FERDINAND HENRY HEIN
HEIN, FERDINAND HENRY: Farmer; b Bannesdorf, Germany Dec 11, 1879; s of Joachim Hein-Gertrude Busch; ed Neindorf Germany; Shelby Co; m Bertha C Noehren Mar 6, 1907 Shelby; s Herbert C; d LaVerne H (Mrs William Wendt), Darlene Ann; 1892 came to US; 1892-96 while att rural sch farm hand, Shelby Co; 1896-1906 worked on farms, Shelby Co; 1906-17 farmer, Shelby Co; 1917- owner & opr farm, Shelby Co; 1930- agt for State Farm Mutual Ins Co; mbr Avoca Creamery Assn; 1917 assisted in compilation of Shelby Co directory; during World War solicitor of ARC & war loan funds; past mbr Shelby consolidated sch bd; past mbr Iowa St Farm Bur; past VP Shelby Co Farm Bur; past chmn Shelby twp Farm Bur; United Evang Luth Ch,k deacon & Trustee; Rep, 1938- committeeman, Shelby twp; hobbies: Farm Bur work, politics; res Route 2, Shelby.
From Who's Who in Iowa, by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1114. Transcribed by Denise Wurner, March, 2013.
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