John C. Heilman (b. 1842)

HEILMAN, SPICKELMIRE

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 6/28/2005 at 23:20:08

Heilman, John C., farmer, Section 24; PO West Union; owns eighty-five acres of land, valued at $22 per acre; born in Germany in 1842. Married Martha Spickelmire in 1866; she was born in Indiana, Sept. 3, 1847; have four children living --- May A., Sarah E., Bertha and Alice Ann; Louisa A. died at the age of 3 years and Dora at 3 months. Enlisted in Co. H, 1st Batalion 1 6th U.S.I. in 1862; discharged in 1865; was in the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Buzzard's Roost and others. Mr. Heilman came to Fayette Co. in 1866 and has been a resident of Bethel since. He has been Township Trustee two years. He is a Republican.

Page 659, "1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa"
Bethel Township