hmtl5 Mary Ann Vawter b. 11 Dec 1836 Jefferson County, Indiana d. 15 Dec 1912 Canton, Lewis County, Missouri: Hedges Genealogy
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Mary Ann Vawter

Mary Ann Vawter

Female 1836 - 1912  (76 years)


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  • Name Mary Ann Vawter 
    Birth 11 Dec 1836  Jefferson County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 15 Dec 1912  Canton, Lewis County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Burial 17 Dec 1912  Forest Grove Cemetery, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Person ID I13  Hedges
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2025 

    Father Pascal Vawter,   b. 6 Jan 1813, Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 1899, Medaryville, Pulaski County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Eliza Mavity,   b. 7 Dec 1813, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Aug 1904, Medaryville, Pulaski County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage 1 Apr 1834  Jennings County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Family ID F18  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Peter Thompson Hedges,   b. 29 Jan 1831, Fleming County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jun 1924, Tilton, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years) 
    Marriage 12 Mar 1857  Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Children 
     1. Thaddeus Arlington Hedges,   b. 22 Aug 1859, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jun 1957, South Haven, Sumner County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 97 years)
     2. Ida May Hedges,   b. 30 Apr 1865, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 May 1952, Center Point, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     3. Rosa "Blanche" Hedges,   b. 9 Oct 1867, Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jan 1953, Big Creek, Calhoun County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     4. Charles Martin Hedges,   b. 25 Oct 1869, Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jul 1922, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
     5. Alice Felicia Hedges,   b. 18 Jul 1872, Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Sep 1951, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     6. Mattie Dell Hedges,   b. 20 Jan 1875, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Aug 1942, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     7. Myrtle Elicia Hedges,   b. 21 Dec 1877, Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jul 1963, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     8. Minnie Flora Hedges,   b. 21 Dec 1877, Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Feb 1915, Biloxi, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years)
    Family ID F9  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Oct 2019 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 11 Dec 1836 - Jefferson County, Indiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 12 Mar 1857 - Rowan County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 Dec 1912 - Canton, Lewis County, Missouri Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 17 Dec 1912 - Forest Grove Cemetery, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    Mary Ann Vawter Hedges    		Mary Ann Vawter Hedges
    Peter Thompson Hedges and Mary Ann Vawter Hedges    		Peter Thompson Hedges and Mary Ann Vawter Hedges
    Peter Thompson Hedges and Mary Ann Vawter Hedges - back of photo    		Peter Thompson Hedges and Mary Ann Vawter Hedges - back of photo

  • Notes 
    • Mary Ann Vawter was born December 11, 1836, in Jefferson County, Indiana, and died December 15, 1912, at Canton, Missouri. On March 12, 1857, she married in Rowan County, Kentucky, Peter Thompson Hedges, who was born January 29, 1831, in Fleming County, and died June 12, 1924, at Tilton, Illinois. He is buried at Canton, Missouri.

      Peter Thompson Hedges was the fourth child of William Riblin Hedges and Malinda Russell (Cassity) Hedges. During the Civil War he became Captain of Company G. of the 24th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry and served three years and nine months. He was invalided home with one finger shot off, buckshot in his neck and a “minie ball” in his right arm. In 1864, he moved with his family to Vermilion County, Illinois, near what is now Fithian. Here the family lived for thirty-one years. Captain Hedges than moved to Canton, Missouri, and bought a house on a hill overlooking the Mississippi River. The site of the house is now that of a boys’ dormitory of Culver-Stockton College, formerly called Christian University. . . .
      When Mary An Vawter was about seven years old, her parents moved from Jefferson County, Indiana, to Harmony in Jennings County, Indiana. She was immersed September 5, 1848, “for the remission of sins and in so doing united with the Christian Church, worshiping at Liberty, Monroe Township, Jefferson County, Indiana.” The family lived in Jennings County only about two years. Frm a statement of Mary Ann herself, kept in a copy book as a sort of diary: “On the 7th of April, 1856, we took leave of our old acquaintances and our old home for Kentucky. We arrived at Maysville, Kentucky, on Tuesday the 8th. The next morning we went into the country where we spent a week. We then started for Rowan County. When we arrived at the place of our intended home, we found that the house as not ready and we had to go to a neighbor’s and stay till we could go into the house, which was the 23rd of April.” Later he wrote: “On the fourth Sunday in May, 1856, by letter, we united with the Christian congregation worshiping at Siloam, Triplett, Rowan County, Kentucky.”

      After her marriage and during the Civil War she wrote; ”Find Grove, Rowan County, Kentucky, March 12, 1862. Five years of my married life have passed away. Oh, how sweetly and swiftly have the moments flown most of the time. But with the exception of a few short hours, I have been deprived of the companionship of my husband for five months. Las October, he left the side and the comforts of hme to assist in protecting that Government under which we have lived so happily and prosperously. How hard the fate which takes him from me. But my trust is in the Almighty Father who does all things well.”

      The Mavity Family, page 22-23
      [7]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Mary Hedges Reiner, The Hedges Family by Mary Hedges Reiner.

    2. [S5] 1900 US census.

    3. [S6] Find a Grave.

    4. [S40] Indiana Marriage Collection: 1800-1941.

    5. [S1] Family Bible, William Ribelin Hedges.

    6. [S30] Kentucky marriage records, 1852-1914.

    7. [S77] Norman Bloss Mavity, The Mavity Family, (Edwards Brother, Inc.), page 22-23, Library of Linda Hedges.


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