hmtl5 Alta Grace Kelso b. 17 Sep 1905 Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois d. 20 Jan 1990 Chrisman, Edgar County, Illinois: Hedges Genealogy

Alta Grace Kelso

Female 1905 - 1990  (84 years)


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  • Name Alta Grace Kelso 
    Born 17 Sep 1905  Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Died 20 Jan 1990  Chrisman, Edgar County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Buried Young America Cemetery, Hume, Edgar County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I304  Hedges
    Last Modified 21 Dec 2023 

    Father Dennis Kelso,   b. Oct 1872, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Maude Smith,   b. 10 Oct 1874, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jan 1908  (Age 33 years) 
    Married 1897  [4
    Family ID F183  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Everett Michael Brazelton,   b. 23 Apr 1900, Laurel, Whatcom County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Oct 1994, Edgar County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years) 
    Married 7 Jun 1924 
    Children 
     1. Everett Thomas Brazelton,   b. 26 Mar 1926, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Nov 2009  (Age 83 years)
     2. Virgil William Brazelton,   b. 28 Feb 1928, Brocton, Edgar County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jun 2022, Chrisman, Edgar County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
     3. Elmer Arnold Brazelton,   b. 25 Jan 1930, Allerton, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Nov 2003, Paris, Edgar County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    Last Modified 12 Sep 2022 
    Family ID F184  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 17 Sep 1905 - Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 20 Jan 1990 - Chrisman, Edgar County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Young America Cemetery, Hume, Edgar County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Hedges Reunion 1946
    Hedges Reunion 1946
    The Seventeenth Annual Hedges Reunion was held Sunday, August 18, 1946 at Lincoln Park, Danville, Illinois with 99 relatives and friends present. A basket dinner was served at the noon hour. George F. Hedges presided at the business meeting in the afternoon. Talks were given from those from distances and was enjoyed by all. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year. President J. W. Hedges, Vice President P. T. Hedges, Secretary Treasurer Anna Bagley. The next meeting will be held the 3rd Sunday in August 1947 in Missouri. Gifts were presented to the oldest man present, George F. Hedges, 79. Oldest woman was Mrs. Cora Hedges, 76 years old. The youngest was Robert Alan Yeazel, 3 month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Yeazel. Newlyweds were Mr. and Mrs. John Hanks. The one coming the farthest was Jasper N. Hedges of Dubois, Wyoming, 1650 miles. There were 6 marriages, Betty Buckman and Dale Wood, Geraldine Hedges and Frank Pesorara, Betty Lou Smith and Frank Day, Lois Smith and Max Dodd, Roy Hedges and Inez Cola, Irene Smith and John Hanks. There were 9 births [transcriber has omitted this section to preserve privacy] Two deaths: Ercel Eldon Simpson and James A. Hedges. Greetings were received from those from a distance who could not attend.
    Hedges Reunion 1932
    Hedges Reunion 1932

  • Notes 
    • MHR note: Grace was raised from age 2 by her uncle Thomas Laban Smith and his wife Ada L. (Hedges) Smith. Thomas Smith was a brother to Maud (Smith) Kelso. She died in 1908, leaving a son, Alvin age 9 and Grace about age 2. By 1910, Grace's father, Dennis Kelso had remarried; census records from that year show his son Alvin, age 11, living with him, but Grace is with her Uncle Thomas listed as his step-daughter. In the 1920 census Grace is listed as his niece. In the obituary for Ada (Hedges) Smith, Grace is listed her daughter.
      [1]
    • John and Irene Hanks attended the funeral of Mrs. Grace Brazelton of Chrisman Tuesday.
      Southern Champaign County Today, Villa Grove, Illinois. Wednesday, 31 January 1990.
      [5]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Mary Hedges Reiner.

    2. [S14] Social Security Death Index.

    3. [S6] Find a Grave.

    4. [S5] 1900 US census.

    5. [S87] Newspaper article.