Birth: 18 June 1846 Grafton, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA
Father: Ira Heath 1805-1852
Mother: Clarissa (Clara) Reed [Clay] 1814-1905
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 22 October 1868 Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA
Wife: Mary P Farnum 1846-1875
Marriage: 25 August 1877 Franklin, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA
Wife: Jeanette (Jennnie) Louise Bartlett 1848-1925
Death: 12 March 1933 Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Buried: Either St Augustin Cemetery, Manchester, Hillsborough or Plot 41, Sanborn Cemetery, Franklin, Merrimack both in New Hampshire, USA
By Mary
Alice M Heath 1870
Mary B Heath 1875-1875
By Jennie
Clara Melissa Heath [Reed, Teasdale] 1880-1964
Maude Heath 1883-1894
Sadie Heath [Hill] 1889-1975
In the 1850 census as Ira O Heath aged 3, born in New Hampshire, and living with Ira Heath (father?), Clarissa Heath (mother?), Francis W (brother?), Augusta and Rebecca (sisters?) and Mary Greeley (aged 73 and born in Massachusetts) in Grafton, Grafton, New Hampshire.
His father died in 1852 and his mother married Frederick Clay.
In the 1860 census as Ira O Heath aged 14, born in New Hampshire, no stated employment, and living with Tuppan Fass (aged 51, born in New Hampshire and a farmer of real estate value $2500 and personal value $560) and his wife (Anna aged 58 and born in New Hampshire) in Grafton, Grafton, New Hampshire.
Entry in Ancestry New Hampshire, Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947 for Ira O Heath, aged 22, born in Grafton, Grafton, New Hampshire, parents Ira and Clara, and Mary P Farnum aged 22, born in Salisbury, Merrimack, New Hampshire, parents Hiram and Betsey, on 22 October 1868 in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire.
Entry in Ancestry New Hampshire, Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947 for Ira O Heath aged 22, born in Grafton, New Hampshire, parents Ira and Clara, living in Boscawen, a mill hand, and Mary P Farmun aged 22, born in Salisbury, New Hampshire, parents Hiram and Betsey, living in Salisbury, on 22 October 1868 in Concord.
Ira O Heath is stated to be the father of Alice M Heath born on 1 May 1870 in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire.
In the 1870 census as Ira O Heath aged 23, born in New Hampshire, a worker in a woolen mill, and living with his wife (Mary P) and daughter (Alice M) in Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire.
His wife died in 1875 - his daughter was also born and died in 1875
Entry in Ancestry New Hampshire, Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947 for Ira O heath aged 31, born in Grafton, Grafton, New Hampshire, father Ira Heath, and Jennie L Bartlett aged 29 on 25 August 1877 in Franklin, Merrimack, New Hampshire.
Entry in Ancestry New Hampshire, Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947 for Ira O Heath aged 31, a finisher and born in Grafton, and Jennie L Bartlett aged 29, both of Franklin, on 25 August 1877 in Franklin. It was the groom's second and bride's first marriage.
In the 1880 census as Ira O Heath aged 33, born in New Hampshire, both parents born in New Hampshire, a farmer, and living with his wife (Jennie L), daughter (Alice M), widowed mother (Clara R Clay) and brother (Warren F Heath) in Rumney, Grafton, New Hampshire.
Ira O Heath is stated to be the father of Maude Heath born on 18 November 1883, of Zadie M Heath who died on 16 September 1884, and of Sadie Heath on 11 June 1889, all in Rumney, Grafton, New Hampshire.
Ira O Heath is stated to be the father of Clara M Heath when she married Bert J Reed on 27 April 1899 in Rumney, Grafton, New Hampshire.
In the 1900 census as Ira O Heath aged 53, born in New Hampshire in June 1846, both parents born in New Hampshire, married for 23 years, a farmer, and living with his wife (Jennie L) and daughter (Sadie F) in his own non-mortgaged farm in Rumney, Grafton, New Hampshire.
In the 1910 census as Ira O Heath aged 63, born in New Hampshire in June 1846, both parents born in New Hampshire, married for 33 years, a farmer and employer, and living with his wife (Jane L) and daughter (Sarah F) in his own non-mortgaged farm in Rumney, Grafton, New Hampshire.
There are three entries in Ancestry All U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 for Ira O Heath, a farmer, address Warren, Westboro, Marlborough, Massachusetts in 1913 to 1918.
In the 1920 census as Ira O Heath aged 73, born in New Hampshire, both parents born in New Hampshire, a farmer, and living with his wife (Jennie L), two daughters (Clara M and Sadie F), and granddaughter (Ina L Reed - Clara's daughter) at 6 Warren Street, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts.
His wife died in Westborough in 1925.
There are three entries in Ancestry All U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 for Ira O Heath, a farmer, address Warren, Westboro, Marlborough, Massachusetts in 1921, other occupant Sadie L (daughter?), and 80 South Westboro, Marlborough, Massachusetts in 1925 and 1930.
In the 1930 census as Ira O Heath aged 83, born in New Hampshire, both parents born in New Hampshire, did not attend school but can read and write, first married aged 22, widowed, and living with his two daughters (Clara M Reed and Sadye H Hill) and son-in-law (Harry E Hill) in a rented house $15, with radio at at 80 South Street, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Entry in Ancestry All U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 for Ira O Heath, retired, address 80 South Westboro, Marlborough, Massachusetts in 1931.
Entry in Ancestry Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980 for Ira Orrin Heath died in Westborough in 1933 aged 88.
Entry in Find A Grave for Ira Orrin Heath born 18 June 1846 in Grafton, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA, son of Ira and Clarissa (Reed) Heath, spouses Mary P Farnum Heath (1846-1875) and Jennie L Bartlett Heath (1848), children Mary B Heath (1875-1875) and Zadie Maude Heath (1883-1884), sibling Warren Francis Heath (1845-1894), died on 12 March 1933 in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA on 12 March 1933 and buried in St Augustin Cemetery, Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA. "Ira O. Heath 1846-/Mary P Farnum His Wife/1846-1875/Jennie L Bartlett His Wife/1848-/Their Children/Mary B 1875-1875/Zadie M 1883-1884/Heath". However there is a also a photograph of the identical (in all respects) gravestone, but located in Plot 41, Sanborn Cemetery, Franklin, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA so there is some doubt as to the actual burial place. There is also a headstone in Pine Grove Cemetery, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA containing "Heath/1840 Ira O Heath 1933/Sister?)/1848 Jennie L 1925/1873B B. J. Reed 1931/1894 Oliver L Cooper 1967//His Wife/1900 Ina L Reed 1979"
There are six entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Ira Orrin Heath born in Grafton, Grafton, New Hampshire on 18 June 1846, parents Ira Heath and Clarissa Reed, his marriage to Mary P Farnum in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire in 1868, and two daughters, and to Jane L (Jennie) Bartlett in 1877 and three daughters, and his death in Westborough, Massachusetts on 12 March 1933. There is also an entry for Ira O Heath which adds a son Francis W born a year after Ira!
Entry in RootsWeb WorldConnect for Ira O Heath born in Grafton, Grafton, New Hampshire in 1846, parents Ira and Clara Heath and his marriage to Mary P. Farnum on 22 October 1868 in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire.
Ira Orrin Heath was the father of Clara Melissa Heath, wife of Cornelius Teasdale, husband of Emily Croucher, my grandaunt.
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