John R. HEDGES was the 5th son and 8th child of Bullitt County Sheriff Joseph HEDGES, Jr. and Elizabeth McMillian (BRISCOE) HEDGES, and grandson of Captain Joseph HEDGES of the Revolution and Elizabeth RAWLINGS, and apparently of George Cole BRISCOE II and Sarah MASON of Berkeley Co., VA (now WV).
His middle name is presumed to be Riley, because he gave two of his sons the middle name Riley, including John Riley HEDGES, Jr.
He was born around 1810 in Bullitt County, KY, and grew up in the area west and south of Mt. Washington.
On 21 Jul 1831, in the Bullitt County seat of Shepherdsville, John married Mary Lucinda STALLINGS, a young lady who also was born and raised in the same part of eastern Bullitt County.
John and Lucinda moved to the southern part of central Daviess County, KY, maybe around 1839 or so---near the present town of Utica. John R. HEDGES was a member of Green Brier Baptist Church, and was a founding member of the Oak Grove Baptist Church (now the Utica Baptist Church) on 15 Sep 1854. It is believed he was either an ordained Baptist minister or an ordained Baptist deacon, therefore he is referred to in our family sometimes as "Rev. John Riley HEDGES".
His wife and mother of all his children died on 24 Jul 1857 of tuberculosis, probably at the old hospital in Owensboro, Daviess County, KY. She was very likely buried with family in the cemetery at the old Green Brier Baptist Church near Utica. Her grave today is likely either unmarked completely or marked with a field stone, probably in the near vicinity of her granddaughter and namesake, Lucinda B. HEDGES (1856-1876), whose marker still stands (this Lucinda was daughter of Joseph & Cynthia HEDGES---Cynthia was the daughter of John Riley and Lucinda HEDGES, and married a cousin Joseph HEDGES).
A couple of years passed after Lucinda died, and in 1859, John Riley and most of his children and grandchildren packed up and moved about 75 miles west to a sleepy little area of southern White County, Illinois. They settled S/E of the very old county seat town of Carmi, right around the area between the old Walnut Grove Missionary Baptist Church near Brownsville, and the old Lick Creek Primitive Baptist Church west of Herald, IL.
John Riley married again in 1861 to a widow lady named Mrs. Mary Elizabeth "Polly" BROWN (1813-aft. 1870), whose maiden name WEISE or WEISS, from Knox Co. & Roane Co., TN. She was the widow of William BROWN of Knox Co., TN (1806-1852), who she married on 20 Mar 1827 in Roane Co., TN, and bore William 6 sons and 1 daughter, who became the step-brothers and -sisters of the HEDGES children of John Riley HEDGES, Sr.
It would seem that John and Polly lived very close to the small village of Herald, in south central White Co., probably from the time of their marriage until John died, in about 1869. In the 1870 Census, his widow Mary (WEISE BROWN) HEDGES was living with her youngest son James Monroe BROWN about 17 miles south of Herald, IL, near Equality, IL, in Gallatin County. They lived next to other HEDGES families, who seem to have moved there just after the Civil War; they were the nephews of John Riley.
We still don't know for certain where old John R. HEDGES was buried, but it appears more and more likely that he was buried in the old Herald Cemetery---one of its earlier burials (although the first couple was in the 1840's, and then the next known burials were in the late 1860's about the time of John Riley's death).
John Riley HEDGES's fist wife Mary Lucinda STALLINGS was the daughter of John STALLINGS and Cynthia BRASHEAR of Bullitt Co., KY, and granddaughter of Samuel STALLINGS and Sarah OGDEN, and of Colonel Marsham BRASHEAR, one of the founding Trustees of Louisville, KY, and Lucy PHELPS of Ft. Boonesborough.
Lucinda and John Riley HEDGES had 10 children and 78 grandchildren. Their 5 known sons and 5 known daughters were:
1) Elizabeth HEDGES (1834-6 Sep 1889); m: 27 Oct 1855 in KY to Everett Mead MARTIN (25 Dec 1835-3 Apr 1891). Elizabeth & Everett moved to Paragould, Greene Co., AR, where they died. They had 4 daughters & 5 sons:
... a) Lavassa L. MARTIN.
... b) William Henry MARTIN.
... c) John Mead MARTIN.
... d) Franklin Eugene MARTIN.
... e) Sarah Elizabeth MARTIN.
... f) George W. MARTIN.
... g) Charley Everett MARTIN.
... h) Mary J. MARTIN.
... i) Georgia Ann MARTIN.
2) Cynthia HEDGES (1835-c.1858); m: 23 Oct 1853, in Daviess Co., KY, to Joseph HEDGES (1830-____), a first cousin, son of Samuel HEDGES and Elizabeth TRUNNELL. They had 2 daughters:
... a) Eliza J. HEDGES.
... b) Lucinda B. HEDGES.
3) Wesley HEDGES (1836-c.1860); died in Owensboro, KY.
4) Rev. William Chidsey HEDGES (17 Mar 1839-19 Apr 1917); m: 15 May 1858 in Daviess Co., KY, to Elizabeth Jane WITCHER (23 Jun 1840-20 Jan 1912, daughter of Daniel Key WITCHER and Mary Ellen HARPER). Rev. William C. HEDGES was an ordained Missionary Baptist minister, a farmer, and served as a Private in Co. "G", 87th Illinois Infantry during the Civil War, being severely wounded in the Red River Campaign in Louisiana. They had 7 sons and 5 daughters:
... a) Wesley Peter HEDGES.
