in 1968, where she was a teaching assistant for three years. Previous to that, during the '50s, she held various positions, including reporter and feature writer for the Pullman Herald, and technical writer for the Institute of Technology. She retired in 1979 as a supervisor at Holland Library. After retirement, she studied French by enrolling in classes at WSU and attending the Sorbonne in Paris during the summer of 1986. She made three other trips to France including an Elderhostel "homestay" at Besancon, birthplace of Victor Hugo, in 1990, a tour of Provence in southern France in 1994, and during the summers of 1991 and 1992 she studied French in Quebec at Laval University, under the auspices of Elderhostel. Her other late-in-life interests were her Macintosh computer, contract bridge, Scrabble and crossword puzzles. Reading always was a favorite hobby. She married Roger Spencer in 1996. They traveled to an Elderhostel in New Orleans and to two Elderhostels in Arizona, which included the National Arab Horse Show. They also attended two summer sessions at Senior Ventures in Ashland, Ore., and made trips to the British Isles and Costa Rica. A member of St. James Episcopal Church, she had served as secretary of the Vestry, Sunday School teacher and choir member for many years and as a high school counselor at Camp Cross, Episcopal Church camp, for two years. She also served as a Den Mother for Cub Scouts, and for four years was leader of a girl's 4-H group, whose members won many blue ribbons at county and state fairs. She belonged to the Pullman Senior Center, the Monday Book Club (once the Tuesday Book Club), a group of long standing, which at one time had Mary Avery and Marguerite Wilmer as members; the Whitman Genealogical Society, of which she was a charter member, and served as treasurer for three years, the Daughters of the American Revolution, and was an alumna of Pi Beta Phi sorority.
    She is survived by her husband, Roger Spencer, of Pullman and three children Penny Anderson of Stockton, Calif., Jan Anderson of Seattle, and Chris Anderson of Suwanee, Ga.; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Two sisters and a brother preceded her in death. Also surviving are stepsons Paul and David Spencer of Pullman, Lee Spencer, Anchorage, Alaska, and Sam Spencer of Denver; stepdaughters, Bonnie Spencer of The Netherlands, Nara Rosen of Beaverton, Ore., Dena Spencer-Curtis of Pullman; and nine step-grandchildren. A memorial service will take place at St. James Episcopal Church, Pullman, on Saturday, April 14, 2007, at 2 p.m. Kimball Funeral Home of Pullman is caring for the family
    (Obituary from Moscow Pullman Daily News Online)


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62776035/esther-anderson

    Block 5 AOUW, lot 28, grave 48

    Esther married James Ellwood Anderson on 15 Mar 1937 in Northwood, Worth County, Iowa. James was born on 20 Nov 1914 in Duluth, Minnesota; died on 30 Dec 1989 in Pullman, Whitman County, Washington; was buried in Pullman City Cemetery, Whitman County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  9. 43.  Betty Jean Hedges Descendancy chart to this point (14.Herbert3, 2.Thaddeus2, 1.Peter1) was born on 25 Dec 1917 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; died in Dec 1986 in Shawnee Mission, Johnson County, Kansas; was buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.

    Notes:

    Betty J. Bramson
    Betty J. Bramson, Prairie Village, a writer, died Saturday at Indian Meadows Nursing Home.
    She was a writer for The Squire magazine and Rose Publication, and also taught creative writing at the Jewish Community Center. Mrs. Bramson was a member of Village Presbyterian Church. She attended Kansas State University, Manhattan, and the University of Minnesota. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi, a charter member of Cub Scout Pack 92, a den mother chairman, and was on the boards of the Tomahawk Players and the Community Children’s Theater. She was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and had lived in this area most of her life.
    She leaves her husband, Edwin M. Bramson of the home; a son, Dr. Robert Bramson, Tampa, Fla.; two sisters, Esther Anderson, Pullman, Wash., and Sidney Gabel, Kansas City; and three grandchildren. Memorial services will be at 3:30 p.m. Monday at the church; private burial before the service at Mount Moriah Cemetery. Friends may call following the services.
    The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Missouri. Sunday, 7 December 1986, page 13B.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/252746377/betty-jean-bramson

    Betty married Robert Thomas Kenney on 5 Apr 1940 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. Robert was born on 13 Mar 1917 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; died on 28 Mar 2011. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Edwin Myron Bramson. Edwin was born on 20 Feb 1922 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri; died on 6 Oct 2001 in Prairie Village, Johnson County, Kansas; was buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  10. 44.  Sidney McDowell Hedges Descendancy chart to this point (14.Herbert3, 2.Thaddeus2, 1.Peter1) was born on 23 Nov 1921 in Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri; died on 27 Apr 1996 in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas; was buried in Valley View Memorial Park, Pottawatomie County, Kansas.

    Notes:

    Sidney Hedges Gabel
    Sidney Hedges Gabel, 74, 2317 Butternut Lane, died Saturday, April 27, at the Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center in Topeka.
    She was born Nov. 23, 1921, at Chillicothe, Mo. She grew up in Kansas City, Mo., where she attended the local public schools and was a graduate of Southwest High School. She had also attended the University of Missouri and later the Conservatory of Music at Kansas City, Mo.
    Mrs. Gael was a veteran of World War II, serving in the WACS. She served as a payroll clerk for almost two years at Camp Hood, Texas, and sang with the Special Services Dance Band for the Special Services Unit.
    The married Rufus R. Gabel in 1957 in Kansas City, Mo. He preceded her in death in January.
    Mrs. Bagel spent most of her life in the Kansas City area. She worked as a new business clerk for the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company for many years. She retired in 1990. She had been a resident of Manhattan since October 1995.
    She was a former member of the Santa Fe Hill Baptist Church, Kansas City, where she had served as a pianist, substitute organist, Sunday school director, nursery coordinator, women’s missionary union director and a member of various committees. Since moving to Manhattan, she had become a member of the College Heights Baptist Church.
    In addition to her husband, Mrs. Gabel was preceded in death by a son, Paul Douglas Gabel, in 1995.
    Survivors include two daughters, Barbara Ann McGinness, Clinton, Mo., and Jan Slezinger, Johnston, Manhattan; two sons, Gregory Alan Slezinger, Kansas City, Mo., and John L. Slezinger III, Beaverton, Ore.; one sister, Esther Anderson, Pullman, Wash.; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
    The Manhattan Mercury, Manhattan, Kansas. Monday, 29 April 1996.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111819740/sidney-gabel

    Sidney married Rufus Reber Gabel on 17 Aug 1957 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. Rufus was born on 1 Nov 1910 in Vessie, Phelps County, Missouri; died on 2 Jan 1996 in Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas; was buried in Valley View Memorial Park, Pottawatomie County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  11. 45.  Herbert Arlington Hedges Descendancy chart to this point (14.Herbert3, 2.Thaddeus2, 1.Peter1) was born on 3 Nov 1925 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri; died on 9 Aug 1978 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri; was buried in Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas.

