Union County, Ohio Biographies Project - Ezra Hedges
EZRA HEDGES
Ezra Hedges, a farmer, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, October 17,
1826, and is a son of Caleb and Mary (Clellen) Hedges, natives of
Maryland, of English and Dutch descent. His father was a cooper
and farmer, and very successful in business. He raised a family
of ten children, to each of whom he gave 100 acres of land. Our
subject was raised and educated as a farmer, and has followed that
occupation through life. In 1855, he came to Claibourne Township,
and located on the farm now occupied by him, which consists of 176
acres. In 1854, he married Sarah A. Goss, by whom he has three
children, viz.: Hulda, wife of William Decker; Clara A., now engaged in
teaching, and Samantha, the wife of William Lawrence. Mrs. Hedges
died March 2, 1861, and, in 1863, he married Nancy Young, a native of
Delaware County, by whom he had one child-Grant, who died December 10,
1882. Mr. Hedges is a Republican, and a member of the I. O. O. F.
society.