Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Peter Heckman




Husband Peter Heckman 1 2 3

           Born:  - Berks Co, PA
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         Buried:  - Centre Co, PA
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Children
1 M Peter Heckman 1 3

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2 M John Heckman 1 3

           Born:  - Penn's Valley, Centre Co, PA
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           Died: 1870 - Sugar Valley, Clinton Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Sugar Valley Cemetery, Sugar Valley, Clinton Co, PA
         Spouse: Elizabeth Kleckner (      -      ) 3
         Spouse: Catharine Barnet (      -      ) 3


3 M Jacob Heckman 1 3

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4 M Michael Heckman 1 3

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5 M George Heckman 1 3

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6 M Frederick Heckman 1 2 3

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           Died: Bef 1883 - Gregg Twp, Centre Co, PA
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Miller (      -      ) 1 2


7 F Elizabeth Heckman 1

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8 F Susan Heckman 1

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General Notes: Husband - Peter Heckman


He settled in Gregg township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, in 1797.

He was a native of Berks County, Pennsylvania, where he spent his boyhood days in the occupation of farming, but after his marriage he and his wife removed to Penn's Valley, Centre County, where he purchased a farm of 240 acres near Spring Mills, which he continued to cultivate and improve until called to the world beyond. He was a Jacksonian Democrat in politics, and was honored with several township offices.

One of his daughters was Mrs. Kinsell, and one daughter married in the
West.

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Sources


1 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 290.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 386.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 632.


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