Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Heist, Allen H.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Doylestown A-L


ALLEN H. HEIST proprietor of the Monument house, P.O. 
Doylestown, was born in Milford township March 23, 1836, and 
is a son of Daniel S. and Mary (Himmelwright) Heist, of 
German descent. The great-great-grandfather came from 
Germany.  The family first settled in Montgomery county, but 
some of them were very early settlers of this county.  Our 
subject's grandfather Heist was a resident of Milford 
township and kept a hotel at Trumbauersville and also 
carried on farming.  He bought a grist-mill near Milford 
Square and built a house in 1818.  He afterwards moved to 
Milford Square, where he kept a hotel until his death.  Our 
subject's father took the mill after he was married and 
carried it on until about 1861, when he took the hotel and 
conducted the same until his death in 1864.  He was the 
father of four children:  Allen H., Thomas H., Tilghman H. 
(deceased), and Sarah A., wife of David Huber.  Our subject 
learned the miller's trade at Milford Square and took charge 
at the age of 23, and continued until 1863, when he was 
elected recorder of Bucks county and removed to Doylestown.  
He held the office three years and then bought the hotel 
which he now conducts.  In the fall of 1881 he was elected 
sheriff and served three years.  He was chief burgess of the 
borough one tern and has held a number of minor offices.  In 
1882 he added the new front to the hotel, and it is now one 
of the most commodious in the borough, and is able conducted 
by Mr. Heist and his son Charles.  He was married in May, 
1858, to Catherine B. Kachline, by whom he had six children: 
 Ellen, married to George L. Bitting; Charles H., married 
and has one child, Frankie; Thomas, deceased; Flora, married 
to Frank Zorns; Mary and Sallie.  Mr. Heist is a member of 
the Doylestown Lodge, No. 94, I. O. O. F.  He is a member of 
the Lutheran church and his wife is a member of the 
Reformed.  Mr. Heist is an enterprising and influential 
citizen.  In 1874 he was engaged in the manufacture of 
cider.  Since 1869 he has carried on the wholesale liquor 
business.  He is interested to some extent in the iron mines 
in Berks and Lehigh counties.  He has been interested in the 
coal business and is now a manufacturer of paints.  Mr. 
Heist is the owner of considerable property.