I am interested in finding out any information on my Hedges ancestors- Nathaniel Gates Hedges and his sons Daniel T Hedges and Charles E Hedges who were very important men in Sioux City Iowa. . NATHANIEL GATES HEDGES was born in 1811 in ME. .He was a farmer in Indiana and real estate salesman in Iowa. He probably moved to Iowa after 1860. He lived in Lee County Charleston Twp as a farmer and later in Valley, Polk, Iowa as a real estate agent. Other places in Iowa -Keokuk C.E. ( CHARLES) HEDGES born 1834 Died Aug. 9,1877 in Sioux City Iowa. HE was accidentally shot in the Dakota Territory in 1877. He married Mary KRUTZ on Dec. 4, 1867 in Switzerland Co. IN. Charles was a banker and general trader in Keokuk and Sioux City. Charles DANIEL F. HEDGES was born 1835/38 in IN . He married Mary VanDyke He was a trader and owner of a mill etc. He went bankrupt due to the crash of 1893. The Hedges' brothers were early Sioux City developers and promoters, Until Charles'death in 1877, the two brothers were partners in many enterprises. They became government contractors supplying cattle and grain to the Army and to Indian reservations in the Dakota territory. >From 1860 to 1864, they owned the Hedges Brothers Grocery Store. They owned cattle ranches, butcher shops, sawmills, lumberyards, a steam gristmill, grain elevator, and wood yards along the Missouri River for the steamboats. The brothers received mail contracts from Sioux City. They had a stagecoach business . Their company built the Academy of Music, the first Woodbury County Courthouse, and the Hedges Block at Fourth and Douglas. Both brothers were considered millionaires until the crash of 1893 in Sioux City Iowa. NATHANIEL D. HEDGES was born on Jan. 21, 1844 in Switzerland Co IN. He died Aug. 13,1865 in Sioux City Iowa. He was murdered by Indians on Powder River in Sioux City Iowa I would appreciate any other information on Nathaniel G Hedges and his two sons. Thanks Joyce