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“Col. Heaton, the veteran soldier. 81 yearsin .... a. ■■lie 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 trulv a war vetero, u„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, three wives and sixteen children, eight boys and eight girls.Heaton did not get to see the North triumph. On January 14, 18G3, in the midst of the most tryingmoments 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.memtiered his connections with the military.”Daniel Heaton was torn in Pennsylvania in 1780and 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 Miamis in the 1820’s, and rewarded his old friend with an Indian contract. In ,?/ iJ' Hea,on was authorized to furnish hogs to 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 Harrison Township In the fall of 1840 after the Indians gave up the Reserve and in 1842Col. Daniel Heaton and his 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 ttaggaman. in February ami March of 1843. These are the earliest recorded marriages of Harrison Township, and the arrangements for these mar-riages give insight into pioneer life.The ceremonies were performed in Russia-ville then a tiny villiage in Clinton County, and the licenses were obtained at Frankfort at Si each, me magistrate was hired at Kirkland, 20 miles hls charge for making the 40-mile tripwas si.
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Kokomo Morning Times
Kokomo, Indiana, US
Tue, Jul 20, 1965
Page 4
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