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HEYD. For nearly a century and a half the family of Heyd has been established in this part of Pennsylvania. In 1760 George Heyd emigrated from Germany and first settled in Lancaster county, moving thence to York county, and finally locating in Cumberland county, where he died and was buried.

George Heyd (2), son of George, was born in Lancaster county, and in childhood accompanied his parents to York county. After six years there he came to Cumberland county, which was his home for more than fifty years. He married Leah Grass, daughter of Jacob Grass, of Adams county. His death occurred in Mechanicsburg in 1876, when he was aged eighty-two years. His children were: Jacob L.; H. G., of Mechanicsburg; George W., of the Baltimore Conference; E. D., of Illinois; Elizabeth, widow of Henry Krall; Rebecca, wife of Michael Myers, of Carlisle; and Mary, wife of Jacob P. Brandt, of Mechanicsburg.

Jacob L. Heyd, son of George (2), was born in Upper Allen township, Cumberland county, in 1832. He emained at home with his father until the time of his marriage, which occurred when he was twenty-three. For three years he cultivated his father’s farm, and then moved to his father-in-law’s farm in York county, where he lived for a like period, at the end of that time purchasing a small farm in Upper Allen township, Cumberland county, whither he removed. There he made his home for fifteen years, selling it in 1877 to buy the fine 100-acre farm on which he lived until his death, June 29, 1902. He spent both time and money to make his home one of the best, as well as one of the most attractive, in the county. He married Catharine Coover, daughter of Jacob Coover, of near Dillsburg, York county, and she still resides at the home in Camp Hill. Of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob L. Heyd two sons are living: Clinton G., who married Emily Thompson, and lives in Camp Hill, has three children, Luther K., Thompson J. and Martha Catherine. Coover W. is mentioned below. Those deceased are: Laura, Calvin and John W., all of whom died when quite young in Upper Allen township. Jacob L. Heyd served in a number of local offices, along them being justice of the peace and school director, and he was active in the movement to make Camp Hill a borough, that the children might have first-class school facilities. Both he and his wife belonged to the Mechanicsburg Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mrs. Heyd is still actively interested in all church work. She is a kind and sympathetic friend to those in trouble, and is greatly beloved by all who know her.