John Maxwell Gearhart
1909 - 1962 (52 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. John Maxwell Gearhart was born on 2 Sep 1909 in Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky (son of Lewis Gearhart and Clara Morton Enix); died on 25 Aug 1962 in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky. Other Events:
- Census: 1940, Russell, Greenup County, Kentucky
Notes:
Gearhart, John M. – The remains of John M. Gearhart, resident of 5020 Anderson Ave., who passed away Saturday at a local hospital, was sent by Wilson Sammon Company Funeral Home Monday night to the Stucky & McBrayer Funeral Home, Morehead, Ky., where funeral services and interment will be held.
The Tampa Tribune, Tampa, Florida. Tuesday, 28 August 1962.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134522320/john-maxwell-gearhartJohn married Racine Elizabeth Shelton [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
John married Emma McDowell after 1940. Emma was born on 9 Jun 1910 in Kentucky; died on 30 Jun 1963 in Russell, Greenup County, Kentucky; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. Lewis Gearhart was born on 6 Jan 1879 in Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky; died on 25 Apr 1958 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky. Other Events:
- Census: 1900, Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky
- Census: 1910, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky
- Census: 1920, Augusta, Bracken County, Kentucky
- Census: 1930, Pine Grove, Rowan County, Kentucky
Notes:
MHR note: Lewis Gearhart was a private in L Troop of the US Cavalry in the Spanish-American War. He was retired from working from the rail road when MHR first met him.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134271828/lewis-gearhartLewis married Clara Morton Enix on 3 Jul 1900 in Ironton, Ohio. Clara (daughter of Joseph Buchanan Enix and Indiana Louisa "Lou" Hedges) was born on 4 Dec 1879 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 28 May 1956 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Clara Morton Enix was born on 4 Dec 1879 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois (daughter of Joseph Buchanan Enix and Indiana Louisa "Lou" Hedges); died on 28 May 1956 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky. Other Events:
- Census: 1900, Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky
Notes:
Rowan Woman Dies
Mrs. Clara Gearhart, 78, of Bluestone, Rowan County, died at 10:10 a.m. yesterday at St. Joseph’s Hospital where she was admitted May 17.
The Lexington Herald, Lexington, Kentucky. Tuesday, 29 May 1956.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134271724/clara-morton-gearhartChildren:
- Ruth Octavia Gearhart was born on 13 Apr 1901 in Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky.
- Helen Sidney Gearhart was born on 20 Feb 1903 in Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 1 Sep 1991 in Batavia, Clermont County, Ohio; was buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery, Withamsville, Clermont County, Ohio.
- Pearl Gearhart was born on 20 Jan 1906 in Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 20 May 1910 in Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky.
- 1. John Maxwell Gearhart was born on 2 Sep 1909 in Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 25 Aug 1962 in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky.
Generation: 3
6. Joseph Buchanan Enix was born on 6 Aug 1856 in Carter County, Kentucky (son of Amariah Watson Enix and Matilda Hamm); died on 25 Dec 1927 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried in Enix Cemetery, Fitch, Carter County, Kentucky. Other Events:
- Census: 1900, Green Forest, Carroll County, Arkansas
- Census: 1910, Vinita, Craig County, Oklahoma
- Census: 1920, Craig County, Oklahoma
Notes:
MHR note: After his second marriage Joe began spelling his name as "Enochs".
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39465405/joseph-buchanan-enixJoseph married Indiana Louisa "Lou" Hedges on 26 Mar 1879 in Rowan County, Kentucky. Indiana (daughter of Levi Marion Hedges and Samantha Jane Vawter) was born on 20 Aug 1858 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 15 Apr 1883 in Carter County, Kentucky; was buried in Enix Cemetery, Fitch, Carter County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Indiana Louisa "Lou" Hedges was born on 20 Aug 1858 in Rowan County, Kentucky (daughter of Levi Marion Hedges and Samantha Jane Vawter); died on 15 Apr 1883 in Carter County, Kentucky; was buried in Enix Cemetery, Fitch, Carter County, Kentucky. Notes:
MHR note: Indiana Louisa went to North Madison, Indiana to visit her relatives, who sent her to school there two years. While there she heard the song "Lourena" and thereafter called herself Lourena and her family called her "Lou". According to Ida Cronkhite, she was a pretty, lively girl and became engaged to William Vawter, a relative (called "Wid"). When she returned to Kentucky, "Wid" wrote her at intervals, saying he was coming to see her, but each time failed to appear. She taught a mountain school in Kentucky and in the spring of 1879 brough home her husband, Joe Enix (who after his second marriage began spelling his name as "Enochs").
