David Preston Heck

David Preston was born in 1826 in , , Virginia.  David Preston's father was Jacob Heck and his mother was Barbara Kilmer.  His paternal grandparents were Daniel David Heck and Susannah Zellman. He had eight brothers and two sisters, named Jesse, John W., George Washington, James, Adam Stewart, Jacob, Lafayette, Lloyd, Martha and Sarah.  He was the fourth oldest of the eleven children.