Marshall County KS Archives Biographies.....Dean, Aubrey R. November 12, 1876 - 
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Author: Emma E. Forter

GEORGE HEISERMAN.

    George Heiserman, one of the well-known and successful farmers and stockmen
of Balderson township, Marshall county, was born in the state of Illinois on
December 12, 1866, the son of Fred and Mary (Hund) Heiserman.

    Fred Heiserman was born in Germany on January 25, 1834, and received his
education in the schools of his native land and there grew to manhood .and
engaged in farm work. At the age of twenty-one years, he decided to come to
America, where he felt that he might obtain a home for himself. • In 1855, after
a long and stormy voyage he landed at the port of New York, among strangers and
without financial support. He at once continued his journey to Illinois, where
he worked for some years as a farm hand. Here he was married to Mary Hund, who
was born in 1847 and died in 1909. Soon after their marriage they came to Kansas
with horses and wagon, and homesteaded eighty acres of land in Balderson
township, Marshall county. This place was later developed and improved and in
time was increased to two hundred and forty acres.

    To Fred and Mary Heiserman were born the following children : Henry, a
resident of Liberty, Nebraska; William, a resident of Oklahoma; Jacob, of Norton
county, Kansas; William; John, now of Oklahoma; Fred, a resident of Smith
county; Edd, a farmer of Balderson township; Charles, a farmer of Richland
township; Albert, on the home farm; Walter, a farmer of Marshall county; Anna,
the wife of Ed. Ringen, of Richland township; Rosa, the wife of William Ringen,
and Lillie, the wife of John Wagner, of Rich-land township. Mr. and Mrs.
Heiserman always took much interest in the services of the Lutheran church and
were ever held in high regard in their home community. Mr. Heiserman is
identified with the Democratic party and has always taken much interest in local
affairs, and has had much to do with the civic life of the township.

    George Heiserman received his education in the public schools and grew to
manhood on the home farm, where as a lad he assisted with the work on the farm.
He remained at home until he was twenty-two years of age, after which he
operated a well-drilling machine for a time and was later engaged in a butcher
shop at Liberty, Nebraska. He then returned to his old home and helped his
father with the fall crops, harvesting the grain that he had planted. After
having completed his work at the old home, he was engaged for some months by a
Mr. Reese in Nebraska as a farm hand. He then came to Marshall county, where he
rented a farm in Balderson township and engaged in general farming for one year.
He was then married and for the next two years he rented another farm, after
which he purchased eighty acres of his father, which is now a part of his
splendid farm of one hundred and sixty acres, eighty acres of which lies in
section 12 and eighty acres in section 13, Balderson township. He purchased a
part of the farm in 1894 and the last eighty in 1906. Since assuming possession
of the place he has made many valuable improvements and today has a most ideal
country home.

    On March 2, 1892, George Heiserman was united in marriage to Henrietta
Breunsbach, who was born on December 2, 1872, the daughter of Daniel Breunsbach
and wife, natives of Germany and among the pioneer settlers of Nebraska. To this
union the following children were born: Minnie, Ray, Freddie Daniel and Famie M.
Minnie H. was born on July 17, 1893, and is now the wife of Sigmund Oehm, they
having been married on December 11, 1912, and are now well established in their
home in the county; Ray was born on April 13, 1895; Freddie Daniel was born on
February 8, 1902, and Famie M. was born on March 31, 1906. Henrietta Heiserman
died on July 31, 1914, after a useful life and one devoted to her family and
friends. She and Mr. Heiserman were members of the Evangelical Lutheran church
and were prominent in the social and the religious life of the community. Mr.
Heiserman is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and is identified with
the Republican party and has always taken a keen interest in the civic life of
the township and county.



Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

History of Marshall County, Kansas: its people, industries, and institutions
by
Emma E. Forter

Indianapolis, Ind.: B.F. Bowen & Co. (1917)



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