U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Heck, Jerome Dayton (1859-1923) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Pages 473-474 JEROME D. HECK, born in Marion County, Virginia, May 10, 1859, son of John A. Heck and Sarah A. Nicholas, and grandson of Adam Heck and Catherine Toothman. Adam Heck was a son of Johann Jost Heck, and a soldier in the war of 1812. Johann Jost Heck was a soldier in the American Revolutionary Army and fought under General Washington and at the close of the war moved with his wife Rachel to Maryland and finally settling in the valley of the Monongahela, where he raised his ten children. His eldest being Jacob, born in 1792, and also a soldier in the war of 1812. Johann Jost Heck was a son of Johann Jacob Heck and was born in Berks County, Pa., in 1754. Johann Jacob, was the son of Johann Jost, Sr., and Eva Mariah, his wife, emigrants from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1727. Johann Jacob was married to Judith, his wife, and they became the parents of Johann Jost, and the certificate of whose birth is still in the Heck family. Sarah A. Nichols was the daughter of Henry Nichols and Nancy Clelland. Henry Nichols's father was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and his name was Thomas. John A. Heck, died in 1864, and the subject of this sketch lived with his mother, on a farm until manhood. November 16, 1884, Jerome D., moved to Upshur County, that being the date of his marriage to Mary L. Hyre, the daughter of Jehu Hyre and Ruanna Smith, and the granddaughter of Peter Hyre, whose wife's maiden name was Pritt. Ruanna Smith was a daughter of Peter Smith and Phoebe Thorn, both of the South Branch of the Potomac. Children of J. E. Heck are: Matilda A., born July 23, 1885; John J., born December 28, 1886. Mr. Heck is a farmer of Meade District, living near Ten Mile on the B. & O. Railroad. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #15450 FULL-NAME: Dayton H. Heck BIRTH-DATE: May 10, 1859 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: November 29, 1923 at age 64y-6m-19d DEATH-PLACE: Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Farmer FATHER: John A. Heck (born in W.Va.) MOTHER: Sarah A. Nichols (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Heart trouble INFORMANT: Mrs. G. C. Reeder (of Buckhannon, W.Va.) BURIAL: Baptist Cemetery (wife of Jerome D. Heck) From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #2835 FULL-NAME: Mary L. Heck BIRTH-DATE: February 18, 1847 BIRTH-PLACE: Upshur Co. DEATH-DATE: February 3, 1931 at age 83y-11m-16d DEATH-PLACE: Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed OCCUPATION: House work FATHER: John Hyre (born in Upshur Co.) MOTHER: Luanna Smith (born in Lewis County) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Organic Heart Disease INFORMANT: Jimmison Hyre BURIAL: Heavner Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------