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COOVER W. HEYD, son of Jacob L., was born in Upper Allen township in 1872. He attended the district schools and was graduated from the Mechanicsburg high school in the class of 1886. Learning the machinist trade, he worked at it for ten years in New York State, and then for a short time worked in Harrisburg. In February, 1904, he entered the grain, coal, flour and feed business at Camp Hill, along the Cumberland Valley railroad, where he is doing a fine business with every prospect of a most successful future. He is attentive to his work and most obliging to his customers, and has made many warm friends.

In 1893 Mr. Heyd was united in marriage with Miss Edna May Traub, daughter of John A. and Matilda Traub, of Camp Hill, but formerly of Philadelphia. They have one daughter, Catherine Matilda, born May 31, 1900. Politically, Mr. Heyd is a Republican, while religiously, he and his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Jacob Coover, father of Mrs. Catharine (Coover) Heyd, was born in Cumberland county, near Carlisle, and he followed farming and distilling along the Yellow Breeches creek, in Monaghan township, York county. He married Elizabeth Morrett, daughter of Hatman Morrett, of Cumberland county. He died in York county at the age of sixty-five years, and his wife died at the age of sixty-two years. Their children were: Levi, who died unmarried at Camp Hill, Cumberland county; Susanna, who married Christian Bowman, and died in York county; Michael, who, on March 14, 1904, celebrated his ninety-first birthday in Silver Spring, Cumberland county; Jacob, who died in York county. Pa.; Mary Ann, who died in Camp Hill; Eliza, who passed away in Dillsburg, York county; John, who died in York county; Sarah Ann, who died in Cumberland county; Samuel, living with his sister, Mrs. Heyd; Catharine, who became Mrs. Heyd; and Daniel, who died in York county.