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Col. Heaton, the veteran soldier, 81 years old. was in town on Sunday. He wants to volunteer He says a man had better say hisprayers, make his and prepare to go to H— than to speak agauist our country in his presente.So ran a small news item in The Howard County Tribune in Ajril, 18C1. at the outt.reak of the Civil Aar. It seemed every aNe-lodied man in Howard County was trying to enlist, and old Colonel Dan wanted to enlist, too.Colonel Heaton was truly a war veteran. He had been with Harrison at the Hattie of Tippecanoe!!! .LiI?. . o'fJ ^r,ved caP,a,n of a company in the War of 1812. Before the war was over he had »een promoted to colonel, and he always fondly remembered his connections with the military.” Daniel Heaton was horn In Pennsylvania in 178t and he took a strong liking to the frontier while quite young. While yet a youth he moved to Preble County, Ohio, just north of Cincinnati, and took up land. Here he met Mary Fergeson. and they were married. He was so appreciated that the citizens later named the county seat Eaton in his honor.After the war, Heaton's desire for the West brought him to Indiana, and he engaged in hunting trapping beaver, and trading with the Indians. John Tipton, another veteran of the Battle of Tippecanoe and personal acquaintance of Heaton's, became Indian Agent for the Mlamis in the 1820’s, and rc-warded his old friend with an Indian contract. In June 182., Heaton was authorized to furnish hogsto the Thorntown Indians as part of the recent treaty provisions.In the 1820’s and 1830’s Heaton’s business carried him on horseback over much of the midwest,as far west as Iowa. His son Joseph moved into Har-nson Township in the fall of 1840 after the Indians gave up the Reserve, and in 1842 Col. Daniel Heaton ana nis son John also came into the old Reserve and settled on the banks of Little wildcat, ahead of the county’s organization.Heaton’s daughters, Levina and Melinda, married two of the early settlers, Thad Baxter and Sam aaggaman, in February and March of 1843. These are the earliest recorded marriages of Harrison Township, and the arrangements for these mar-nages give insight into pioneer life.The ceremonies were performed in Russia-ville. then a tiny vUliage in Clinton County, and the licenses were obtained at Frankfort at Si each. The magistrate was lured at Kirkland, 20 miles was^l charge for making the 40-mile tripColonel Heaton remained in Howard County the rest of his life. He presented the sword whichhe carried in the War of 1812 to the New London Masonic Lodge which he had earlier joined, and during the Civil War he was an enthusiastic Union man and ardent supporter of President Lincoln.Colonel Heaton was not a big man, but he was quite energetic and outspoken. He read widely, especially current literature. He had a large family, 11 children by his first wife, and, in all, 'bree wives and sixteen children, eight boys and eight girls.Heaton did not get to see the North triumph. On January 14, 1803, in the midst of the most trying moments of the war, he died during a fierce storm. Rev. Keeler, a Baptist minister, handled Colonel Heaton’s funeral and he was buried in the little buridal ground at Alton. Colonel Heaton, one of the county’s great pioneers, was gone.
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Kokomo Morning Times
Kokomo, Indiana, US
Tue, Jul 20, 1965
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