Reuben Ayres Heaton and Mary Carter

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Husband Reuben Ayres Heaton ^{1 2}

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           Born: 21 Jun 1813 - Allen Twp, Northampton Co, PA 2
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         Father: Joseph Heaton (1782-      ) 1 2
         Mother: Sarah McNeill (1786-1882) 1 2

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       Marriage: 22 Feb 1838 3

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Wife Mary Carter ^{1 2}

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           Born: 17 Jan 1819 2
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           Died: Aft 1893
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         Father: Robert Carter (      -      ) 3
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Children

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1 M Samuel McNeill Heaton ^{2 3}

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           Born: 2 Nov 1838 - Tamaqua, Schuylkill Co, PA 2
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2 F Elizabeth Ayres Heaton ^{2 3}

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           Born: 15 Oct 1840 - Tamaqua, Schuylkill Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: W. F. Donaldson (      -      ) 2 3

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3 M William Henry Heaton ^{1 2}

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           Born: 22 Mar 1843 - Tamaqua, Schuylkill Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Emily J. Douglas (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 2 May 1872 4

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4 M Robert Carter Heaton ^{2 3}

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           Born: 1 Mar 1846 - Tamaqua, Schuylkill Co, PA 2
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5 F Sarah Jane Heaton ^{2 3}

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           Born: 2 Jan 1849 - Tamaqua, Schuylkill Co, PA 2
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6 M Edmund Hunter Heaton ^{2 3}

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           Born: 18 Apr 1851 - Tamaqua, Schuylkill Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Jeannette Dales Marr (      -      ) 2

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7 M George Washington Heaton ^{2 3}

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           Born: 24 Nov 1853 - Tamaqua, Schuylkill Co, PA 2
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8 M Reuben Augustus Heaton ^{2 3}

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           Born: 12 May 1856 - Tamaqua, Schuylkill Co, PA 2
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9 F Mary Alice Maud Heaton ^{2 3}

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           Born: 16 Aug 1859 - Tamaqua, Schuylkill Co, PA 2
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10 M James Arthur Heaton ^{2 3}

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           Born: 23 May 1861 - Tamaqua, Schuylkill Co, PA 2
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General Notes: Husband - Reuben Ayres Heaton

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He received a good education and a thorough business training, both of which he turned to excellent account in after years. Early in life he was attracted to Tamaqua, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, by the anthracite coal trade, which was then in the early stage of its development, and with which he subsequently became prominently identified. Beginning life as a clerk in the employ of firms at Tamaqua and Mauch Chunk, engaged in the coal industry, he rapidly acquired a thorough knowledge of that business, and in 1835 located at Tamaqua and embarked in business for himself, opening the colliery known as High Mines, near that borough, In 1861 when the impetus given to every branch of industry by the civil war, had created an extraordinary demand for coal, he opened the Preston colliery at Girardville, and operated it profitably until 1864, when he sold out and retired from business. Upon his retirement he went to Philadelphia, where he lived, enjoying in his declining years the fruits of an active life and successful business career. In politics he was a republican, but while giving his party a loyal and active support at all times, he never sought office or became in any sense a politician.

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General Notes: Wife - Mary Carter

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from Penzance, Cornwall, England

1 Henry W. Ruoff, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Rush, West & Co., 1893), Pg 637.

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 49.

3 Henry W. Ruoff, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Rush, West & Co., 1893), Pg 638.

4 Henry W. Ruoff, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Rush, West & Co., 1893), Pg 639.