BIOGRAPHIES:  Frank HEINZE, Oak Grove Township, Barron County, WI

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Frank Heinze, for many years a prominent and influential citizen, now
deceased, was of an excellent type of manhood, worked hard for the
development of this part of the county and at his death left an honored
memory. He was in the forefront of every public move, he was always willing
to help in any way possible in the progress of the town, and his neighbors
and friends always found him generous whenever the need arose. His career
is interwoven in the warp and woof of the town's story. He served with
credit as a member of the town board for about eight years, and did
excellent work on the school board of his district for several terms. In
his death Sept. 18, 1912, his family lost a loving husband and indulgent
father, his friends lost a good neighbor and companion, the township lost a
valuable citizen, and the county lost a good man. He was born in Austria
and came to the United States in 1865. In La Crosse, Wis., he married Anna
Puhl, also a native of Austria, and for nearly twenty years they farmed
near that place. In 1885 they moved to a farm near Bloomer, Wis., where
they farmed nine years. They came to Barron County in 1894 and purchased 80
acres in section 18, Oak Grove Township. For a while Mr. Heinze was
employed as section foreman on the Omaha line, and lived in the section
shanty while he devoted his spare time to getting up a log house for
himself and his family. Later this log cabin gave place to a good set of
substantial buildings. He broke 60 acres of the land and made general
improvements. On this place he successfully carried on general farming
until his death. For several years he operated the sawmill at Haugen. He
was also one of those who helped build the highway from Haugen to Rice
Lake. Fraternally he was a member of the Knights of Columbus of Bloomer,
and a member of the Catholic church. Mr. and Mrs. Heinze were the parents
of eight children: Hugh, Emma, Louisa, Anna, Henry, Bertha, Lena and Frank
(deceased). Mrs. Heinze, the mother, still lives on the old place.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pg. 348.