History of Delaware County Indiana 1881 T.B. Helm Surnames in this biography are: Heath, McKimmey, Perdieu,Nichols, Luttle, Wilson, Eshelman, Inlow, Brady,                                       JACOB W. HEATH                   was born inWayne County, Ind., February 23 1829. His father, Ralph Heath, removed on the27th of December 1829, into Salem Township, Delaware County. That portion ofthis county was at that time an unbroken wilderness. Settling down into thewierd forests, whose vast recesses were regaled by no sound ofcivilization—whose quietude was broken only by the howling wolves, or thetreacherous, stealthy tread of         the bear—the subject of this sketch had an excellent opportunity ofwitnessing the improvements, hardships and dangers of the early settlement ofthis locality. Some of the most noted incidents connected with his early lifeand that of his parents will, be found recorded elsewhere in, and form avaluable part of, the history of Delaware County. His         opportunities for education were very limited, and weregenerally confined to about two months during each year, and he was compelledto walk about two miles every day during the sessions. At the age of eighteenyears, having obtained what was then termed a very good business education, heentered the Old Seminary School of Muncie, taught by Profs. Farris and Abbott.This school was attended at that time by many of the staid business andprofessional men now of Muncie. Here he learned the higher branches of education,and at the close of the course returned to his father’s farm. At the age oftwenty-one years, he taught the first school organized in the McKimmeyDistrict, Monroe         Township. Oneof his pupils was Mr. Joel B. McKimmey, the present Sheriff of DelawareCounty.  This was in the year 1850, andduring this term of school he was married to Miss Rhoda A. Perdieu, daughter ofthe Rev. Abner Perdieu, near Muncie. During the same year, he purchased thesplendid tract of land now owned by Mr. John Nichols, in Monroe Township,paying fur it $4 per acre, and, in 1852, removed thereon. Here he resided until1858, clearing up the woodland and laying it out into a beautiful farm, when hesold out to Mr. Nichols, and returned to Salem Township and purchased the farm nowowned by Mr. Thomas W. Luttle. In 1858, he disposed of his land John Eshelman,a well-known German, then in affluence, and purchased the Alredge place, a finefarm in Monroe Township. Here he lived until 1868 (during the war excitement,he befriended and aided the soldiers at every call), when he sold his property,and with his family removed to Laclede, Mo. Soon after locating in Missouri, hebecame convinced that society there, owing to the disruptions caused by thelate war, was not of that character in which he desired to rear and educate hisfamily, and he returned to Muncie where he place his children in school. During the past seven years, Mr. Heath has been engaged inthe real estate and general agency business. Being raised by Methodist parents, and the house of parental ancestorsfor many years being the pleasant haven of the weary itinerant, he early inlife became a         member of thatdenomination, and has never wavered in his religious convictions. At differenttimes during his association with the church, he has been called to the manyofficial positions therein, until he has filled them all. He is now a licensedlocal preacher. ‘He has been a member of the Masonic Fraternity fox twenty-fiveyears, and an ardent         advocate ofthe cause of temperance. In politics he was a Free-Soilor when a young man, butidentified himself with the Republican party soon after its birth, and withmight and main labored for the entire Republican ticket in 1880. The subject ofthis sketch is the father of eight children, seven of whom now live—twodaughters and five sons. John B. Heath, the oldest son, was born October 211851. He was given a good business education, and at the age of nineteen years,entered the office of the Muncie Weekly Telegraph to learn the “artpreservative that of printing at which business he has since confinedhimself.  In the spring of 1877, he waselected a member of the City Council from the Fifth Ward, and, in the spring of1879, was again chosen by the people to represent that precinct in the capacityof Councilman.  He is at presentconnected with the typographical department of the Muncie Daily and WeeklyTimes. Frederick W. Heath, second son of him who heads thisbiography, was born May 5,1854. His education embraced a course in the gradedschools of this city. At the age of fifteen, he engaged in business— groceriesand provisions.   In this he displayedan adaptability to financial management seldom found in one of that age. Threeyears later he was with Mr. Samuel P. Wilson, a well-known businessman, as insuranceagent and broker. When nineteen years old, he entered into a co-partnershipwith Mr. Amos L. Wilson, Delaware County’s present Treasurer elect. Theirbusiness was real estate and note brokerage. By mutual consent they dissolved,six months later, after a successful and pleasant business relation, that Mr.Wilson could give his entire attention to mercantile interests. Mr. Heath atonce formed a co partnership with Mr. Walter Inlow, a well-known farmer. Theirtransactions were profitable to them, and they continued in business togetheruntil about the first of the year 1881, when both, desirous of giving moreattention to individual interests and investments, agreed to a dissolution ofbusiness partnership. Mr. Heath continues the business of the old firm—Heath& Inlow—that of real estate, loans and general brokerage, and of hisbusiness career throughout it may be said that it has been marked with eminentsuccess. Perry S. Heath, the editor and newspaper correspondent, isthe third son of Jacob W. Heath, and was born on the 3lst of August 1857. Hisschool days were marked with that perseverance, industry and advancement thathas characterized his brief career in his profession. He encompassed the studiesof four years, during a two years’ course in the graded schools of Muncie—hisearlier education having been attained the district schools of the countryduring his childhood days on the farm. On the 3d of May 1870, at the age ofthirteen, when almost prepared to enter the academy, preferring from his ownjudgment an education at the printer’s case, preparatory to an ascension up theeditorial tripod, he entered the office of the Muncie Democrat, from which thepresent publication of that title is an outgrowth. His quick perceptibilitiesenabled him to learn with great rapidity, and, at the expiration of his firsttwo years in printerdom, it is said by his brothers in art, that he wasaccounted one of the most valuable, accurate and swift compositors in the city.Industry and close attention to business received its merited reward, with him,and from position to position he was rapidly called—each time to a highersphere—until in the fall of 1817, when he accepted the position ofSuperintendent of the news department of the Logansport Pharos. At Logansporthe was engaged by several of the leading Western journals as a special newscorrespondent, in which capacity he acted with such efficiency that hisservices were soon sought by many of the metropolitan dailies. On the 7th ofDecember 1878, he was engaged by Mr. E. W. Brady, proprietor of the MuncieDaily and Weekly Times, to take charge of the city department of thosewell-known journals, and he has served in the capacity of city editor to thepresent writing. He has also acted as special correspondent for ten of theleading daily newspapers in the West, and during the memorable campaign of1880, their telegraphic          columnskaleidoscoped, morning and evening, with his productions over one hundred thousandwords of the telegraphic matter being written by him during that campaign,besides filling his arduous duties as principal local writer for the MuncieDaily Times. As a journalist his future success is foretold by his past career. Cassie E. Heath, the eldest daughter, was born January l3,1859.  She received an education in theschools of Muncie and the Normal at Danville, Ind., and is a teacher in thecity school at present. Mary A. Heath, the second daughter and fifth child, was bornMay 17, 1862. She graduated from the Muncie High School at the commencement of1880. Fletcher S. Heath, was born December 30,1863. He was aremarkably bright student at school, and would have graduated fron4the MuncieHigh School in June, 1881, at the age of seventeen, had he not entered theMuncie Bank in the summer of 1879, where he is now principal book-keeper.   Cyrus R. Heath, was born September 4 1867.  He is now a student in the schools ofMuncie. Arthur B. W. Heath, the last child of the subject of thissketch, was born December 18, 1811, and died August 18, 1872.          In the book there are pictures of the above-mentioned peoplein this biography.  There is also apicture of there home.  I am not researching these people; I just transcribed this biography from my book. Lora, Jax, Fla