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38 MAY I. CHAMBERLAIN born 1862 and after graduating from the Muncie high school she took a course in musical conservatory of Cincinnati where she developed into a very fine contralto singer which made her in great demand for several years after. She was married 1902 to Dr. L. H. Chamberlain, a dentist of Albuquerque, N. M. where they at present reside.

Delaware County Marriage Index
Heath, Mary A. married Lewis H. Chamberun 29 Jan 1902 C14-186

History of Delaware Co., 1881, by Thomas B. Helm
Mary A. Heath, the second daughter and fifth child of Jacob W. Heath, was born May 17, 1862. She graduated from the Muncie High School at the commencement of 1880.

38 FLETCHER S. HEATH born 1863 graduated from the Muncie high school after which he learned the banking business with the Claypools of Muncie beginning by taking care of the Banker's horse, next sweeping out the bank and on up to the supervision of two banks at Oxford and Hamilton, Ohio after which he was vice president of the 7th National Bank of Wall Street, N. Y. In 1897 he married Elizabeth McCulloch and at present is in the Auditorium Annex of Chicago.

History of Delaware Co., 1881, by Thomas B. Helm
Fletcher S. Heath, was born December 30, 1863. He was a remarkably bright student at school, and would have graduated from the Muncie High School in June, 1881, at the age of seventeen, had he not entered the Muncie Bank in the summer of 1879, where he is now principal bookkeeper.

38 CYRUS R. HEATH born 1867 and was engaged in the newspaper business for several years in Muncie. Married 1901 to Kate Bray. At present he is the president of a natural gas Company at Noblesville, Ind.

History of Delaware Co., 1881, by Thomas B. Helm
Cyrus R. Heath, was born September 4, 1867. He is now a student in the schools of Muncie.

History of Hamilton Co., IN by John F. Haines 1915
Cyrus R. Heath, the vice-president of the Indiana Gas Light Company, was born September 4, 1867, on a farm in Delaware County, Indiana, near Muncie. His parents, Rev. Jacob W. and Rhoda (Purdue) Heath, were pioneer settlers of Delaware county. Rev. Jacob W. Heath was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal church. He and his wife are both deceased. Cyrus R. Heath was reared in Muncie, Indiana, and attended the public schools of that city. He left school before completing the high school course and began clerking in a book store in Muncie. He worked in the book store for several years and then became interested in the newspaper business in Muncie, eventually becoming editor and proprietor of the Muncie Daily News, a strong Republican paper, and one which did a great deal of good for the building up of the city and county...As editor of this paper, Mr. Heath became favorably known throughout Indiana...In 1900 Mr. Heath sold his newspaper and came to Noblesville as president of the Noblesville Gas and Improvement Company...Mr. Heath was married November 9, 1900, to Catherine L. Bray, daughter of John L. and Caroline (Thompson) Bray. John L. Bray was a prominent farmer and one of the largest land holders in Hamilton county, at the time he was killed in a Monon railroad accident in 1885. Mr and Mrs. Heath have two daughters and one son, Phoebe Anna, Mary Catherine and Cyrus Ralph, Jr. The Republican party has claimed the support of Mr. Heath and he has naturally been a prominent figure in politics, owing to his former connection with the newspaper business. While living in Muncie he served two terms as police commissioner by appointment of Governor James A. Mount. He was never an aspirant for any public office and filled this office only at the earnest solicitation of the governor. Since coming to Noblesville he has served as Republican city chairman and has been a frequent delegate to the county, district and state conventions. Fraternally, he is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and has attained to the thirty-second degree in that order. He is also a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, the same denomination in which his father served so faithfully for many years. His wife is a loyal member of the Friends church. The family home is one of the most beautiful in Noblesville and is located at the corner of Ninth and Hannibal streets.

