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D. HECKENDORN, farmer; P. O. Covington. D. Heckendorn, born in Perry Co., Penn., Aug. 6, 1818, was raised principally on a farm; when 18 years of age, he began to learn the carpenter’s trade, which he worked at about twelve years. He moved to Ohio in the year 1838, and located first in Newton Township, Miami Co., remained there until 1864; came to this township (Newberry) and located on the farm where he now lives; he has a farm of 88 acres, northwest of North Clayton, in Sec. 12; he has also 200 acres of land in Kansas. He has three times been married; first, with Miss Anna, a daughter of William Long, of Newton Township; she died June 2, 1849, leaving four children— Mary A., Catharine J., Esther and William J.; his second marriage was with Mary A., a daughter of Jacob Reiber, of Newton Township, who died April 10, 1858; they had six children by this union, two living— Levi A. and John R.; Nov. 24, 1864, he married Barbara Aspenall (Fults), a daughter of Jacob Fults, of Indiana. Mr. Heckendorn is a member of the Christian Church in North Clayton.