Hedges, Edwin B., 1872-1967.

Edwin B. Hedges was born on April 6, 1872, in Westfield, Massachusetts. He the son of Edwin Hedges, a well-known pipe-maker with Johnson & Son, and both men worked for the firm during the latter part of the nineteenth century. The two men separated from Johnson establishing an independent shop, and Edwin Jr. carried on the pipe-making business following his father's death. During the early twentieth century, Edwin merged the business with Samuel Pierce in 1919, and later worked for William S. Dennison and the Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company. He died in Westfield on May 25, 1967.

From the description of Correspondence between Edwin B. Hedges and John Van Varick Elsworth, 1942-1960. (Organ Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 667706583