James W. Heller (1842-1888), second child and second son of Samuel, was born in Plainfield township. When a boy he clerked in a general store. When seventeen years of age he enlisted in Company D, 129th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. Shortly after being mustered out of the service he married Anna M. Heckman (1847- 1912), daughter of Johnn and Louisa Kemmerer Heckman, of Nazareth. Prior to his marriage he had entered into the general merchandising business for himself at Bath, where his was the principal business establishment. He was also interested, in partnership with several others, in several slate quarries in the Chapman slate region. James W. and his wife Anna M. are buried in Greenmound Cemetery at Bath.