CHAMPAIGN COUNTY OHIO - HEDGES, ALEXANDER R. (published 1881)

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Thought these might be of use to someone. I've been researching the
Hedges, so found them interesting.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: Book: HISTORY OF CHAMPAIGN CO.

From Beers, Biographical Sketches, 1881., Champaign Co.

Page 654-Urbana Township
ALEXANDER R. HEDGES, deceased. This worthy representative of the name
died Dec. 29, 1873, and his wife, Ellen (Morris) Hedges, in February of
the same year.  They left a family of children, nine in number: their
names are, respectively, Elizabeth A., Pearl I., Edward O., Rebecca C.,
Franklin J. Mary A., Deborah E., Martha E. and Frederick M.: they all
reside in the county except one_Pearl I. Hedges_who is in the drug
business at Piqua.  There are seven living on the old homestead.  Three
are married at this time.  The father, Alexander, was quite a prominent
man in his day, being Justice of the Peace, and for many years was a
member of the school board.  He was one of the originators of the
agricultural society at Urbana, and from its_ organization until his
death was one of its Directors. He was a member of the National Guards,
and a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for many years,
being one of the most prominent officials.  He reared his children in
the faith of his fathers, and the example set by him has done much to
give them that straightforward business character for which the Hedges
family are noted.  At the time of his death, he owned 185 acres of land.

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