Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2014 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Portrait and Biographical Album of Huron County, Michigan Pub. Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1884 [252] EDWARD HEATON, farmer and stockman, resident on section 26, Chandler Township, where he was one of the pioneer settlers, & was born Jan. 10, 1833, in Lincolnshire, Eng. He came to Michigan in the fall of 1860, and located 320 acres of land on sections 26 and 27, in Chandler Township, under the provisions of the Graduation Act. His land was located at a more remote point of the "bush" than any other at the date of his settlement. He was occupied in lumbering for some time after he located, and at the same time made improvements on his farm. He raised the first grain in the town- ship of Chandler, and owned the first team of horses, and the first wagon. He brought his first farming implements from Detroit and Lexington, and at the latter place he purchased a fanning-mill, the first and only one in that section of Huron County for many years. His farm of 200 acres, in an unbroken body, is all fenced, and 30 acres is devoted to pastures. The major portion is worked for crops. The place contains three good stock and grain barns, and a fine residence, erected at an expense of $2,000. He makes special- ties of Durham cattle and Cotswold sheep, and is rearing a good breed of horses. The parents of MR. HEATON, ISAAC and SARAH (TOCK) HEATON, were born in Lincolnshire, Eng. The father died in his native shire in 1835, near the place of his birth. The mother came to the United States in 1882, and resides with her son. She made the ocean pass- age when she was 80 years old, and is still in possession of her mental and physical faculties to a surprising degree, being appar- ently in perfectly firm health. MR. HEATON was two years old when his father died, and he lived with his mother until he was 15 years of age. He was an only child, and early awakened to the fact that the maintenance of his mother devolved upon him. He obtained a good situation, which he held un- til his majority, and soon after was married in Lincolnshire, Eng., to HARRIET THOMAS. One of their two children died. ISAAC, born Dec. 30, 1853, was married June 26, 1876, to ROSE LIGTHALL. The family came to Oxford Co., Ont., in 1853, where the mother died, Nov. 15, 1855. In December, 1865, MR. HEATON was married, at Detroit, to CATHERINE IRWIN, and they are the parents of six children, born as follows: SARAH, July 31,1866; JOSEPH, Nov. 9,1867 ; MARY, March 3,1870; EDWARD, Dec. 5, 1874; ELIZABETH, Sept. 3, 1876; IRWIN, May 17, 1879. MRS. HEATON was born Aug. 22, 1842, in Northumberland, Eng. Her father, ROBERT IRWIN, was a native of the same county, was a black- smith, and died near where he was born, in 1881. Her mother, MARY (THOMPSON) IRWIN, is living in Northumberland, Eng., and is 70 years of age (1884). MRS. HEATON came to Ontario, Can., in the spring of 1865. The family are communicants in the Episcopal Church. MR. HEATON is a Republican of tolerant principles, and has been Supervisor of his township two years. =========================================================================== If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access more of our growing collection of FREE online information by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/ ===========================================================================