Samuel was a son of James Hedges and Elizabeth Kennedy. He was born in 1788 in Virginia. He married Jane Thompson about 1820. They had eight known children. He died in 1873 and was buried in Riners Graveyard.
SAMUEL HEDGES / Died / Feb. 19, 1873 / In the 85TH Year / of his age
Sources
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (152 Vols.) (Washington, DC: NSDAR); Ancestor #: A054115
Berkeley County Historical Society, compiler, Cemeteries of Martinsburg and Berkeley County West Virginia (n.p.: Berkeley County Historical Society); page 159, "Samuel; n.d-Feb. 19, 1873; 85yr." Riner Cemetery.
1850 United States Federal Census, Household of Samuel Hedges 4th, enumerated 6 September 1850, Berkeley County, Virginia - the 9 District; Series M432, Roll 936, page 396. Washington, District of Columbia, National Archives and Records Administration.
1860 Federal Census; Berkeley County, West Virginia - Post Office: Jones Spring. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41S-6GX : 13 December 2017), Samuel Hedges, 1860.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZH3-5KS : 12 April 2016), Saml Hedges, West Virginia, United States; citing p. 56, family 389, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,183.
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