    Other Events:

    • _MILT: World War II. Korea. Vietnam.

    Notes:

    Herbert A. Hedges Jr.
    Herbert A. “Duke” Hedges Jr., 52, of 6108 W. 86th, Overland Park, manager here for the Equitable of Iowa Life Insurance Co., died Wednesday at Research Medical Center.
    Mr. Hedges had worked for Equitable three years and earlier had been vice president and agency director of the American Independent Life Insurance Co. and manager here for the American General Life Insurance. He was a member of the Life Underwriters Association of Kansas City, the American Society of Certified Life Underwriters, and the General Agents and Managers Association.
    He was president of the Leawood Lions Club in 1975. Mr. Hedges was graduated from the Missouri Military Academy, Mexico, Mo., and had served in the Marine Corp 21 years before retiring in 1964 as a first sergeant. He was born in Kansas City and had lived in this area most of his life.
    He leaves his wife, Mrs. Lea Hedges of the home; two sons, John R. Cobb II, Richmond, Va. and James R. Cobb, Jackson, S.C.; three daughters, Mrs. Laura Hedges Cotter, 1180 Cherry; Mrs. Gloria Rife, San Antonio, Texas, and Mrs. Linda Otto, Lemoore, Calif.; his parents, Herbert A. Hedges Sr., 6025 state Line, and Mrs. Lillian Bailey Hedges, 205 E. 77th; three sisters, Mrs. Bette Bramson, 5212 W. 72rd, Prairie Village; Mrs. Sidney Gabel, 205 E. 77th, and Mrs. Esther Anderson, Pullman, Wash.; a step-brother, Skipper Hedges, Kansas City; a stepsister, Mrs. Cee Cee Zabor, Blue Springs; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
    Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Newcomer Overland Park Chapel; burial at 12:30 p.m. in the National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the chapel.
    The Kansas City Times, Kansas City, Missouri. Friday, 11 August 1978.


    _MILT:
    US Marine Corps. 1st Sergeant.

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3656759/herbert-a-hedges

    Section O, site 1275


  12. 46.  Skipper Royster HedgesSkipper Royster Hedges Descendancy chart to this point (14.Herbert3, 2.Thaddeus2, 1.Peter1) was born on 22 May 1939 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri; died on 21 Jun 2014 in Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri; was buried in non-cemetery burial.

    Notes:

    Skipper Royster Hedges was born on May 22, 1939, in Kansas City, MO, to Herbert Arlington Hedges, Sr. and Ellen Jacqueline "Jacky" (Royster) Hedges.

    Skipper attended Pembroke Country Day School in Kansas City, MO, as well as Culver Military Academy in Culver, In. He graduated in May 1957 from Pembroke and according to his senior yearbook he was a member of the Dramatics Club, Science Club, and the "Raider" yearbook staff. After high school, Skipper attended Drury College in Springfield, MO; the Metropolitan Community College in Kansas City, MO; and the University of Missouri Kansas City, but he did not complete a degree.

    For a short period of time Skipper sold insurance for the Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa. In 1962, Skipper left the insurance industry to pursue a career in law enforcement when he was hired as a Deputy by the Jackson County Sherriff's Patrol (JCSP). On May 2, 1963, Skipper married Sharon Elaine Miller at the Christian Union Church in Richmond, MO. The couple had one daughter, named Kimberly Hedges-Ensminger, and divorced shortly after her birth. On February 8, 1964, Skipper married Barbara Ann DeCavele in Kansas City, MO One daughter was born to this union named Sabrina Monee "Bri" Hedges-Brown.

    In 1965, Skipper left the JCSP after he was elected as the City Marshall of Lake Lotawana, MO in a three-way race against Jean Swisher and Gene Silvey. One year later he was appointed to the Metropolitan Major Case Squad, which was formed to investigate major, multi-jurisdictional crimes in the Kansas City area. Skipper was reelected as City Marshall in 1969. During his time with the Lake Lotawana Police Dept., Skipper gained recognition for revising the city's road traffic code, updating the department's policies and procedures, assisting the Blue Springs Police Dept. in the restructuring of their record system, and establishing a police department for Weatherby Lake, MO. On December 2, 1970, Skipper was elected President of the Metropolitan Chiefs and Sheriffs Association.

    In 1972, Skipper ran an unsuccessful campaign to become the Democratic nominee for Sherriff of the Jackson County Sherriff's Dept. against William Carnes. After this primary loss, Skipper also lost his position as Lake Lotawna's City Marshall in the general election to Homer E. Frisby by just 60 votes. Following these electoral disappointments, Skipper worked for the Blue Springs Police Dept., where he wrote a new standard operational procedure manual, and later as an Investigator for the Missouri Social Services Division. In 1975, Skipper divorced Barbara and moved from Lake Lotawana to Blue Springs, MO. In 1977, Skipper made another unsuccessful bid to become the Democratic nominee for Jackson County Sherriff. On May 31, 1978, Skipper married Tanya Kay "Tamie" (Yarrington) Accurso. Skipper and Tamie had two daughters: Britton Royster Hedges and Hilary Skipper Hedges. During the 1980s, Skipper worked in various capacities for the Camden County Sheriff's Dept., St. Clair County Sheriff's Office, Osage Beach Police Dept., and the Windsor Police Dept., while also operating a consulting business called Sab-Brit LLC.

