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WIILLIAM H. HEIZER, who is engaged in general farming on a well improved homestead on section 25, township 47, range 27, has been extremely successful as a stock feeder, possessing a practical knowledge of the business which has wrought out for him a fortune. It is a notable fact that his cattle and those of a neighbor bring the highest market prices of any raised in this vicinity.

Cyrus Heizer, father of William H., was born in Virginia about 1815, and moved to Ohio when he was a child of six or seven years, passing his youth on a farm. For his life partner he chose Jane E. Cripps, and soon afterwards settled in Ross County, where he became one of the leading agriculturists. In the fall of 1867 he came West, and his remaining years were spent on a farm about a quarter of a mile from our subject’s present home. His death, which occurred April 11, 1891, was universally mourned and was felt to be a loss to the entire community. His family numbered five children, and all but one are still living.

The birth of William Heizer occurred in Ross County, Ohio, September 1, 1844, and he received a limited education in the common school, remaining under the parental roof until reaching maturity. September 26, 1867, he married Susanna, daughter of John and Mary (Carmian) Jones, honored old settlers of Ohio. The young couple continued to dwell in his father’s old home for a year and a-half, our subject renting part of the place.

In 1871 Mr. Heizer rented another tract, and continued to lease land until 1874, when his father gave him forty acres. In 1880 he found himself the owner of a good-sized homestead, and three years later he erected a handsome residence on the site of his former dwelling. To his original forty acres he has since added one hundred and twenty acres adjoining, and in 1887 bought one hundred and twenty acres more. From 1876 to 1878 he lived on a rented farm, but since 1880 has resided on his own farm.

Mr. and Mrs. Heizer have had eight children, of whom six are still living. David E., who married Nettie Crutcher, of Oklahoma, assists in the management of the home place and lives just east of it. Alberta, Mertis and Mary are living with their parents; and Addison and Calvin are promising young men, aged seventeen and fifteen years, respectively.

Religiously Mr. Heizer adheres to the faith of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. On political questions he has ever been a stalwart supporter of Republican principles and nominees. His hospitality is known far and wide, and we are pleased to give this representative citizen a place in the annals of Johnson County.