... b) Rev. Daniel Key HEDGES.
... c) William Chidsey "Willie" HEDGES Jr..
... d) Cynthia Ann Emaline HEDGES.
... e) Martha Jane HEDGES.
... f) John Riley HEDGES Sr..
... g) Mary Ellen HEDGES.
... h) Rev. Frederick Freshet HEDGES.
... i) Delilah Jewell HEDGES.
... j) Lillie Ann HEDGES.
... k) Rev. George Washington HEDGES.
... l) Rev. Robert Fulton HEDGES.
... m) Rhoda Elizabeth HEDGES.
5) Martha Jane HEDGES (22 Nov 1842-14 Feb 1917); m:1) 30 Jul 1861 in White Co., IL, to William Henry STROUGHMATT (c.1840-1864). William died in the Civil War. They had 1 daughter:
... a) Mary STROUGHMATT.
Martha m:2) on 26 Feb 1864, in Gallatin Co., IL, to Ephraim Q. "Leaf" ACKLEY (1 Mar 1839-9 Apr 1919). They had 6 daughters & 4 sons:
... b) Easter Emaline ACKLEY.
... c) Sarah Frances ACKLEY.
... d) William Henry ACKLEY.
... e) Ephraim Jewel ACKLEY.
... f) Martha Ann ACKLEY.
... g) Margaret E. ACKLEY.
... h) Virgil ACKLEY.
... i) Ophelia ACKLEY.
... j) Francis ACKLEY.
6) John Riley HEDGES Jr. (Jun 1845-7 Dec 1863); m: c.1862, to Emiline _______; John Riley served as a Private in Co."G", 87th Illinois Infantry, and died in New Orleans from fever; he is not known to have had any children.
7) Emaline HEDGES (Oct 1846-15 Mar 1924); m: 16 Jun 1861, in White Co., IL, to John William ACORD (23 Mar 1846-22 Nov 1919). John William ACORD had been m:1) 1859 to Becca RAMBO, and had 1 son, after which Becca died:
... *) Valentine ACORD, stepson of Emaline HEDGES ACORD.
Emaline and John ACORD had 7 daughters and 4 sons:
... a) Mary Elizabeth ACORD.
... b) Isabell ACORD.
... c) Greenup Juel ACORD.
... d) Martha Jane ACORD.
... e) Sarah ACORD.
... f) Annie ACORD.
... g) Ellen ACORD.
... h) John ACORD.
... i) Ira Patrick ACORD.
... j) William Riley ACORD.
... k) Letha Emma ACORD.
8) David Riley HEDGES (18 Jul 1848-1900); m: 20 Aug 1868, in White Co., IL, to Hannah Lavinia CATLIN (1850-Apr 1938). David & Hannah HEDGES moved to Paragould, Greene Co., AR in the 1870's, and to the New Madrid, MO, area around 1889. They had 6 sons & 4 daughters:
... a) Virgil HEDGES.
... b) Greenup Jewell HEDGES.
... c) Theodore HEDGES.
... d) Henrietta HEDGES.
... e) Cindy HEDGES.
... f) Ruben Franklin "Ruby" HEDGES.
... g) Lula HEDGES.
... h) Willis Pruitt HEDGES.
... i) Laura J. HEDGES.
... j) Arthur Reeves HEDGES.
9) Sarah "Sallie" HEDGES (Mar 1850-c.May 1904); m: 14 Sep 1871, in White Co., IL, to Reeves Cook NAPIER (30 Sep 1848-25 Feb 1932, son of Franklin Cook NAPIER & Lavina Dunn Reeves LOFTIN). Reeves's name was also spelled "Rives". He served as a Private in Co. "F" & Co. "L", of the 10th Illinois Cavalry during the Civil War. The name Reeves NAPIER, so it would seem, must appear in some document in a style of handwriting that has been misread as "Raleigh NAPTEURE"; until recently, this name has been erroneously listed as another husband of Sallie. There is a family researcher that suggested Sallie HEDGES was briefly married 1st to a John WITCHER, doubtless a nephew of Daniel Key and Mary Ellen (HARPER) WITCHER, but no record could be found as yet to substantiate this.
Sallie and Reeves NAPIER had 2 daughters, 3 sons, & 3 other children who died as infants:
... a) Ella W. NAPIER.
... b) Child NAPIER.
... c) Addie Izetta NAPIER.
... d) Franklin "Frank" NAPIER.
... e) Child NAPIER.
... f) Child NAPIER.
... g) Charles Reeves "Charlie" NAPIER.
... h) William Henry NAPIER.
10) Greenup Jewell HEDGES (1 Jan 1854-2 May 1948); m:1) 1 Jan 1875, in White Co., IL, to Hanna Elizabeth WHITACKER (1856-Apr 1886), and had 4 sons and 1 daughter:
... a) Jewell HEDGES.
... b) William Henry HEDGES.
... c) Carrie HEDGES.
... d) John Benson HEDGES Sr.
... e) Virgil HEDGES.
Greenup Jewell HEDGES m:2) 1888 in Carter Co., MO, to Henrietta V. JOHNSON (1852-1899), and had 3 daughters & 2 sons:
... f) Ella HEDGES.
