Heaton married four times, first to Gwendolyn Robinson de Alzaga Unzue in 1937.

He married Denise Paule Genest in 1950 and had a son, John Edward Heaton, born in 1951.

At the 1948 games in St. Moritz, Switzerland, he was the American team's flag bearer at the opening ceremonies.

In the late 1920s, Heaton toured the world with friends Billy Fiske (fellow Olympic medalist and World War II hero) and Francis "Frankie" Rhodes (nephew of Cecil Rhodes).

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