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FRANK E. HEDGE, watchmaker, jeweler, and goldsmith, whose business place is located on the south side of the square, was born in 1855 in Carroll county, Indiana. His father, George P. Hedge, was a native of Ohio, and his mother, whose maiden name was Mary Dewey, a native of New York, and are both residents of Carthage, Missouri, coming with their family in 1868, where the subject of this sketch has since resided, excepting a short period in Joplin, Missouri, and in Kansas. In 1869 he began the watch trade and jeweler’s business in Carthage as an apprentice, opening a shop in 1878, on the south side of the square, his present place of business. Mr. Hedge carries a large stock of watches, clocks, plated ware, and jewelry in general, besides doing an extensive custom trade and repairing. He was married in 1876 to Miss Belle Ingle, a native of Tennessee. They have two children living and two deceased. Mrs. Hedge is a daughter of Hezekiah Ingle, one of the oldest settlers of the county.