... g) Della HEDGES.
... h) Davie HEDGES.
... i) Ota HEDGES [daughter].
... j) Ova HEDGES [son].
[To Be Continued]
His middle name is presumed to be Riley, because he gave two of his sons the middle name Riley, including John Riley HEDGES, Jr.
He was born around 1810 in Bullitt County, KY, and grew up in the area west and south of Mt. Washington.
On 21 Jul 1831, in the Bullitt County seat of Shepherdsville, John married Mary Lucinda STALLINGS, a young lady who also was born and raised in the same part of eastern Bullitt County.
John and Lucinda moved to the southern part of central Daviess County, KY, maybe around 1839 or so---near the present town of Utica. John R. HEDGES was a member of Green Brier Baptist Church, and was a founding member of the Oak Grove Baptist Church (now the Utica Baptist Church) on 15 Sep 1854. It is believed he was either an ordained Baptist minister or an ordained Baptist deacon, therefore he is referred to in our family sometimes as "Rev. John Riley HEDGES".
His wife and mother of all his children died on 24 Jul 1857 of tuberculosis, probably at the old hospital in Owensboro, Daviess County, KY. She was very likely buried with family in the cemetery at the old Green Brier Baptist Church near Utica. Her grave today is likely either unmarked completely or marked with a field stone, probably in the near vicinity of her granddaughter and namesake, Lucinda B. HEDGES (1856-1876), whose marker still stands (this Lucinda was daughter of Joseph & Cynthia HEDGES---Cynthia was the daughter of John Riley and Lucinda HEDGES, and married a cousin Joseph HEDGES).
A couple of years passed after Lucinda died, and in 1859, John Riley and most of his children and grandchildren packed up and moved about 75 miles west to a sleepy little area of southern White County, Illinois. They settled S/E of the very old county seat town of Carmi, right around the area between the old Walnut Grove Missionary Baptist Church near Brownsville, and the old Lick Creek Primitive Baptist Church west of Herald, IL.
John Riley married again in 1861 to a widow lady named Mrs. Mary Elizabeth "Polly" BROWN (1813-aft. 1870), whose maiden name WEISE or WEISS, from Knox Co. & Roane Co., TN. She was the widow of William BROWN of Knox Co., TN (1806-1852), who she married on 20 Mar 1827 in Roane Co., TN, and bore William 6 sons and 1 daughter, who became the step-brothers and -sisters of the HEDGES children of John Riley HEDGES, Sr.
It would seem that John and Polly lived very close to the small village of Herald, in south central White Co., probably from the time of their marriage until John died, in about 1869. In the 1870 Census, his widow Mary (WEISE BROWN) HEDGES was living with her youngest son James Monroe BROWN about 17 miles south of Herald, IL, near Equality, IL, in Gallatin County. They lived next to other HEDGES families, who seem to have moved there just after the Civil War; they were the nephews of John Riley.
We still don't know for certain where old John R. HEDGES was buried, but it appears more and more likely that he was buried in the old Herald Cemetery---one of its earlier burials (although the first couple was in the 1840's, and then the next known burials were in the late 1860's about the time of John Riley's death).
John Riley HEDGES's fist wife Mary Lucinda STALLINGS was the daughter of John STALLINGS and Cynthia BRASHEAR of Bullitt Co., KY, and granddaughter of Samuel STALLINGS and Sarah OGDEN, and of Colonel Marsham BRASHEAR, one of the founding Trustees of Louisville, KY, and Lucy PHELPS of Ft. Boonesborough.
Lucinda and John Riley HEDGES had 10 children and 78 grandchildren. Their 5 known sons and 5 known daughters were:
1) Elizabeth HEDGES (1834-6 Sep 1889); m: 27 Oct 1855 in KY to Everett Mead MARTIN (25 Dec 1835-3 Apr 1891). Elizabeth & Everett moved to Paragould, Greene Co., AR, where they died. They had 4 daughters & 5 sons:
... a) Lavassa L. MARTIN.
... b) William Henry MARTIN.
... c) John Mead MARTIN.
... d) Franklin Eugene MARTIN.
... e) Sarah Elizabeth MARTIN.
... f) George W. MARTIN.
... g) Charley Everett MARTIN.
... h) Mary J. MARTIN.
... i) Georgia Ann MARTIN.
2) Cynthia HEDGES (1835-c.1858); m: 23 Oct 1853, in Daviess Co., KY, to Joseph HEDGES (1830-____), a first cousin, son of Samuel HEDGES and Elizabeth TRUNNELL. They had 2 daughters:
... a) Eliza J. HEDGES.
... b) Lucinda B. HEDGES.
3) Wesley HEDGES (1836-c.1860); died in Owensboro, KY.
4) Rev. William Chidsey HEDGES (17 Mar 1839-19 Apr 1917); m: 15 May 1858 in Daviess Co., KY, to Elizabeth Jane WITCHER (23 Jun 1840-20 Jan 1912, daughter of Daniel Key WITCHER and Mary Ellen HARPER). Rev. William C. HEDGES was an ordained Missionary Baptist minister, a farmer, and served as a Private in Co. "G", 87th Illinois Infantry during the Civil War, being severely wounded in the Red River Campaign in Louisiana. They had 7 sons and 5 daughters:
... a) Wesley Peter HEDGES.
... b) Rev. Daniel Key HEDGES.