    On July 14, 1990, Skipper was appointed as Interim Chief of Police of the Grain Valley Police Dept. (GVPD) by a unanimous vote of the city's Board of Alderman. In addition to his duties as Chief, Skipper was tasked with overseeing the search for a fulltime replacement for former Chief Earl Brackman, developing a new budget, addressing citizen's complaints with the police department, and writing a new procedure manual. On September 15, 1990, the Board voted to make Skipper the permanent, full-time Chief of Police. Over the next seven years, Skipper was credited with upgrading the department's equipment, instituting a zero-tolerance policy for drug convictions, developing a neighborhood watch program, initiating the first D.A.R.E. program in the city, and generally making the GVPD a more professional organization. On December 13, 1997, he left the department to pursue other opportunities. Skipper spent his retirement pursuing private business ventures and passed away at the Lake of the Ozarks on June 21, 2014.

    * Skipper's birth name was Edgeworth Thomas "Edge" Brady, but he legally changed it to Skipper Royster Hedges as a teenager.

    Kansas City Star Obituary, June 29, 2014, p. 16:

    Skipper "SRH" Royster Hedges sailed away peacefully at the Lake of the Ozarks June 21, 2014. He was born May 22, 1939. He dedicated his life to law enforcement, serving communities including Lake Lotawana, Grain Valley and St. Clair County. He was a lifetime member of the Metropolitan Major Case Squad & the International Association of Chiefs of Police. He is survived by his wife, Tamie Hedges, his daughters, Kimberly Hedges-Ensminger, Sabrina Hedges-Brown, Britton Hedges and Hilary Hedges, step-daughter Gina Accurso-Casey and many grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Cliff Drive Corridor Management Committee.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133771382/skipper-royster-hedges


  13. 47.  Victoria Jacquelynn Hedges Descendancy chart to this point (14.Herbert3, 2.Thaddeus2, 1.Peter1) was born on 2 Sep 1945 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri; died on 18 May 2004 in Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida; was buried in Fred Hunter's Hollywood Memorial Gardens West, Hollywood, Broward County, Florida.

    Notes:

    Jacquelynn "Cee Cee" Hedges Pigeon, died May 18, 2004, in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Graduated Sunset Hill School, attended KU. Member Alpha Chi Omega. Daughter of Jacqueline Royster and Herbert A. Hedges, granddaughter of Bereniece Scarritt Royster and great-great-granddaughter of Nathan Scarritt, one of the founding fathers of Kansas City. Preceded by mother, Jacqueline, father, Herbert A. Hedges. Leaves daughter, Wendy Graves, Ft. Lauderdale; grandchildren, Alex and Brianna; daughter, Jennifer Reed, St. Augustine; grandchildren, Austin and Brooke; brother, Skipper Hedges, Grain Valley, MO; nieces, Kimberly Scarritt Ensminger, Moran, KS, Sabrina Naylor, Raytown, MO, Britton and Hilary Hedges, Grain Valley, MO; and half-sister, Esty Spencer, Pullman, WA. Entombed in Hollywood Memorial Gardens, Hollywood, FL, May 22, 2004.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66924957/victoria-jacquelynn-hedges


  14. 48.  Robert Atkinson Hedges Descendancy chart to this point (15.Bertram3, 2.Thaddeus2, 1.Peter1) was born on 22 Feb 1919 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; died on 1 Feb 1999.

  15. 49.  Virginia Wight Hedges Descendancy chart to this point (15.Bertram3, 2.Thaddeus2, 1.Peter1) was born on 29 Jul 1922 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas; died on 11 Feb 2010 in Wichita, Sadgwick County, Kansas.

    Notes:

    Virginia Aldendifer
    July 29, 1922-Feb.11, 2010
    Plymouth – Virginia “Ginny” Wight Hedges Aldendifer, resident of Wichita, Kansas, died Thursday at the age of 87.
    Virginia was the second of four children born to the late Bert and Edith Hedges of Wichita, Kansas, where she grew up and was a valedictorian graduate of Wichita East High School.
    She then went on to be an honor student at Illinois University and a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, graduating with a degree in business.
    While attending Illinois University, Virginia met and married Joseph Aldendifer, a decorated WWII Army Pilot with whom she had two sons. They later divorced and she continued to raise her sons in Wichita where she remained a lifelong resident.
    Virginia worked as a transcriber at the Wichita Medical Clinic until she retired at the age of 65.
    She was an active member of the Plymouth Church, Chaplain for the American Legion, a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and a volunteer voting official over a period of several decades.
    Among her many interests and talents, Virginia was a published poet and loved playing the piano.
    She remained active in Wichita’s Kappa Alpha Theta alumni chapter throughout the rest of her life.
    She is survived by her sister Elaine Book; sons Joseph R. Aldendifer (California) and James E. Aldendifer (Indiana); grandchildren, Christina Aldendifer (Tennessee), Tom Aldendifer (Illinois), Anthony Aldendifer (Indiana); and great grandchild, Isabella Aldendifer (Tennessee).
    Virginia had a good life.
    A memorial has been set up on www.nmha.org for those who wish to add a remembrance.
    The South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana. Saturday, 13 February 2010.

    Virginia married Joseph Ralph Aldendifer on 29 Jan 1944 in Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois, and was divorced before 1967. Joseph was born on 17 May 1916 in Boyne City, Charleviox County, Michigan; died on 8 Nov 2002 in Rancho Mirage, Riverside County, California; was buried in Old Union Cemetery, Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  16. 50.  Edith Mildred "Ditta" Hedges Descendancy chart to this point (15.Bertram3, 2.Thaddeus2, 1.Peter1) was born on 7 Nov 1923 in Champaign County, Illinois; died on 10 Jul 2006 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: medical physical therapist
    • _MILT: World War II. US Army. 2nd Lieutenant.

    Notes:

    Edith "Ditta" Lipkind has retired from Suburban General Hospital after 20 years of service as the chief physical therapist.
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Thursday, 5 February 1987.


