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Isaiah Lafayette Heddins

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Isaiah Lafayette Heddins

Birth
Van Zandt County, Texas, USA
Death
18 Apr 1918 (aged 60)
Edgewood, Van Zandt County, Texas, USA
Burial
Myrtle Springs, Van Zandt County, Texas, USA
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Isaiah Lafayette Heddins was a son of James & Clarinda Lee (Brewster) Heddins. He was born in what is now the Pleasant Ridge community of Van Zandt County, Texas. He was named after his paternal grandfather, Josiah "Isaiah" Heddins, who lived in Coles County, Illinois and died when Isaiah was eight years old. His grandfather fought in the War of 1812 and his great-grandfather fought in the Revolutionary War. Isaiah L. Heddins' mother was a direct descendant of William and Mary Brewster who immigrated to America on the Mayflower in 1620.

Isaiah married Julia Ann Ballard on 6 March 1881 (about six weeks after Isaiah's father died) and they had fourteen children, including two who died in infancy.

Isaiah was a successful farmer who purchased several hundred acres over the years, and he was the second person in the county to own an automobile, a Maxwell Roadster. He was a leader and helped to establish Crooked Creek Baptist Church which was later renamed Good Hope Baptist Church.

Isaiah had a strong, driven, "type A" personality. One of his grandsons described him as being a dictator. Others described him as a controlling "slave-driver." One of his granddaughters noted that he was bossy and sometimes didn't treat his wife very lovingly.

Isaiah was sickly for the last couple of years of his life. At one point he did have to have surgery due to gallstones or kidney stones. But he began losing weight and getting weaker, and doctors couldn't figure out what the problem was. One of his grandsons thought maybe he had tuberculosis, but that was mere speculation. Isaiah died at the young age of 60 in 1918. His tombstone omits the "s" in Heddins, even though he spelled his surname with the s. Julia lived another 19 years and was buried beside him.

Visit the Heddins family website at: www.heddins.com.
Isaiah Lafayette Heddins was a son of James & Clarinda Lee (Brewster) Heddins. He was born in what is now the Pleasant Ridge community of Van Zandt County, Texas. He was named after his paternal grandfather, Josiah "Isaiah" Heddins, who lived in Coles County, Illinois and died when Isaiah was eight years old. His grandfather fought in the War of 1812 and his great-grandfather fought in the Revolutionary War. Isaiah L. Heddins' mother was a direct descendant of William and Mary Brewster who immigrated to America on the Mayflower in 1620.

Isaiah married Julia Ann Ballard on 6 March 1881 (about six weeks after Isaiah's father died) and they had fourteen children, including two who died in infancy.

Isaiah was a successful farmer who purchased several hundred acres over the years, and he was the second person in the county to own an automobile, a Maxwell Roadster. He was a leader and helped to establish Crooked Creek Baptist Church which was later renamed Good Hope Baptist Church.

Isaiah had a strong, driven, "type A" personality. One of his grandsons described him as being a dictator. Others described him as a controlling "slave-driver." One of his granddaughters noted that he was bossy and sometimes didn't treat his wife very lovingly.

Isaiah was sickly for the last couple of years of his life. At one point he did have to have surgery due to gallstones or kidney stones. But he began losing weight and getting weaker, and doctors couldn't figure out what the problem was. One of his grandsons thought maybe he had tuberculosis, but that was mere speculation. Isaiah died at the young age of 60 in 1918. His tombstone omits the "s" in Heddins, even though he spelled his surname with the s. Julia lived another 19 years and was buried beside him.

Visit the Heddins family website at: www.heddins.com.

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