... c) William Chidsey "Willie" HEDGES Jr..
... d) Cynthia Ann Emaline HEDGES.
... e) Martha Jane HEDGES.
... f) John Riley HEDGES Sr..
... g) Mary Ellen HEDGES.
... h) Rev. Frederick Freshet HEDGES.
... i) Delilah Jewell HEDGES.
... j) Lillie Ann HEDGES.
... k) Rev. George Washington HEDGES.
... l) Rev. Robert Fulton HEDGES.
... m) Rhoda Elizabeth HEDGES.
5) Martha Jane HEDGES (22 Nov 1842-14 Feb 1917); m:1) 30 Jul 1861 in White Co., IL, to William Henry STROUGHMATT (c.1840-1864). William died in the Civil War. They had 1 daughter:
... a) Mary STROUGHMATT.
Martha m:2) on 26 Feb 1864, in Gallatin Co., IL, to Ephraim Q. "Leaf" ACKLEY (1 Mar 1839-9 Apr 1919). They had 6 daughters & 4 sons:
... b) Easter Emaline ACKLEY.
... c) Sarah Frances ACKLEY.
... d) William Henry ACKLEY.
... e) Ephraim Jewel ACKLEY.
... f) Martha Ann ACKLEY.
... g) Margaret E. ACKLEY.
... h) Virgil ACKLEY.
... i) Ophelia ACKLEY.
... j) Francis ACKLEY.
6) John Riley HEDGES Jr. (Jun 1845-7 Dec 1863); m: c.1862, to Emiline _______; John Riley served as a Private in Co."G", 87th Illinois Infantry, and died in New Orleans from fever; he is not known to have had any children.
7) Emaline HEDGES (Oct 1846-15 Mar 1924); m: 16 Jun 1861, in White Co., IL, to John William ACORD (23 Mar 1846-22 Nov 1919). John William ACORD had been m:1) 1859 to Becca RAMBO, and had 1 son, after which Becca died:
... *) Valentine ACORD, stepson of Emaline HEDGES ACORD.
Emaline and John ACORD had 7 daughters and 4 sons:
... a) Mary Elizabeth ACORD.
... b) Isabell ACORD.
... c) Greenup Juel ACORD.
... d) Martha Jane ACORD.
... e) Sarah ACORD.
... f) Annie ACORD.
... g) Ellen ACORD.
... h) John ACORD.
... i) Ira Patrick ACORD.
... j) William Riley ACORD.
... k) Letha Emma ACORD.
8) David Riley HEDGES (18 Jul 1848-1900); m: 20 Aug 1868, in White Co., IL, to Hannah Lavinia CATLIN (1850-Apr 1938). David & Hannah HEDGES moved to Paragould, Greene Co., AR in the 1870's, and to the New Madrid, MO, area around 1889. They had 6 sons & 4 daughters:
... a) Virgil HEDGES.
... b) Greenup Jewell HEDGES.
... c) Theodore HEDGES.
... d) Henrietta HEDGES.
... e) Cindy HEDGES.
... f) Ruben Franklin "Ruby" HEDGES.
... g) Lula HEDGES.
... h) Willis Pruitt HEDGES.
... i) Laura J. HEDGES.
... j) Arthur Reeves HEDGES.
9) Sarah "Sallie" HEDGES (Mar 1850-c.May 1904); m: 14 Sep 1871, in White Co., IL, to Reeves Cook NAPIER (30 Sep 1848-25 Feb 1932, son of Franklin Cook NAPIER & Lavina Dunn Reeves LOFTIN). Reeves's name was also spelled "Rives". He served as a Private in Co. "F" & Co. "L", of the 10th Illinois Cavalry during the Civil War. The name Reeves NAPIER, so it would seem, must appear in some document in a style of handwriting that has been misread as "Raleigh NAPTEURE"; until recently, this name has been erroneously listed as another husband of Sallie. There is a family researcher that suggested Sallie HEDGES was briefly married 1st to a John WITCHER, doubtless a nephew of Daniel Key and Mary Ellen (HARPER) WITCHER, but no record could be found as yet to substantiate this.
Sallie and Reeves NAPIER had 2 daughters, 3 sons, & 3 other children who died as infants:
... a) Ella W. NAPIER.
... b) Child NAPIER.
... c) Addie Izetta NAPIER.
... d) Franklin "Frank" NAPIER.
... e) Child NAPIER.
... f) Child NAPIER.
... g) Charles Reeves "Charlie" NAPIER.
... h) William Henry NAPIER.
10) Greenup Jewell HEDGES (1 Jan 1854-2 May 1948); m:1) 1 Jan 1875, in White Co., IL, to Hanna Elizabeth WHITACKER (1856-Apr 1886), and had 4 sons and 1 daughter:
... a) Jewell HEDGES.
... b) William Henry HEDGES.
... c) Carrie HEDGES.
... d) John Benson HEDGES Sr.
... e) Virgil HEDGES.
Greenup Jewell HEDGES m:2) 1888 in Carter Co., MO, to Henrietta V. JOHNSON (1852-1899), and had 3 daughters & 2 sons:
... f) Ella HEDGES.
... g) Della HEDGES.
... h) Davie HEDGES.
... i) Ota HEDGES [daughter].
... j) Ova HEDGES [son].
