ERASTUS HEDGLON, Port Jervis, New York.
Erastus Hedglon was born at Beach Lake, Pennsylvania, April 6, 1866, and moved with his father's family to Ariel, Pennsylvania, some years later. In this town he attended school until he was 11 years of age, when he quit school and gave his entire attention to farming for about four years. In 1881 he went to Pleasant Valley, Pennsylvania, where for two years he worked as fireman for a stationary engine. From this it was a short step to fireman on a locomotive, and in the spring of 1883 he was employed by the West Shore Road, where he fired for three years. In 1886 he took service with the Erie and for six years fired for Engineer C. D. Angle. On September 16, 1892, Mr. Hedglon was promoted to engineer and given engine 586, which he ran between Newburg and Jersey City for some years, being then transferred to a run between Port Jervis and Jersey City. He has always had good luck, and this, coupled with his natural ability, places him in the front rank of engineers on the division.

On July 9, 1890, Mr. Hedglon was married to Miss Blanche Austin of Hillburn, New York. They are members of the Methodist Church of Port Jervis, and both are prominent in church work and social affairs. Mr. Hedglon is affiliated with Lodge No. 54, B. of L. E.


Excerpted from: "American Locomotive Engineers, Erie Railway Edition," H.R. Romans Editor; Crawford-Adsit Company Publishers, Chicago, IL 1899.