My Genealogy Hound

SAMUEL J. HEATH, farmer, post office West Elizabeth, was born in Jefferson township, in 1838, and is a son of Samuel and Mary (Phillips) Heath; his mother died when he was but a child, and when he was nineteen years old his father died. His father was a native of Jefferson township, and his mother of Baldwin township; the grandfather was also a native of Jefferson township, and the family traces its lineage back to England and Ireland. The children of Samuel and Mary Heath were Nancy J. (deceased), Henry W. (now of West Liberty, Iowa), Minerva (now Mrs. Henry Johnson, of Muscatine, Iowa), Asa P. (deceased), Elizabeth (deceased) and Samuel J. In January, 1864, the last named married Elizabeth E., daughter of James and Elizabeth (Thomson) McClure, whose parents were natives of Ireland, and came here in 1840. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Heath removed to the west, but returned to Allegheny county, where he engaged in farming, and purchased a portion of the old homestead once owned by his great-grandfather, Samuel Heath, and which has never been transferred to any but some member of the family. Their children are William S., Henry H., Mary M., Samuel J., Jr., Helen E., Robert M., Edmond P. and Stella M., all with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Heath are members of the U. P. Church.