Hon. George W. Heiges and Mary E. Gallagher

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Husband Hon. George W. Heiges ¹

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            AKA: [Unk] Haagus 2
           Born: 18 May 1842 - Dillsburg, York Co, PA 1
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         Father: Jacob Heiges (      -Bef 1886) 1 3 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Mumper (      -Aft 1886) 1 3 4

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Wife Mary E. Gallagher ^{2 5}

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           Born:  - York, York Co, PA
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         Father: John Gallagher (      -Bef 1886) 2 5 6 7
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Children

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1 F Helen Days Heiges ⁵

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2 M Stewart Sprigg Heiges ⁵

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General Notes: Husband - Hon. George W. Heiges

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He was educated at the public schools of York and at the York County Academy. He later was principal of the York Classical and Normal Institute, and again was appointed one of the principals of the local normal school and a tutor at the York County Academy. Completing the usual course of legal studies, he was admitted to the bar in 1867, and immediately began practice. In 1872 he was elected to the legislature and re-elected in 1873. He was a member of several important committees, and during his last term he was noted for the prominent action that he took on all important questions. He was a Democrat, one of the leading lawyers at the York County bar, and was elected chief burgess of York in 1885. In 1877-78-79 he was attorney to the board of commissioners of York County.
He was a prominent Mason as well.

1 John Gibson, History of York County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886), Bios 23.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 520.

3 Editor, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 495.

4 Editor, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 708.

5 John Gibson, History of York County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886), Bios 24.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 10.

7 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 117.