Edith HEDGE

1912 - 2003  (91 years)

• Name	Edith HEDGE
  Born	3 Apr 1912  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Education	Harrisville H.S. (1933), Glenville College, Salem College (1941)  [2]
  Occupation	teacher  [2]
  Residence	Massillon, Stark Co, OH   [1, 2, 3]
  Residence	1951	Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV   [4]
  Died	31 Oct 2003  [1]
  Notes	From 1936 to 1939, she was the Recreation Director for Ritchie County, under the National Youth Administration. She also organized the first two Girl Scout troops in Ritchie County, one in Smithville and the other in Harrisville. Upon obtaining her college degree in 1941, "she taught her first two years in one-room schools in Ritchie County, where she could walk home for the weekends. Then in 1943, Edith took a position teaching first grade in Harrisville, where she taught for 17 years. She and [husband] Wilson came to Ohio in 1960 where she continued teaching in Tuscarawas and Stark counties." [2]
  Person ID	I19247	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2006

  
  

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

  
  

  Family	Wilson Frank BAKER,   b. 7 Apr 1915, West Virginia ,   d. 28 Oct 1995, Massillon, Stark Co, OH  (Age 80 years)  [2, 5]
  Married	18 Sep 1942	Ritchie Co, WV   [6]
  Family ID	F7055	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  19247_EdithHedge_1998.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S15] Social Security Death Index. [S1883] Goldenseal Magazine, (West Virginia Cultural Center, www.wvlc.wvnet.edu/culture/goldensl.html), Fall 1999. [S1577] Obituary of sister. [S643] Obituary of father. [S1605] Obituary of wife's sister. [S1769] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998)).