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��Captain of cavalry in the United States army, and entered the military service, his younger brother, Ellzey, closed the office of Sheriff, and, in 1812, carried on foot the returns of the Presidential election to the capital of the State. James Hedges, who was a surveyor, upon this trip entered the land on which Mansfield is built, and, after the war, resigned his commission, and settled at Mansfield ; here for a time he was engaged in mercantile business with his brother, Josiah Hedges, who remained at St. Clairsville, Ohio, under the firm name of J. & .T. Hedges. Gen. James Hedges died in Mansfield Oct. 4, 1854.

HEDGES, HENRY C, attorney. He is a son of the late Ellzey Hedges. He was born in Mansfield, where he has always resided. He graduated at Delaware, Ohio, in 1852 ; he studied law in the office of Charles and John Sherman, and was afterward a partner of the latter. After Mr. Sherman's election to Congress, Mr. Hedges continued in the practice of law, in which he is now engaged. Mr. Hedges served in a number of public capacities, being a member of the School Board over twenty con- secutive years.

HEDGES, W. C, mer- chant; he was born in Tiffin, Ohio, and has re- sided in Mansfield for several years. His father, AV. C. Hedges, was a son of Josiah Hedges, the founder of Tiffin, Ohio, and brother of the late Ellzey Hedges, of this city.

HEDRICK, ALFRED G., butcher. Among the oldest living residents of Mansfield is the man whose name stands at the head of this biog- raphy. Joseph Hedrick

and Sarah Knode, the father and mother of the above, were married in Sharpsburg, Washington Co., Md., in the year 1813. Alfred G., the first son, was born in Washington Co., Md., Oct. 15, 1814, and came to Ohio with his parents, who first settled near Mansfield Oct. 25, 1826, where he remained until 22 years of age, working on the farm ; in the fall of 1837, he removed to Vicksburg, Miss., going by stage to Cincinnati, thence by steamer ; here he remained one year, when he re- turned by way of St. Louis, then up the Illinois River, ' afterward by stage to Chicago, then to Huron by steamer, and stage to Mansfield. Alfred G., in his younger days, worked at his trade of housepainting ; since then, he has been engaged in different occupa- tions and has traveled extensively over the western part of the country ; for a time he was engaged in the grocery business, but upon the discovery of rich fields of gold in California in 1849, his love of travel and adventure again found him one of a party with William McNulty, destined for that then com- paratively new country, going by the way of New Yoi"k and the isthmus ; thirteen months afterward, he

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��returned by the way of New Orleans, and engaged in farming, which occupation he continued for fifteen years, when he again removed to Mansfield and went into business, but, not yet satisfied, he again joined a company for the mineral region of Idaho, where he remained eight months ; some time afterward, he be- came interested in a large dry-goods business, which he continued for three years, when he removed to Kansas, and, shortly after, returned to Mansfield, where he has since resided. Alfred G. Hedrick was married, Nov. 15, 1838, in Madison Township, to Ann Case ; they have had nine children born to them, seven of whom are living and two dead. This year, Mr. Hedrick is yet in active business in Mansfield, and can recall many of the early incidents in its history.

HELPS, WILLIAM, bookseller, and dealer in maga- zines, daily papers, stationery, etc., Main street.

HERRING, JAMES H., blacksmith and wagon man- ufacturer; he was born in the village of Bloody Run, Bedford Co., Penn., Nov. 27, 1842 ; he is a son of the

late George W. Herring,

who died in this city .June 6, 1870, and a descendant of the Her- rings, of Bedford Co., Penn., an influential fam- ily, who first came to this country from Hol- land in an early day. His parents came to Ohio in 1853 and located in Salem, where they re- mained one year and then removed to Rush- ville and thence to Lan- caster ; they came to Mansfield in 1856. When of sufficient age, James H. commenced working at the trade of black- smithing, which he ac- quired in the usual time, and at which he continued until the breaking-out of the civil war. He volunteered in the United States service and was a member of McMullen's 1st Ohio Independent Battery, and remained with it until the close of the war and the expiration of his term of service ; during his long career in the army, he actively participated in seventeen engagements. After his return, he resumed his trade of blacksmithing, which is his occupation at present. He was married in Mans- field, Dec. 19, 1867, to Miss Nancy J. West, a daughter of Sylvester West, an old resident of Mansfield ; four children have been given them ; three sons are living — John, George and Dimon; James Henry died in infancy.

HERRING, CHARLES D., tinner; was born in Bed- ford, Northumberland Co., Penn., Jan. 30, 1825, and came to Mansfield in 1857, and belongs to the same family of Joseph and Andrew J., and g, twin brother of the latter. Mr. Herring was married in Mt. Gilead, Ohio, to Martha Longsdorf, in the fall of 1857, to whom have been born eight children. Mr. Herring enlisted in the late civil war and was a member of McMullen's

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