Lou and her husband went to Illinois with her parents in October 1879 and remained there until after the first child was born. But Joe became homesick and they returned to Carter County, Kentucky and their second child was born there.
According to Ida Cronkhite, Lou contracted malaria and died. But Helen Gearhart Greers said her mother thought it had been TB that had caused Lou's death..
Lou's mother, Samanatha sent a postcard about her daughter's death to relatives in Missouri.
Buried:
MHR note: This according to Clara Morton (Exix) Gearhart. It is a badly kept cemetery.
Children:
- 3. Clara Morton Enix was born on 4 Dec 1879 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 28 May 1956 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky.
- Elmo Willis Enix was born on 5 May 1881 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky; died on 5 Sep 1955 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas; was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.
Generation: 4
12. Amariah Watson Enix was born on 4 Feb 1817 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 11 Jan 1904 in Carter County, Kentucky; was buried in Enix Cemetery, Fitch, Carter County, Kentucky. Other Events:
- Census: 1870, Carter County, Kentucky
- Census: 1880, Carter County, Kentucky
- Census: 1900, Pine Grove, Rowan County, Kentucky
Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39465224/amariah-watson-enex
Surnamed spelled as EnexAmariah married Matilda Hamm. Matilda (daughter of Joseph Hamm and Nancy McClurg) was born on 19 Nov 1819 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 23 Mar 1894 in Carter County, Kentucky; was buried in Enix Cemetery, Fitch, Carter County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Matilda Hamm was born on 19 Nov 1819 in Rowan County, Kentucky (daughter of Joseph Hamm and Nancy McClurg); died on 23 Mar 1894 in Carter County, Kentucky; was buried in Enix Cemetery, Fitch, Carter County, Kentucky. Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39465168/matilda-enex
Surname spelled as EnexChildren:
- 6. Joseph Buchanan Enix was born on 6 Aug 1856 in Carter County, Kentucky; died on 25 Dec 1927 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried in Enix Cemetery, Fitch, Carter County, Kentucky.
14. 
Levi Marion Hedges was born on 30 May 1833 in Fleming County, Kentucky (son of William Ribelin Hedges and Malinda Russell Cassity); died on 28 Jan 1907 in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas; was buried in Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas. Other Events:
- Occupation: farmer
- _MILT: Civil War
- Census: 1860, Rowan County, Kentucky
- Census: 1870, Cross Roads, Rowan County, Kentucky
- Census: 1880, Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois
- Census: 1900, Garfield Township, Jackson County, Kansas
Notes:
Enrolled in the Union Army on 13 August 1862.
Mustered in on 9 September 1862 in Covington, Kentucky
Saddler in Company L, 10th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry.
Mustered out on 17 September 1863 in Maysville, Kentucky.
This entire Company L served one year and was mustered in and out on the same dates as Levi M. Hedges.
Brief history of the 10th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry from the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky: "The Regiment, under the command of Col. Joshua Tevis, was immediately put upon arduous duty as the advanced guard of the Army of the Ohio, in the campaign against Gen. Kirby Smith. In November and December, 1862, having been assigned to Brig. Gen. Bilmore's division, it was employed on the line towards Knoxville, Tenn. passing the entire winter in continuous marching. During the spring and summer of 1863 the regiment was employed, by battalion, in West Virginia and Northeastern Tennessee. In Southwest Virginia one of its battalions captured the breech-loading artillery so well know in connection with the history of Marshall's invasion. The services of this regiment were of the most active and efficient character. Its skirmishes and small fights were numerous and its marches continuous and severe. Among other, this regiment participated in the engagements of Elk Fork, Tenn; Gladesville, VA; Triplett's Bridge, Ky; Lancaster, Ky; Richard, Ky (1863); and in the pursuit and rout of the rebel cavalry of Pegran and Scott, beside the numerous affairs attending the advance of Maj. Gen. Granger upon central Kentucky. The regiment was mustered out at Maysville, Ky. 17 September 1863 by Capt. R. B. Hull, United States Army."
