Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....Heacock, Miles S. October 15, 1813 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Glapha Cox rcoxfam@earthlink.net January 13, 2006, 10:36 am Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884) Jackson Township p. 566 & 567 Miles S. Heacock, son of John and Christiana (Strawn) Heacock, was born Oct. 15, 1813, in Bucks County, Pa. In 1835 he came with his parents to Lewisville, Henry Co., Ind., where his father followed farming till his wife's death, in 1845. He was again married, and after the death of his second wife he lived two years with our subject, after which he made his home with a younger brother, remaining till his death in -----, at the advanced age of eighty-two years. Miles Heacock spent his youth on a farm and was educated at the schools of his native county. At the age of eighteen he learned the trade of cabinet- maker, at which he worked till he came to Indiana. He was married in May, 1840, to Mary A., daughter of Jacob and Ann Cope, who were from Bucks County, Pa. Mrs. Heacock died Sept. 16, 1875, leaving two children---John D., who married Margaret Legg, of Rush County, Ind., and is living on a farm in Henry County, Ind., and Ann, who is keeping house for her father. After coming to Henry County our subject during the summers worked on his farm, which consisted of eighty acres of timbered land, and in the winter seasons worked at the cabinet-maker's and undertaker's trades, until 1867, when he moved to Wayne County, locating in Dublin, where he has since followed the trade of cabinet-maker. He owns, in connection with his son, a fine farm in Henry County, besides a good residence and shop in Dublin. Mr. Heacock is not a member of any church, but was reared a Quaker and always attended that church. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/wayne/bios/heacock81gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/infiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb