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 |