Sullivan County PA Archives Biographies.....Heinze, Christian 1832 - 
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  Author: Thomas J. Ingham (1899)
  
      CHRISTIAN HEINZE, a well known resident of Fox township, Sullivan county, is
  a good type of the thrifty German citizens of our country who have done so much
  to aid in its growth and development. Like most of his countrymen, he is loyal
  to the land of his adoption, and when the Civil war broke out he espoused the
  cause of the government and offered his services to sustain the rightful
  authorities. His record is that of a brave soldier, who never shirked his duty
  and was always ready to respond to the call to action.
  
      Mr. Heinze was born in Swartzburg, Reidelstadt, Germany, May 14, 1832. His
  father, Andus Heinze, was born in the same place and was a charcoal-burner by
  occupation. He married Christina Honn, also a native of Swartzburg, who died in
  Germany. After her death the father came to this country, in 1856, with one son,
  Frederick, and located in Sullivan county. He died in New York city, at a good
  old age. Frederick died September 2, 1898, aged sixty-one years and nine months.
  Both were members of the Lutheran church. Four children were born to Andus
  Heinze and wife, one of whom died in infancy: August, deceased; Christian, the
  subject of this sketch; and Frederick.
  
      Christian Heinze received a good common-school education in his native land,
  and when fourteen years old began to help his father at charcoal-burning. He was
  nineteen years old when he set sail with the others of his family for the United
  States, the voyage being a very tedious one, as this was long before the days of
  the "ocean grey-hounds" of the present time. A severe storm also delayed the
  travelers, and fifty-six days were consumed in making the trip. For a time young
  Heinze lived with an uncle at Poughkeepsie, New York, from whom he learned the
  shoemaker's trade, then took charge of a crockery store in New York city. In
  1862, the second year of the Civil war, Mr. Heinze enlisted and was assigned to
  Company B, Twentieth New York Infantry, in which he served for nine months,
  spending most of the time in Virginia and taking part in the battle of
  Sharpsburg, and in the movements against Fredericksburg. He was in the hospital
  for many months, suffering from chronic diarrhoea and intermittent fever. In
  weight he was reduced from one hundred and sixty-five to seventy-five pounds,
  and he has never entirely recovered his health.
  
      Our subject was united in marriage March 1, 1855, the Miss Katinka Flemming,
  daughter of Frederick and Johanna Christiana (Gender) Flemming. Her parents were
  natives of Germany and came to New York in 1853. Their children were Augusta,
  Matilda, Christian, Theresa, Emelia, Christiana, Christy, Louise and Frederick;
  two are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Heinze have one son, Carl, who married Miss
  Carrie Goeckler and has three children, - Anthony, Lillie and Elenora. Mr.
  Heinze has a fine farm of fifty acres and is in comfortable circumstances.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
        Extracted from: 
          
        History of Sullivan County Pennsylvania
        by Thomas J. Ingham
          
        Compendium of Biography
          
        The Lewis Publishing Company
        Chicago: 1899
  
  
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