[To Be Continued]
John R. HEDGES was the 5th son and 8th child of Bullitt County Sheriff Joseph HEDGES, Jr. and Elizabeth McMillian (BRISCOE) HEDGES, and grandson of Captain Joseph HEDGES of the Revolution and Elizabeth RAWLINGS, and apparently of George Cole BRISCOE II and Sarah MASON of Berkeley Co., VA (now WV).
His middle name is presumed to be Riley, because he gave two of his sons the middle name Riley, including John Riley HEDGES, Jr.
He was born around 1810 in Bullitt County, KY, and grew up in the area west and south of Mt. Washington.
On 21 Jul 1831, in the Bullitt County seat of Shepherdsville, John married Mary Lucinda STALLINGS, a young lady who also was born and raised in the same part of eastern Bullitt County.
John and Lucinda moved to the southern part of central Daviess County, KY, maybe around 1839 or so---near the present town of Utica. John R. HEDGES was a member of Green Brier Baptist Church, and was a founding member of the Oak Grove Baptist Church (now the Utica Baptist Church) on 15 Sep 1854. It is believed he was either an ordained Baptist minister or an ordained Baptist deacon, therefore he is referred to in our family sometimes as "Rev. John Riley HEDGES".
His wife and mother of all his children died on 24 Jul 1857 of tuberculosis, probably at the old hospital in Owensboro, Daviess County, KY. She was very likely buried with family in the cemetery at the old Green Brier Baptist Church near Utica. Her grave today is likely either unmarked completely or marked with a field stone, probably in the near vicinity of her granddaughter and namesake, Lucinda B. HEDGES (1856-1876), whose marker still stands (this Lucinda was daughter of Joseph & Cynthia HEDGES---Cynthia was the daughter of John Riley and Lucinda HEDGES, and married a cousin Joseph HEDGES).
A couple of years passed after Lucinda died, and in 1859, John Riley and most of his children and grandchildren packed up and moved about 75 miles west to a sleepy little area of southern White County, Illinois. They settled S/E of the very old county seat town of Carmi, right around the area between the old Walnut Grove Missionary Baptist Church near Brownsville, and the old Lick Creek Primitive Baptist Church west of Herald, IL.
John Riley married again in 1861 to a widow lady named Mrs. Mary Elizabeth "Polly" BROWN (1813-aft. 1870), whose maiden name WEISE or WEISS, from Knox Co. & Roane Co., TN. She was the widow of William BROWN of Knox Co., TN (1806-1852), who she married on 20 Mar 1827 in Roane Co., TN, and bore William 6 sons and 1 daughter, who became the step-brothers and -sisters of the HEDGES children of John Riley HEDGES, Sr.
It would seem that John and Polly lived very close to the small village of Herald, in south central White Co., probably from the time of their marriage until John died, in about 1869. In the 1870 Census, his widow Mary (WEISE BROWN) HEDGES was living with her youngest son James Monroe BROWN about 17 miles south of Herald, IL, near Equality, IL, in Gallatin County. They lived next to other HEDGES families, who seem to have moved there just after the Civil War; they were the nephews of John Riley.
We still don't know for certain where old John R. HEDGES was buried, but it appears more and more likely that he was buried in the old Herald Cemetery---one of its earlier burials (although the first couple was in the 1840's, and then the next known burials were in the late 1860's about the time of John Riley's death).
John Riley HEDGES's fist wife Mary Lucinda STALLINGS was the daughter of John STALLINGS and Cynthia BRASHEAR of Bullitt Co., KY, and granddaughter of Samuel STALLINGS and Sarah OGDEN, and of Colonel Marsham BRASHEAR, one of the founding Trustees of Louisville, KY, and Lucy PHELPS of Ft. Boonesborough.
Lucinda and John Riley HEDGES had 10 children and 78 grandchildren. Their 5 known sons and 5 known daughters were:
1) Elizabeth HEDGES (1834-6 Sep 1889); m: 27 Oct 1855 in KY to Everett Mead MARTIN (25 Dec 1835-3 Apr 1891). Elizabeth & Everett moved to Paragould, Greene Co., AR, where they died. They had 4 daughters & 5 sons:
... a) Lavassa L. MARTIN.
... b) William Henry MARTIN.
... c) John Mead MARTIN.
... d) Franklin Eugene MARTIN.
... e) Sarah Elizabeth MARTIN.
... f) George W. MARTIN.
... g) Charley Everett MARTIN.
... h) Mary J. MARTIN.
... i) Georgia Ann MARTIN.
2) Cynthia HEDGES (1835-c.1858); m: 23 Oct 1853, in Daviess Co., KY, to Joseph HEDGES (1830-____), a first cousin, son of Samuel HEDGES and Elizabeth TRUNNELL. They had 2 daughters:
... a) Eliza J. HEDGES.
... b) Lucinda B. HEDGES.
3) Wesley HEDGES (1836-c.1860); died in Owensboro, KY.
4) Rev. William Chidsey HEDGES (17 Mar 1839-19 Apr 1917); m: 15 May 1858 in Daviess Co., KY, to Elizabeth Jane WITCHER (23 Jun 1840-20 Jan 1912, daughter of Daniel Key WITCHER and Mary Ellen HARPER). Rev. William C. HEDGES was an ordained Missionary Baptist minister, a farmer, and served as a Private in Co. "G", 87th Illinois Infantry during the Civil War, being severely wounded in the Red River Campaign in Louisiana. They had 7 sons and 5 daughters:
... a) Wesley Peter HEDGES.
