William J. Hedges

    William J. Hedges, a native of Ohio County, Kentucky, was born August 12, 1833, the third son in a family of nine children -Frances, Richard P., James S., William J., Sarah E., Amelia A., Eliza J., John T. and Ellen L. born to Peter and Sarah A. (Tanner) Hedges, who were natives of Kentucky, where they were married and from whence they moved to Illinois at an early day, thence to Warrick County, where their respective deaths occurred in 1872 and 1870.

    William J. Hedges is one of the well and favorably known men of Greer Township. He was reared to manhood by his parents, secured a fair education in youth, and selected farming as his vocation in life. He owns eighty-two acres of nicely improved land, is a Democrat and a member of the F. & A. M.

    To his marriage with Miss Georgia Ann, daughter of Archibald and Matilda (Stone) Kiffer, which occurred October 20, 1857, eleven children have been born, named Milton, Walker, Matilda, Tastus, George, Zachariah, Josiah, Archibald, Cora, Jesse and Bargia.

Source: History of Warrick, Spencer, and Perry Counties, Indiana, By: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., 1885.