Heath

Ephraim Charles Heath, prohibition leader, was born on November 4, 1850, in Heath, Texas, to John O. and Martha Ann (Jones) Heath, who settled the area in 1846. The Heaths were the town's first residents; John Heath was one of the leaders in establishing Rockwall County in 1873. Ephraim Heath was educated in local schools and was valedictorian of the Hartman and Slaughter Academy. In 1878 he opened a mercantile store in Rockwall, which he sold in 1882.