James Heilman

HEADER James Heilman JAMES HEILMAN, has never moved from the old Heilman homestead in Kittanning township, Armstrong county, where he was born Feb. 15, 1829, in the old log house where he still lives and which dates back to the year before his birth, being now more than eighty-six years old. The youngest child in … Read more

James M Heilman

HEADER James M Heilman JAMES M. HEILMAN, late of Kittanning, as president of Heilman Brothers Lumber Company was at the head of an important local industry and for years one of the leading business men of the borough. A descendant of prominent pioneer stock, he was born in Kittanning township, Armstrong county, Sept. 26, 1848, … Read more

Harvey Howard Heilman

HEADER HARVEY HOWARD HEILMAN HARVEY HOWARD HEILMAN, junior member of the shoe house of Artman &Heilman, of Ford City, was born in Bethel township, Armstrong county, in 1869, son of William and Margaret (Iseman) Heilman. An extended account of the earlier generations of the family appears elsewhere in this work. William Heilman wsa born near … Read more

Harry A. Heilman

HEADER HARRY A. HEILMAN HARRY A. HEILMAN, attorney at law of Kittanning, son of William M. Heilman, was born September 25, 1875, in Kittanning. He grew up in that city, attending the public schools there, and then entered the Phillips Academy, at Andover, Mass., from which he was graduated in 1895. He then entered the … Read more

Heilman Family

HEADER Heilman Family HEILMAN. A number of the Heilmans of Armstrong county are descended from Frederick Heilman, who moved into this region from Dauphin county, Pa., and who was one of the sons of Peter and Elizabeth (Harter) Heilman, who settled in Kittanning township in 1795-96. Peter Heilman, eldest son of Frederick, was born in … Read more

James Heigley

HEADER James Heigley JAMES HEIGLEY, one of the old and trusted engineers on the Pennsylvania railroad, was born in Armstrong county in 1850, son of Emanuel and Mary (Kelly) Heigley. Emanuel Heigley was born in Germany, but came to the United States when a boy, later marrying and locating in Armstrong county. He and his … Read more

H.A. Heidrick

HEADER H.A. Heidrick H. A. HEIDRICK resides on his farm of 100 acres lying in Sugar Creek township, which is the old Heidrick homestead. He was born at Brady�s Bend, Armstrong Co., Pa., May 16, 1867, son of Adam and Katherine (Heidrick) Heidrick (they were not related). Adam Heidrick was born in Germany and married … Read more

George Hechler

HEADER George Hechler GEORGE HECHLER, farmer and oil producer, residing on his farm of fifty acres situated in Brady’s Bend township, one mile east of Kaylor, Armstrong county, was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, Oct. 14, 1837. In his native land George Hechler had eight full years of schooling. He started for the United States when … Read more

James Leslie Hazlett

HEADER James Leslie Hazlett JAMES LESLIE HAZLETT, principal of the graded school at Worthington, Armstrong Co., Pa., was born in North Buffalo township, this county, Feb. 25, 1873, a son of Robert and Ellen (Rayburn) Hazlett, and a grandson of John Hazlett. John Hazlett was a pioneer settler of Butler county, Pa., where he followed … Read more

Thomas Hays

HEADER Thomas Hays HON. THOMAS HAYS, of Butler, Pa., recent representative in the Pennsylvania Legislature of the Forty-first Senatorial district, comprising Butler and Armstrong counties, is one of the foremost citizens in public life and business in his section of the State. Though he has been a resident of Butler county since shortly after the … Read more