Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Hegeman, George E.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Rockhill Township


   GEORGE E. HEGEMAN cigar manufacturer, P.O. Sellersville, 
was born in Dauphin county, Pa., October 10, 1840, and is a 
son of Jacob E. Hegeman.  He was of English extraction 
through his mother, his father being a native of Germany.  
After the death of his mother his father removed to 
Cincinnati and engaged in the tobacco business, George E. 
attending a private school at the same time.  In 1851 his 
father died, and a couple of years later George E. traveled 
extensively in the western and southern states.  He went to 
the city of New York in 1857 and learned the practical 
manufacture of tobacco.  About 1859 he moved to Bucks 
county, and after being in business with the Cressman family 
for a couple of years in Sellersville, started for himself 
at the same place.  Before doing this he took an extended 
trip through Europe, to increase his knowledge of his 
business.  In 1869 he was considered one of the largest 
cigar manufacturers in the country, employing nearly nine 
hundred hands, and is very extensively engaged in the same 
business at present, having a branch factory at Quakertown.  
He is one of the most popular and energetic democrats in the 
county, and was elected to the legislature by nearly 1000 
votes ahead of the regular democratic ticket, a very unusual 
thing in Bucks county.  Mr. Hegeman was a commissioned 
officer in the state militia, and was first elected judge 
and inspector of elections in 1860 for one year.  Since then 
he has been judge of the elections every other year, and is 
still in office.  In 1868 he was elected high constable, and 
served until he was elected justice, two years later.  In 
1872 he resigned the position of justice and was elected to 
the legislature, re-elected in 1873 and served until 1874.  
On September 28, 1860, he was married to Rebecca H. Yost, of 
Tylersport, Pa.  Mr. Hegeman is a charter member of the 
Quakertown lodge, A. Y. M., and in 1862 was made secretary 
of that lodge, holding that position until elected to the 
legislature.  He is also a charter member of Sellersville 
lodge, I. O. O. F., and postmaster of Sellersville borough.