Noblesville Daily Ledger - August 25, 1919
Cyrus R. Heath PASSED AWAY AT NOON SUNDAY
Sick About Two Weeks With A Complication of Troubles
PROMINENT IN BUSINESS WORLD
Was Identified with Newspaper and Gas Business and Active in Politics
Cyrus R. Heath, after an illness of a little over two weeks died at his residence on S. 9th street at noon Sunday, at the age of fifty-two. He is survived by the widow and two daughters, Phoebe and Mary, and one son Ralph. He was a brother of Perry S. Heath, who was First Assistant Postmaster General under President McKinley and who is now in Japan on a tour of the world; Fletcher Heath, of Columbus, Ohio, who sailed only last Monday for Europe; Fred Heath and Mrs. B. C. Bowman, of Muncie and John Heath, of Indianapolis. While the end came as a great shock to his family and friends it was not a surprise. He first became afflicted with colitis and bowel trouble...Mr. Heath was born September 4, 1867, on a farm in Delaware County, near Muncie. his parents, Rev. Jacob Heath and wife, were pioneer settlers of that section of Indiana. Rev Heath was a minister in the Methodist church. The deceased was reared in Muncie and attended the public schools in that city. He left school before completing the high school course and began clerking in a book store in Muncie. He worked in this store several years and then became interested in the newspaper business in that city, eventually becoming editor and owner of the Muncie Daily News, a strong republican paper which wielded a broad influence in the northeastern part of the state. As editor of the News, Mr. Heath became well known in newspaper circles of Indiana...In 1900 he sold his newspaper and came to Noblesville as president of the Noblesville Gas and Improvement Company. In 1912 this company sold its franchise and belongings to the Indiana Gas Light Company, Mr. Heath becoming vice-president of the corporation which position he held at the time of his death....Mr. Heath was married on November 9, 1900 to Katherine Bray, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Bray, of this county. Four children were born to them. Little John died while very small....

September 12, 1927
WINS FELLOWSHIP

Miss Phoebe Heath
Miss Phoebe Heath daughter of Mrs. C. R. Heath, near Noblesville, will leave Oct 1 for France, where she will study for a year at Toulouse. Miss Heath was graduated from Vassar college last June and received the Belle Skinner fellowship for a year's study of French History. This is the first year for the fellowship to be given by Miss Skinner and this went to Miss Heath because of thorough equipment in the study of French and history. She was chosen from a group of other students by members of the Vassar faculty...Miss Heath was graduated from Tudor Hall and was Phi Betta Kappa student at Vasar. She will be accompanied in France by her sister Mary, who will study in Lycee.

June 12, 1928
Hamilton County's "Who's Who"

Miss Mary Heath
One of the few Noblesville girls who has been privileged to study abroad is Miss Mary Heath daughter of Mrs. C. R. Heath, who is now in Toulouse, France, studying French and music. Her mother and sister, Phoebe, are with her, the latter also studying and she will soon be joined by her brother, Ralph, who has planned to sail June 28. Miss Mary is an accomplished young lady and her present plans are to finish all of her advanced work abroad. She was born in this city, being a daughter of C. R. Heath, who was one of the principal owners and the manager of the local gas company for many years. She went through the grades of the Noblesville schools and spent two years in the Tudor Hall school of Indianapolis. The remaining two years of her high school work were spent in the Academy of the Indiana Seventh Day Adventists at Cicero, her mother at that time, living in their summer home east of Cicero. Following the completion of her school work there she became a student in the girls school at Elmhurst at Connersville, from which institution she graduated. She went to France last fall and has been there ever since and according to letters which her friends are receiving from her, she is succeeding well in her special studies.

November 17, 1961
Catherine Heath Dies at Age 90 in South Africa
Mrs. Catherine L. (Bray) Heath passed away Friday in Pretoria, South Africa, where she had been making her home with a daughter. She was 90 years old. A native of Hamilton County, she was a lifelong resident of Westfield and Noblesville until she moved to South Africa two years ago. Mrs. Heath was one of the first public school kindergarten teachers in Indiana and taught at Madam Blakely's School, now part of Butler University. The deceased was born April 23, 1871, daughter of John and Caroline Bray. She was a lifelong member of the Friends Church. Mr. Heath succumbed in 1919. Funeral services will be held in the Presbyterian Church in Pretoria Monday, Nov. 20. The American Ambassador to South Africa will officiate. Cremation will follow. Survivors are the daughter with whom she lived, Mrs. Herman M. Stoker; another daughter, Mrs. Mary Fincher, Breckenridge, Texas; a son, Ralph C. Heath, Winston-Salem, N.C.; and seven grandchildren.

June 1990
Ralph Cyrus Heath, 81, Little Switzerland, N.C., died Wednesday, June 6, at his home. Born March 7, 1909, in Noblesville, he was the son of Cyrus and Katherine (Bray) Heath. A long-time resident of Noblesville, he was a graduate of Park Tudor School, Princeton University and Indiana University graduate school. He was a retired Air Force colonel and a retired professor at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. He was a member of the Friends Church in Noblesville. Services were conducted Sunday,June 10, in Little Switzerland. Burial will be in Crownland Cemetery in Noblesville. He is survived by his wife, Zala (Fink) Heath of Little Switzerland, a daughter, Jane McMullen of Bakersville, N.C.; and a granddaughter.

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