KRANZ, Henry G.

KRANZ

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Date: 5/31/2021 at 12:57:59

Henry George Kranz
born Feb 7, 1865

H. G. Kranz was born in Altenberg, near Cassel, Germany, February 7, 1865, a son of Adam and Elizabeth Kranz. He received a good education in his native language, attending school until fifteen years of age, and three years later came to Odebolt, Sac County, Iowa. He found employment in the Bowman Lumber Company, and by strict attention to business and ability as a salesman, he has risen to his present position. Mr. Kranz was married to Margaret McKay, a daughter of James McKay, of De Witt, Clinton County, Iowa. To this union has been born one child, Leslie H. Politically, Mr. Kranz affiliates with the Republican Party, and has served as Treasurer of the School Board. Socially, he is a member of the Masonic order, Alpine Lodge, No. 471; has filled all the chairs in the I. O. O. F., Finvoy Lodge, No. 490; a charter member of the K. of P., No. 55, in which he served as Keeper of Records and Seal for five years; is secretary and director of the Holstein Town Lot Company, and secretary of the N. W. & D. Investment Company, of this city. He is also the junior member of the firm of Bowman & Kranz Bros.
Bowman & Kranz Bros., lumber and coal dealers of Holstein, Iowa. This firm was organized July 1, 1886, purchasing the business of the S. H. Bowman Lumber Company, the pioneer lumber dealers of Holstein. The present firm carry a large stock of lumber and coal, do an extensive business in the city and county, and are well and favorably known. Their large building, 80 x 100 feet, with all the smaller buildings, are located near the depot. S. H. Bowman, the senior member of the firm, is a man of large means.
Source: Biographical History of Crawford, Ida, and Sac Counties, Iowa, 1893, p.445