John S. Heath (1807–1849) was an American physician and politician who served two terms in the Michigan House of Representatives.
[2] In 1836, he moved from St. Clair to Port Huron, Michigan,[3] and he also owned mills and manufactured lumber at Pointe Aux Barques.
[1] He served as justice of the peace in 1839,[4] as postmaster of Port Huron,[5] as collector of customs,[1] and as sheriff of St. Clair County in 1843 and 1844.
[2] The boat was later found washed ashore 10 to 12 miles up the coast from Lexington, Michigan, with one of its masts missing.
Two of Heath's employees and Peter Shook, the lighthouse keeper at Pointe Aux Barques, on his way to Detroit for supplies, also drowned.