HILLEGAS BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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HILLEGAS, Joseph - b: 1812 Burks Co, PA
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 750
residence: Osage Twp

Judge Joseph Hillegas, a representative man of Osage Township, was born in 
Burks County, Pennsylvania, April 11, 1812. His parents, Michael and Ann (Yeagle) 
Hillegas, were natives of Pennsylvania. Joseph accompanied the family to Ohio in 
1815, they located in Montgomery County, and being among the pioneer settlers 
here. He passed his youth on a farm and in learning the tanners' trade, and was 
married there June 8, 1837, to Miss Hannah Reed, a daughter of John Reed and 
originally of Pennsylvania. She was reared and educated in Montgomery County, 
where she had moved with her parents when four years old. In 1842 Mr. Hilligas 
went to Miami County, but in about four years returned to Montgomery County. 
After remaining about three years he located in Allen County, where he resided 
about five years, moving from there to Illinois, and living two years in Hancock 
County. In the fall of 1856 he came to Henry County, Missouri, and entered and 
purchased some land and improved the farm where he now resides. He has 660 
acres, with 280 fenced and in fair cultivation. He was appointed one of the 
county judges in 1865, and was afterward elected and served six years in 
succession in that capacity. Mr. and Mrs. Hillegas have raised a family of six 
children: Margaret A., (wife of Samuel Evans) Michael J., William H., Sarah C., 
(wife of John Walker) George A. and Martin L. The judge and his wife are members 
of the M. E. Church.

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