A Portrait and Biographical Record of Hendricks County (Chicago: A.W. Bowen & Co., 1895)--pages 970-971
Charles A. Hedge, junior member of the firm of Davis, Gill & Co., proprietors of the saw-mill at North Salem, Eel River Township, Hendricks County, Ind., and dealers in hard and soft lumber, is a native of the county and was born March 5, 1862. His grandfather, William Hedge, was a native of Pulaski County, Va., but was one of the early settlers of Hendricks County, Ind. He married Lucinda Godby in Virginia, and died shortly after coming to Marion Township, Hendricks County, Ind., about the year 1828, his widow surviving, however, until 1858, when she also passed away, after having seen her twelve children married and settled in homes of their own. This family of twelve were named: James, Mrs. Perlina Farmer, George, Mrs. Mary Wright, John, David, Mrs. Melinda Robbins, Mrs. Anna Gibson, Crockett, Harrison, Anderson and Mrs. Lucinda Bales. Both these parents were pious members of the Christian Church. Anderson Hedge, son of William and Lucinda (Godby) Hedge, was born in Virginia November 23, 1823, and at the age of five years was brought to Indiana by his parents. He grew to manhood in Marion Township, Hendricks County, and was married, August 29, 1846, to Leah Dodd, a native of Floyd County, Va., born July 14, 1824, daughter of John P. and Sarah Dodd, also early settlers of Marion Township, Hendricks County, Ind. About a year after his marriage, Mr. Hedge bought, in the fall of 1847, eighty acres of his present farm; in 1856 he added 120 acres to his original purchase, and at one time, before dividing with his children, was the possessor of 260 acres. The original log cabin long ago gave place to a fine modern residence, and the forest to cultivated fields, and in 1884 Mr. Hedge embarked in a new enterprise; he built a dam across a small stream that ran across one corner of his farm and stocked the pond thus formed with about 1,500 German carp, which have increased most prolifically and yielded a good profit. To the marriage of Anderson Hedge and wife have been born six children: James M., died in 1860, aged sixteen months; Charles H., born in 1862, married Mollie Gill; Otie, born in 1865, married Linnie Wright; Sarah C., died in 1866, aged nineteen years; John W., died in 1866, aged seventeen years, and Clara P., died in 1878, aged twenty-eight. The last named was the wife of John G. Ridpath, and left two children: John William and Sarah A. In politics Anderson Hedge is a stanch Democrat and has cast all his votes in the same precinct. He is a Freemason and is in the strictest sense an honorable man.
Charles A. Hedge, until within the past few months, has lived on the same farm. He received a good education, and married, as intimated, Miss Mollie E. Gill, daughter of James and Jane (Williams) Gill; James Gill, now deceased was formerly a farmer and mechanic of Eel River Township. The marriage of Charles A. Hedge and wife has been blessed with three children, named: Arta J., Ivis L., and Emma C. Mr. Hedge is now completing an elegantly furnished modern dwelling in North Salem for the accommodation of his interesting family. He and wife are devout members of the Christian Church, in which he formerly held the office of deacon, and which he aids financially and by every other means in his power. Politically he is democrat. He is public spirited and progressive and takes great interest in educational matters. He has been successful as a business man, and has a bright future before him in the community in which he stands so high.