Born in Tvinnesheda, Nottebäck, Småland, Sverige
Son of Johan (Carlsson) Hedström
and [mother unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
George Luther Hedstrom
Died
at age 45
in Victoria, Knox, Illinois, USA
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| Created 20 Feb 2020
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Biography
Jonas was born 7 August 1813 to corporal Johan Hedström in Tvinnesheda, Nottebäck, and his wife Annica Pettersdotter.[1][2] He followed his parents to Flyholmen in Åseda parish when his father retired.[3]
In 1833 Jonas Hedström followed his elder brother Olof Gustaf to America. They were both methodists and licensed preachers. He was a blacksmith and moved to Illinois where he was successful in his trade. He married Diantha Sornberger. They settled in Knox County and were among the founders of the town Victoria. Jonas Hedström used to preach in English, but when the Jansonist emigrants arrived in Illinois in 1846 he brushed up his Swedish, and found followers among them. He died 11 May 1859.[4]
The marriage to Diantha Sornberger took place 17 August 1839.[5]
Sources
- ↑ Nottebäck (G) CI:3 (1745-1860) Bild 159 / Sida 307 | SVAR image (Free)
- Arkiv Digital page info v30374.b159.s307 | To page (paywall) | Riksarkivet
- ↑ Nottebäck (G) AI:9 (1811-1815) Bild 163 / Sida 311
- Arkiv Digital page info v19131.b163.s311 | To page (paywall) | Riksarkivet
- ↑ Åseda (G) AI:13 (1821-1828) Bild 34 / Sida 22
- Arkiv Digital page info v21473.b34.s22 | To page (paywall) | Riksarkivet
- ↑ Olson, Ernst Wilhelm (1917) The Swedish element in Illinois : survey of the past seven decades : with life sketches of men of today. p. 16. Chicago : Swedish-American Biographical Association online at archive.org
- ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFL8-KW9 : 4 November 2017), Jonas J. Headstrum and Decinthy Somburger, 17 Aug 1839; citing Knox, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,404,972.
- https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/K2XH-MHR
- Whyman, Henry Carl (1992) The Hedstroms and the Bethel Ship saga : Methodist influence on Swedish religious life, Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press. Available at archive.org - log in and borrow
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