... b) Rev. Daniel Key HEDGES.
... c) William Chidsey "Willie" HEDGES Jr..
... d) Cynthia Ann Emaline HEDGES.
... e) Martha Jane HEDGES.
... f) John Riley HEDGES Sr..
... g) Mary Ellen HEDGES.
... h) Rev. Frederick Freshet HEDGES.
... i) Delilah Jewell HEDGES.
... j) Lillie Ann HEDGES.
... k) Rev. George Washington HEDGES.
... l) Rev. Robert Fulton HEDGES.
... m) Rhoda Elizabeth HEDGES.
5) Martha Jane HEDGES (22 Nov 1842-14 Feb 1917); m:1) 30 Jul 1861 in White Co., IL, to William Henry STROUGHMATT (c.1840-1864). William died in the Civil War. They had 1 daughter:
... a) Mary STROUGHMATT.
Martha m:2) on 26 Feb 1864, in Gallatin Co., IL, to Ephraim Q. "Leaf" ACKLEY (1 Mar 1839-9 Apr 1919). They had 6 daughters & 4 sons:
... b) Easter Emaline ACKLEY.
... c) Sarah Frances ACKLEY.
... d) William Henry ACKLEY.
... e) Ephraim Jewel ACKLEY.
... f) Martha Ann ACKLEY.
... g) Margaret E. ACKLEY.
... h) Virgil ACKLEY.
... i) Ophelia ACKLEY.
... j) Francis ACKLEY.
6) John Riley HEDGES Jr. (Jun 1845-7 Dec 1863); m: c.1862, to Emiline _______; John Riley served as a Private in Co."G", 87th Illinois Infantry, and died in New Orleans from fever; he is not known to have had any children.
7) Emaline HEDGES (Oct 1846-15 Mar 1924); m: 16 Jun 1861, in White Co., IL, to John William ACORD (23 Mar 1846-22 Nov 1919). John William ACORD had been m:1) 1859 to Becca RAMBO, and had 1 son, after which Becca died:
... *) Valentine ACORD, stepson of Emaline HEDGES ACORD.
Emaline and John ACORD had 7 daughters and 4 sons:
... a) Mary Elizabeth ACORD.
... b) Isabell ACORD.
... c) Greenup Juel ACORD.
... d) Martha Jane ACORD.
... e) Sarah ACORD.
... f) Annie ACORD.
... g) Ellen ACORD.
... h) John ACORD.
... i) Ira Patrick ACORD.
... j) William Riley ACORD.
... k) Letha Emma ACORD.
8) David Riley HEDGES (18 Jul 1848-1900); m: 20 Aug 1868, in White Co., IL, to Hannah Lavinia CATLIN (1850-Apr 1938). David & Hannah HEDGES moved to Paragould, Greene Co., AR in the 1870's, and to the New Madrid, MO, area around 1889. They had 6 sons & 4 daughters:
... a) Virgil HEDGES.
... b) Greenup Jewell HEDGES.
... c) Theodore HEDGES.
... d) Henrietta HEDGES.
... e) Cindy HEDGES.
... f) Ruben Franklin "Ruby" HEDGES.
... g) Lula HEDGES.
... h) Willis Pruitt HEDGES.
... i) Laura J. HEDGES.
... j) Arthur Reeves HEDGES.
9) Sarah "Sallie" HEDGES (Mar 1850-c.May 1904); m: 14 Sep 1871, in White Co., IL, to Reeves Cook NAPIER (30 Sep 1848-25 Feb 1932, son of Franklin Cook NAPIER & Lavina Dunn Reeves LOFTIN). Reeves's name was also spelled "Rives". He served as a Private in Co. "F" & Co. "L", of the 10th Illinois Cavalry during the Civil War. The name Reeves NAPIER, so it would seem, must appear in some document in a style of handwriting that has been misread as "Raleigh NAPTEURE"; until recently, this name has been erroneously listed as another husband of Sallie. There is a family researcher that suggested Sallie HEDGES was briefly married 1st to a John WITCHER, doubtless a nephew of Daniel Key and Mary Ellen (HARPER) WITCHER, but no record could be found as yet to substantiate this.
Sallie and Reeves NAPIER had 2 daughters, 3 sons, & 3 other children who died as infants:
... a) Ella W. NAPIER.
... b) Child NAPIER.
... c) Addie Izetta NAPIER.
... d) Franklin "Frank" NAPIER.
... e) Child NAPIER.
... f) Child NAPIER.
... g) Charles Reeves "Charlie" NAPIER.
... h) William Henry NAPIER.
10) Greenup Jewell HEDGES (1 Jan 1854-2 May 1948); m:1) 1 Jan 1875, in White Co., IL, to Hanna Elizabeth WHITACKER (1856-Apr 1886), and had 4 sons and 1 daughter:
... a) Jewell HEDGES.
... b) William Henry HEDGES.
... c) Carrie HEDGES.
... d) John Benson HEDGES Sr.
... e) Virgil HEDGES.
Greenup Jewell HEDGES m:2) 1888 in Carter Co., MO, to Henrietta V. JOHNSON (1852-1899), and had 3 daughters & 2 sons:
... f) Ella HEDGES.
... g) Della HEDGES.
... h) Davie HEDGES.
