Thomas Hefty

1843 - 1916  (72 years)

• Gender	Male
  Cause of Death	Organic Heart Disease  [1]
  Medical Notes	Thomas claims he contracted piles and rhumatism while on duty during the Civil War in Chattanooga, TN because he had to lie on wet ground. He never saw a doctor for either atthe time “becaus I thought i wout get over it and never spoke with him in regurt to it”  [2]
  Birth	26 November 1843	Switzerland   [1, 3]
  Immigration	1851
  Naturalization	before 1900
  Cemetery	Sutton Cemetery
  Death Notice	Clinton Republican 1916 THOMAS HEFTY Died Suddenly of Heart Disease Friday--Cival War Veteran After arising, looking after his horse and chickens and eating his breakfast as usual, Thomas Hefy died suddenly of heart trouble at his home on Euclid avenue, Tuesday morning. With a complaint of being tired, he sat down in a chair and was found dead by his wife a few minutes later. Thomas Hefty was born in Switzerland in 1841, and came to New York city with his parents and several brothers and sisters when he was 11 years of age. In his early manhood he was employed as a painter in New York, later going to Indiana to take up farming. He was married there in 1850 to Miss Jalana Brand, to whom six children were born. He Joined the 29th Indiana regiment and fought in the civil war as a private soldier for two years. He came to Michigan about thirty-three years ago, settling on a farm in Gratiot county, ten miles north of St. Johns. About fourteen years ago he moved to St. Johns and a few years later his wife died. In 1906 he was united in marriage to Mrs. Rhoda Walker, who survives him. His six children survive him: Mrs. Lucinda Phippany of Greenbush; William of Greenbush; Mrs. Lizzie Walker of Pompeii; John of Duplain; Mrs. Ella Jones of Ovid township Mrs. Maud Foster of Gratiot county; also twenty grandchildren and two brothers, William of Hicksville, Ohio and John of Auburn, Ind. He was a Canton member of the St. Johns Lodge of oddfellows. The funeral services will be held at the home on Friday at 1 o’clock. Rev. C. W. Ballon of the United Brethren church will officiate. Burial will be made in the Sutton cemetery in Gratiot county.
  Residence(s)	1841: Switzerland 1852: New York 1864-66: Waterloo, DeKalb Co., Indiana 1868: purchased land from Edward Campbell in Smithfield Twp., DeKalb Co., Indiana 1870-1879: Smithfield, DeKalb Co., Indiana 1879-1894: NW1/4 of SW1/4 of Section 20, Bridgeville, Washington twp., Gratiot Co., Michigan 1900-10: 306 Euclid Ave, St. John’s, Clinton Co., Michigan 1916: 506 Euclid Ave, St Johns, Clinton Co., MI  [1, 2, 4, 5]
  Death	18 April 1916	St. Johns, Bingham Twp., Clinton Co., Michigan, USA   [1, 6]
  Burial	21 April 1916	Gratiot Co., Michigan, USA   [1]
  Headstones	Submit Headstone Photo
  Person ID	I9009	Angus Saline's Genealogy
  Last Modified	27 April 2013

  
  

  Father	Peter Hefty           b. about 1820, Switzerland
  Mother	Margaret Yennie           b. about 1820, Switzerland
  Family ID	F6321	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family/Spouse 1	Jolana Brand           b. 11 April 1841, Indiana, USA           d. 27 December 1899, St. John’s, Clinton Co., Michigan, USA (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	15 March 1866	DeKalb, DeKalb Co., Indiana, USA   [7]
  Wedding Details	married by John Potts
  Children	1. Lucinda Margaret Hefty           b. 19 September 1867, Indiana, USA   2. William Henry Hefty           b. 21 February 1870, Indiana, USA           d. 8 April 1939, St. Johns, Bingham Twp., Clinton Co., Michigan, USA (Age 69 years)   3. Mary Elizabeth Hefty           b. 18 June 1872, Michigan, USA           d. 31 December 1946, Washington, Gratiot Co., Michigan, USA (Age 74 years) + 4. John Robert Hefty           b. 4 October 1874, Indiana, USA           d. 22 August 1943, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, USA (Age 68 years)   5. Thomas Hefty, Jr.           b. 5 June 1877             d. before 1897 (Age < 19 years)   6. Ella May Hefty           b. 8 May 1881, Gratiot Co., Michigan, USA   7. Maude Christina Hefty           b. 11 February 1887, Michigan, USA           d. 1979 (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F6267	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family/Spouse 2	Rhoda Jane Davis           b. about 1845, Riley twp., Clinton Co., Michigan, USA           d. 1916 (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	26 March 1901	Bengal twp., Clinton Co., Michigan, USA   [8]
  Wedding Details	married by Rev. Eli Good  [8]
  Family ID	F6448	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  has an aunt Elizabeth Yenny, b. Dec 1811 in Switzerland. She lived with Thomas and Jolana in 1870, 1880 and 1900. Elizabeth died 29 Aug 1906 in Bingham, Clinton Co., Michigan as Elizabeth Yeoman. Her father’s name was Thomas Hefty. Thomas is listed in the 1894 Census of the State of Michigan, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, Volume III. Thomas stated his birth date was 3 Nov 1843 on Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions form 3-389. Grave Information: Collier Cemetery Records, 1998, Single Pink 52, p. 17 or Elba, Washington, Hamilton Cems thru 1937, Single Pink 30-Wallbin, p. 17. [9]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2315] . [S2369] . [S2461] (Sunset Press and Photo Engraving Co., San Francisco, California: 1903), 3 Nov 1843. [S2291] . [S2662] . [S2526] Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861-1900. [S1] . [S2370] . [S2621] Gratiot County Historical & Genealogical Society, GCHGS Index.