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Show OLDEST GRADUATE OF YALE DEAD BIrminghampton, N. Y , SepL 27. Judge Henry j. Hedges. Yale 1838, who for several years hold tho distinction dis-tinction of being Yalo's oldost graduate, gradu-ate, Is dead at his homo hore, aftor a brief lllnesB. He was Just 17 days short of his 94th birthday Judge Hedges went to Yalo In 1S31 and was graduated at the a-?o of 21. Ho studied law and practiced for a tlmo in Ohio, later returning to open an office In Sag Harbor. He was for many years a county Judge, retiring from activo work in 1893. Ho took an Interest in politics early In life and was a delegato to the convention in 1850 at which the new Republican party was born. |