Per his death certificate found on Ancestry.com: he was a son of John Postell Heath and Lucinda Stewart and the husband of Elizabeth Tennant Heath. He was a cotton merchant. He died in the Heathwood section of Columbia, SC of myocardial insufficiency contributed by chronic nephritis, hypertension and arteriosclerosis. Conflict: his death certificate gives his year of death as 1869.
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Found in The State 06 March 1933: M. C. Heath, 63, died at his home, Heathwood Hall, at 4:45 Sunday morning after an illness of less than four hours. Mr. Heath had been particularly well lately and Saturday afternoon he talked in a jovial manner with friends and commented with pride upon the difference in banking conditions in Columbia and in New York, saying how sound conditions were here as compared with many other places. At 10:30 he went to bed and seemed perfectly well. He woke up at about 1 o'clock feeling very bad. A physician was summoned but he died at 4:45 from congestion of the lungs and heart failure. He had had a cold for several days and a slight temperature Saturday but nothing serious was apprehended. The funeral services will be at Trinity Episcopal church at 12 noon today and will be conducted by the Rev. Henry D. Phillips, D. D., rector of Trinity, of which Mr. Heath was a devoted member. Mr. Heath is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Tennent Heath; two daughters, Mrs. Samuel Taylor Coleman, 3rd, of Macon, Ga., and Mrs. Burwell D. Manning of Columbia; four grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. John High of Indianola, Miss. Moses Chappell Heath, he was known in the business world, but to his hundreds of friends he was Chappie Heath and so had been known in Columbia for 40 years, for he came here in 1893. He was born in Camilla, Ga., December 20, 1870, but he always felt that he was really a South Carolinian, the state of his ancestors. His parents had gone to South Georgia on account of bad the health of his mother. He left home at the age of 16 to be a clerk in a general merchandise store of an uncle in Monroe, N. C. The he was in business in Lancaster and in Heath Springs. For three years he was a general cotton merchant in Albany, Ga., and Abbeville. He came to Columbia is 1893. His first associates in business here were the late Alex King and William K. Duffie and he always spoke most affectionately of his associates of those days. Then he roomed first above the Carolina National bank, where the Imperial theater is now, and later in the Greenfield building, the southwest corner of Main and Lady streets, now the Crestwell house. His room was a rendezvous for many friends, among whom were Dr. William Ball, William Butler of Atlanta, Iredell Jones and the late Beverly Mason of Virginia. Those were closer times than these but those young men were ever gay for their hearts were brave and determined to try to relieve as far as possible South Carolina from the consequences of the Confederate war. Mr. Heath worked in the cotton business in the fall and spring and was a merchandise broker in the summer. In 1901 he began to give himself entirely to the cotton business and soon became head of M. C. Heath and company, one of the largest cotton firms of the state. Several hears ago he retired from active business and since has been living quietly at his lovely home, Heathwood Hall. This home he began to build in 1912 and he and Mrs. Heath and their two children moved into this home in 1914. His generous nature here has been shown not only in the hospitalities which he and Mrs. Heath have shown to their friends but in the manner of laying out the grounds by which the public may drive entirely around the home and grounds and get enjoyment from its beauties, which in his own language, "So that my friends may enjoy it too," and his friends were all who passed by. Mr. Heath was not only devoted to South Carolina but to Columbia. About six months ago he said, "I love Columbia, I love her people, I have done my life work here and I hope to die here. To me Columbia is the greatest city in the world."
There is no grave number in the book referenced below.
