Heck, Tilford Barclay, 1823-1890
Biographical Note
Tilford Barclay Heck was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, in 1823. In 1850, he married Estellina M. Boyd in Arbemarle County, Virginia. The pair had seven children. Heck worked as a carpenter from early adulthood. In 1861, Heck enlisted in the Confederate army in Rockbridge County. After the Civil War, Heck returned to Lexington and continued to work as a carpenter. He died in 1890 and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia.
Sources:
United States Censuses for 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880
Virginia Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850. Ancestry Database.
“Heck, Tilford B.” National Park Service Soldiers and Sailors Database. Accessed December 6, 2022. https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=714112A7-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A.
“Tilford Barclay Heck.” Find A Grave. Accessed December 6, 2022. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120746201/tilford-barclay-heck.
"Telford B. Heck" [sic], Dodd, Jordan R., Et Al.; Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850; Publication Place: Bountiful, UT, USA; Publisher: Precision Indexing Publishers. In Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/136049:3723.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
T. B. Heck & A. D. Elliott Broadside
This collection includes a broadside from the Lexington (Virginia) Gazette in 1865, advertising T. B. Heck & A. D. Elliott, "Cabinet Making and Undertaking", which also sold coffins and would barter with customers for goods.