Mattie Dell Hedges
1875 - 1942 (67 years)-
Name Mattie Dell Hedges Birth 20 Jan 1875 Vermilion County, Illinois 
[1] Gender Female Census 1930 Canton, Lewis County, Missouri Census 1940 Canton, Lewis County, Missouri Death 22 Aug 1942 Canton, Lewis County, Missouri [1, 2] - Missouri death certificate
https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1942/1942_00030729.PDF
Burial 25 Aug 1942 Forest Grove Cemetery, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri [3] Person ID I369 Hedges Last Modified 3 Dec 2023
Father Peter Thompson Hedges, b. 29 Jan 1831, Fleming County, Kentucky d. 12 Jun 1924, Tilton, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 93 years) Mother Mary Ann Vawter, b. 11 Dec 1836, Jefferson County, Indiana d. 15 Dec 1912, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri (Age 76 years) Marriage 12 Mar 1857 Rowan County, Kentucky [4, 5] Family ID F9 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Charles Jacob Horn, b. 9 Jul 1857, Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia d. 18 Aug 1926, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri (Age 69 years) Marriage 31 Oct 1916 Downing, Schuyler County, Missouri [1, 6] Family ID F224 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 18 Feb 2018
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Birth - 20 Jan 1875 - Vermilion County, Illinois 
Marriage - 31 Oct 1916 - Downing, Schuyler County, Missouri 
Census - 1930 - Canton, Lewis County, Missouri Census - 1940 - Canton, Lewis County, Missouri Death - 22 Aug 1942 - Canton, Lewis County, Missouri 
Burial - 25 Aug 1942 - Forest Grove Cemetery, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Mattie Dell and Myrtle Elicia Hedges Mattie Dell Hedges 
Cousins: Hedges, Horn, Brown, Smith, Bagley, Denger, Cronkite, Gilkison
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Notes - MHR note: Mattie attended State Teachers College at Valparaso, Indiana and received an A.B. from Christian University (now Culver-Stockton College), Canton, Missouri, in 1910. She worked on an M.A. through extension courses from the University of Chicago. She taught in grade school in Illinois for 6 years and taught English and history in high school in Indiana. She taught history for 2 years (1911-12 and 1912-13) at Culver-Stockton College, the first col-educational college west of the Mississippi.
She was a charter member of Dicey Langston Chapter of the D.A.R., Mu gamma chapter Chi Omega (Culver-Stockton). Past matron Easter Star. She wrote articles for newspapers and at 12 "My Grandmother's garden" for Florida Guide. She had charge of the "regional column" in the Medaryville, Indiana Adventurer.
[1] - LKH note: Mattie was the second wife of Charles Jacob Horn.
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- MHR note: Mattie attended State Teachers College at Valparaso, Indiana and received an A.B. from Christian University (now Culver-Stockton College), Canton, Missouri, in 1910. She worked on an M.A. through extension courses from the University of Chicago. She taught in grade school in Illinois for 6 years and taught English and history in high school in Indiana. She taught history for 2 years (1911-12 and 1912-13) at Culver-Stockton College, the first col-educational college west of the Mississippi.
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