Husband Daniel Brodhead Heiner, Jr. 1 2
Born: 30 Dec 1854 or 1857 - Kittanning, Armstrong Co, PA 2 3
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Father: Daniel Brodhead Heiner (1807-1882) 2 4 5
Mother: Mary Graham ( - ) 2 6
Marriage: 12 Jan 1887 7
Wife Arabelle Todd Acheson 7
AKA: Belle T. Acheson 3
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Father: William Acheson ( -1873) 3 8
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1 M William Graham Heiner 3
Born: 11 Nov 1891 - Kittanning, Armstrong Co, PA 8
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Spouse: Jean Marshall ( - ) 8
Marr: 1 Jun 1918 8
General Notes: Husband - Daniel Brodhead Heiner, Jr.
After availing himself of the educational advantages of local institutions, he took a higher course of study at Meadville, Pennsylvania, graduating from Allegheny College in 1879. Having decided upon the legal profession, he began reading law with E. S. Golden, of Kittanning, and was admitted to the bar in the year 1882, beginning practice immediately thereafter. For a number of years during the earlier part of his career he was engaged principally in public business as the incumbent of various civil positions. In 1886 he was elected district attorney, of Armstrong County, serving as such for six years, two terms of three years each. In 1892 he was chosen to represent his district in Congress, and again had the honor of being reelected, holding the office for two successive terms. In 1897 he received the appointment, under President McKinley, of United States district attorney, for four years, at the end of which period he was appointed (again by McKinley) internal revenue collector for the Western district of Pennsylvania, giving eight years' service in that capacity. His legal practice thereafter occupied most of his attention. His principal business interest was in banking, and he was a director of the Armstrong County Trust Company and president of the First National Bank of Ford City, his acumen and foresight in financial matters being highly valued by his associates. Fraternally he held membership in several societies, including the Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and the Elks.
After a general education he matriculated at Allegheny College, in Meadville, Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated with the class of 1879. He then took up the study of law under the Hon. Edward S. Golden of Kittanning and in 1882 was admitted to the bar. Shortly thereafter he began to practice and three years later was elected district attorney of Armstrong County, a post to which he was reelected in 1888. He already loomed as a prominent figure in county affairs and in 1892 the electorate chose him to represent the Twenty-seventh Pennsylvania District, which embraced Armstrong, Indiana, Jefferson and Westmoreland counties, at the Fifty-third session of the United States Congress. He was reelected to the Fifty-fourth Congress and in 1897 was appointed United States District Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania by President McKinley. His headquarters were in the city of Pittsburgh and he continued there until February, 1902, when he was named United States Internal Revenue Collector for the Twenty-third District of Pennsylvania, a position he held until October, 1913, when he was supplanted by a Democratic appointee chosen by President Wilson.
Throughout this period Mr. Heiner had gained increasing prestige as one of the dominant leaders of the Republican party in the state and in 1920 was a delegate to the Republican National Convention which nominated President Harding. In August of the following year he was reinstated to the office of Internal Revenue Collector, and four years later was reappointed for a second term by President Coolidge, upon the recommendation of Senator David A. Reed, who also endorsed him for a third term in 1929. In addition to these offices Mr. Heiner has been chairman of the Republican County Committee a number of times and represented the county at numerous State conventions.
Despite official duties he found time to devote to business and social affairs and was prominently identified with a number of large and important financial institutions. He was listed as one of the organizers and directors of the Armstrong County Trust Company of Kittanning, an organizer and president of the First National Bank of Ford City, and an organizer and director of the First National Bank of Parkers Landing, as well as serving in the same capacity for the Farmers National Bank of Freeport.
In conjunction with all these activities Mr. Heiner was keenly interested in furthering the welfare of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Kittanning, of which he was a member of the official board for over forty years. He was chairman of the board of trustees and the building committee when a new church was erected in 1909.
It is due to his efforts that family history has been preserved so admirably. He wrote and published his findings in a privately printed book entitled "A Military Record of the Heiner Family," a highly interesting work which appeared in 1929.
General Notes: Wife - Arabelle Todd Acheson
from Washington, Washington Co, PA