... i) Ota HEDGES [daughter].
... j) Ova HEDGES [son].
[To Be Continued]
His middle name is presumed to be Riley, because he gave two of his sons the middle name Riley, including John Riley HEDGES, Jr.
He was born around 1810 in Bullitt County, KY, and grew up in the area west and south of Mt. Washington.
On 21 Jul 1831, in the Bullitt County seat of Shepherdsville, John married Mary Lucinda STALLINGS, a young lady who also was born and raised in the same part of eastern Bullitt County.
John and Lucinda moved to the southern part of central Daviess County, KY, maybe around 1839 or so---near the present town of Utica. John R. HEDGES was a member of Green Brier Baptist Church, and was a founding member of the Oak Grove Baptist Church (now the Utica Baptist Church) on 15 Sep 1854. It is believed he was either an ordained Baptist minister or an ordained Baptist deacon, therefore he is referred to in our family sometimes as "Rev. John Riley HEDGES".
His wife and mother of all his children died on 24 Jul 1857 of tuberculosis, probably at the old hospital in Owensboro, Daviess County, KY. She was very likely buried with family in the cemetery at the old Green Brier Baptist Church near Utica. Her grave today is likely either unmarked completely or marked with a field stone, probably in the near vicinity of her granddaughter and namesake, Lucinda B. HEDGES (1856-1876), whose marker still stands (this Lucinda was daughter of Joseph & Cynthia HEDGES---Cynthia was the daughter of John Riley and Lucinda HEDGES, and married a cousin Joseph HEDGES).
A couple of years passed after Lucinda died, and in 1859, John Riley and most of his children and grandchildren packed up and moved about 75 miles west to a sleepy little area of southern White County, Illinois. They settled S/E of the very old county seat town of Carmi, right around the area between the old Walnut Grove Missionary Baptist Church near Brownsville, and the old Lick Creek Primitive Baptist Church west of Herald, IL.
John Riley married again in 1861 to a widow lady named Mrs. Mary Elizabeth "Polly" BROWN (1813-aft. 1870), whose maiden name WEISE or WEISS, from Knox Co. & Roane Co., TN. She was the widow of William BROWN of Knox Co., TN (1806-1852), who she married on 20 Mar 1827 in Roane Co., TN, and bore William 6 sons and 1 daughter, who became the step-brothers and -sisters of the HEDGES children of John Riley HEDGES, Sr.
It would seem that John and Polly lived very close to the small village of Herald, in south central White Co., probably from the time of their marriage until John died, in about 1869. In the 1870 Census, his widow Mary (WEISE BROWN) HEDGES was living with her youngest son James Monroe BROWN about 17 miles south of Herald, IL, near Equality, IL, in Gallatin County. They lived next to other HEDGES families, who seem to have moved there just after the Civil War; they were the nephews of John Riley.
We still don't know for certain where old John R. HEDGES was buried, but it appears more and more likely that he was buried in the old Herald Cemetery---one of its earlier burials (although the first couple was in the 1840's, and then the next known burials were in the late 1860's about the time of John Riley's death).
John Riley HEDGES's fist wife Mary Lucinda STALLINGS was the daughter of John STALLINGS and Cynthia BRASHEAR of Bullitt Co., KY, and granddaughter of Samuel STALLINGS and Sarah OGDEN, and of Colonel Marsham BRASHEAR, one of the founding Trustees of Louisville, KY, and Lucy PHELPS of Ft. Boonesborough.
Lucinda and John Riley HEDGES had 10 children and 78 grandchildren. Their 5 known sons and 5 known daughters were:
1) Elizabeth HEDGES (1834-6 Sep 1889); m: 27 Oct 1855 in KY to Everett Mead MARTIN (25 Dec 1835-3 Apr 1891). Elizabeth & Everett moved to Paragould, Greene Co., AR, where they died. They had 4 daughters & 5 sons:
... a) Lavassa L. MARTIN.
... b) William Henry MARTIN.
... c) John Mead MARTIN.
... d) Franklin Eugene MARTIN.
... e) Sarah Elizabeth MARTIN.
... f) George W. MARTIN.
... g) Charley Everett MARTIN.
... h) Mary J. MARTIN.
... i) Georgia Ann MARTIN.
2) Cynthia HEDGES (1835-c.1858); m: 23 Oct 1853, in Daviess Co., KY, to Joseph HEDGES (1830-____), a first cousin, son of Samuel HEDGES and Elizabeth TRUNNELL. They had 2 daughters:
... a) Eliza J. HEDGES.
... b) Lucinda B. HEDGES.
3) Wesley HEDGES (1836-c.1860); died in Owensboro, KY.
4) Rev. William Chidsey HEDGES (17 Mar 1839-19 Apr 1917); m: 15 May 1858 in Daviess Co., KY, to Elizabeth Jane WITCHER (23 Jun 1840-20 Jan 1912, daughter of Daniel Key WITCHER and Mary Ellen HARPER). Rev. William C. HEDGES was an ordained Missionary Baptist minister, a farmer, and served as a Private in Co. "G", 87th Illinois Infantry during the Civil War, being severely wounded in the Red River Campaign in Louisiana. They had 7 sons and 5 daughters:
... a) Wesley Peter HEDGES.
... b) Rev. Daniel Key HEDGES.
... c) William Chidsey "Willie" HEDGES Jr..
