Person talk:Owen Hedger (1)

Parents of Owen, Joseph, and Zachariah [16 July 2011]

Rob,

My records for Joseph indicate his parents were John Hedger(c1855-aft 1840) and Rebecca Corlies. John moved to Pike Co., Illinois with his son Joseph about 1830. I was in e-mail contact with Jim Falconer at one time.

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My Pat Smith note is:

For John Hedger, Sr.

!Source: Hedger Binder C-2, A-31,115  !1993 Corr: Jim FAULCONER. His source: "Somerset County Historical Quarterly" (no date given) Proved Somerset Losses From Contiental Troops 1776-'77 In the Revolution HEDGER, John (June 1777), 1 mare, 7 years old; 1 bridle, f30. John HEDGER made oath before Nathaniel AYERS that "he saw the American troops have the above mentioned mare," and William LIGHT made oath before Robert STOCKTON that he "was present and saw James RUNYON by vertue of an order from Genl. SULIFENT press and take away from John HEDGER a certain bay mare for the use of the Continental in the year 1777."

John HEDGER was listed in the Tax Record for the Western Precinct of Somerset County,NJ for 1779-80.

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For Joseph Hedger, son

!Source: Hedger Binder A-31 First wife's name not given. When his daughter Eliza Jane was about 10 years old he moved to Pike Co.,IL and convinced his brothers John & William to join him there. It was in Pike Co., that Eliza met Clayton HOOPER, her husband.

!1988 Corr: Dewey Dishner. HEDGER, Joseph b abt 1790 m 14 Aug 1817 Clermont Co.,OH to Rebecca (*) REEVES.

!1989 Corr: Neoma Jorgensen; her files: Joseph HEDGER m Caroline. (Is this his m/1?=JB)

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For John Hedger, son

GED-065 Source: Hedger Binder A-1,31,114,115 A-114 Photo of tombstone of John Hedger, found in Swiggett Cemetery at New Salem,IL. I first saw this stone when it was still standing, but tilted backward. The stone read JOHN HEDGER, died Feb. 4, 1861. Ten years later I visited the cemetery again, and found the stone had fallen flat and exposed two more lines: Aged 61 years, 8 days. The photo was taken in 1989 when I last visited New Salem. The bottom line reads: Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted. John and several members of his family came as early pioneers to Clermont County, Ohio, arriving when John was still a very young man. A-115 John and Mary were members of the Methodist church when they lived in Miami Twp. in Clermont County, Ohio. By 1830, John's brother, Joseph Hedger, moved to Pike Co.,IL. and sent back good reports of how reasonably good fertile land could be purchased. John went to visit Joseph and returned to Ohio to bring his family. When they moved to Pike Co.,IL they brought John's father, and his brother, William. They also brought Mary's mother, Mrs. Esther (Mattocks) Salter as Esther had been living with them after the death of Mary's father. It would have been a pleasant reunion, but after convincing John to settle in Pike County, Joseph decided to go west. John and Mary lived out their lives in the sleepy little town of New Salem in Pike Co.,IL. When he died on 4 Feb 1861, he was buried on the farm of Nathan Swiggett who was the father-in-law of John's son, John C.Hedger. This plot of land on the Swiggett farm was converted to the Swiggett Cemetery and was deeded to the town of New Salem by Nathan's widow, Margaret (English) Swiggett. It was named Swiggett Cemetery as a monument to Nathan Swiggett and because the whole cemetery was to be his monument, Margaret did not put a stone on his grave. Today no one knows where Nathan is buried and a few associate the name of the cemetery with the family, the only stone in the cemetery bearing the Swiggett name being that of a grandchild who was a daughter of a brother to Nancy (Swiggett) Hedger. All the children of John & Mary were raised to be staunch Methodists, a religious preference which carried over for several generations. Many of the family intermarried with other members of the Methodist Church in Pike County and their desscendants continue to follow that faith.

!1850 Census Pike Co.,IL. p.156 323-336 HEDGER, John 52 m farmer 800 NJ , Mary 50 f OH , Rebecca 20 f OH , Lydia 18 f OH , John 16 m farmer OH , Eliza J 9 f IL , Martha A 7 f IL , Benjamin 5 m IL SHINN , Mary A 24 f

        OH Mary A.HEDGER, dau/o John & Mary. , Mary E 5 f            IL
 =Her children and there were , John      3 m IL      two more after

1850.--B.holmes 12:06, 16 July 2011 (EDT)

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For William, son

Source: Hedger Binder A-31 Name only; William HEDGER.

!1850 Census Pike Co.,IL. p.156 320-333 HEDGER, William 50 m farmer 200 NJ (1800) ,

       Lydia    46 f            OH (1804) , 
       Rebecca  18 f            OH (1832) ,
       Nancy J  14 f            OH (1836) , 
       Edith    10 f            IL (1840) , 
       Tobias    8 m            IL (1842 nm John Tobias?) , 
       Sarah L   5 f            IL (1845)

I feel that this is William's (Hedger Binder A-31) family, so am placing them for access to names=JB.--B.holmes 12:02, 16 July 2011 (EDT)