Robert Douglas Heaton

Robert Douglas Heaton was born in Raven Run, Schuylkill County, Pa., July 1, 1873, the son of William and Emily Heaton.  He moved to Ashland, Pa., with his parents, 1886; attended the common schools; the Canandaigua Academy (Canandaigua, N.Y.); the New York Military Academy at Cornwall on the Hudson, N.Y., and the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia.  Robert pursued a successful business career and served in Congress, 1915-1919; elected to the state Senate, 1919-1932; resumed his former business activities; was a member of the board of trustees of the Ashland State Hospital; died at Ashland, Pa., June 11, 1933; interment in the family cemetery at Mauch Chunk, Pa.
 
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