Person

William Ribelin Hedges (Rowan County, Kentucky, farmer. )

b. 1798-03-14 d. 1885-11-28

Rowan County, Kentucky, farmer. Montgomery County, Kentucky native. Son of Levi Hedges and Rosannah Ribelin Hedges. Married to Malinda Russell Cassity Hedges in Rowan County, Kentucky on December 2, 1822. Father of Mary Ann Hedges Crouch, Addison Wesley Hedges, Viana Jane Hedges, Peter Thompson Hedges, Levi Marion Hedges, Rosannah Sarah Hedges Gilkison, Melissa Lucinda Hedges Generee, William Ribelin Hedges Jr., James Alva Hedges, and Isaac Armstrong Hedges. Farmer in Fleming County in 1850. Employed William N. Cassity as a laborer in Fleming County in 1850. Farmer in Rowan County in 1860. Imprisoned on a charge of arson in Fleming County in 1862.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 2, p. 370A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rowan County, p. 637.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Rowan County, Cross Roads, p. 109B.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994053, Rowan County Marriages.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #2360.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #2711.

"Melissa L. Hedges Steenrod (1838-1899)," Find A Grave, Memorial #89851945, accessed March 18, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89851945.

"Rosanna Sarah Hedges Gilkison (1835-1924)," Find A Grave, Memorial #39193083, accessed March 18, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39193083.

"William Ribelin Hedges (1798-1885)," Find A Grave, Memorial #64939177, accessed March 18, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64939177.

KYR-0001-029-0057.

Citation

Hedges, William Ribelin. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201299 (November 12, 2026).

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