AN IMMENSE FAMILY.
John Heffnerya ragpicker of Beading, Pa.V Wgtitfrtt* vras kitfcd~recenTty hj a ftbinUtfra -He limeelf is- tl.e auilMtf of the sUletiieht tW-he-w^s thesfalhlr of fc#y- *TT9i?Jv Wre Pv: tP?tosl* f »aW> i»irr, bump-Jtacked,, jbrk- skinned man, and was borti'nf GeiMri^ s ' At 25 he married hiafirrft^ifeui-Geirai»ay t i^ie lived eight year?, _aq ; d, ia ti|^ time beoameme mother oi sevfenteen children — twias. .twice, triplets four . times, and a single' child: y H^ 'ehiplr jfVd 1 a '' youog woman to take charge ot.th^. brppd of geventc^n Tittle o^dfei, 'iincr in' 1 8^ she became, his wife. In doe time ; ib^otyt;of fi'f^n children,' and died tfl i : 857l f - 'iwielv«e : af the little ones- dMrl^ : g^ fffiCt^ l;^^'l? Sfiiikejft Jbrcitgbt ibfiwdttiA mericd;j arid : iiii iBsB>mwpied%ir4hi td-^ife, a- tWdbw with oto^SWMi 2 "Wd'jimP if n mvpfejj WXwbpm , (MS . JWi&lnridgji.,iUe seemed to enjoy himsel^^aiild'Vent through l&tfJ^a^SWf* happy and contented. Er was unable to s*ve much money. We should, think bo.l
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 21, 22 December 1883, Page 3
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158AN IMMENSE FAMILY. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 21, 22 December 1883, Page 3
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