History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 529.
[Bourbon County]  [Flat Rock Precinct]

JAMES HEDGES, farmer; P. O. North Middletown; son of Joseph and Margaret
(Goulden) Hedges.  He was a native of Maryland, and related to Joseph
Hedges, who emigrated from England at a very early date; she a native of
the Blue Grass region; born May 20, 1788, died Aug. 10, 1871; James was
born Dec. 5, 1819, in the house in which he now lives, and is the next
youngest of a family of seven sons and two daughters, eight of whom are
now living, and elder brother having died when a young man.  The remainder
of the family reside in adjacent counties.  James Hedges received a very
poor education, only attending school about two months during his life;
but, being possessed of a great deal of energy and perseverance, he
acquired in leisure moments, under great disadvantages, a practical
business education, which has borne him successfully through all of his
business transactions.  He was married Dec. 30, 1875, to Fannie Higgins,
daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (House) Higgins, both of whom were natives
of Bourbon County.  Only one of their three children now survives--James
Oscar, born Dec. 7, 1879.  He is one of the near descendants of the
Maryland branch of the Hedges family, to whom is left an estate of great
value in London, England.  The formation of his farm is of a singular
nature, and one of the most beautiful in the county.  The soil is very
fertile, and from some of the highest points a view can be had of six
counties, extending to the furthermost point of observation by the naked
eye.  A part of his dwelling is one hundred years old, in which he has
lived since his birth, and he is now the oldest native of Flat Rock
Precinct.

Hedges Goulden Higgins House
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MD England

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