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Philora <I>Allen</I> Hedges

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Philora Allen Hedges

Birth
Greenup County, Kentucky, USA
Death
31 Jan 1928 (aged 80)
Allerton, Vermilion County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Newman, Douglas County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Philora is daughter of Fielding C Allen and Matilda Hunt who married 14 Aug 1844 Greenup County, Kentucky.

Aged Resident In Allerton Is Taken By Death

Danville Commercial-NewsJanuary 1928 Allerton, Ill., Jan 21.—Mrs. Philora Hedges, 80, died at 5:20 o’clock Tuesday morning (January 31, 1928) at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lottie Clester.

Infirmities and heart disease caused her demise. She had been ill for several weeks. The exact hour for the funeral has not been set, but it will be held sometime Thursday at the Presbyterian church with Rev. J. M. Bean, officiating. Burial will be in the Fairfield cemetery. Mrs. Hedges was born at Greenup, Ky., Sept. 28, 1847. She came to Allerton 45 years ago. Dec. 26, 1866 she was married to James A. Hedges who died six years ago.

She leaves the following children: Mrs. George Clifton, of Moneta, Ia.; Mrs. Edward Ellis, of Macy, Ind.; Mrs. Thomas Smith, of Homer, Ill.; Mrs. Lottie Clester, of Allerton, and George Hedges, of Gilmore City, Ia. She is also survived by 21 grand-children and several great grand-children.Transcribed by the Homer Historical Society
Philora is daughter of Fielding C Allen and Matilda Hunt who married 14 Aug 1844 Greenup County, Kentucky.

Aged Resident In Allerton Is Taken By Death

Danville Commercial-NewsJanuary 1928 Allerton, Ill., Jan 21.—Mrs. Philora Hedges, 80, died at 5:20 o’clock Tuesday morning (January 31, 1928) at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lottie Clester.

Infirmities and heart disease caused her demise. She had been ill for several weeks. The exact hour for the funeral has not been set, but it will be held sometime Thursday at the Presbyterian church with Rev. J. M. Bean, officiating. Burial will be in the Fairfield cemetery. Mrs. Hedges was born at Greenup, Ky., Sept. 28, 1847. She came to Allerton 45 years ago. Dec. 26, 1866 she was married to James A. Hedges who died six years ago.

She leaves the following children: Mrs. George Clifton, of Moneta, Ia.; Mrs. Edward Ellis, of Macy, Ind.; Mrs. Thomas Smith, of Homer, Ill.; Mrs. Lottie Clester, of Allerton, and George Hedges, of Gilmore City, Ia. She is also survived by 21 grand-children and several great grand-children.Transcribed by the Homer Historical Society


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  • Added: Aug 26, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96068800/philora-hedges: accessed ), memorial page for Philora Allen Hedges (28 Sep 1847–31 Jan 1928), Find a Grave Memorial ID 96068800, citing Fairfield Cemetery, Newman, Douglas County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by DBS (contributor 47874747).