Bio of HEDDING, Dr. Joseph A., Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

JOSEPH A. HEDDING, M. D. - Vol III, pg 199
Dr. Joseph A. Hedding, a native son of Minneapolis and a member of one of its
old and highly respected families, is numbered among the leading medical
practitioners of the city and his professional labors have been attended by a
gratifying measure of success. His parents were Simeon A. and Anna (Kelly)
Hedding, both of whom were natives of the Empire state, the birth of the mother
occurring in New York city. When a young man the father came to the Northwest,
taking up his residence in Minneapolis, where he became connected with
transportation interests. His entire life was devoted to railroad service and he
ran one of the first trains operated between St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Joseph A. Hedding acquired his education in his native city, attending the
public schools and afterward entering the old Hamline University, now a part of
the University of Minnesota, from which he was graduated in 1906, winning the M.
D. C. M. degree. The next year was spent as an interne at St. Joseph's Hospital
of St. Paul and he began his professional career at Hope, North Dakota, where he
resided far four and a half years. In January, 1912, he returned to Minneapolis
and has since engaged in practice in this city, maintaining an office in the
Physicians & Surgeons building. For a time he was an instructor at the
University, of Minnesota, but resigned in order that he might give his entire
time to his growing practice. He has always made his professional duties his
first consideration and through constant reading and close study of the cases
which come under his care he is continually broadening his knowledge and
promoting his skill.
Dr. Hedding married Miss Ada Benjamin, a daughter of Frank Benjamin of this city
and they have three children: Benjamin, Joseph A., Jr., and Frederick. He is a
member of the Minneapolis Athletic Club and also of the Royal League, for which
he is medical examiner, while for recreation he turns to bowling. Through his
connection with the Hennepin County and Minnesota State Medical Societies and
the American Medical Association he keeps in close touch with the trend of
modern professional thought, research and investigation and his pronounced
ability is not only demonstrated by his success in practice but is also attested
by his colleagues and contemporaries.