Then for three years she added but 1 a year.

At the time of the death of the second wife 12 of the 32 children had died.

The 20 that were left did not appear to be any obstacle to a young widow with one child consenting to become the third wife of the jolly little man, for he was known as one of the happiest and most genial of men, although it kept him toiling like a slave to keep a score of mouths in bread.

The third Mrs.Heffner became the mother of 9 children in ten years, and the contentment and happiness of the couple were proverbial.

One day, in the fall of 1885, the father of the 41 children was crossing a railroad track and was run down by a locomotive and instantly killed.