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Barbara Lee Hedges

Female 1921 - 2013  (92 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Barbara Lee Hedges was born on 28 Aug 1921 in LaBelle, Henry County, Florida (daughter of Robert Valentine Hedges and Amanda Alice Mattingly); died on 18 Oct 2013 in Florida; was buried on 23 Oct 2013 in LaBelle, Henry County, Florida.

    Notes:

    Porter, Barbara Anderson, Mrs. Barbara Anderson Porter, age 92, of Orlando passed away on October 18, 2013. She was born in LaBelle FL on August 28, 1921 to Amanda Alice (Mattingly) and Robert V. Hedges. Barbara had a great zest for life and people. She dedicated her entire life to Jesus Christ and was a willing friend to anyone in need. She was a dedicated member of North Park Baptist Church in Orlando. Barbara kept herself busy with a career in merchandising at Walt Disney World, being “Top Chef” at Montverde Academy, volunteering with the Red Cross, teaching Sunday School, singing in the church choir, and membership in the Eastern star. She is survived by her children: James, Michael (Loretta), Kenneth (Diane), and Freya (Harry); grandchildren Amanda, Jennifer, Christine, Eric, and Robert; and 9 great grandchildren. She will also be fondly remembered by the wonderful children she served as nanny: Amanda, Andrew, Pete, David, Matthew, Lauren, and Jack. She was preceded in death by her son, Albert, and husband James.
    A visitation will be held at the Baldwin-Fairchild Ivanhoe Chapel on Tuesday, October 22, 2013 from 7 to9 p.m. Funeral services will be held at North Park Baptist Church, 2047 Prospect Avenue, Orlando, FL 32814 on Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at 10 a.m. and First Baptist Church of LaBelle, 330 N. Main Street, LaBelle, FL 33935 at a later date.
    Interment to take place in LaBelle, Florida.
    In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Baptist Children’s Home, 1015 Sikes Boulevard, Lakeland, FL 33815 or fbchomes.org
    Express condolences at orlandosentinel.com/obituaries
    Baldwin-Fairchild cemeteries, funeral homes & crematory
    The Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, Florida. Tuesday, 22 October 2013.


    Barbara married a second time after 1961 to James Porter. He died before October 2013.

    Barbara married Fredrick Peter Anderson on 6 Oct 1940 in Polk County, Florida, and was divorced in Feb 1961 in Polk County, Florida. Fredrick was born on 21 Apr 1913 in LaBelle, Henry County, Florida; died on 18 Dec 2003 in Auburndale, Polk County, Florida; was buried in Fort Denaud Cemetery, Fort Denaud, Hendry County, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Robert Valentine Hedges was born on 9 Oct 1880 in Mason County, Kentucky (son of Thomas Edgar Hedges and Loretta Fenton McClure); died in Mar 1948 in LaBelle, Hendry County, Florida; was buried in Fort Myers Cemetery, Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1910, Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1920, LaBelle, Hendry County, Florida
    • Census: 1930, Hendry County, Florida

    Notes:

    Robert V. Hedges, 67, of LaBelle died yesterday at the Arcadia Hospital. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Vera Hedges, three daughters, Mrs. Ernest Booth, Mrs. Veter Anderson and Miss Virginia Hedges; and a son, Eddy Hedges. Arrangements are in charge of Lawrence A. Powell and will be announced later.
    News-Press, Fort Myers, Florida. Sunday, 21 March 1948.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41273555/robert-valentine-hedges

    Robert married Amanda Alice Mattingly in Plumville, Mason County, Kentucky. Amanda (daughter of Henry Bruce Mattingly and Amy Sweet) was born on 13 Apr 1880 in Plumville, Mason County, Kentucky; died on 13 Feb 1935 in Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida; was buried in Fort Myers Cemetery, Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Amanda Alice Mattingly was born on 13 Apr 1880 in Plumville, Mason County, Kentucky (daughter of Henry Bruce Mattingly and Amy Sweet); died on 13 Feb 1935 in Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida; was buried in Fort Myers Cemetery, Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida.

    Notes:

    Mrs. Amanda Hedges
    LaBelle, Feb. 15. – (Special.) – Mrs. Amanda Alice Hedge, wife of R.V. Hedges, died Wednesday in the Lee Memorial hospital in Fort Myers after undergoing an operation. Surviving are her husband, R.V. Hedges; two daughters, Mary Alice Booth and Barbara Lee Hedges; four grandchildren of LaBelle; her mother, Amy Lyons, a brother, Robert L. Mattingly, and a half brother, Frank Lyons, all of Maysville, Ky.
    The Tampa Tribune, Tampa, Florida. Saturday, 18 February 1935.


