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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 8/27/1925
Party Affiliation: Republican
Assemblies Served:
House: 17 (1878)
Home County: Jefferson
John Heron
Jefferson County

JOHN HERON was born in Clinton County, Pennsylvania, October 24, 1840, and died at Lockridge, Jefferson County, Iowa, August 27, 1925. His parents were David and Janet Heron, who removed with their family to near Lockridge in 1857. In August, 1861, John served in the Coalport Home Guards, a local company which assisted in checking attempted invasions of Confederates from Missouri. He enlisted in Company E, Second Iowa Infantry, September 8, 1861, and was mustered out September 7, 1864, at the end of his service. In 1879 he was elected representative and served in the Seventeenth General Assembly.

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House District 4
Committees
17th GA (1878)
Legislation Sponsored
17th GA (1878)