    Lipkind, Edith Hedges "Ditta," of Pittsburgh, Pa, died July 10, 2006 at Atria South Hills, Pittsburgh. Mrs. Lipkind "Ditta" was born in Champaign, Ill., but spent most of her "growing up" years in Wichita, Kan. She was a graduate of Wichita High School East, the University of Illinois and the Physical Therapy School of Harvard Medical. As a 2nd Lt. during WWII, she was stationed at the Army Amputation Center in Atlantic City, N.J. After the war, Ditta came to Pittsburgh and worked as a physical therapist specializing in gait training in the office of Murray B. Ferderber M.D. Later she became head of the physical therapy departments at both the Montefiore and Suburban and was instrumental in designing the layout of the physical therapy department in the Montefiore's new building. She was also instrumental in the integration of physical therapy, occupation therapy and recreational therapy to further the patient's rehabilitation, both in the hospital and at home. Ditta's interests and enthusiasm was endless: music, gourmet cooking, nature, politics, history, gardening, sports ice skating, skiing, swimming and diving, jogging and racing. In "the Great Race" of 1990 she took 3rd place in the 65-69 female division. She was also an avid fan of professional sports. After Mrs. Lipkind retired, she spent the rest of her life as a volunteer tutor to 2nd and 3rd graders at Linden School in Pittsburgh, creating many ingenious materials to help them learn reading and math. All who knew and worked with Mrs. Lipkind were impressed with her generosity and lifelong contributions to her family, friends and her community. Mrs. Lipkind donated her body to science at the University of Pittsburgh through the Humanity Gift Registry. She is survived by her twin, Elaine Hedges Book of Santa Rosa, Calif.; Virginia Hedges Aldendifer of Wichita; dear friend, Kim D'Ippolito of Pittsburgh; numerous nieces and nephews. Her husband, Saul Lipkind, an actuary for Blue Cross, Pittsburgh and a brother, Bob A. Hedges, Ambler, Pa., preceded her in death.

    Published by Wichita Eagle on Aug. 6, 2006.
    https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/kansas/name/edith-lipkind-obituary?id=15340457


    LKH note:
    Obituary for Edith's husband

    Saul S. Lipkind
    Saul S. Lipkind, retired actuary for Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania, died in Suburban General Hospital today.
    Mr. Lipkind, of 1137 Onondago St., was employed by the Reliance Insurance Co. for 22 years. He joined Blue Cross in 1952 and was an actuarial accountant since his retirement in 1968.
    Mr. Lipkind was graduated from Schenley High School in 1921 and Yale University in 1926.
    He became an associate of the Society of Actuaries in 1937, was a member of the American Academy of Actuaries, and a staff sergeant in the Army for three years during World War II.
    Surviving are his widow, Ditta; his mother, Mrs. Rebecca E. Lipkind; and two sisters, Anne Lipkind and Mrs. Sadie True, both of Pittsburgh.
    Memeorial services will be at 3:30 p.m. on April 29 at the Unitarian Church, 416 West North Ave., North Side. The family suggests memorial contributions to charity.
    The Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Thursday, 20 April 1972.


    LKH note:
    info on Edith's husband

    Saul Sidney Lipkind
    b. 21 Sep 1903, Kovono, Lithuania


    Buried:
    body donated to science, University of Pittsburgh

    Family/Spouse: Saul Sidney LIpkind. Saul was born on 21 Sep 1903 in Kovno, Lithuania; died on 20 Apr 1972 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  17. 51.  Elaine Hedges Descendancy chart to this point (15.Bertram3, 2.Thaddeus2, 1.Peter1) was born on 7 Nov 1922 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas; died on 4 Nov 2014 in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139036355/elaine-e-book

    Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Private Memorial.

    Family/Spouse: Carl E. Book. Carl was born on 15 Nov 1929 in Pennsylvania; died in Jan 2014 in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California; was buried in Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Private Memorial.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  18. 52.  Richard Hedges Tallman Descendancy chart to this point (16.Grace3, 2.Thaddeus2, 1.Peter1) was born on 28 Jun 1920 in Queen City, Schuyler County, Missouri; died on 1 Aug 2005; was buried in Maywood Cemetery, Maywood, Lewis County, Missouri.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109386878/richard-hedges-tallman


  19. 53.  Gordon Everett Tallman Descendancy chart to this point (16.Grace3, 2.Thaddeus2, 1.Peter1) was born on 17 Dec 1922 in Lancaster, Schuyler County, Missouri; died on 17 Dec 1972; was buried in Haviland Cemetery, Haviland, Kiowa County, Kansas.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102352295/gordon-everett-tallman

    Family/Spouse: Dorothea Ernestine Harbison. Dorothea was born on 26 Jan 1922 in Byers, Pratt County, Kansas; died on 12 Jan 2001; was buried in Haviland Cemetery, Haviland, Kiowa County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  20. 54.  Mary Margaret Tallman Descendancy chart to this point (16.Grace3, 2.Thaddeus2, 1.Peter1) was born on 9 Oct 1925 in Bloomfield, Davis County, Iowa; died on 24 Sep 2017 in Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa; was buried in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa.

    Notes:

    Mary "Mildred" Blankenship, 91, of Keokuk, passed away at 3:55 AM Sunday, September 24, 2017, at Unity Point Health of Keokuk.

    Mildred was born October 9, 1925, in Bloomfield, Iowa, the daughter of Lem and Grace V. Hedges Tallman. After graduation she attended Culver-Stockton College where she received her teaching certificate. Mildred was united in marriage to Vencil C. Blankenship on April 18, 1944. Shortly after their marriage she and Vencil moved to Keokuk where they raised their family on the farm at Peters Dairy. In addition to church Mildred and Vencil enjoyed going to the races, playing cards with friends and were first class mushroom hunters. After over 49 years of happy marriage Vencil passed away June 28, 1993. Mildred had worked many years at Woolworths before retiring from there. She enjoyed sewing, reading and made many crafts. Mildred was a member of the First Christian Church for over 65 years.

    Mildred is survived by two sons, Lem (Bobbie) Blankenship, Gordon (Linda) Blankenship, both of Keokuk and one daughter, Virginia Mae Gruell of Plymouth, IN., seven grandchildren; Troy Blankenship of Quincy, IL., Christopher Loring of Keokuk, IA., Jody Foreman of North Liberty, IA., Gina Kester of Greenville, IL., Gordon Blankenship, Jr. of Tennessee, IL., Tony Loring of Plymouth, IN., and Larry Loring Jr., of Cataula, GA., and several great and great-great grandchildren.

    In addition to her husband she was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, a son-in-law Gene Gruell, a granddaughter Tari Hanson and two great grandsons.

    Memorial service will be held at First Christian Church with Gordon Blankenship Jr., and Dave Turner officiating on October 21, 2017 at 11:00 AM with a dinner following. A private burial will be at Sunset Memorial Park at a later date.