    Birth:
    MHR had birth date as 1882. 1900 US census gives birth date as April 1882

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41273542/amanda-alice-hedges

    Children:
    1. 1. Barbara Lee Hedges was born on 28 Aug 1921 in LaBelle, Henry County, Florida; died on 18 Oct 2013 in Florida; was buried on 23 Oct 2013 in LaBelle, Henry County, Florida.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Thomas Edgar Hedges was born on 22 Jan 1843 in Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky (son of Jesse Hedges and Lucy Ann Hawkins); died on 18 Dec 1938 in LaBelle, Hendry County, Florida; was buried in Ortona Cemetery, Ortona, Glades County, Florida.

    Other Events:

    • _MILT: Civil War
    • Census: 1880, Orangeburg, Mason County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1900, Mason County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1910, Mason County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1935, Clades County, Florida

    Notes:

    Born 1843 in KY.
    Name: Thomas E. Hedges
    Death: 1938 - Hendry, Florida
    -------------------------
    Death location was his home in LaBelle, FL, not whatever auto populated when I tried to enter LaBelle, FL. (see obituary photo)

    Thomas E. Hedges was a Union Soldier during the Civil War. He enlisted on 2 Aug 1862 as a Private in Company A of the 10th Kentucky Cavalry.


    MHR note: in letter from Ida Cronkhite dated 13 February 1951. William Ribelin Hedges brother, Jesse, married Lucy Ann Hawkins. I don't remember surely of all the children, but Albert, 20 I think, joined the "rebel" army and was killed at the battle of Shiloh. Later his brothers, Marcus and Thomas joined the Union Army.


    Name: Thomas E Hedges
    Enlistment Date: 4 Aug 1862
    Enlistment Place: Covington, Kentucky
    Enlistment Rank: Corporal
    Muster Date: 8 Sep 1862
    Muster Place: Kentucky
    Muster Company: A
    Muster Regiment: 10th Cavalry
    Muster Regiment Type: Cavalry
    Muster Information: Enlisted
    Muster Out Date: 17 Sep 1863
    Muster Out Place: Maysville, Kentucky
    Muster Out Information: Mustered Out
    Side of War: Union
    Survived War?: Yes
    Title: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky


    Civil War Veteran, 95, Dies at LaBelle
    Thomas E. Hedges, 95, died yesterday at his home in Labelle after a short illness. He was born Jan. 22, 1843 in Louis county, Ky. and has lived in LaBelle for the past 27 years. He is a civil war veteran.
    Mr. Hedges is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Georgette Truesdell, Springhill, Ky.; three sons, U.G. Hedges, R.V. Hedges, of LaBelle, and E.F. Hedges of Tolesboro, Ky., and a granddaughter, Mrs. Wade Hampton of LaBelle. Funeral arrangements are being made by Spooner and Engelhardt funeral home and services will be held at 3 o’clock this afternoon at the LaBelle Methodist church with Rev. P.T. Tyler and Rev. W.E. Dance officiating. Interment will be in the Ortona cemetery.
    News-Press, Fort Myers, Florida. Monday, 19 December 1938, page 1.


    _MILT:
    10th Cavalry. Company A. Corporal.

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26634708/thomas-e.-hedges

    Plot I
    Next to his son, Ulysses G. Hedges.

    Thomas married Loretta Fenton McClure on 9 Feb 1865 in Mason County, Kentucky. Loretta (daughter of Valentine McClure and Temperance Loudine Hoffman) was born on 17 Apr 1847 in Mason County, Kentucky; died on 16 Nov 1919 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried on 17 Nov 1919 in East Fork Cemetery, Fearisville, Lewis County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Loretta Fenton McClure was born on 17 Apr 1847 in Mason County, Kentucky (daughter of Valentine McClure and Temperance Loudine Hoffman); died on 16 Nov 1919 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried on 17 Nov 1919 in East Fork Cemetery, Fearisville, Lewis County, Kentucky.

    Notes:

    Died at Asylum
    Mrs. Thomas Hedges, of Rectorville neighborhood, who has been in the state asylum for the insane at Lexington, for only a few months, died at that institution Sunday after a short illness. The body was brought here for burial. Besides her husband she is survived by several children, on of whom is Mr. Robert Hedges, former local postal employe.
    Funeral will be from Bethany church at 10 o’clock Tuesday morning and burial will be made at the East Fork cemetery.
    The Public Ledger, Maysville, Kentucky. Monday, 17 November 1919.