Found in The State 06 March 1933: M. C. Heath, 63, died at his home, Heathwood Hall, at 4:45 Sunday morning after an illness of less than four hours. Mr. Heath had been particularly well lately and Saturday afternoon he talked in a jovial manner with friends and commented with pride upon the difference in banking conditions in Columbia and in New York, saying how sound conditions were here as compared with many other places. At 10:30 he went to bed and seemed perfectly well. He woke up at about 1 o'clock feeling very bad. A physician was summoned but he died at 4:45 from congestion of the lungs and heart failure. He had had a cold for several days and a slight temperature Saturday but nothing serious was apprehended. The funeral services will be at Trinity Episcopal church at 12 noon today and will be conducted by the Rev. Henry D. Phillips, D. D., rector of Trinity, of which Mr. Heath was a devoted member. Mr. Heath is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Tennent Heath; two daughters, Mrs. Samuel Taylor Coleman, 3rd, of Macon, Ga., and Mrs. Burwell D. Manning of Columbia; four grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. John High of Indianola, Miss. Moses Chappell Heath, he was known in the business world, but to his hundreds of friends he was Chappie Heath and so had been known in Columbia for 40 years, for he came here in 1893. He was born in Camilla, Ga., December 20, 1870, but he always felt that he was really a South Carolinian, the state of his ancestors. His parents had gone to South Georgia on account of bad the health of his mother. He left home at the age of 16 to be a clerk in a general merchandise store of an uncle in Monroe, N. C. The he was in business in Lancaster and in Heath Springs. For three years he was a general cotton merchant in Albany, Ga., and Abbeville. He came to Columbia is 1893. His first associates in business here were the late Alex King and William K. Duffie and he always spoke most affectionately of his associates of those days. Then he roomed first above the Carolina National bank, where the Imperial theater is now, and later in the Greenfield building, the southwest corner of Main and Lady streets, now the Crestwell house. His room was a rendezvous for many friends, among whom were Dr. William Ball, William Butler of Atlanta, Iredell Jones and the late Beverly Mason of Virginia. Those were closer times than these but those young men were ever gay for their hearts were brave and determined to try to relieve as far as possible South Carolina from the consequences of the Confederate war. Mr. Heath worked in the cotton business in the fall and spring and was a merchandise broker in the summer. In 1901 he began to give himself entirely to the cotton business and soon became head of M. C. Heath and company, one of the largest cotton firms of the state. Several hears ago he retired from active business and since has been living quietly at his lovely home, Heathwood Hall. This home he began to build in 1912 and he and Mrs. Heath and their two children moved into this home in 1914. His generous nature here has been shown not only in the hospitalities which he and Mrs. Heath have shown to their friends but in the manner of laying out the grounds by which the public may drive entirely around the home and grounds and get enjoyment from its beauties, which in his own language, "So that my friends may enjoy it too," and his friends were all who passed by. Mr. Heath was not only devoted to South Carolina but to Columbia. About six months ago he said, "I love Columbia, I love her people, I have done my life work here and I hope to die here. To me Columbia is the greatest city in the world."
Per his death certificate found on Ancestry.com: he was a son of John Postell Heath and Lucinda Stewart and the husband of Elizabeth Tennant Heath. He was a cotton merchant. He died in the Heathwood section of Columbia, SC of myocardial insufficiency contributed by chronic nephritis, hypertension and arteriosclerosis. Conflict: his death certificate gives his year of death as 1869.
There is no grave number in the book referenced below.
Found in The State 06 March 1933: M. C. Heath, 63, died at his home, Heathwood Hall, at 4:45 Sunday morning after an illness of less than four hours. Mr. Heath had been particularly well lately and Saturday afternoon he talked in a jovial manner with friends and commented with pride upon the difference in banking conditions in Columbia and in New York, saying how sound conditions were here as compared with many other places. At 10:30 he went to bed and seemed perfectly well. He woke up at about 1 o'clock feeling very bad. A physician was summoned but he died at 4:45 from congestion of the lungs and heart failure. He had had a cold for several days and a slight temperature Saturday but nothing serious was apprehended. The funeral services will be at Trinity Episcopal church at 12 noon today and will be conducted by the Rev. Henry D. Phillips, D. D., rector of Trinity, of which Mr. Heath was a devoted member. Mr. Heath is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Tennent Heath; two daughters, Mrs. Samuel Taylor Coleman, 3rd, of Macon, Ga., and Mrs. Burwell D. Manning of Columbia; four grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. John High of Indianola, Miss. Moses Chappell Heath, he was known in the business world, but to his hundreds of friends he was Chappie Heath and so had been known in Columbia for 40 years, for he came here in 1893. He was born in Camilla, Ga., December 20, 1870, but he always felt that he was really a South Carolinian, the state of his ancestors. His parents had gone to South Georgia on account of bad the health of his mother. He left home at the age of 16 to be a clerk in a general merchandise store of an uncle in Monroe, N. C. The he was in business in Lancaster and in Heath Springs. For three years he was a general cotton merchant in Albany, Ga., and Abbeville. He came to Columbia is 1893. His first associates in business here were the late Alex King and William K. Duffie and he always spoke most affectionately of his associates of those days. Then he roomed first above the Carolina National bank, where the Imperial theater is now, and later in the Greenfield building, the southwest corner of Main and Lady streets, now the Crestwell house. His room was a rendezvous for many friends, among whom were Dr. William Ball, William Butler of Atlanta, Iredell Jones and the late Beverly Mason of Virginia. Those were closer times than these but those young men were ever gay for their hearts were brave and determined to try to relieve as far as possible South Carolina from the consequences of the Confederate war. Mr. Heath worked in the cotton business in the fall and spring and was a merchandise broker in the summer. In 1901 he began to give himself entirely to the cotton business and soon became head of M. C. Heath and company, one of the largest cotton firms of the state. Several hears ago he retired from active business and since has been living quietly at his lovely home, Heathwood Hall. This home he began to build in 1912 and he and Mrs. Heath and their two children moved into this home in 1914. His generous nature here has been shown not only in the hospitalities which he and Mrs. Heath have shown to their friends but in the manner of laying out the grounds by which the public may drive entirely around the home and grounds and get enjoyment from its beauties, which in his own language, "So that my friends may enjoy it too," and his friends were all who passed by. Mr. Heath was not only devoted to South Carolina but to Columbia. About six months ago he said, "I love Columbia, I love her people, I have done my life work here and I hope to die here. To me Columbia is the greatest city in the world."
