Henry Heintz Biography


	This biography appears on page 184 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				HON. HENRY HEINTZ.

	Hon. Henry Heintz, one of the leading and highly esteemed 
citizens of Brookings county, South Dakota, has there resided 
continuously for more than a third of a century and since 1901 has held 
the office of postmaster at Elkton. His birth occurred in Luxemburg on 
the 1st of October, 1848, his parents being George and Madaline 
(Lambarell) Heintz, both of whom there passed away. He was reared at 
home, acquired his education in the public schools and spent some years 
in travel through France. For about seven years he made his home in 
Paris but in 1871 crossed the Atlantic to the United States. In 1878 he 
came to South Dakota, locating in Brookings county and taking up a 
homestead near the present site of Elkton, which had not yet sprung 
into existence. He was obliged to make his filing on his homestead at 
Flandreau, and as there was still no railroad or other road of any 
kind, traveled by compass across the prairie. Mr. Heintz resided on his 
farm and carried on general agricultural pursuits continuously and 
successfully for about twenty-three years or until 1901, when he took 
up his abode in Elkton in order to assume the duties of postmaster, to 
which office he had previously been appointed under President William 
McKinley. Subsequently he received appointments from Presidents 
Roosevelt and Taft and has held the position continuously since 1901, 
making a highly satisfactory and commendable record. 

	In 1890 Mr. Heintz was elected on the republican ticket to 
represent his district in the state legislature, in which he served 
during the session of 1890-91, faithfully and ably promoting the 
interests and welfare of his constituency. He is a worthy exemplar of 
the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Elkton Lodge, No. 57, A. F. & A. 
M., and is likewise a member of Elkton Lodge, No. 124, of the 
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His life has been actuated by high 
principles and characterized by manly conduct and in the community 
where he has now lived for more than a third of a century he enjoys 
that warm personal friendship and kindly esteem which are always given 
in recognition of genuine worth in the individual.