    Louisville: Mrs. Thomas Hedges, who died in a Lexington hospital, was buried in the East Fork Cemetery.
    The Kentucky Post and Times-Star, Covington, Kentucky. Wednesday, 19 November 1919, page 2.


    From death certificate. At the time of her death she was a TB patient at the Maysville Infirmary.


    A lunacy inquest was held before Judge Purnell and a jury Saturday on Mrs. Thomas Hedges, of the Rectorville neighborhood, who has been suffering from a mental derangement for several weeks.
    The Public Ledger, Maysville, Kentucky. Saturday, 5 July 1919, page 4.


    Buried:
    Burial location from death certificate. At the time of her death she was a TB patient at the Maysville Infirmary, so most likely is buried at the Maysville Infirmary Cemetery.

    Children:
    1. Ulysses Grant Hedges was born on 26 Mar 1866 in Rectorville, Lewis County,Kentucky; died on 13 Feb 1949 in LaBelle, Hendry County, Florida; was buried in Ortona Cemetery, Ortona, Glades County, Florida.
    2. Georgetta Temperance Hedges was born in Jun 1868 in Mason County, Kentucky; died on 22 Nov 1955; was buried in Bethany Church Cemetery, Springdale, Mason County, Kentucky.
    3. Edgar Fulton Hedges was born on 6 Apr 1872 in Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois; died on 30 May 1948 in Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried on 1 Jun 1948 in Olivet Cemetery, Rectorville, Mason County, Kentucky.
    4. 2. Robert Valentine Hedges was born on 9 Oct 1880 in Mason County, Kentucky; died in Mar 1948 in LaBelle, Hendry County, Florida; was buried in Fort Myers Cemetery, Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida.

  3. 6.  Henry Bruce Mattingly was born on 31 Mar 1841 in Kentucky; died on 24 Feb 1887 in West Louisville, Daviess County, Kentucky; was buried in Maysville Cemetery, Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, Mount Carmel, Fleming County, Kentucky

    Notes:

    LKH note:
    Dates and the reported age of 30 do not agree with dates on Henry Mattingly's headstone. However, Amy (Sweet) Mattingly was his wife, so that points to timing of his death.

    * * * *
    Death of Henry Mattingly.
    Mr. Henry B. Mattingly died at the residence of his brother-in-law, Henry Burch, at West Louisville, yesterday morning at 7 o'clock, of typhoid fever. He was ill less than three weeks. He was about 30 years old. He was a very popular young man, and the death of no one in that community would have caused more universal sorrow.
    The Owensboro Messenger, Owensboro, Kentucky. Thursday, 17 February 1887.
    * * * * *
    H.B. Mattingly Dead.
    Owensboro, Ky., Feb. 18 - (Special) - H.B. Mattingly, a prominent citizen of West Louisville, died this morning, aged thirty.

    * * *
    Mrs. Amy Mattingly has been qualified as administratrix of Henry Mattingly, with Samuel Sweet as surety.
    The Evening Bulletin, Mayeville, Kentucky. Friday, 25 March 1887.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116403791/henry-bruce-mattingly

    Mason Co. Section 9, lot 2

    Henry married Amy Sweet in 1875. Amy was born on 9 Jun 1854 in Mason County, Kentucky; died on 7 Feb 1941 in Mason County, Kentucky; was buried in Maysville Cemetery, Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Amy Sweet was born on 9 Jun 1854 in Mason County, Kentucky; died on 7 Feb 1941 in Mason County, Kentucky; was buried in Maysville Cemetery, Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky.

    Notes:

    Amy Sweeet was born June 9, 1854, in Plumville, Mason County, Kentucky, the daughter of Samuel "Sam" and Minerva (Story) Sweet.

    Amy first married Charles "Henry" Mattingly on February 18, 1875, in Mason County, Kentucky. Henry was born March 31, 1841, in Mason County, Kentucky, the son of Frederick M. and Miranda Mattingly. Amy and Henry had the following known children:

    1. Robert Lee Mattingly (1875-1959)
    2. Annie Mary Mattingly (ca. 1879-bef. 1941)
    3. Amanda Alice (Mattingly) Hedges (1880-1935)

    Henry died February 24, 1887, in Kentucky. Amy then married Bruce T. Lyons in 1891. Bruce was born December 31, 1852, in Hillsboro, Fleming County, Kentucky, the son of Samuel Bruce and Martha Ann Lyons. Amy and Bruce had the following known children:

    4. William Frank Lyons (1893-1969)

    Bruce died July 24, 1915, in Mason County, Kentucky. Amy died February 7, 1941, in Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky.

