The following is an excerpt from the memoirs of his grandson, John Walter Heebner: "...Grandfather and Grandmother came to Port Carbon when it was a wilderness and built a log house near where the old store now stands."
"Grandfather opened a store...around the stove in the store was where the men of the village went to meet and talk over the news of the day and crack their jokes. He was jolly and good natured and had a wonderful kind heart."
The Heebners were descended from Hans Heebner, a member of the Schwenkfelder families (followers of Caspar Schwenkfeld) who fled from Silesia to Pennsylvania about 1734 seeking religious freedom.
Abraham Heebner's father, George Heebner, of Montgomery County, Pennslyvania, was a Revolutionary War soldier who lived on a farm and ran a mill. Abraham was regarded as the founder of the town of Port Carbon, being involved in all its early affairs.
About 1825 that Abraham Heebner and his wife, Esther, settled in Port Carbon. He also built a saw mill on the other side of what is now Pike Street...the mill was along side of a stream of pure spring water that came down the hillside and was fed by a number of springs up in the woods. The water was so clear, good and cold that he made several pools so the horses bringing timber to the mill could get a good drink...He ran this mill there for quite a few years. (History of Port Carbon)
He owned a mine called Heebners Colliery. In 1826 he built a railway one half mile in length to connect his mines with the Schuylkill Canal. His railway was only the third railway built in America. He also owned a grocery and dry goods store in Port Carbon.
He is buried with his wife and many members of his family in the Heebner plot at the top of the hill behind the little white Presbyterian Church (now a police station).
"Grandfather opened a store...around the stove in the store was where the men of the village went to meet and talk over the news of the day and crack their jokes. He was jolly and good natured and had a wonderful kind heart."
The Heebners were descended from Hans Heebner, a member of the Schwenkfelder families (followers of Caspar Schwenkfeld) who fled from Silesia to Pennsylvania about 1734 seeking religious freedom.
Abraham Heebner's father, George Heebner, of Montgomery County, Pennslyvania, was a Revolutionary War soldier who lived on a farm and ran a mill. Abraham was regarded as the founder of the town of Port Carbon, being involved in all its early affairs.
About 1825 that Abraham Heebner and his wife, Esther, settled in Port Carbon. He also built a saw mill on the other side of what is now Pike Street...the mill was along side of a stream of pure spring water that came down the hillside and was fed by a number of springs up in the woods. The water was so clear, good and cold that he made several pools so the horses bringing timber to the mill could get a good drink...He ran this mill there for quite a few years. (History of Port Carbon)
He owned a mine called Heebners Colliery. In 1826 he built a railway one half mile in length to connect his mines with the Schuylkill Canal. His railway was only the third railway built in America. He also owned a grocery and dry goods store in Port Carbon.
He is buried with his wife and many members of his family in the Heebner plot at the top of the hill behind the little white Presbyterian Church (now a police station).
The following is an excerpt from the memoirs of his grandson, John Walter Heebner: "...Grandfather and Grandmother came to Port Carbon when it was a wilderness and built a log house near where the old store now stands."
"Grandfather opened a store...around the stove in the store was where the men of the village went to meet and talk over the news of the day and crack their jokes. He was jolly and good natured and had a wonderful kind heart."
The Heebners were descended from Hans Heebner, a member of the Schwenkfelder families (followers of Caspar Schwenkfeld) who fled from Silesia to Pennsylvania about 1734 seeking religious freedom.
Abraham Heebner's father, George Heebner, of Montgomery County, Pennslyvania, was a Revolutionary War soldier who lived on a farm and ran a mill. Abraham was regarded as the founder of the town of Port Carbon, being involved in all its early affairs.
About 1825 that Abraham Heebner and his wife, Esther, settled in Port Carbon. He also built a saw mill on the other side of what is now Pike Street...the mill was along side of a stream of pure spring water that came down the hillside and was fed by a number of springs up in the woods. The water was so clear, good and cold that he made several pools so the horses bringing timber to the mill could get a good drink...He ran this mill there for quite a few years. (History of Port Carbon)
He owned a mine called Heebners Colliery. In 1826 he built a railway one half mile in length to connect his mines with the Schuylkill Canal. His railway was only the third railway built in America. He also owned a grocery and dry goods store in Port Carbon.
He is buried with his wife and many members of his family in the Heebner plot at the top of the hill behind the little white Presbyterian Church (now a police station).
"Grandfather opened a store...around the stove in the store was where the men of the village went to meet and talk over the news of the day and crack their jokes. He was jolly and good natured and had a wonderful kind heart."
The Heebners were descended from Hans Heebner, a member of the Schwenkfelder families (followers of Caspar Schwenkfeld) who fled from Silesia to Pennsylvania about 1734 seeking religious freedom.
Abraham Heebner's father, George Heebner, of Montgomery County, Pennslyvania, was a Revolutionary War soldier who lived on a farm and ran a mill. Abraham was regarded as the founder of the town of Port Carbon, being involved in all its early affairs.
About 1825 that Abraham Heebner and his wife, Esther, settled in Port Carbon. He also built a saw mill on the other side of what is now Pike Street...the mill was along side of a stream of pure spring water that came down the hillside and was fed by a number of springs up in the woods. The water was so clear, good and cold that he made several pools so the horses bringing timber to the mill could get a good drink...He ran this mill there for quite a few years. (History of Port Carbon)
He owned a mine called Heebners Colliery. In 1826 he built a railway one half mile in length to connect his mines with the Schuylkill Canal. His railway was only the third railway built in America. He also owned a grocery and dry goods store in Port Carbon.
He is buried with his wife and many members of his family in the Heebner plot at the top of the hill behind the little white Presbyterian Church (now a police station).
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