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- David L. Hedges
David L. Hedges died Thursday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the home of his son, Harry Z. Hedges, near Walkersville, after several years illness of general debility, aged 80 years, 1 month, 5 days. He was a son of the late Daniel and Catherine Devilbiss Hedges and a life-long member of Glad Reformed church, Walkersville. Three children, Harry Z. Hedges, near Walkersville; Solomon D. Hedges, Maplewood, N.J.; Mrs. Edgar Roderick, near Walkersville; one brother, Charles Hedges, near Walkersville, and a sister, Mrs. Minnie E. Cramer, Walkersville, survive. Eight grandchildren also survive. Funeral from the home of his son, Harry Z. Hedges, Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock with services conducted by Rev. Nelson C. Brown. Interment at the Glade cemetery. G.W. Wright funeral director.
The News, Frederick, Maryland. Friday, 21 December 1934, page 5.
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- History of Frederick County, Maryland, from the earliest settlements to the beginnings of the War Between the States. By T.J.C. Williams.
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David L. Hedges, one of the leading farmers of Walkersville District, cultivates 196 acres. He is tenant on the N.A. Fulton farm, near the town of Walkersville, where he has been located for a period of thirty-two years, which is undoubtedly a record for a tenant in Frederick County. In 1898, he built a fine farm, 50x100 feet, which is equipped as elegantly as any in that section. Mr. Hedges is also the owner of the Percheron stallion “Triceps,” who is 17 ½ hands high, weighs 1850 pounds, and was imported from France. He is the third stallion to be recorded according to law in Frederick County, and Mr. Hedges owned the second one, “Dewey,” of the same breed, which he disposed of recently in West Virginia. Mr. Hedges possesses a genial disposition and is a man of much intelligence. He was born on the old homestead, five miles north of Frederick, November 15, 1854. His parents were Daniel A. and Catharine M. (Devilbiss) Hedges. For history of the Hedges family see the sketch of Charles Hedges, of Woodsboro District.
Mr. Hedges was educated in the common schools. His boyhood was spent on the home place, where he remained until he was eight years old. His father died when he was eight years old. At eighteen, he accepted a clerkship in a country store, staying for four years. He then engaged in farming. When the farm he now occupies was purchased by Mr. Fulton thirty-two years ago, Mr. Hedges applied for the rental of it, and has leased it ever since.
In his political affiliations, Mr. Hedges is a Republican. He holds membership in the Glade Reformed Church, in which he has served in official capacities, having acted as superintendent of the Sunday school, deacon and elder.
Mr. Hedges was married in February, 1879, to Florence Zimmerman, daughter of the late O.T. Zimmerman of Lewistown. There are four children born to this union: Harry, at home; Solomon, of Frederick City, Married Cora Carty, of that place; Harvey L.; and Margaret Hazel, at home, now in the High School of Walkersville; Harvey in the class of 1911, and Margaret of the class of 1912.
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