My Genealogy Hound

DAVID HEFFNER, farmer; P. O. Weaver’s Station; a native of Pennsylvania, was born in Berks Co. in 1817; his father was a farmer, but David was made teamster as soon as he was old enough to hold the lines, and teamed, from the time he was 15 years of age, seventeen years. Jacob Heffner came to Darke Co., with his family, in 1849; David was then single, some called him a bachelor, and came with the family; they settled in Neave Township on the farm where George D. Miller now resides. In 1850, David was united in marriage with Miss Ann, daughter of Jonathan, and sister of John Niswonger, whose biography appears in this work; she was born in Pennsylvania, in 1822, and came with her parents to Darke Co., in 1829, and grew to womanhood here, in the days when
“Girls made no great, show
In order to catch a beau,
But were learned to work tow,
Spin it and weave in row.”
As a sample of woman’s occupations in those days, Mrs. Heffner, while a girl at home, spun 1,500 cuts of yarn and wove 300 yards of cloth, from spring to winter, besides helping about the housework. Mr. and Mrs. Heffner have resided in this township ever since they first began housekeeping; came to their present place, just north of Fort Jefferson, in 1872; they have two children, one son and one daughter — Jonathan and Sarah C., now Mrs. L. Wilt, of Butler Township.