Ashby Vawter Hedges
1903 - 1968 (64 years)-
Name Ashby Vawter Hedges Born 29 Dec 1903 Norcatur, Kansas 
[1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Male Census 1930 Arkansas, Cowley County, Kansas Census 1940 Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas Died 3 Jul 1968 Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Buried Troy Township Cemetery, Luckey, Wood County, Ohio [1, 3, 4, 5] Person ID I1029 Hedges Last Modified 23 Apr 2023
Father Ashba Vawter Hedges, b. 29 Aug 1860, Rowan County, Kentucky , d. 23 Oct 1929, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas (Age 69 years) Mother Mary Mildred Wear, b. 4 Sep 1874, Perrysville, Indiana , d. 25 Apr 1945, Hays, Ellis County, Kansas (Age 70 years) Married 21 Jun 1891 Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas [1, 6] Family ID F229 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mabel Alice Hutchison, b. 10 Jun 1902, Randall, Kansas , d. 20 Nov 1987, Oregon, Lucas County, Ohio (Age 85 years) Married 8 Jun 1924 Jewell County, Kansas [1] Children + 1. Miriam Vawter Hedges, b. 6 Jul 1928, Hays, Ellis County, Kansas , d. 8 Apr 2016, Genoa, Ottawa County, Ohio (Age 87 years)2. Jack Vawter Hedges, b. 17 Jun 1929, Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas , d. 4 Jan 1995, Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio (Age 65 years)Last Modified 28 Oct 2021 Family ID F605 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 29 Dec 1903 - Norcatur, Kansas 
Married - 8 Jun 1924 - Jewell County, Kansas 
Census - 1930 - Arkansas, Cowley County, Kansas 
Census - 1940 - Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas 
Died - 3 Jul 1968 - Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio 
Buried - - Troy Township Cemetery, Luckey, Wood County, Ohio = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - MHR note: Ashby had a little over two years of college at Fort Hays, Kansas State College and 1923-24 taught at Hugoton, Kansas high school and in spring was principle when the former resigned. He is Superintendent of Distribution for Shell Oil Co., Columbus, Ohio in 1956. They lived for nine years in Arkansas City, Kansas and in Toledo, Ohio in 1950.
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A.V. Hedges, 64, of 221 E. Wallace St., Findlay, died Wednesday in Blanchard Valley Nursing Home, Findlay, after an extended illness.
He retired two years ago after serving in Toledo, Columbus, Lima and Effingham, Ill., areas as pipeline superintendent for the Shell Oil Co. He was born Dec. 28, 1903 in Norcatur, Kan.
Survivors include his wife, Mabel; a son, Jack, Dayton; a daughter, Mrs. Alfred (Miriam) Synder, Stony Ridge; three sisters, Mrs. T.V. Stewart, Pueblo, Colo.; Mrs. Kenneth Cook, Tucson, Ariz., and Mrs. William Reiner, Portland, Ore., and five grandchildren.
Friends may call after 4 p.m. today in the Holcomb Funeral Home, Luckey, where the funeral will be Saturday at 1 p.m. with burial in Troy Township Cemetery.
The Daily Sentinel-Tribune, Bowling Green, Ohio. Friday, 5 July 1958, page 2.
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- MHR note: Ashby had a little over two years of college at Fort Hays, Kansas State College and 1923-24 taught at Hugoton, Kansas high school and in spring was principle when the former resigned. He is Superintendent of Distribution for Shell Oil Co., Columbus, Ohio in 1956. They lived for nine years in Arkansas City, Kansas and in Toledo, Ohio in 1950.
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