Thomas Heiser ²

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Thomas acquired 200 acres likely to timber with father-in-law Jacob Eisenhuth's timbering business. on 6 Mar 1849 in Butler Township, Schuylkill, PA. ⁴ THE COMMONWEATH OF PENNSYLVANIA , SS
WHEREAS, Thomas Heiser county of hath applied for Two hundred acres of land ( improved ) Adjoining land of John McCord on the East, and the South the New York & Schuylkill Coal Company and others, situate in the township of Butler in the county of Schuylkill for which he has paid into the office of the State Treasurer, at the rate of Ten pounds per hundred acres Interest thereon, from the date hereof to be paid agreeably to the several Acts of Assembly, in such case made and provided. These are therefore, to authorize and require you to survey, unto the said Thomas Heiser the quantity of acres by him applied for, at the place aforesaid, if not already surveyed or appropriated, and to make return thereof into the Surveyor General 's office, for which this shall be your Warrant.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, John Laporte Surveyor General, hath hereunto set his hand, and affixed the seal of the said Office, the sixth day of March A. D. 1849.

2. Census in 1850 in Rush Twp., Schuylkill, PA. ⁵ The 1850 census recorded Jacob Isenhuth, laborer, 58; Lydia, 56; Lydia, 20; Jacob, 18; Mary, 16; Benjamin 13; and Margaret, 10. Also in the home is Jacob's father Barnard Eisenhuth, 87; Thomas Heiser, teamster, 25; and Jacob's son, Barnard, laborer, 29; with his wife Catharine, 21; and their daughter Mary Alice, 2. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. (Note: Thomas Heiser would later marry Jacob's daughter, Mary.).

3. Census in 1860 in Mahanoy City, Schuylkill, PA. ⁶ The 1860 census recorded Jacob Eisenhuth [indexed as Eisenhood due to poor handwriting], laborer, 70, living with wife Lydia, 65; son Jacob, day laborer, 28, and daughter Margaret, 19. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. Jacob's personal estate was worth $150. The post office was DIt Man.
Next door is Jacob's son-in-law Thomas Heiser, day laborer, 33, living with wife Mary (nee Eisenhuth), 25; Clara, 5; B. F. Heiser, 3; and Thomas Heiser, 1. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. Thomas' personal estate was worth $75.

4. Census in 1870 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. ⁷ The 1870 census recorded Thomas Heiser, laborer, 44, living with wife Mary, 32; Clara, 16; Benjamin, laborer, 12; Jacob, laborer, 11; Mary, 8; Eunice, 5; Lydia, 3; and Anthony, 2. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. Also in the home is Dennis Doyle, teacher, born in Ireland.

5. Census in 1880 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. ⁸ The 1880 census recorded at 117 North White Road: Thomas Heiser, laborer, 55, living with wife Mary, 43; son Jacob, laborer, 21; daughter Emma Elizabeth, 14; son Anson Parson, 11. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

6. Census in 1890 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. ⁹ In the directory "Directory of the Eleventh Census of the Population of Schuylkill County" which was based on the 1890 census is listed:
Heiser, Thomas, 65, wood chopper, Mary, Pater 13, slate picker.
Also in the directory:
Heiser, Jacob W., 30, laborer, N. Market alley, Catharine, Emma C., Anson P. 23, huckster, Katie, Arthur I.
Heiser, Mary.

7. Obituary: Shenandoah Evening Herald on 16 Sep 1895 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. ¹⁰ Thomas Heiser died yesterday at his residence on North white street of paralysis. He was 70 years of age and had been ill for a year. He is survived by four adult children: Anson, Peter, Jacob and the widow of D. J. Doyle. The funeral will take place on Wednesday at 2 p.m.
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8. Obituary: The Evening Herald on 16 Sep 1895 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. ¹¹ HEISER - At Shenandoah, Pa., on the 15th inst., Thomas Heiser, aged 70 years, 1 month, 28 days. Funeral will take place on Wednesday, 18th inst., at 2 p.m. from the residence of Mrs. Dennis J. Doyle, North White street. Interment in the Odd Fellows cemetery. Friends and relatives respectively invited to attend.

9. Obituary: Shenandoah Evening Herald on 18 Sep 1895 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. ³ Two Funerals. The funerals of the late Mrs. Catherine Goodman, relict of John M. Goodman, and Thomas Heiser took place this afternoon. The remains of the former were taken from the residence of her son-in-law, Burb Kold, on North West street, to the Trinity Reformed church, where services were held.
The funeral of. Mr. Heiser took place from the residence of his daughter, Mrs. D. J. Doyle, on North White street, and the services were also held in the Trinity Reformed church. Both interments were made in the Odd Fellows' cemetery. Rev. R. M. Lichtenwalner, pastor of the United Evangelical church, presided at both funerals. The services could not take place in the meeting place of the congregation on account of the inadaptability of the place for funerals and the trustees of the Trinity Reformed church kindly gave the use of their edifice.
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Thomas married Mary Ellen Eisenhuth, daughter of Jacob Eisenhuth and Lydia Alice Huffman, about 1853 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA.¹ (Mary Ellen Eisenhuth was born about 1834 in , , Pennsylvania, USA ⁵ and died after 1890 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA.)