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116403791/henry-bruce-mattingly

    Children:
    1. Robert Lee Mattingly was born on 19 Dec 1875 in Mason County, Kentucky; died on 22 Nov 1959 in Mason County, Kentucky; was buried in Maysville Cemetery, Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky.
    2. Mary Anna Mattingly was born in Feb 1879 in Kentucky; died before 1920.
    3. 3. Amanda Alice Mattingly was born on 13 Apr 1880 in Plumville, Mason County, Kentucky; died on 13 Feb 1935 in Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida; was buried in Fort Myers Cemetery, Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Jesse Hedges was born about 1810 in Fleming County, Kentucky (son of Levi Hedges and Rosannah Ribelin); died on 29 May 1894 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in New Hope Presbyterian Cemetery, Fleming County, Kentucky.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: blacksmith
    • Census: 1850, Lewis County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1870, Cross Roads, Rowan County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1880, Cross Roads, Rowan County, Kentucky

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/259633067/jesse-hedges

    Jesse married Lucy Ann Hawkins on 23 Dec 1832 in Fleming County, Kentucky. Lucy was born on 15 Apr 1815 in Kentucky; died on 1 Mar 1884 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in New Hope Presbyterian Cemetery, Fleming County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Lucy Ann Hawkins was born on 15 Apr 1815 in Kentucky; died on 1 Mar 1884 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in New Hope Presbyterian Cemetery, Fleming County, Kentucky.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24866186/lucy-ann-hedges

    Children:
    1. Margaret Ann Hedges was born on 12 Oct 1833 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 25 Dec 1913 in Hillsboro, Fleming County, Kentucky; was buried on 27 Dec 1913 in Hillsboro Cemetery, Hillsboro, Fleming County, Kentucky.
    2. Marcus Newton Hedges was born on 3 Jun 1835 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 19 Dec 1910 in Cestos, Dewey County, Oklahoma; was buried in Riley Cemetery, Lenora, Dewey County, Oklahoma.
    3. Wallace Hedges was born about 1833 in Fleming County, Kentucky.
    4. John Wesley Hedges was born in Oct 1840 in Kentucky; died in 1926 in LaBelle, Hendry County, Florida.
    5. William "Albert" Hedges was born about 1841 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died in Nov 1865 in Richmond, Virginia.
    6. 4. Thomas Edgar Hedges was born on 22 Jan 1843 in Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky; died on 18 Dec 1938 in LaBelle, Hendry County, Florida; was buried in Ortona Cemetery, Ortona, Glades County, Florida.
    7. Ivelia Jane Hedges was born on 23 Dec 1845 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 3 Jun 1922 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Three Lick Cemetery, Rowan County, Kentucky.
    8. Mary Elizabeth "Molly" Hedges was born on 28 Aug 1851 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 26 May 1933 in Salt Lick, Bath County, Kentucky; was buried in Jones Cemetery, Salt Lick, Kentucky.
    9. David Teager "Tea" Hedges was born on 8 Jul 1852 in Lewis County, Kentucky; died on 2 Jun 1923 in Nashville, Tennessee.

  3. 10.  Valentine McClure was born about 1808 in Kentucky; died on 12 Apr 1888 in Mason County, Kentucky; was buried in East Fork Cemetery, Fearisville, Lewis County, Kentucky.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: farmer
    • Census: 1860, Orangeburg, Mason County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1870, Orangeburg, Mason County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1880, Orangeburg, Mason County, Kentucky

    Notes:

    LKH note: His will from 1885 was probated in 1888.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/213154711/valentine-mcclure

    Valentine married Temperance Loudine Hoffman on 25 Apr 1846 in Lewis County, Kentucky. Temperance was born about 1822 in Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Temperance Loudine Hoffman was born about 1822 in Kentucky.
    Children:
    1. 5. Loretta Fenton McClure was born on 17 Apr 1847 in Mason County, Kentucky; died on 16 Nov 1919 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried on 17 Nov 1919 in East Fork Cemetery, Fearisville, Lewis County, Kentucky.
    2. John Valentine McClure was born on 15 May 1849 in Lewis County, Kentucky; died on 17 Dec 1916 in Mason County, Kentucky; was buried in East Fork Cemetery, Fearisville, Lewis County, Kentucky.


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