    Memorials are suggested to the First Christian Church.

    DeJong-Greaves Celebration of Life Centers is assistance in arrangements.

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184377717/mary-blankenship

    Mary married Vencil Clyde Blankenship on 15 Apr 1922 in La Grange, Lewis County, Missouri. Vencil was born on 28 Oct 1922 in Versailles, Morgan County, Missouri; died on 29 Jun 1993; was buried in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  21. 55.  Herbert Tallman Descendancy chart to this point (16.Grace3, 2.Thaddeus2, 1.Peter1) was born on 26 Jul 1933 in La Grange, Lewis County, Missouri; died on 21 Jan 2019 in Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania; was buried in National Cemetery of the Alleghenies, Cecil, Washington County, Pennsylvania.

    Other Events:

    • _MILT: Korea.

    Notes:

    Herbert Austin Tallman, 85, of East Brady, PA, passed away Monday, January 21, 2018, at VNA Hospice of Butler.

    He was born July 26, 1933 in La Grange, MO, the son of Lem and Grace E. (Hedges) Tallman.

    Bert graduated from Stanton County High School in Kansas in 1952 and honorably served in the US Army during the Korean War. He later moved to the San Jose, CA area, calling the area home for 43 years, and then lived in Turlock, CA for 8 years. He worked for General Electric as a program manager in the nuclear division for 37 years, retiring in 1993.

    After his retirement, Bert enjoyed traveling with his wife, Joann, and together they visited many national parks. In 2015, he moved to East Brady and was a member of the Zion Church of Petroleum Valley. Bert was a talented woodworker and was known for his ability to fix anything.

    His memory will be cherished by his sons, Dan Austin Tallman, of Pioneer, CA, and David A. Tallman and wife, Dawn, of Marshalltown, IA; daughter, Trish Olkowski and husband, Joe, of East Brady; grandchildren, Joshua, Jonathan, Michael, Jess, Jessica, Rachel, Ally, and Mike; and great-grandchildren, Ezra and two on the way.

    Bert was preceded in death by his parents; loving wife of 69 years, Joann (Silva) Tallman, whom he married July 4, 1953 and who died January 27, 2016; brothers, Richard and Gordon Tallman; and sister, Mary Mildred Blankenship.

    A memorial service will be held at 7 PM on Friday, January 25, 2019, at the Zion Church of Petroleum Valley, 1392 Kittanning Pike, Karns City, PA 16041, with his son-in-law, Pastor Joe Olkowski, officiating.

    A private family burial will be in the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies, Bridgeville, PA.

    The Bauer Funeral Home

    _MILT:
    US Army.

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196273809/herbert-austin-tallman

    Section 10, Site 1195

    Family/Spouse: Evelyn Silva. Evelyn was born on 9 Aug 1935 in Saint John, Stafford County, Texas; died on 27 Jan 2016 in Chicora, Butler County, Pennsylvania; was buried in National Cemetery of the Alleghenies, Cecil, Washington County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  22. 56.  Radford Wilson Brown Descendancy chart to this point (19.Earl3, 4.Rosa2, 1.Peter1) was born on 27 Oct 1924 in Big Creek, Calhoun County, Mississippi; died on 15 Jun 1978 in Jackson County, Florida; was buried in Chapel Hill Cemetery, Big Creek, Calhoun County, Mississippi.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159909792/radford-wilson-brown

    Family/Spouse: Ruby Etoile Spears. Ruby was born in 1926 in Bounds, Calhoun County, Mississippi; died on 6 Aug 2018 in Mississippi; was buried in Chapel Hill Cemetery, Big Creek, Calhoun County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 75. Infant Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Oct 1943 in Calhoun County, Mississippi; died on 26 Oct 1943 in Calhoun County, Mississippi; was buried in Chapel Hill Cemetery, Big Creek, Calhoun County, Mississippi.

  23. 57.  Blanche Brown Descendancy chart to this point (19.Earl3, 4.Rosa2, 1.Peter1) was born on 2 Sep 1922 in Grenada County, Mississippi; died on 4 May 2014 in Sylva, Jacks County, North Carolina; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi.

    Notes:

    Blanche Murff, 91, Sylva, died 05-04-2014.
    Arrangements: Appalachian Funeral Services.
    Appalachian Funeral Services & Crematorium
    165 Skyland Dr
    Sylva, North Carolina
    https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/blanche-murff-obituary?id=44977554


    Blanche Murff passed away in Sylva, North Carolina. Funeral Home Services for Blanche are being provided by Appalachian Funeral Services & Crematorium. The obituary was featured in Asheville Citizen-Times on May 6, 2014.
    https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/blanche-murff-obituary?pid=170934839


    Blanche Brown Murff, 91, of Sylva, N.C., died Sunday, May 4, 2014.

    She is survived by her husband, Randall Murff; her daughters, Jerry Spears (Raymond) of Sylva, N.C., Antoinette “Toni” Savell (Randall) of Sylva, N.C.; her son, Stephen Murff (Lidie) of Houston, Texas; her grandchildren, Kevin Spears, Susan Spears Del Castillo, Laura Spears, Nicholas Savell, Patrick Savell, Michael Murff, Katherine Murff, Ryan Murff; and two great-grandchildren, Kaitlyn Del Castillo and Charles Murff. Surviving also is her sister, Julia B. Harrison of Derma, Miss.; her sister-in-law, Ruby Brown; and 11 nieces and nephews.

    In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Radford W. Brown of Jacksonville, Fla.; and her sister, Margie B. Provine of Powder Springs, Ga.

    She and her husband, Randall Murff, have been residents of Sylva since 2008 when they moved to North Carolina to be closer to family. The Murffs were originally from Mississippi and lived many years in Jackson and Webb.

    Blanche was born Sept. 2, 1922, in Grenada County, Miss., to Earl R. and Elizabeth Jacks Brown and grew up in Calhoun County, Miss. She graduated from Holmes Junior College in Decatur, Miss., on Dec. 25, 1942. She married Randall Murff of Calhoun County before his overseas military deployment during World War II.

