Frederick Hertz Biography This biography appears on pages 1091-1092 in "History of Dakota Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was scanned, OCRed and edited by Maurice Krueger, mkrueger@iw.net. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the SDGENWEB Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://usgwarchives.org/sd/sdfiles.htm FREDERICK HERTZ. Fredrick Hertz is a general merchant of Fairfax and also a capable public official of Gregory county, where he is now serving as county sheriff. He was born near Odessa m Russia, of German parentage, October 10, 1871, a son of Fredrick and Elizabeth Hertz, who in the year 1872 came with their family to Dakota territory, settling at Yankton. The following spring the father homesteaded in Hutchinson county using all of his rights to secure hand, and with his brother. sister and father took up ten quarter sections. Throughout his remaining days his attention was devoted to the further cultivation and improvement of his land and he became one of the representative agriculturists of his part of the state. He died in 1898, while his wife survived until the 3d of March, 1913. In the family were nine sons and two daughters, of whom seven sons and one daughter are yet living. Fredrick Hertz, whose name introduces this review, pursued his education in the common schools of Hutchinson county and when not busy with his textbooks assisted in the work of the home farm until he reached the age of twenty-two years, when he began farming on his own account in Yankton county, where he remained for seven years. On the expiration of that period he removed to Fairfax, where he took up his abode fourteen years ago. At first he engaged in the implement business and later extended the scope of his activities to include general merchandising. He has a well appointed store and in its conduct and management has been very successful, a liberal patronage being now accorded him. In November, 1903, Mr. Hertz was united in marriage to Miss Rose Moss, a daughter of Michael Moss, who was a resident of Yankton county but removed to Nebraska about six miles southeast of Fairfax. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Hertz are Ella, Leopold, Helen, Richard, Helmud, Odina, Emma and Annie at home. The parents are members of the German Congregational church, while Mr. Hertz belongs to the Woodmen camp and to the Odd Fellows lodge. In his political views he is a republican, prominent in the local ranks of the party. He served as chairman of the town board for three years and was a delegate to the convention which nominated Gamble for secretary of state and John Shamber for state treasurer. He was also a delegate when D. D. Whip, of Hutchinson county, was elected secretary of state. Mr. Hertz has filled some local offices, having served as deputy sheriff of Hutchinson county, being chairman of the town board of Fairfax for three years after removing to Gregory county, and being elected sheriff of Gregory county in the fall of 1914. His political efforts have been a potent force in the community in which he lives, but he never allows politics to interfere with the faithful performance of his official duties and his ability has led to his election to the office which he now fills.