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Bartholomew Herboldsheimer
Millville Twp.

Bartholomew Herboldsheimer, a prominent citizen of Millville Township, was born in Bavaria, Germany, July 14, 1830. He emigrated to the United States in 1849, located at once in Pennsylvania, where he remained until 1868, when he removed to Clayton County, settling on section 20, Millville Township, where he still resides. He owns a farm of eighty acres, under good improvement. He is a member of the Lutheran church, and his sympathies, politically, have ever been with the Republican party. He was married to Barbara Pfleghnardt on Oct. 4, 1854. Their union has been blessed with eight children-- Daniel, born Sept. 2, 1857; Anna, born July 20, 1859, married George Gibbons; Louisa, born Aug. 5, 1861; Frederick, Oct. 8, 1862; Christina, June 5, 1865; Lizzie S., March 25, 1872; Philip, July 31, 1874, and John S., June 7, 1878.

source: History of Clayton County, Iowa, 1882, p. 1015
transcribed by Sally Scarff and Marlene Chaney

 

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