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FRED J. HEINS.
Among the most prominent, able and deservedly successful of the younger farmers of Allamakee county is numbered
Fred J. Heins, who owns and operates a fine property of one hundred and fifty acres in Post township. He was born
in Grand Meadow township, Clayton county, Iowa, October 5, 1884, and is a son of Fred and Dora (Schultz) Heins,
natives of Germany, the former born in Hanover, September 15, 1847, and the latter in Mecklenburg, May 30, 1851.
In his early manhood the father crossed the Atlantic to America and settled immediately in Clayton county, Iowa,
where he purchased land. When he disposed of his interests in that section he removed to Allamakee county and here
in 1890 he bought the farm upon which the subject of this review now resides, devoting all of his attention to
its improvement and development until his death, which occurred on the 3ist of December, 1900. He and his wife
became the parents of seven children, of whom the subject of this review is the sixth in the order of birth.
Fred J. Heins was reared in Clayton county and acquired his education in the district schools. In his childhood
he divided his time between his studies and work upon his homestead and when he was twenty one assumed entire management
of his father's farm, having since ably carried forward the work of development and owning today one of the best
managed and most valuable properties in the locality. He has one hundred and fifty acres of improved land and in
addition to the work of the fields engages extensively in stock raising and dairying, disposing of his cream to
the Cooperative Creamery Company, of Postville, in which he is a large stockholder. He is connected also with the
Farmers Cooperative Mercantile Company and the Postville Canning factory and is well known in that city as a thoroughly
reliable, straightforward and progressive business man.
Mr. Heins married, on the 27th of February, 1906, Miss Anna Neuhring, who was born in Grand Meadow township, Clayton
county, July i6, 1887. She is a daughter of Dietrich and Louise (Fischer) Neuhring, natives of Germany, who after
their marriage came to America, locating first in Clayton county. There the father engaged in fanning in the employ
of others for a number of years, later renting land and finally purchasing a farm, which he continued to develop
and improve until he retired from active business life. He is now a resident of Postville. Mr. and Mrs. Heins became
the parents of four children: Edna, who was born on the 3d of May, 1907; Harland, born November 8, 1908; a twin
to Harland who died in infancy; and Aurelia, born January 7, 1913.
Mr. Heins gives his political allegiance to the democratic party and is now a member of the school board, being
actively interested in educational affairs. He is still a young man but has already left his impress upon the agricultural
development of this section of Iowa, and he possesses in his energetic, progressive and enterprising spirit a guarantee
of continued progress in his chosen field.
From:
Past and Present of Allamakee County, Iowa
A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievemant
By: Ellery M. Hancock
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.
Chiago 1913
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