BIO: J. D. Heiges, D.D.S., York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, historical editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, York Borough, Pg 23

J. D. HEIGES, D.D.S., son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Mumper) Heiges, was born in 
September, 1833.  His father was a chair manufacturer and cabinet-maker of 
Dillsburg.  J. D. Heiges assisted his father until 1854, when he began the study 
of dentistry under Dr. Beuny, of Mechanicsburg, Cumberland Co., Penn., with whom 
he remained for several years; then came to York and engaged with Dr. Thomas 
Tyrrell, with whom he remained until the fall of 1858, when he entered the 
Baltimore Dental College.  After attending the first sessions, he took up the 
practice of dentistry, and subsequently returned to the college for the sessions 
of 1862-63, and graduated in the fall of the last named year.  He returned to 
York where he has since continued to practice with success.  Dr. Heiges was 
married, in September, 1867, to Annie C., daughter of William and Mary E. 
(Boyer) Smith, of York.  They have eight children, viz.: William S., Thomas T., 
John C., Philip B., Horace M., Jay Clifford, Arnice E., Robert R.  Dr. Heiges is 
a member of St. John's Episcopal Church, in which he has been vestryman for 
about fourteen years.