    Blanche retired from Sears in 1976. She was an active member of Alta Woods Baptist Church of Jackson, Miss., serving as a Sunday school teacher for many years. Her greatest interests in life were her family, church and friends. She was a very creative and talented lady who enjoyed painting, drawing and applied her artistic talents in many ways.

    Funeral services will be at 5 p.m. today (Thursday, May 8) at Appalachian Funeral Services with the Rev. Johnny Lee officiating. The family will receive friends from 4 until 5 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home. A graveside service and burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Grenada, Miss., on Saturday, May 10.

    In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Jackson County Department of Aging, 100 County Services Park, Sylva, NC 28779. Make checks out to Meals on Wheels program.

    An online registry is available at www.appalachianfuneralservices.com.
    The Sylva Herald, Sylva, North Carolina.
    http://www.thesylvaherald.com/obituaries/article_7955c962-d55e-11e3-aa76-0017a43b2370.html


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129299616/blanche-murff


  24. 58.  Elizabeth Rose Blaylock Descendancy chart to this point (20.Dorothy3, 4.Rosa2, 1.Peter1) was born on 8 Mar 1921 in Montgomery County, Mississippi; died on 3 Dec 1928 in Montgomery County, Mississippi; was buried in Bethlehem Methodist Church Cemetery, Winona, Montgomery County, Mississippi.

    Notes:

    Elizabeth Blaylock, 8 years old, died at the home of her parents, Tuesday, December 4. Funeral services and burial took place at Bethleham, services being conducted by Rev. M. Hemphill.
    Funeral arrangements in charge of Whitehead & Webster.
    The Winona Times, Winona, Mississippi. Friday, 7 December 1928.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22636779/elizabeth-h.-blaylock


  25. 59.  William Hiram Blaylock Descendancy chart to this point (20.Dorothy3, 4.Rosa2, 1.Peter1) was born on 21 Aug 1922 in Montgomery County, Mississippi; died on 51 Dec 2019; was buried in Memphis Memory Gardens, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    William "Bill" Hiram Blaylock, 97 years old, died on Sunday, December 15, 2019.

    Bill was born on August 21, 1922 in Montgomery County, Mississippi to the late Claude H. & Dorothy Brown Blaylock.

    He attended high school in Kilmichael, Mississippi. Bill and his wife Onnie were longtime members of Ardmore Baptist Church until it closed. Recently they have been attending Crossroads Baptist Church.

    Mr. Blaylock starting working in 1954 for W.D.I.A. radio in Memphis as a technician and later worked for Auditronics.

    Mr. Blaylock is survived by his wife of 73 years Onnie Lee Carpenter Blaylock; children Shelley Hurst, Jeff Blaylock and Harvey "Bill" Blaylock; grandchildren Bryan Barnett, Justin Barnett, Derek Blaylock and Thomas Hurst; great-grandchildren Payton Barnett, Meagan Barnett, Samantha Barnett and Lauren Barnett.

    Thursday, the 19th of December, funeral services begin at two o'clock all at Memphis Funeral Home, 5599 Poplar Chapel, Memphis, TN 38119.

    An escorted funeral procession will follow to Memphis Memory Gardens for interment.

    Memphis Funeral Home


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205647383/william-hiram-blaylock

    Family/Spouse: Onnie Lee Carpenter. Onnie was born on 8 Feb 1927 in Carroll County, Mississippi; died on 17 Aug 2021 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee; was buried in Memphis Memory Gardens, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  26. 60.  Winifred Blaylock Descendancy chart to this point (20.Dorothy3, 4.Rosa2, 1.Peter1) was born about 1926 in Mississippi; died on 19 Oct 2015 in Searcy, White County, Arkansas; was buried in Marks Cemetery, Marks, Quitman County, Mississippi.

    Notes:

    Mrs. Winifred B. Murray, age 90, passed away on Monday, October 19, 2015 at Harding Place Retirement in Searcy, AR.

    Family will receive friends at a catered reception on Wednesday, October 21, 2015 from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at Kimbro Funeral Home Chapel with the funeral beginning at 1:00 p.m. Interment will follow at Marks Cemetery.

    Mrs. Murray was a homemaker and was also employed as a bookkeeper. She was a member of the Church of Christ in Marks and Batesville, MS, Marks Garden Club and a graduate of Kilmichael High School in Kilmichael, MS.

    Mrs. Murray is survived by her husband, Mr. Lawrence R. Murray of Searcy, AR, formerly of Marks, MS; son, Lambert (McKay) Murray of Searcy, AR; sister, Katharine (Bille) Montague of Havana. FL; brother, Hiram (Onnie) Blaylock of Memphis, TN; two grandchildren, Nathan (Carla) Murray & Alice (Brad) Light and two great grandchildren, Henley & Julia Murray.

    She was preceded in death by her parents, Claude & Dorothy Blaylock and sister Rachel Hoover.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155000755/winifred-murray


  27. 61.  Rachel Blaylock Descendancy chart to this point (20.Dorothy3, 4.Rosa2, 1.Peter1) was born on 11 May 1927 in Mississippi; died on 11 Oct 2011 in Leland, Washington County, Mississippi; was buried in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi.

    Notes:

    LELAND – Funeral services for Rachel Hoover, 84, a salesperson, of Leland, will be 10 a.m., Friday, October 14, 2011, at Southside Baptist Church, Greenville.

    She died October 11, 2011, at her residence. Burial will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery, Greenville, under the direction of Mortimer Funeral Home, Greenville.

    She was preceded in death by her husband, Travis Draydon Hoover; father, Claude H. Blaylock; her mother, Dorothy Brown Blaylock, and her sister, Elizabeth Blaylock.

    She is survived by her daughter, Barbara Jean Hoover (Gary) Hallman of Greenville; sons, Jerry Wayne Hoover Sr., of Brandon, Lloyd Draydon (Elizabeth Ann) Hoover of Leland and Steve Lamar (Bridget Ann) Hoover of Greenville; sisters, Winifred (Larry) Murray of Marks, Sarah Katherine (Bill) Montague of Havana, Fla.; brothers, William Hiram (Onnie) Blaylock of Memphis, Tenn.; ten grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

    The Delta Democrat Times


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81626183/rachel-hoover

    C Garden of the Last Supper

    Family/Spouse: Travis Draydon Hoover. Travis was born on 30 May 1925 in Winona, Montgomery County, Mississippi; died on 13 Oct 1994 in Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi; was buried in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  28. 62.  Dorothy Marie Blaylock Descendancy chart to this point (21.Myrtle3, 4.Rosa2, 1.Peter1) was born on 5 Feb 1923 in Mississippi; died on 12 Nov 2014 in Doniphan, Ripley County, Missouri; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery East, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    LKH note:
    Brothers Willie and Clayton Counts married sisters Louise and Dorothy Blaylock.