... d) Cynthia Ann Emaline HEDGES.
... e) Martha Jane HEDGES.
... f) John Riley HEDGES Sr..
... g) Mary Ellen HEDGES.
... h) Rev. Frederick Freshet HEDGES.
... i) Delilah Jewell HEDGES.
... j) Lillie Ann HEDGES.
... k) Rev. George Washington HEDGES.
... l) Rev. Robert Fulton HEDGES.
... m) Rhoda Elizabeth HEDGES.
5) Martha Jane HEDGES (22 Nov 1842-14 Feb 1917); m:1) 30 Jul 1861 in White Co., IL, to William Henry STROUGHMATT (c.1840-1864). William died in the Civil War. They had 1 daughter:
... a) Mary STROUGHMATT.
Martha m:2) on 26 Feb 1864, in Gallatin Co., IL, to Ephraim Q. "Leaf" ACKLEY (1 Mar 1839-9 Apr 1919). They had 6 daughters & 4 sons:
... b) Easter Emaline ACKLEY.
... c) Sarah Frances ACKLEY.
... d) William Henry ACKLEY.
... e) Ephraim Jewel ACKLEY.
... f) Martha Ann ACKLEY.
... g) Margaret E. ACKLEY.
... h) Virgil ACKLEY.
... i) Ophelia ACKLEY.
... j) Francis ACKLEY.
6) John Riley HEDGES Jr. (Jun 1845-7 Dec 1863); m: c.1862, to Emiline _______; John Riley served as a Private in Co."G", 87th Illinois Infantry, and died in New Orleans from fever; he is not known to have had any children.
7) Emaline HEDGES (Oct 1846-15 Mar 1924); m: 16 Jun 1861, in White Co., IL, to John William ACORD (23 Mar 1846-22 Nov 1919). John William ACORD had been m:1) 1859 to Becca RAMBO, and had 1 son, after which Becca died:
... *) Valentine ACORD, stepson of Emaline HEDGES ACORD.
Emaline and John ACORD had 7 daughters and 4 sons:
... a) Mary Elizabeth ACORD.
... b) Isabell ACORD.
... c) Greenup Juel ACORD.
... d) Martha Jane ACORD.
... e) Sarah ACORD.
... f) Annie ACORD.
... g) Ellen ACORD.
... h) John ACORD.
... i) Ira Patrick ACORD.
... j) William Riley ACORD.
... k) Letha Emma ACORD.
8) David Riley HEDGES (18 Jul 1848-1900); m: 20 Aug 1868, in White Co., IL, to Hannah Lavinia CATLIN (1850-Apr 1938). David & Hannah HEDGES moved to Paragould, Greene Co., AR in the 1870's, and to the New Madrid, MO, area around 1889. They had 6 sons & 4 daughters:
... a) Virgil HEDGES.
... b) Greenup Jewell HEDGES.
... c) Theodore HEDGES.
... d) Henrietta HEDGES.
... e) Cindy HEDGES.
... f) Ruben Franklin "Ruby" HEDGES.
... g) Lula HEDGES.
... h) Willis Pruitt HEDGES.
... i) Laura J. HEDGES.
... j) Arthur Reeves HEDGES.
9) Sarah "Sallie" HEDGES (Mar 1850-c.May 1904); m: 14 Sep 1871, in White Co., IL, to Reeves Cook NAPIER (30 Sep 1848-25 Feb 1932, son of Franklin Cook NAPIER & Lavina Dunn Reeves LOFTIN). Reeves's name was also spelled "Rives". He served as a Private in Co. "F" & Co. "L", of the 10th Illinois Cavalry during the Civil War. The name Reeves NAPIER, so it would seem, must appear in some document in a style of handwriting that has been misread as "Raleigh NAPTEURE"; until recently, this name has been erroneously listed as another husband of Sallie. There is a family researcher that suggested Sallie HEDGES was briefly married 1st to a John WITCHER, doubtless a nephew of Daniel Key and Mary Ellen (HARPER) WITCHER, but no record could be found as yet to substantiate this.
Sallie and Reeves NAPIER had 2 daughters, 3 sons, & 3 other children who died as infants:
... a) Ella W. NAPIER.
... b) Child NAPIER.
... c) Addie Izetta NAPIER.
... d) Franklin "Frank" NAPIER.
... e) Child NAPIER.
... f) Child NAPIER.
... g) Charles Reeves "Charlie" NAPIER.
... h) William Henry NAPIER.
10) Greenup Jewell HEDGES (1 Jan 1854-2 May 1948); m:1) 1 Jan 1875, in White Co., IL, to Hanna Elizabeth WHITACKER (1856-Apr 1886), and had 4 sons and 1 daughter:
... a) Jewell HEDGES.
... b) William Henry HEDGES.
... c) Carrie HEDGES.
... d) John Benson HEDGES Sr.
... e) Virgil HEDGES.
Greenup Jewell HEDGES m:2) 1888 in Carter Co., MO, to Henrietta V. JOHNSON (1852-1899), and had 3 daughters & 2 sons:
... f) Ella HEDGES.
... g) Della HEDGES.
... h) Davie HEDGES.
... i) Ota HEDGES [daughter].
... j) Ova HEDGES [son].
[To Be Continued]
Gravesite Details
Unmarked grave, presumed after much research to probably be right here in the old part of Herald Cemetery.
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