William Hedrick was born May 30, 1827 in Fleming County, Kentucky to Michael Dungan Hedrick and Elizabeth DeMoss. He had one sister named Amanda.

On September 10, 1850, William married Nancy West in Nicholas County, Kentucky. Their first son, Walter B. was born in Kentucky in 1851. Laura, their only daughter, was born in Indiana in 1854 and the family was found in Howard County in the 1860 Census. By the birth of their son Robert in 1861, the family was back in Nicholas County and had relocated to Fleming County by 1870. The family was still in Kentucky in 1876 when Laura married John Jones. At some point after that it would seem the family would make the journey westward to Cass County, Missouri. Based on birthdates, it’s not likely that everyone traveled together. Laura’s daughter was born in September 1878 in Missouri, but Bruce’s daughter Emma was born the same month in Kentucky. Everyone was in Cass County by 1880.

Unfortunately, William died on May 28, 1880 at the age of fifty-two. He is buried in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery.

William Hedrick was my 1st cousin, 5x removed.

REFERENCES

• United States Census: 1860, 1870, 1880
• Kentucky County Marriages
• Find a Grave website
• Cass County Missouri Obituary Index