    Dorothy M. Counts, 91, of Doniphan died Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014, at her residence.
    The funeral service was held Monday, Nov. 17 at Forest Hill Funeral Home, in Memphis, Tenn. Burial followed in Forest Hill Cemetery in Memphis. Funeral arrangement were under the direction of Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Memorial Chapel in Neelyville, MO.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139031232/dorothy-marie-counts

    Family/Spouse: Clayton Howard Counts. Clayton was born on 5 Feb 1917 in Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri; died on 22 Mar 1995 in North Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery East, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  29. 63.  William Thompson Blaylock Descendancy chart to this point (21.Myrtle3, 4.Rosa2, 1.Peter1) was born on 5 Jun 1924 in Duck Hill, Montgomery County, Mississippi; died on 30 Nov 2004 in Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54431928/william-thompson-blaylock

    Family/Spouse: Wilma Earline Ray. Wilma was born on 18 Jun 1927 in Panola County, Mississippi; died on 26 Oct 2014 in Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  30. 64.  Louise Blaylock Descendancy chart to this point (21.Myrtle3, 4.Rosa2, 1.Peter1) was born on 24 Jan 1926 in Duck Hill, Montgomery County, Mississippi; died on 4 Mar 2004; was buried in Troy City Cemetery, Troy, Lincoln County, Missouri.

    Notes:

    LKH note:
    Brothers Willie and Clayton Counts married sisters Louise and Dorothy Blaylock.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116080996/louise-counts

    Family/Spouse: Willie Counts. Willie was born on 8 Jul 1923 in Corning, Clay County, Arkansas; died on 30 Jul 1999; was buried in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  31. 65.  Rev Ralph Hedges Blaylock Descendancy chart to this point (21.Myrtle3, 4.Rosa2, 1.Peter1) was born on 7 May 1927 in Duck Hill, Montgomery County, Mississippi; died on 9 Dec 2015; was buried in Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens, Southaven, DeSoto County, Mississippi.

    Notes:

    Southaven, MS

    Ralph Hedges Blaylock was born in Duck Hill, MS to Ben Hedges Blaylock and Minnie Myrtle (Brown) Blaylock. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of South Carolina at the age of 19 and served as a 1st Lieutenant in the USMC during the Korean War. Soon after, he took a job with International Harvester in Memphis as a manufacturing engineer. He married Alma Christene Costilow of Grenada on April 13, 1952. They have four children: Yvonne Richardson (Mike), Dan Blaylock (Karen), Lorene Ufferman (Doug), Patricia Langford (Ken); eight grandchildren: Yvette Jackson, Kristen Adams, Brandon Blaylock, James Michael Richardson, Courtney Bowen, Brett Blaylock, Jared Ufferman, Rachel Ufferman and a host of great-grandchildren. He was a devout Christian and dedicated his life to the ministry. He pastored the Somerville Church of God, the Church of God at Southaven and the Hernando Church of God. He was a church planter and was instrumental in the establishment of several churches in the north Mississippi area. He was a faithful man. He went home to be with the Lord on December 9, 2015. Visitation will be Saturday, December 12, 2015 from 12:30 p.m. until the service begins at 2 p.m. at Colonial Hills Church of God, 2432 Colonial Hills Drive, Southaven, MS. Burial will follow in Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens in Southaven. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.twinoaksfuneralhome.com

    Published in The Commercial Appeal on Dec. 11, 2015


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155865456/ralph-hedges-blaylock


  32. 66.  Mary Elizabeth Blaylock Descendancy chart to this point (21.Myrtle3, 4.Rosa2, 1.Peter1) was born on 30 Dec 1928 in Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi; died on 21 May 2006; was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Pine Grove, Benton County, Mississippi.

    Notes:

    Holly Springs - MARY ELIZABETH ELLIOTT, 77, passed away Sunday, May 21, 2006. She will lie in state beginning at 12 p.m. until service time at 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 23 at Hickory Flat Baptist Church. Burial in Pine Grove Cemetery, Hickory Flat, MS. Holly Springs Funeral Home 662-252-1161

    https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/commercialappeal/name/mary-elliott-obituary?id=34516971


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52081666/mary-elizabeth-elliott

    Family/Spouse: John L. Elliott. John was born on 1 Jul 1923 in Benton County, Mississippi; died on 9 Sep 2006; was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Pine Grove, Benton County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  33. 67.  Joyce Blaylock Descendancy chart to this point (21.Myrtle3, 4.Rosa2, 1.Peter1) was born on 15 Sep 1930 in Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi; died on 9 Aug 2021 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee; was buried on 13 Aug 2021 in Memphis Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens, Bartlett, Shelby County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    It is with a sad heart that our family is announcing to the public the passing of a truly blessed soul. Joyce Blaylock Maness, known mostly as Nana, has gone to finally meet her Lord and Savior, whom she devoted her life to. She was born September 15 ,1930 and passed peacefully August 9th, 2021. She was preceded in death by her husband, J. T Maness; her parents, Hardy and Myrtle Blaylock; her two sons, Roy and James Maness. Joyce was fortunate to be a witness, student and teacher of life for 90 years. Nana was born in Grenada, MS to Myrtle Minnie and Hardy Blaylock. She was the 6th of ten children. She was married to J.T. Maness for 64 years. She is survived by two of her sisters, Pearl Rose Sparks and Emeline Payne; her 6 grandchildren, Kimberly Lince, Rory Maness, Tim Maness, Cortney Maness, Tiffany Kee and Patrick Maness and 8 great grandchildren. Nana was a devout Christian with long ties to Berclair Baptist Church. She very much enjoyed singing in the church choir and anywhere she felt fitting to sing a gospel or a hymn (usually while crocheting or sewing). She loved to be able to mend and fix things with her sewing needle or machine because she loved the opportunity to speak to friends and family while mending a button, fixing a hem or preparing a quilt design. She would make doll clothes and give them away to the little girls in her neighborhood just to see them smile. She felt that every little girls doll should have the latest fashion. Nana was an avid reader of everything. Even at the young age of 90 she possessed a thirst for knowledge. She always had an interesting tidbit of trivia to mention about any topic. She was a caring and loving individual like no other and was no doubt greeted into heaven with open arms and warming smiles from her passed friends and family wanting to see her again. She will be missed intensely and never forgotten by the ones whose lives she forever changed. The world needs more Nanas. Joyce's Celebration of Life ceremony begins Friday, August 13, 2021 with a visitation from 1:00pm until 2:00pm and services following at Family Funeral Care, 4925 Summer Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38122. The interment will be held at Memphis Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens, 3700 North Germantown Parkway, Bartlett, Tennessee 38133. The family request everyone wear mask while in the building. Family Funeral Care, Memphis, TN (Published online by Family Funeral Care)


