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147 The Cornelius Hedges Story
On September 23, 1892, Judge Hedges was elected the third
Worthy Grand Patron of Montana’s Grand Chapter.492 And,in
speaking of those in attendance at the 1907 Communication of
Grand Chapter, Mertie M. Brattin commented:
“But the one best known and best loved was missing, that face
of Judge Cornelius Hedges, our second Grand Patron (he was the
third). He and his life companion, our best loved sister, Edna L.
Hedges, during all the years the Grand Chapter was growing to
maturity, protected it from every evil that could have stunted its
growth or marred its character; it was their Child and they loved it
as parents love their offspring.”493
As a perpetual tribute, in 1908, the new Eastern Star Chapter
at Bridger was named Cornelius Hedges Chapter No.43.The
Chapter was instituted by Grand Matron Josephine Hepner while
the members faced an enlarged portrait of Judge Hedges, given by
Edna and Toby, and the face of that portrait, “as ever in life, smiled
a benediction” that evening.494
Figure 40. Edna Hedges.
