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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
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
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
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
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
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
HEADER John Heilman JOHN HEILMAN, a retired farmer of Manor Township, Armstrong County, is now in his ninety-second year and one of the venerable citizens of that section. He was born there December 7, 1822, in what was then Kittanning (now Manor) township, on part of the place where he now lives, and is a … Read more
HEADER Uriah Oury Heilman, M.D. URIAH OURY HEILMAN, M. D., who has practiced medicine at Leechburg for over a quarter of a century, is an honorable representative of a family which has been settled in Armstrong county for almost one hundred and twenty years. He was born Sept. 23, 1853, on the old homestead farm … Read more
HEADER WILLIAM T. HEILMAN            WILLIAM T. HEILMAN, a farmer of Manor township, was born April 5, 1859, in Kittanning township, Armstrong county, son of William and Margaret (Iseman) Heilman. The father was a farmer all his life.            William T. Heilman attended public school in Bethel township, this county, following with a course in … Read more
HEADER Jacob F. Held JACOB F. HELD, who owns a farm of 120 acres in Bethel township, Armstrong county, is a native of Germany but has lived in this neighborhood from childhood. He was born Sept. 11, 1847, at Stuttgart, son of David and Christina (Held) Held, his parents being distantly related. David Held was … Read more