Portrait & Biographical Record of Montgomery, Parke & Fountain Counties, Indiana p 687 (Chapman Brothers, 1893) -- Abram HEATH, proprietor of a good farm on Section 19, Wayne Township, Montgomery County, was born in 1820 in Butler County, Ohio. He is a son of William Heath, who was born May 15, 1794, in the state of Maryland, one of the soldiers in the War of 1812. He came to Indiana as early as 1823, and was one of the pioneer settlers of Montgomery County, securing land from the Government, which is now in the possession of our subject. He and his wife were the parents of 3 children: Mary, the eldest, the widow of William MUNNS who was a farmer in this township until his death; ANnie, who was born in Butler Co, in 1817, married Joseph CLIFTON and died in Kansas in 1892 and Abram. Abram Heath was reared amid pioneer environments on a farm in the days when this part of the country was a howling wilderness, whose primeval forests were still haunted by the red men and his legitimate prey -- the wild game that was so abundant in years gone by. Mr. Heath, having thus been present in the opening years of the settlement of Montgomery County, may be said to have grown with its growth and is today one of its thriving agriculturists. An account of those boyhood days in the dim past would add greatly to the interest of this biography, did space permit its insertion. He had many a hard struggle to obtain a good start in life, and in the year of his marriage settled permanently on the old homestead of his father. He has made his calling profitable and has a farm that compares favorably in point of improvements and tillage with the best in the vicinity. In 1842 (12-22-1842 Montgomery County) Mr. Heath took unto himself a wife in the person of Salome, daughter of Dennis and Margaret BALL, in whom he has found a loving companion and a helper in his work. Five children have blessed their marriage, as follows: Mary Ann, the eldest, born in 1843; William D, who was born in 1845 and married Sarah ELLIS; Margaret who was born in 1847, and married TJ SIMPSON; Joh H, who was born in 1851 and married Emma Allen; and Rachie, who was born in 1858 and died 1886. In politics Mr. Health is a member of the Democratic party. He belongs to that useful organization the Horse Thief Detective Association, of which he is one of the founders. He has been Trustee of the township and has awlays displayed commendable zeal in forwarding the best interests of the place where he has so long made his home. Religiously, both he and his wife are communicants of the Christian Union Church and give without stint of their means to its support.