1870 US census, enumerated 30 June 1870
Cross Roads Precinct, Rowan County, Kentucky
Levi Hedges, age 28
Samantha, age 28
Indiana, age 11
Vawter, age 9
Loretta, age 7
Mary A., age 4
Eliza, age 2
value of real estate - $500
value of personal property - $250
In the 1870 census, four household are listed next to each other: William Ribelin Hedges and three of his sons: Levi, William R. and James Hedges.
Levi Hedges, aged 75, died of old age at his home at 1141 Woodward avenue at noon today. The funeral arrangements have not been made yet.
The Topeka Daily Herald, Topeka, Kansas. Monday, 28 January 1907.
Levi Hedges died Monday of last week at his daughters hone 1141 Woodward Ave. Topeka Kans., and was buried Tuesday in the Topeka cemetery.
The Valley Falls New Era, Valley Falls, Kansas. Thursday, 7 February 1907.
_MILT:
10th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry. Company L. Saddler.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22108891/levi-marion-hedges
Section 73Levi married Samantha Jane Vawter on 10 Nov 1857 in Rowan County, Kentucky. Samantha (daughter of Pascal Vawter and Eliza Mavity) was born on 6 Feb 1841 in Jefferson County, Indiana; died on 29 Aug 1884 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Embury Cemetery, Hope, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. Samantha Jane Vawter was born on 6 Feb 1841 in Jefferson County, Indiana (daughter of Pascal Vawter and Eliza Mavity); died on 29 Aug 1884 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Embury Cemetery, Hope, Vermilion County, Illinois. Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30069140/samantha-jane-hedgesChildren:
- 7. Indiana Louisa "Lou" Hedges was born on 20 Aug 1858 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 15 Apr 1883 in Carter County, Kentucky; was buried in Enix Cemetery, Fitch, Carter County, Kentucky.
- Ashba Vawter Hedges was born on 29 Aug 1860 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 23 Oct 1929 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas; was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas.
- Loretta Ophelia Hedges was born on 26 Nov 1862 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on May 1883 in Hope, Illinois; was buried in Embury Cemetery, Hope, Vermilion County, Illinois.
- Mary Addison "Addi" Hedges was born on 26 Aug 1865 in Aberdeen, Brown County, Ohio; died in May 1887 in Bunker Hill, Illinois; was buried in Embury Cemetery, Hope, Vermilion County, Illinois.
- Eliza Lydia "Lida" Hedges was born on 30 May 1868 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 6 Jun 1954 in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas; was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.
- John Milton Hedges was born on 23 May 1870 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 26 Mar 1907 in Las Animas, Las Animas County, Colorado; was buried in Denison Cemetery, Denison, Jackson County, Kansas.
- William R. Hedges was born on 22 Feb 1873 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died in Feb 1873 in Rowan County, Kentucky.
- Malinda S. Hedges was born on 22 Feb 1873 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died in Feb 1873 in Rowan County, Kentucky.
- Charles Edgar Hedges was born on 27 Dec 1876 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 15 Sep 1951 in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas; was buried in Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.
- Walter Grierson Hedges was born on 18 Mar 1880 in Muncie, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 18 Jul 1963 in Leavenworth County, Kansas; was buried in Muscotah Cemetery, Muscotah, Atchison County, Kansas.
- Levi "Marion" Freece Hedges was born on 16 Jun 1882 in Hope, Illinois; died on 31 Mar 1944 in La Crescenta, Los Angeles County, California.