THE FATHER OF FORTY-TWO CHILDREN.
John Heffner, a ragpicker, ofßeading, Pa., aged 68, was killed recently by a locomotive.. He himself is the authority of the statement that he was the father of forty-two children. He was a small, w i,y hump-backed, dark-skinned man, and was born in Germany. At 25 he
nlsrridcijiis firstjwl/fl iri 06rminy. She lived eight years, and iii that time became the mother of seventeen children—twins twice, triplets four times, nnd a single child. He employed a young woman to take charge of the hrood of seventeen little ones, and in 1849 she became his wit'e. In due time she became the mother of fifteen children, and died in 1857. Twelve of the little ones died; leaving twenty in the brood. He then brought them to America, and in 1858 married his third wife, a widow with one child. She bore him ten children, making forty-two in nil, a small number of whom arc now living. He seemed to enjoy himself, and went through life happy and contended. He was unable to fuve much money. —Detroit Free Press.
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Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1128, 21 December 1883, Page 3
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