Mattie Dell Hedges
1875 - 1942 (67 years)-
Name Mattie Dell Hedges Born 20 Jan 1875 Vermilion County, Illinois [1] Gender Female Census 1930 Canton, Lewis County, Missouri Census 1940 Canton, Lewis County, Missouri Died 22 Aug 1942 Canton, Lewis County, Missouri [1, 2] - Missouri death certificate
https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1942/1942_00030729.PDF
Buried 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) Married 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) Married 31 Oct 1916 Downing, Schuyler County, Missouri [1, 6] Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 Family ID F224 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Missouri death certificate
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Photos 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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