The History of Hendricks County (Chicago: Interstate Publishing, 1885)--Marion Township, pages 683-684
Anderson B. Hedge, section 28, Marion Township, was born in the State of Virginia, Nov. 23, 1823, and was five years of age when his parents, William and Lucinda Hedge, moved to Hendricks County, Ind. They settled in Marion Township, where the father died a few years later. The mother survived till 1858, and lived to see her children all married and settled in homes of their own. Her children were twelve in number-- James, Mrs. Perlina Farmer, George, Mrs. Mary Wright, John, David, Mrs. Melinda Robbins, Mrs. Anna Gibson, Crockett, Harrison, Anderson, and Mrs. Lucinda Bales. Five of the family are living--James (the eldest, aged eighty-two years), John, Mrs. Robbins, Harrison and Anderson. Anderson Hedge was married Aug. 29, 1846, to Leah Dodd, a native of Floyd County, Va., born June 14, 1824, daughter of John P. and Sarah Dodd, early settlers of Marion Township. About a year after their marriage, in the fall of 1847, Mr. Hedge bought eighty acres of his present farm, and they began making for themselves a home. In 1856 he added 120 acres to his original purchase, and now has one of the best improved farms in the township. The log cabin has given place to a fine residence and a forest to cultivated fields. In 1884 Mr. Hedge embarked in a new enterprise which promises to be a successful venture. e built a dam across a small stream which runs across one corner of the farm and stocked the pond with about 1,500 German carp. Mr. and Mrs. Hedge have had six children, but two of whom, Charles A. and Otie S., are living. Charles was born in 1862. He married Mollie Gill and lives on a part of the homestead. Otie, born in 1865, married Linnie Wright and lives with his parents. James M. died in 1860, aged sixteen months; Sarah C., in 1866, aged nineteen years; John W., in 1866, aged seventeen years; Clara P., in 1878, aged twenty-eight years. The latter was the wife of John G. Ridpath, and left two children--John William and Sarah A. In politics Mr. Hedge is a Democrat. He takes an active interest in politics and has cast all his votes in the same precinct. He is in the strictest sense an honorable man, his word at all times being as good as his bond.