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230843395/joyce-maness

    Family/Spouse: James T. Maness. James was born on 5 Feb 1926; died on 21 Oct 2014; was buried in Memphis Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens, Bartlett, Shelby County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  34. 68.  Robert Arlington Blaylock Descendancy chart to this point (21.Myrtle3, 4.Rosa2, 1.Peter1) was born on 15 Jan 1934 in Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi; died on 21 Nov 2020 in Saint Cloud, Benton County, Minnesota; was buried in Valhalla Gardens of Memory, Belleville, Saint Clair County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    Robert Arlington Blaylock, 86, of St. Cloud Minnesota, formerly of Cahokia, Illinois, born January 15,1934, in Grenada, Mississippi, died Saturday, November 21, 2020, at St. Cloud Hospital, St. Cloud, Minnesota.
    Mr. Blaylock was a retired Quality Control Inspector for the Dial Corp. He was a Korean War U.S. Army veteran and was a member of the Joy Christian Center in St. Cloud, MN. He was a former member of the Apostolic Pentecostal Church in Cahokia, IL. Psalms 37 – The steps of a righteous man are ordered by the LORD: and he delights in his way, perfectly describes the way Robert led his life. He was preceded in death by his wife, Emma J. Blaylock, nee Gills; his parents, Hardy Benson and Myrtle Minnie, nee Brown, Blaylock; three brothers, Ruby, Billy and Ralph Blaylock; and four sisters, Flora Dudley, Dorothy Counts, Louise Counts, and Mary Elliott. Surviving are his children, Robert "Arlen" (Theresa) Blaylock of Twin Falls, ID, Carla J. (Paul) Janssen of St. Cloud, MN, Mark B.(Tracey) Blaylock of Hannibal, MO, and Laura J. Blaylock of Lakeland, FL; three sisters, Emeline Payne of Potts Camp, MS, Pearl Rose Sparks of Memphis, TN and Joyce Maness of Memphis, TN; 13 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. He was also a dear brother-in-law, uncle, cousin, and friend. A private burial will be held at Valhalla Gardens of Memory, Belleville, Illinois. A Celebration of life service will be held at a later date. The care of Mr. Blaylock was entrusted to Braun Colonial Funeral Home, Cahokia, Illinois.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/219014791/robert-arlington-blaylock

    Family/Spouse: Emma Jean Gills. Emma was born on 13 Aug 1935 in Rector, Clay County, Arkansas; died on 14 Jan 2005 in East Saint Louis, Saint Clair County, Illinois; was buried on 18 Jan 2005 in Valhalla Gardens of Memory, Belleville, Saint Clair County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  35. 69.  Virgil Arden Firebaugh Descendancy chart to this point (23.Everett3, 6.Alice2, 1.Peter1) was born on 2 Mar 1918 in Newman Grove, Madison County, Nebraska; died on 4 Nov 1987 in Hamburg, Livingston County, Michigan; was buried in Oakland Hills Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Novi, Oakland County, Michigan.

    Other Events:

    • _MILT: World War II. US Army. Private.

    Notes:

    Firebaugh
    Vergil A., age 69, of Lakeland, Michigan, Nov. 4. Beloved husband of Thelma; dear father of Jayne Everitt, Everett and Dale Firebaugh; brother of Mildred Reynolds, Ethel Gonella, Lois Ragan and Shirley Chesney; also survived by 20 grandchildren. Funeral services 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov.7, 1987, Keehn Funeral Home 706 W. Main, Brighton (229-9871). Interment Oakland Hills Memorial Gardens, Novi. Memorial are suggested to the American Cancer Society.
    Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan. Friday, 6 November 1987.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/243408559/vergil-firebaugh

    Garden of Faith (J)

    Virgil married Thelma Elizabeth Heggwood on 4 Nov 1939 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Thelma was born on 17 Nov 1917 in Tennessee; died on 29 Dec 1989 in Hamburg, Livingston County, Michigan; was buried in Oakland Hills Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Novi, Oakland County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  36. 70.  Mildred Irene Firebaugh Descendancy chart to this point (23.Everett3, 6.Alice2, 1.Peter1) was born on 14 Mar 1920 in Loretto, Nebraska; died on 28 Feb 1998 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.

    Notes:

    Reynolds
    Mildred Irene Wife of Richard Alan Reynolds. Died Feb. 28, 1998. Mildred is survived by three sisters: Ethel Gonella, Lois Ragen, Ann Chesney and 16 nieces and nephews. Services were private.
    Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan. Tuesday, 3 March 1998.

    Mildred married Richard Alan Reynolds on 18 Nov 1938 in Farmington, Oakland County, Michigan. Richard was born on 22 Jul 1916 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; died on 16 Jan 2007 in Farmington, Oakland County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  37. 71.  Dale Julsen Firebaugh Descendancy chart to this point (23.Everett3, 6.Alice2, 1.Peter1) was born on 4 Oct 1927 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; died on 15 Oct 1987 in Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina; was buried in Bethlehem United Methodist Church Cemetery, Climax, Guilford County, North Carolina.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63915770/dale-julsen-firebaugh


  38. 72.  Harold Lee Firebaugh Descendancy chart to this point (23.Everett3, 6.Alice2, 1.Peter1) was born on 10 Dec 1932 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; died on 15 Jan 1982 in Alachua, Polk County, Florida.


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