Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....Heiney, Abraham November 23, 1801 - 
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Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884)

Jackson Township
p. 567 & 568

Abraham Heiny, son of Samuel and Barbara (Starris) Heiny, was born Nov. 23, 
1801, in Lancaster County, Pa. In 1823 his father moved his family to Ohio, 
and in the spring of 1824 he moved to Jackson Township, Wayne Co., Ind. Samuel 
Heiny bought eighty acres, where he followed farming till 1843, when he 
received a kick from a horse, which caused instant death. His wife survived 
him till 1863. Our subject learned the blacksmith's trade, which he followed 
about forty years. In 1862 he retired from active business, and moved on his 
farm, then containing sixty-three acres, but at present is the owner of 303 
acres. He was married in 1830 to Rebecca, daughter of David Burket. They were 
the parents of five children, whose names are---Noah, Catherine, Jacob, 
Leonard and Solomon. Mrs. Heiny died Aug. 26, 1863.


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