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Stella Fay HEDGE

Stella Fay HEDGE

Female 1906 - 2003  (96 years)

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  • Name Stella Fay HEDGE 
    Born 26 Oct 1906  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Obituary printed in Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram (Apr 10 2003) gives birth as Oct 6 1906, location not specified, while the one printed in the Pennsboro News (Apr 16 2003) gives it as Oct 26 1906 in Ritchie Co.
    Gender Female 
    Residence Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Died 8 Apr 2003  Columbus, Franklin Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • Attended Glenville State College and taught at the King Knob, Lamb's Run, Macfarlan and Beechwold schools. A prominent Harrisville businesswoman, she operated the Whitehall Hotel for 34 years and the B&B Rexall Drug Store for 15 years. She was active in the Republican Party in West Virginia, receiving an invitation to the inauguration of President Richard Nixon in 1973. She was a contributor to the society column of the Ritchie Gazette newspaper. [1]
    Person ID I11236  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 23 Nov 2007 

    Father James Reason HEDGE,   b. 4 Mar 1870, Monroe Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jul 1951  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Jennie Mahala HILL,   b. 25 Apr 1876, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jul 1952  (Age 76 years) 
    Family ID F7052  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Horace Audubon BRITTON,   b. 6 Jan 1904, Stewarts Run, near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Dec 1966, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)  [2, 3
    Married 2 Sep 1925  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
    +1. Barbara Ann BRITTON,   b. 20 Jun 1930, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Living
    Family ID F4039  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary.

    2. [S115] Descendants of Wilson Britton, (Richard Lyle "Dickie" Britton (1941-2000) (self-published, 1992)).

    3. [S692] Obituary of wife.

    4. [S1769] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998)).