Uriah B. Heavner, a contractor of this city, was born in North Carolina in 1847, and is the son of Teater and Elizabeth Heavner, who are also natives of North Carolina. The father was a mechanic by trade, and died in 1885. The parents had nine children born to their union, four of whom are still living. At the age of twenty our subject went to Mississippi, and in 1872 married Miss Sue Long, of Paris, Tenn., and daughter of Antony Long. She was born in Kentucky about 1848, and is the mother of two children - Reuben and Maggie. In 1875 he came to this city, and has been engaged in carpentering and contracting up to the present time, and is a first-class architect. His wife is a member of the Methodist Church and he of the Baptist. He is a Democrat and member of the Masonic order.

Goodspeeds History of Tennessee