HEDGE, Charlotte (Ayre)died 1879

HEDGE, HEDGES, AYRE

Posted By: S. Ferrall - IAGenWeb volunteer
Date: 12/24/2025 at 13:14:08

The news reached this city last Monday morning that Mrs. Dr. Hedges [sic], of Waukon, died at her home very suddenly on Sunday, after a brief illness.

She was a lady highly respected and her loss will be severely felt in the community where she has so long resided.

~Lansing Journal, Wednesday, August 20, 1879; pg 3

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Waukon, Aug. 29, 1879 - Mrs. Dr. I.H. Hedge, after a painful illness, died last Saturday evening. The funeral, on Monday, was very largely attended. Few ladies possess that degree of intelligence which characterized Mrs. Hedge.

She has been a resident of Waukon for upwards of twenty years. The community feel deeply the loss of this esteemed lady.

~Lansing Mirror, Friday, August 22, 1879; pg 3 (County Correspondence column)

In the same paper & date is another death notice "DIED - At Waukon, on the 16th inst., of Brain and Spinal Disorder, Mrs. I.H. Hedge, wife of Dr. Hedge."

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Notes:
-Burial is in Oakland Main cemetery. The 1882 biography of her husband, Dr. Isaiah H. HEDGE, gives her maiden name as AYRE.