Heiss, Mattias L. D. M.

Born: 1818 Pennsylvania

Died: 1899 Mechanicsburg, Illinois

Flourished: Mechanicsburg, Illinois

Alternate name: Hise, Hiess

Matthias L. D. M. Heiss was a shoemaker. In 1860, he was living near Mechanicsburg, Illinois, and owned real property valued at $200 and had a personal estate of $50. In August 1862, Heiss enlisted as a private in the Seventy-Third Illinois Infantry. He mustered out less than a year later, in July 1863, due to a disability.

Heiss married Susan Snelling in October 1852 and the couple had at least nine children together.

U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Sangamon County, IL, 356; John C. W. Bailey, comp., Sangamon County Gazetteer (Springfield and Chicago: John C. W. Bailey, 1866), 291; Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls , Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, Sangamon County, 14 October 1852, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; U.S. Census Office, Ninth Census of the United States (1870), Sangamon County, IL, 22; U.S. Census Office, Tenth Census of the United States (1880), Enumeration District 231, Sangamon County, IL, 1; Gravestone, Mechanicsburg Cemetery, Mechanicsburg, IL.