Sometime after their marriage in 1897, William Carl and Mary (Rambow) Heiden lived on a rented place near where Dixon Road converges with South Custer Road. Their first three children, Edna (Heiden) Berns, Carl Heiden and Leo Heiden attended the one-room King School located a short distance away on the south side of South Custer Road.

Shown above is how the location looks in 2020 from the road side. It is difficult to see if the original school was converted into a house or, more likely, it was torn down and replaced by a new structure in the last century or so.

The map shows a plot of land with William Heiden shown as the owner. We have not been able to come up with any information about him owning property at this location. He and Mary lived there for about 12 years after they were married and he purchased the farm at 8861 Dixon Road on his 35 birthday, April 1, 1909.  This was a 76 acre farm laid out in the old French style of having long, narrow properties with access to the River Raisin.