Alvin Heiser[1]
1886 - 1971 (85 years)-
Name Alvin Heiser Birth 9 Jan 1886 Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL - Deer Creek, IL
Gender Male Baptism 11 Jun 1905 Champaign Co., IL [2] - East Bend Mennonite Church by Peter Zehr
Death 9 Feb 1971 Champaign Co., IL [3] - Burnham City Hospital
Burial 11 Feb 1971 Fisher, Champaign Co., IL [3] - East Bend Mennonite Cemetery
Person ID I2738 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 2 Jan 2019
Father Jacob Heiser, b. 22 Apr 1856, Tazewell Co., IL d. 19 Feb 1923, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL (Age 66 years) Mother Elizabeth Bachman, b. 15 Jun 1862, Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL d. 26 Dec 1923, Jacksonville, IL (Age 61 years) Marriage 20 Feb 1883 [3, 4, 5] Family ID F173 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth Amelia (Molly) Birky, b. 18 Mar 1892, Tazewell Co., IL d. 14 Nov 1971, Champaign, Champaign Co., IL (Age 79 years) Marriage 5 Jan 1910 Children 1. Alice Marie Heiser, b. 8 Jan 1911, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL d. 21 Jul 1984, Gibson City, Ford Co., IL (Age 73 years) 2. Inez Josephine Heiser, b. 6 Sep 1913, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL d. 21 Mar 2009, Gibson City, Ford Co., IL (Age 95 years) 3. Clara Elizabeth Heiser, b. 17 Jan 1919, Dewey, Champaign Co., IL d. 22 Oct 1972, Dewey, Champaign Co., IL (Age 53 years) Family ID F1978 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 19 Mar 2001
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Event Map Birth - 9 Jan 1886 - Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Baptism - 11 Jun 1905 - Champaign Co., IL Death - 9 Feb 1971 - Champaign Co., IL Burial - 11 Feb 1971 - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Obit:
Heiser.- Alvin, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Bachman) Heiser, was born at Deer Creek, Ill., Jan. 9, 1886; died of heart failure at the Burham Hospital, Champaign, Ill., Feb. 9, 1971; aged 85 y. 1 m. On Jan. 5, 1910, he was married to Elizabeth Birky, who survives. Also surviving are 3 daughters (Alice-Mrs. Hubert King, Inez-Mrs. Maurice Schaer, and Clara-Mrs. Clarence Eichelberger), 6 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, 4 brothers (Sam, Jacob, Jesse, and Roy), and 2 sisters (Esther--Mrs. Harvey Ingold and Lizzie-Mrs. Alvin Birkey). He was a member of the East Bend Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held Feb. 11, in charge of Irvin Nussbaum and Don Heiser, interment in East Bend Memorial Gardens.
Living on the banks of the Sangamon River near the Alvin Heiser home/farm were a family of native Americans with the name Hilsbury. They were quiet and lived to themselves in the timber--this would be in the early 1900s. At least one of the men worked for Alvin on occasion and often Alvin and Lizzie would give them food or clothing as needed. One day they just disappeared and no one ever heard from them again.
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Sources - [S6] Page 3, Ella Wagler Oyer, Christian and Catherine (Ulerich) Wagler, Tazewell Settlers.
- [S225] Peter Zehr, East Bend Mennonite Church Records.
- [S11] Obituaries of Individuals.
- [S6] Page 3, Ella Wagler Oyer, Christian and Catherine (Ulerich) Wagler, Tazewell Settlers, Marriage date given as 4 Dec 1882.
- [S981] Mary Ann Heiser Yost and Gerald Heiser, The Store, Gives year as 1882.
- [S6] Page 3, Ella Wagler Oyer, Christian and Catherine (Ulerich) Wagler, Tazewell Settlers.