This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hedin, Abrahamson, Molline, Stone Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/12210 Message Board Post: John G. Hedin, whose energy and intelligence have made him one of the most respected citizens of Ellery township, Chautauqua County, N. Y., and who is regarded by all as one of the most successful farmers of the neighborhood, is a native of Sweden, born June 24, 1866. He is the son of Andrew Otto and Anna (Abrahamson) Hedin, also natives of Sweden, where for many years he was engaged in agricultural operations. The elder Mr. Hedin came to the United States in the month of April, 1872, leaving his family in the old country while he sought a home and support for them in the new. Two years later, having established himself as a farmer in the region of Chautauqua County, N.Y., he sent for the remainder of the family, who then came across the ocean to join him. John G. Hedin was but eight years of age when he accompanied his mother to the New World in 1874, and practically all of his education was received in the common schools of his adopted home, his natural alertness of mind and intelligence, as well as his diligence at all tasks, making him an apt student in spite of what was at first the disadvantage of the unfamiliar tongue. During the vacation periods he spent his time in learning agricultural methods, and eventually he engaged in that occupation on his own account. In was in the year 1906 that he became the owner of his present fine farm property, which he had ever since kept at the highest point of cultivation and productivity, his industry meeting with the success that it deserved. Mr. Hedin has always been an active participant in the general life of the community in which he has elected to dwell, and he now occupies a high place in the esteen and confidence of his fellow townsmen. He is a Republican in politics, and! a member of Bemus Point Lodge, No. 585, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of Union Grange, No. 244, Patrons of Husbandry. In religious belief he is a Lutheran and attends the church of that denomination. John G Hedin was united in marriage, Jan. 26, 1898, at Jamestown, N.Y., with Selma Moline, a native of Sweden, born Jan. 22, 1877, a daughter of J. A. and Anna (Stone) Moline, of that country. Mrs. Hedin came to the United States in the year 1893, when but sixteen years of age, her parents remaining in their native land, where they still reside. To Mr. and Mrs. Hedin, three children have been born, as follows: Florence E., born Oct. 20, 1898; Griffith M., born July 23, 1900; and Anna G., born April 30, 1906. History of Chautauqua County And Its People - 1921 - John P. Downs, Editor-in-Charge