Margaret Hedrick, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Beck Hedrick, was born in Davidson County, North Carolina, April 4, 1834, the youngest of sixteen children. Her father died when she was about six weeks old. Her Mother died when she was about fourteen or fifteen years old. She made her home with her half-sister, Susan Gaus, until her marriage when she was only sixteen to Wiley E. Clapp. They, with a company of relatives, came by wagon to Indiana. They stopped for a while in Tennessee, where Margaret gave birth to a son, William Emery Clapp. They settled where the town of Petersburg, Indiana is now. Wiley Clapp died the same year.
Margaret got a man and his son to take her and her baby to Brown County, Illinois, where she had three brothers living. [Alexander, Obediah, and Leonard Hedrick were in Brown County after about 1850.] She gave the man everything she had to bring her to Illinois. They came through in a wagon. It took them about three weeks to make the trip. (About seventy five years later, I, the writer, youngest daughter of Margaret Colston, made practically the same trip in an automobile in eight hours.) When they came through east of Jacksonville there was nothing but tall prairie grass. . . . .they could not see a dozen yards from them. Jacksonville was just a small town. She lived in a house in her brother, Allac's yard and worked at anything she could to support herself and child.
About the year of 1854, she was married to Campbell Colston. He was a widower with three children, William J., Sarah J., and Tom. They moved to Morgan County, near Yatesville, where they established their home. In March 21, 1855 Francis Marion was born. (This was also father's birthday.) In the following year, March 26, 1856, twins were born, Susan Ann and Elizabeth Ann, named for their Grandmothers - Susan for Father's Mother and Elizabeth for Mother's. In January 21, 1858, Mary Ellen was born. In the Spring of 1860, they bought a piece of land lying about three miles north of Sinclair, where they moved. On April 3, another daughter, Martha Emeline, was born. (This was the day before Mother's birthday.) February 5, 1862, James Allen was born; on November 16, 1863, Louisa Carolina [Caroline] was born; January 4, 1866 Justina [Justena] Campbell was born...
Written by Justena (Colston Chaney) for the Hedrick Colston Reunion in Jacksonville in 1932.
Margaret got a man and his son to take her and her baby to Brown County, Illinois, where she had three brothers living. [Alexander, Obediah, and Leonard Hedrick were in Brown County after about 1850.] She gave the man everything she had to bring her to Illinois. They came through in a wagon. It took them about three weeks to make the trip. (About seventy five years later, I, the writer, youngest daughter of Margaret Colston, made practically the same trip in an automobile in eight hours.) When they came through east of Jacksonville there was nothing but tall prairie grass. . . . .they could not see a dozen yards from them. Jacksonville was just a small town. She lived in a house in her brother, Allac's yard and worked at anything she could to support herself and child.
About the year of 1854, she was married to Campbell Colston. He was a widower with three children, William J., Sarah J., and Tom. They moved to Morgan County, near Yatesville, where they established their home. In March 21, 1855 Francis Marion was born. (This was also father's birthday.) In the following year, March 26, 1856, twins were born, Susan Ann and Elizabeth Ann, named for their Grandmothers - Susan for Father's Mother and Elizabeth for Mother's. In January 21, 1858, Mary Ellen was born. In the Spring of 1860, they bought a piece of land lying about three miles north of Sinclair, where they moved. On April 3, another daughter, Martha Emeline, was born. (This was the day before Mother's birthday.) February 5, 1862, James Allen was born; on November 16, 1863, Louisa Carolina [Caroline] was born; January 4, 1866 Justina [Justena] Campbell was born...
Written by Justena (Colston Chaney) for the Hedrick Colston Reunion in Jacksonville in 1932.
Margaret Hedrick, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Beck Hedrick, was born in Davidson County, North Carolina, April 4, 1834, the youngest of sixteen children. Her father died when she was about six weeks old. Her Mother died when she was about fourteen or fifteen years old. She made her home with her half-sister, Susan Gaus, until her marriage when she was only sixteen to Wiley E. Clapp. They, with a company of relatives, came by wagon to Indiana. They stopped for a while in Tennessee, where Margaret gave birth to a son, William Emery Clapp. They settled where the town of Petersburg, Indiana is now. Wiley Clapp died the same year.
Margaret got a man and his son to take her and her baby to Brown County, Illinois, where she had three brothers living. [Alexander, Obediah, and Leonard Hedrick were in Brown County after about 1850.] She gave the man everything she had to bring her to Illinois. They came through in a wagon. It took them about three weeks to make the trip. (About seventy five years later, I, the writer, youngest daughter of Margaret Colston, made practically the same trip in an automobile in eight hours.) When they came through east of Jacksonville there was nothing but tall prairie grass. . . . .they could not see a dozen yards from them. Jacksonville was just a small town. She lived in a house in her brother, Allac's yard and worked at anything she could to support herself and child.
About the year of 1854, she was married to Campbell Colston. He was a widower with three children, William J., Sarah J., and Tom. They moved to Morgan County, near Yatesville, where they established their home. In March 21, 1855 Francis Marion was born. (This was also father's birthday.) In the following year, March 26, 1856, twins were born, Susan Ann and Elizabeth Ann, named for their Grandmothers - Susan for Father's Mother and Elizabeth for Mother's. In January 21, 1858, Mary Ellen was born. In the Spring of 1860, they bought a piece of land lying about three miles north of Sinclair, where they moved. On April 3, another daughter, Martha Emeline, was born. (This was the day before Mother's birthday.) February 5, 1862, James Allen was born; on November 16, 1863, Louisa Carolina [Caroline] was born; January 4, 1866 Justina [Justena] Campbell was born...
Written by Justena (Colston Chaney) for the Hedrick Colston Reunion in Jacksonville in 1932.
Margaret got a man and his son to take her and her baby to Brown County, Illinois, where she had three brothers living. [Alexander, Obediah, and Leonard Hedrick were in Brown County after about 1850.] She gave the man everything she had to bring her to Illinois. They came through in a wagon. It took them about three weeks to make the trip. (About seventy five years later, I, the writer, youngest daughter of Margaret Colston, made practically the same trip in an automobile in eight hours.) When they came through east of Jacksonville there was nothing but tall prairie grass. . . . .they could not see a dozen yards from them. Jacksonville was just a small town. She lived in a house in her brother, Allac's yard and worked at anything she could to support herself and child.
About the year of 1854, she was married to Campbell Colston. He was a widower with three children, William J., Sarah J., and Tom. They moved to Morgan County, near Yatesville, where they established their home. In March 21, 1855 Francis Marion was born. (This was also father's birthday.) In the following year, March 26, 1856, twins were born, Susan Ann and Elizabeth Ann, named for their Grandmothers - Susan for Father's Mother and Elizabeth for Mother's. In January 21, 1858, Mary Ellen was born. In the Spring of 1860, they bought a piece of land lying about three miles north of Sinclair, where they moved. On April 3, another daughter, Martha Emeline, was born. (This was the day before Mother's birthday.) February 5, 1862, James Allen was born; on November 16, 1863, Louisa Carolina [Caroline] was born; January 4, 1866 Justina [Justena] Campbell was born...
Written by Justena (Colston Chaney) for the Hedrick Colston Reunion in Jacksonville in 1932.
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