Frank LeRoy Heck

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• Alternate death: 6 Dec 1963, Skokie, Cook, Illinois

Notes:

His World War I draft card, dated 5 Jun 1917, identifies him as a medical student at Rush Medical College in Chicago. His World War II draft card, dated 27 Apr 1942, identifies him as a physician practicing in Chicago.

He was a commander in the modern order of the Knights Templar, a Masonic organization open only to professed Christians.

His gravestone and his Chicago Tribune obituary (citation details below) both give his death date as 5 Dec 1963, not 6 Dec as asserted by Fred D. Clark (citation details below).

Frank married Ada Louise Wilcox on 20 Aug 1918 in Ludington, Mason, Michigan, and was divorced. Ada (daughter of Orion Jedediah Wilcox and Emma Janette Fellows) was born on 5 Nov 1890 in Ludington, Mason, Michigan; died on 20 Mar 1980 in Port Edwards, Wood, Wisconsin; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Wisconsin Rapids, Wood, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Isabelle Jeanette Heck was born on 13 Dec 1919 in Evanston, Cook, Illinois; died on 12 Jun 2012 in Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington.

Frank married Venus T. Walton on 8 Jul 1940 in Cook County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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According to the 1910 census, both of his parents were born in Virginia.

In the 1910 census, he, his wife Belle, and his son Frank L. are all living in Bethel, Clark County, Ohio.

According to The History of the Heck Family in America (citation details below), he was first married to a Mary Allen who died 10 Jul 1918, which implies that the marriage ended in divorce.

He fought on the Union side in the Civil War, in the 135th Ohio Infantry, 153rd Regiment National Guard. According to The History of Clark County, Ohio (Chicago: W. H. Beers, 1881), which provides a full list of the 153rd Regiment that incliudes "Heck, David P.", the regiment was organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio on 12 May 1864, with Col. Israel Stough as its commander. "At Harper's Ferry, Va., and along the line of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and under Gen. Butler at Bermuda Hundred, during guard and picket duty, was the period of service this regiment expended. […] It was mustered out in the latter part of July, 1864, at Camp Chase, Ohio."

David married Isabelle "Belle" Huffman on 29 Oct 1873 in Clark County, Ohio. Isabelle (daughter of John Huffman and Catharine) was born on 25 Oct 1852 in Donnelsville, Clark, Ohio; died on 25 Apr 1937 in Donnelsville, Clark, Ohio; was buried in Donnelsville Cemetery, Donnelsville, Clark, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1853, Ohio

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According to the 1910 census, both of her parents were born in Pennsylvania.

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• Buried: On a farm near Donnelsville, Clark, Ohio
• Alternate birth: 16 Aug 1799
• Alternate birth: Abt 1810, Virginia

Joseph married Katherine Heckman on 27 Aug 1825 in Clark County, Ohio. Katherine was born about 1807 in Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1796

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In the 1860 census, he, his wife Catherine, and four children including Isabella age 7, are living in German, Clark County, Ohio.

In the 1880 census, he and Catherine ("Cathrin") are living in Bethel, Clark County, and his occupation is given as "carpet weaver." The 1880 census says that his parents and his wife's parents were all born in Pennsylvania.

He enlisted in the US army on 28 Jul 1813 and was discharged three weeks later on 18 Aug. His rank is given in the record as "drummer." He was in Capt. Jacob Richhart's company.

John married Catharine. Catharine was born about 1822. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1821

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• Alternate death: 2 Jul 1857, New Carlisle, Clark, Ohio

Notes:

Possibly a son of the Peter Heck who bought land in Botetourt County, Virginia in 1806 and 1809. In that county, a Peter Heck and a Peter Heck, Jr., are on a list of taxables for 1801