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One of the prosperous and promising farmers of Burnside township who is
a native son of Iowa, born not far from where he now lives, April 20,1860.
His parents John H. and Sophia (Bruncher) Heitkamp, were born in Germany
but married in America and settled in Webster County in 1858. They
were successful tillers of the soil, and from an original purchase
of 80 acres increased their possessions to 320 acres. The father died in
1895 and the mother in 1900. Both are buried in Dayton Cemetary. They were
the parents of 4 sons and 4 daughters.
Louis H . Heitkamp was reared on his father’s farm and attended
the public schools during the leisure of the winter months.
He was married July 27, 1881 to Sophia Mohn and they had 12
children Upon starting out in the world for himself, he rented
a farm in Burnside township for 8 yrs. and in 1889 bought 160 acres
upon which he now lives At the time of purchase the land was
raw prairie land, and a stranger to plow or implement, yet today the abundant
harvest reward with an increase in toil and wise management, it is
among the most desirable in the township. He bought an additional
80 acres in 1894 on the same section, engages in general farming on a large
scale and buys, feeds and ships stock. He is a staunch upholder
of Republican institutions and has held many offices of trust
within the gift of his fellow townsmen. He is a man of broad and
progressive ideas, and practical plans for the general improvement of his
section and exerts a wide influence on the side of good government and
high citizenship. He died in 1921 and his wife in 1938. Both
are buried in the Dayton Cemetary.
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