Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1915
BIOGRAPHIES
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FRED A. HEATH

A substantial business man of Missouri Valley, Iowa, is F. A. HEATH, dealer in groceries, flour and feed. Born in Illinois he arrived at Missouri Valley with his parents when he was thirteen years of age and has since made it his home. His father was a merchant for many years in Missouri Valley and Mr. HEATH can be said to have inherited his father's ability along mercantile lines. He engaged in business with his father for some years and later bought him out and now has been conducting the business alone since 1903.

Fred A. HEATH, the son of A. A. and Clara (PERRY) HEATH, was born in Union, McHenry county, Illinois, June 11, 1876. His father was a native of Illinois, and his mother of Patterson, New Jersey. His father was a farmer in Illinois and moved to Missouri Valley, Iowa, in 1889, where he soon became interested in the grocery business, continuing in it until 1903, in which year he sold out his interests to his sons. A. A. HEATH is now living in South Dakota on a farm, his wife having died in 1906. Four children were born to A. A. HEATH and wife, Burton J., of Colome, South Dakota; Mabel, of Missouri Valley; Mrs. Alice A. Bass, of Dubuque, Iowa, and F. A., of Missouri Valley.

F. A. HEATH received part of his education in the schools of Union township, Harrison county, Iowa, and completed it in the schools of Missouri Valley, where he was graduated from the local high school. After leaving the high school he worked for the railroad company in the shops in that city for two years and in 1898 went to work for his father in the grocery store. In 1900 his father made him a partner and in 1903 he purchased his father's interest in the store. His store is well stocked with all kinds of staple and fancy groceries and such other commodities as are usually handled in grocery stores. In addition to his business interests in Missouri Valley Mr. HEATH owns some farming land in South Dakota.

Mr. HEATH was married June 25, 1902, to Helen STROHBEHN, who was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and to this union one son has been born, Harlan S., whose birth occurred March 14, 1906. Mr. HEATH is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of the Knights of Pythias. In politics he gives his support to the Republican party.

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