BIO: JACOB L. HEYD, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
     
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 176-177
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    HEYD. For nearly a century and a half the family of Heyd has been established
  in this part of Pennsylvania. In 1760 George Heyd emigrated from Germany and
  first settled in Lancaster county, moving thence to York county, and finally
  locating in Cumberland county, where he died and was buried.
  
    George Heyd (2), son of George, was born in Lancaster county, and in
  childhood accompanied his parents to York county. After six years there he
  came to Cumberland county, which was his home for more than fifty years. He
  married Leah Grass, daughter of Jacob Grass, of Adams county. His death
  occurred in Mechanicsburg in 1876, when he was aged eighty-two years. His
  children were: Jacob L.; H. G., of Mechanicsburg; George W., of the Baltimore
  Conference; E. D., of Illinois; Elizabeth, widow of Henry Krall; Rebecca, wife
  of Michael Myers,, of Carlisle; and Mary, wife of Jacob P. Brandt, of
  Mechanicsburg.
  
    JACOB L. HEYD, son of George (2), was born in Upper Allen township, Cumberland
  
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  county, in 1832. He remained at home with his father until the time of his
  marriage, which occurred when he was twenty-three. For three years he
  cultivated his father's farm, and then moved to his father-in-law's farm in
  York county, where he lived for a like period, at the end of that time
  purchasing a small farm in Upper Allen township, Cumberland county, whither
  he removed. There he made his home for fifteen years, selling it in 1877 to
  buy the fine 100-acre farm on which he lived until his death, June 29, 1902.
  He spent both time and money to make his home one of the best, as well as one
  of the most attractive, in the county. He married Catharine Coover, daughter
  of Jacob Coover, of near Dillsburg, York county, and she still resides at the
  home in Camp Hill. Of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob L. Heyd two sons are
  living: Clinton G., who married Emily Thompson, and lives in Camp Hill, has
  three children, Luther K., Thompson J. and Martha Catherine. Coover W. is
  mentioned below. Those deceased are: Laura, Calvin and John W., all of whom
  died when quite young in Upper Allen township. Jacob L. Heyd served in a
  number of local offices, among them being justice of the peace and school
  director, and he was active in the movement to make Camp Hill a borough, that
  the children might have first-class school facilities. Both he and his wife
  belonged to the Mechanicsburg Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mrs. Heyd is
  still actively interested in all church work. She is a kind and sympathetic
  friend to those in trouble, and is greatly beloved by all who know her.

    COOVER W. HEYD, son of Jacob L., was born in Upper Allen township in 1872. 
  He attended the district schools and was graduated from the Mechanicsburg high
  school in the class of 1886. Learning the machinist trade, he worked at it for
  ten years in New York State, and then for a short time worked in Harrisburg.
  In February, 1904, he entered the grain, coal, flour, and feed business at
  Camp Hill, along the Cumberland Valley railroad, where he is doing a fine
  business with every prospect of a most successful future. He is attentive to
  his work and most obliging to his customers, and has made many warm friends.
  In 1893 Mr. Heyd was united in marriage with Miss Edna May Traub, daughter of
  John A. and Matilda Traub, of Camp Hill, but formerly of Philadelphia. They
  have one daughter, Catherine Matilda, born May 31, 1900. Politically, Mr.
  Heyd is a Republican, while religiously, he and his wife belong to the
  Methodist Episcopal Church.
  
    Jacob Coover, father of Mrs. Catharine (Coover) Heyd, was born in Cumberland
  county, near Carlisle, and he followed farming and distilling along the
  Yellow Breeches creek, in Monaghan township, York county. He married
  Elizabeth Morrett, daughter of Hatman Morrett, of Cumberland county. He died
  in York county at the age of sixty-five years, and his wife died at the age
  of sixty-two years. Their children were: Levi, who died unmarried at Camp
  Hill, Cumberland county; Susanna, who married Christian Bowman, and died in
  York county; Michael, who, on March 14, 1904, celebrated his ninety-first
  birthday in Silver Spring, Cumberland county; Jacob, who died in York county,
  Pa.; Mary Ann, who died in Camp Hill; Eliza, who passed away in Dillsburg,
  York county; John, who died in York county; Sarah Ann, who died in Cumberland
  county; Samuel, living with his sister, Mrs. Heyd; Catharine, who became Mrs.
  Heyd; and Daniel, who died in York county.