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HISTORY OF DALLAS COUNTY.
in 1868. She married Edward Turner and
now resides at Oak Cliff, her husband occupy
ing a position in the clerk's office at that
place.
October 7, 1875, Mr. Heffington married
Miss Susan A. Drake, daughter of George
and Mary (Carson) Drake. Her parents
came to Texas in 1857, and passed the remainder
of their lives here, her father dying
in 1869 and her mother in 1887. Following
are the names of the children born to Mr.
and Mrs. Heffington: James C., born April
30, 1881; John H., September 15, 1882;
George E., March 19, 1885; Leonidas S.,
INovember 22, 1886; and Mary F., August
27, 1888. All are living except one.
Mr. Heffington and his wife are members
of the Baptist Church, and lie is a member
of the A. F. P. B., the subjectof this sketch; Mary
Dorsey, deceased in 1880, aged forty-five
years, wife of Dr. Louis Craig, of Plainfield,
New Jersey, also deceased, their children
being William Drummond and George Hunt;
Albert G., a resident of Lexington, Kentucky,
who has served for sixteen years as
Clerk of his county, being possessed of excellent
business qualifications; he married
Miss Mollie A. Craig, and they have five
children, Kittie, Henrietta, Mary C., Drummond
and Albert G. G. Drummond, the
youngest brother, enlisted in the summer of
1861, in the late war, and was elected Adjutant
of the Third Kentucky Infantry, of Federals.
He served until November 23, 1863,
when he was mortally wounded at the battle
of Missionary Ridge, dying three days later.
He was shot from his horse, while carrying
the flag and leading the charge of his regiment,
at a distance of twenty yards from
Bragg's headquarters. He was a young man
of great promise, and was educated at Prince-
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Lewis Publishing Company. Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas., book, 1892; Chicago, Illinois. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20932/m1/516/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.