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... (78) ix Martha Rachel McCue, b 29, Sept. 1841, Augusta county, Va. ; d 19, Dee. 1911, Martinsburg, W. Va. ; m 9, June, 1871, Decator Hedges, b 27, Feb. 1832, "Cedar Grove," Berkeley county, (now W. Va.), son of Dr. John Hedges and Elizabeth Purnee. He attended the Shenandoah Valley Academy and Columbia College of Washington, D. C. He has been a farmer nearly all his life, but of late years, has erected tenement houses and leased the farm.
This obituary is taken from the Presbyterian of the South, of recent date :
"Entered into the heritage of the life divine in the hush of early dawn on Tuesday, December 19, 1911, at her home, "Cedar Grove," near Martinsburg, "W. Va., Martha Rachel McCue, beloved wife of Decatur Hedges.
******* Mrs. Hedges is survived by her venerable husband, upon whose heart the shadow of death lies heavy and grief-freighted ; three daughters, Mesdames T. H. Speck, of Hegarsville ; H. W. Miller and C. W. Cunningham, of Paw Paw, W. Va., to whom her memory will ever be a benediction ; five step children, Dr. G. B. Hedges, of Martinsburg, Mesdames D. E. Evans and G. R. Whitney of Denver, Col. ; J. F. Rodgers, of Bowling Green, Ky., and W. Sam'l. Goodwyn, of Emporia, Va., who hold her in loving and honored rememberance, and two brothers, Messrs. A. H. McCue, of Fishersville, Va., and M. McD. McCue, of Ford City, Pa.
"She possessed all the attributes of a beautiful character, based upon principle and piety, was self-denying, sympathetic, gracious and tactful, and richly endowed with intellectual attainments and social qualities, which made her a charming companion. In all of life's relations ; the life individual, the life of fidelity to duty, and the life of communion with God, her forceful and well balanced nature measured up to every requirement. In her home where woman fulfills her highest and noblest mission, she lived in unswerving devotion to her family, and language is inadequate to express the anguish and desolation of their hearts. * * * D. H. G."
The writer enjoyed a short correspondence with Mrs. Hedges and not only did he learn much of interest concerning the McCues of the Old Domain, but was deeply impressed with her refinement, modesty, and virtue, for character is ofttimes read in a letter. Mrs. Hedges had many interesting incidents to relate of the Civil War ; it was quite a loss that they were not recorded. ...
