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Thomas Riley Hedgpeth

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Thomas Riley Hedgpeth

Birth
Green County, Kentucky, USA
Death
24 Mar 1887 (aged 56)
Rock Port, Atchison County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Salisbury, Chariton County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Thomas was born April 7, 1830 at Green County, Missouri to Joel and Jane (Hudspeth) Hedgpeth.

He served in the Government Quartermaster's dept in 1847. On Feb. 2, 1850, he married Eliza Jane Elliott, the daughter of Willis Willard and Mary Polly (Vanderpool) Elliott. Thomas and Eliza Jane had seven children.

In 1858 he left Missouri with his family and headed to California. Their wagon train was attacked by Mohave Indians on the banks of the Colorado River. He and his family returned to Missouri.

Thomas was a Methodist circuit rider affiliated with the M.E. Church South.

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Demetrius (Dee) Hedgpeth 1852-1870
James Henry Hedgpeth 1853-
Calloway (Cal) Hedgpeth 1855-
Charles Edward Hedgpeth 1857-1932
Thomas Elliott Hedgpeth 1869-
Mary Jane Hedgpeth 1864-1958
Elizabeth Hedgpeth 1870-1962

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Thomas was born April 7, 1830 at Green County, Missouri to Joel and Jane (Hudspeth) Hedgpeth.

He served in the Government Quartermaster's dept in 1847. On Feb. 2, 1850, he married Eliza Jane Elliott, the daughter of Willis Willard and Mary Polly (Vanderpool) Elliott. Thomas and Eliza Jane had seven children.

In 1858 he left Missouri with his family and headed to California. Their wagon train was attacked by Mohave Indians on the banks of the Colorado River. He and his family returned to Missouri.

Thomas was a Methodist circuit rider affiliated with the M.E. Church South.

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Demetrius (Dee) Hedgpeth 1852-1870
James Henry Hedgpeth 1853-
Calloway (Cal) Hedgpeth 1855-
Charles Edward Hedgpeth 1857-1932
Thomas Elliott Hedgpeth 1869-
Mary Jane Hedgpeth 1864-1958
Elizabeth Hedgpeth 1870-1962

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