Adoption of Vernie May HEDGE (1895)

According to Hendricks County probate records, on 10 January 1895 Mattison Sparger and Maggie M. Sparger submitted a petition to adopt Vernie May Hedge, who was born 1 February 1891, the daughter of Florence A. Hedge. The petition noted that the couple were childless and included an affidavit from Florence A. Hedge. In consenting to the adoption, Florence A. Hedge admitted that she had never been married and that Vernie May Hedge was illegitimate.