James Hedges
Abt 1820 -
Generation: 1
1. James Hedges was born about 1820 in Fleming County, Kentucky. Notes:
MHR note: Possibly moved to New Orleans. Said to have never married. Peter Thompson Hedges, his nephew, ran across him at New Orleans. A t that time he was a huckster and had never married. Ida Cronkhite (daughter of Peter Thompson Hedges) said that James had quarreled, at 19 with his brother David R. Hedges and had then left home. Aunt Rosannah said that someone had probably killed him, but "Cappy" said no. [Cappy is P.T. Hedges]
MHR note: letter from Ida Cronkhite dated 11 March 1951. James Hedges was the youngest son of Levi Hedges and ran a huckster wagon, if you know what that means. He started on a trading trip at the age of 19 and never came back. His mother was sure he had been murdered for his team and wagon, but father met someone who had met him at New Orleans with a fleet of three trade trucks and he sent a defiant message to his brother, David, next oldest, and the family black sheep. After that, the only thing was a funeral notice (in a church paper about 1921) of an elder of the church near Cumberland Gap who left a family and was the son of Levi and Rosannah. He never communicated with any of the family.
MHR note: This is NOT the James W. Hedges who was convicted as a confederate spy at Mount Washington, Bullitt County, Kentucky, 13 March 1863. Stopped by two US detectives and said he was an officer, Confederate Army Captain. He was sentence to be hung, Friday 30 October 1863.