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Below is a family biography included in The History of Darke County, Ohio published by W. H. Beers & Co. in 1880. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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WILLIAM HEFFNER, farmer; P. O. Greenville; the subject of this memoir was born in Berks Co., Penn., in the year 1824, and is a son of Jacob and Eliza Heffner, who came to Darke Co. in 1853, and settled in Greenville Township; William Heffner’s early life was that of a farmer’s son, being raised to agricultural pursuits, his education being mostly confined to the common schools. In the year 1840, his marriage with Eliza M. Hinkle was celebrated in Cumberland Co., Penn.; they have three children by this union, viz., Jacob, William and Nason. Mr. Heffner resides upon Sec. 9, this township, where he is engaged in agricultural pursuits; he came to this county in 1853, and has been a resident for upward of a quarter of a century.
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This family biography is one of 659 biographies included in The History of Darke County, Ohio published in 1880 by W. H. Beers & Co. For the complete description, click here: Darke County, Ohio History and Genealogy
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