Marion Columbus Hedgepeth (1864 - 1909)

Born Oct 1864 in Prairie Home, Cooper, Missouri, United States [uncertain]

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Died 31 Dec 1909 at age 45 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

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Marion Hedgepeth was involved in the "Wild, Wild West," part of the westward expansion of the United States. Join the Wild Wild West Project.

Marion Columbus Hedgepeth, also known as the Handsome Bandit, the Debonair Bandit, the Derby Kid and the Montana Bandit, was a famous Wild West outlaw. He was born in October 1864 in Missouri to John Henry Hedgepeth and Sallie Cotton. ^{[1] [2]}

Shot by police officer Edward Jaburek during a robbery in Chicago 31 Dec 1909. He died at St. Anthony's Hospital and was buried in the Cook County Cemetery on the grounds of the Cook County Poor Farm at Dunning.^{[3] [4]}

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M46Y-CB1 : 29 May 2021), Marion Hedgpeth in entry for John Hedgpeth, 1870.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3CH-KY1 : 27 January 2022), Prisoner Marion Hedgepeth, 1900.
3. ↑ Illinois, Cook County Deaths 1878–1922.” Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Illinois Department of Public Health. “Birth and Death Records, 1916–present." Division of Vital Records, Springfield, Illinois.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39103776/marion-columbus-hedgepeth: accessed 15 July 2023), memorial page for Marion Columbus Hedgepeth (Oct 1864–31 Dec 1909), Find A Grave: Memorial #39103776, citing Read Dunning Memorial Park, Dunning, Cook County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Big Ern (contributor 46620889).

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