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Transcribed from "History of North Washington, an illustrated history of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan counties", published by Western Historical Publishing Co., 1904.


     CHARLES E. HEDDING, who lives twenty miles up the valley from Entiat is one of the substantial and capable farmers of this section.  He was born in Piatt county, Illinois, on September 26, 1874, the son of George and Emma (Howell) Hedding, natives of Illinois and Indiana, respectively.  The father died in Illinois in 1876, but the mother still lives in Kansas.  The paternal ancestors were natives of Holland and first came to America in 1864.  Our subject resided in Illinois until 1892, then went to Indiana and took up carriage making.  After one year at this work, he returned to Illinois and two months later went to Kansas.  He spent one year in that state and in 1894 came to Spokane, where he remained a few days.  Then he journeyed to Waterville and three weeks later went to Wenatchee.  He did various kinds of work there.  He and Mr. Marshall put the brass ball on the top of the school house cupola, in that town.  It was a very great undertaking.  Later Mr. Hedding went to Waterville, then came to Entiat where he was cook in a logging camp for one winter.  Following that he took his present place as a homestead and since then has devoted himself to general farming and raising stock.  At Pateros, Washington, on February 3, 1902, Mr.  Hedding married Miss Jerusha White, a native of Yakima.  Her father died when she was an infant and her mother is living at Pateros.  Mr. and Mrs. Hedding are members of the Methodist church and are highly respected people.  Politically Mr. Hedding is affiliated with the Republican party.
     To Mr. and Mrs. Hedding has been born one child, Mary Esther, born March 7, 1903.