James Garfield Heckathorn and Effie L. Ferguson

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Husband James Garfield Heckathorn ^{1 2}

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            AKA: J. H. Heckathorn 3
           Born: 13 Aug 1880 - Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 14 Jan 1975 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - East Unity Presbyterian Cemetery, Allegheny Twp, Butler Co, PA 4

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         Father: Reuben Heckathorn, Sr. (1834-1913) 2 5
         Mother: Anna Eliza Stewart (1836-1909) 5

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       Marriage: 18 Sep 1953 - Butler Co, PA 2

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   Other Spouse: Nora Mae Atwell (1883-1939) 1 2 3 - 16 Jul 1901 - Emlenton, Venango Co, PA 6

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Wife Effie L. Ferguson ^{2 7}

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           Born: 16 Mar 1887
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Nov 1975
         Buried:  - East Unity Presbyterian Cemetery, Allegheny Twp, Butler Co, PA

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         Father: Azel Ferguson (      -      ) 6
         Mother: Nancy Cochran (      -      ) 6

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   Other Spouse: John Ross McMichael (1885-      ) 8

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - James Garfield Heckathorn

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News Herald, Franklin, PA
Thurs., Jan. 16, 1975, pg. 24
JAMES G. HECKATHORN
James G. Heckathorn, 94, of Eau Claire, died Tuesday afternoon in the Franklin Hospital after a brief illness.
He was born in Scrubgrass Township, on the family homestead on Aug. 13, 1880. He was a son of Reuben and Anna Stewart Heckathorn. He was first married to the former Nora Atwell, who is deceased. He then married the former Effie McMichael, who survives.
An oilfield worker most of his life, Mr. Heckathorn had also engaged in farming in Scrubgrass Township for many years. He was a member of the Independent Bible Church of Annisville.
Surviving in addition to his wife are a daughter: Mrs. Duff (Mabel) Neely of Lake City, PA, three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. A son, Glenn Heckathorn, died in 1970.
Services will be held at 11 AM Friday in the H. Jack Buzard Funeral Home in Eau Claire with Rev. Clyde Worley, pastor of the Independent Bible Church, officiating. Internment will be in East Unity Cemetery.

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 901.

2 Willard C. Heckathorn, The Heckathorn Family of Venango County, PA (Franklin, PA: Self-Published, 1987), Pg 4.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 631.

4 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 3, Scrubgrass Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1995), Pg 101.

5 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1437.

6 Willard C. Heckathorn, The Heckathorn Family of Venango County, PA (Franklin, PA: Self-Published, 1987), Pg 73.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1075.

8 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1363.