There is no grave number in the book referenced below.
Found in The State 06 March 1933: M. C. Heath, 63, died at his home, Heathwood Hall, at 4:45 Sunday morning after an illness of less than four hours. Mr. Heath had been particularly well lately and Saturday afternoon he talked in a jovial manner with friends and commented with pride upon the difference in banking conditions in Columbia and in New York, saying how sound conditions were here as compared with many other places. At 10:30 he went to bed and seemed perfectly well. He woke up at about 1 o'clock feeling very bad. A physician was summoned but he died at 4:45 from congestion of the lungs and heart failure. He had had a cold for several days and a slight temperature Saturday but nothing serious was apprehended. The funeral services will be at Trinity Episcopal church at 12 noon today and will be conducted by the Rev. Henry D. Phillips, D. D., rector of Trinity, of which Mr. Heath was a devoted member. Mr. Heath is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Tennent Heath; two daughters, Mrs. Samuel Taylor Coleman, 3rd, of Macon, Ga., and Mrs. Burwell D. Manning of Columbia; four grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. John High of Indianola, Miss. Moses Chappell Heath, he was known in the business world, but to his hundreds of friends he was Chappie Heath and so had been known in Columbia for 40 years, for he came here in 1893. He was born in Camilla, Ga., December 20, 1870, but he always felt that he was really a South Carolinian, the state of his ancestors. His parents had gone to South Georgia on account of bad the health of his mother. He left home at the age of 16 to be a clerk in a general merchandise store of an uncle in Monroe, N. C. The he was in business in Lancaster and in Heath Springs. For three years he was a general cotton merchant in Albany, Ga., and Abbeville. He came to Columbia is 1893. His first associates in business here were the late Alex King and William K. Duffie and he always spoke most affectionately of his associates of those days. Then he roomed first above the Carolina National bank, where the Imperial theater is now, and later in the Greenfield building, the southwest corner of Main and Lady streets, now the Crestwell house. His room was a rendezvous for many friends, among whom were Dr. William Ball, William Butler of Atlanta, Iredell Jones and the late Beverly Mason of Virginia. Those were closer times than these but those young men were ever gay for their hearts were brave and determined to try to relieve as far as possible South Carolina from the consequences of the Confederate war. Mr. Heath worked in the cotton business in the fall and spring and was a merchandise broker in the summer. In 1901 he began to give himself entirely to the cotton business and soon became head of M. C. Heath and company, one of the largest cotton firms of the state. Several hears ago he retired from active business and since has been living quietly at his lovely home, Heathwood Hall. This home he began to build in 1912 and he and Mrs. Heath and their two children moved into this home in 1914. His generous nature here has been shown not only in the hospitalities which he and Mrs. Heath have shown to their friends but in the manner of laying out the grounds by which the public may drive entirely around the home and grounds and get enjoyment from its beauties, which in his own language, "So that my friends may enjoy it too," and his friends were all who passed by. Mr. Heath was not only devoted to South Carolina but to Columbia. About six months ago he said, "I love Columbia, I love her people, I have done my life work here and I hope to die here. To me Columbia is the greatest city in the world."
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Transcribed from the book Interment Records of Elmwood Cemetery, Columbia, SC (three volumes)
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