Fourth Generation

8. Clemenz L Heinzmann was also known as Klement.³⁶ He was born on 26 Nov 1826 in Östringen, Baden, Germany.^{13,19,36,37,38} His birth date is in question. He was born either 16 Nov or 26 Nov 1826. His tombstone shows 26 Nov. Bernhard Strominski also shows his birth date as 26 Nov 1826. His tombstone also has his name spelled "Clemens". Jim Stein reported from the 1880 census that his age was listed as 58. This would have put his birth year as 1822 but the copy of the 1880 cesus in Orrell's book shows him as age 52 putting his birth year as 1828. He was baptized on 27 Nov 1826 in Saint Celelia's Catholic Church, Östringen, Baden, Germany.¹⁸ With the tradition of baptising children as quickly as possible, we suspect his birth was the day before his baptism, i.e. 26 Nov 1826. He immigrated on 26 May 1851 to New Orleans, Louisianna.^18,38,39 The book, History of Oestringen, 1982, by Dr. Theodor Brauch (town historian): pg. 243: No. 65, Valentin Heinzmann Witwe Franziska mit 10 Kinder, 1851 nach NA (Philipp Heinzmann und August Heinzmann seit 5 Jahren in Amerika). This can be loosely translated to say Valentin Heinzmann's widow, Franziska with 10 children, immigrated to North America in 1851. Her children, Philipp and August had already been in America 5 years.

The Manifest of Passengers for the ship Leondis, traveling from France to New Orleans, arriving 26 May 1851 contained this list:
Heinzman, Franziska, 46, female
Clemens, 26, female (should be male)
Oswald, 22, male
Valentin, 21, male
Barbara, 13, female
Marie Anna, 9, female
Michel, 8, male
Elisabeth, 4, female
He filed an Intent for Citizenship in 1857 in Madison County, Illinois.⁴⁰ He was naturalized in May 1860 in Madison County, Illinois.⁴⁰ He lived in Meridian Township, Clinton County, Illinois about 1864.

The following is a copy of an article on page 4 of the Carlyle Union Banner, 13 Nov 1991.

The Heinzmann House
By Dorothy Menkhaus and Mary Meyer

The Heinzmann house, located on Shattuc road north in Meridian Township, has been in the same family and their descendants for about 125 years.

The legal description of the land on which the house stands is the south east quarter of Section 4, Township 2 North, Range 1 West of the Third Principal Meridian.

The house was built for Clemens L. Heinzmann and his first wife, Catherine Debadin and their eight children. After Catherine's death in 1869, Mr. Heinzmann married her sister, Elizabeth Debadin, and they had five children.

FAMILY TRADITION has it that Clemens bought 640 acres from the railroad and built the house in 1864. Entry Book D in the Clinton County Illinois Courthouse shows that Charles Sonne (Soune or Somie) deeded all of Section 4, T2N, R1W to Clemens Heinzmann on June 13, 1867, and recorded July 26, 1867, Book 1, Page 61.

In "Portrait and Biographical Record of Clinton, Washington, Marion, and Jefferson Counties, Ill." published in 1894, it states that Clemens L. Heinzmann sold his 120 acres in Madison County in 1868 to buy the farm in Clinton County. Whatever the exact date actually was, we can assume that it was built circa 1864-68.

The well-preserved home has nine rooms. Two porches at the rear and a bath have been added. The windows are the original ones, most of them being eight panes--or four panes at the top and four at the bottom half--and they are put together with wooden pegs. These windows are now protected by storm windows and the house by white aluminum siding.

This has been the home of many, many Heinzmanns. After the death of Clemens L., the house was deeded to a son Clemens by the widow Elizabeth in 1902. Clemens and Louise Heinzmann had 12 children, Frank, Henry, Otto, Albert, Ralph, Harold, Clemens W., Lily Ahlf, Dena Lippert, Viola Noller, Edna Curdt and Lorena Stokes.

The youngest son, Harold, and his wife Vivian acquired the house and farm in 1944. In 1987, they had been married 51 years when Harold died. Their only child, a son, died in 1963, at a National Guard camp. Vivian continues to live in the house, filled with Heinzmann memories.

He lived in Meridian Township, Clinton County, Illinois in 1868.

The following is a copy of an article in the "Portrait and Biographical Record of Clinton, Washington, Marion & Jefferson Counties" published Chicago, IL: Chapman Publishing Co, 1894.

CLEMENZ L. HEINZMANN. The subject of this sketch is one of the many Germans who, emigrating to America without means, have found here friends and financial success. His farm consists of four hundred acres situated on section 4, Meridian Township, and is one of the most valuable in Clinton County. Upon coming here in 1868 he bought six hundred and forty acres, for which he paid $12 per acre. There were no improvements upon the land, and it then gave few indications of its present cultivation, but during the twenty-five years Mr. Heinzmann has made it his home, he has succeeded in transforming the place into one of the best in the locality.

Born in Baden, Germany, November 26, 1826, our subject is a son of Valentine and Frances (Ritler) Heinzmann, natives of the same place as that in which C. L. first saw the light of day. The father owned eighty acres of land, which he operated, and at the same time he conducted a water mill near his home. About 1830 he removed to Russia and located near the Black Sea, where he bought land and also ran a mill. The venture, however, proved an unfortunate one, and when he returned to Baden he had lost almost his entire property. In the city of his birth he continued to reside until his death, at the age of about sixty-five. He was a man of superior talent, excellent education, cultured and kind-hearted, and for years was a devoted member of the Catholic Church. He was twice married, his first union resulting in the birth of six children, while by his second wife (our subject's mother) he had ten children.

In the parochial schools of Russia and Germany the subject of this sketch conducted his studies prior to the age of fourteen. Afterward he worked upon a farm until 1851, when, in company with his mother and eight brothers and sisters, he crossed the Atlantic to America. One of the children died in St. Louis of the cholera soon after the family reached that city. Only four of the entire family are now living: Clemenz L., Valentine; Mary, Mrs. Ferdinand Stein; and Barbara, Mrs. Joseph Spicer. The first-named son spent a few months in St. Louis upon arriving in this country, and thence he came to Clinton County, and in Looking Glass Prairie found employment upon a farm. For eight years he remained in the employment of others, at the expiration of which time he bought a team and operated rented land for three years thereafter.

The first purchase made by Mr. Heinzmann consisted of one hundred and twenty acres located in Madison County, and there he worked as a tiller of the soil for eight years. In 1868 he sold that place and bought the farm where he has since resided. In connection with general farming he is engaged in stock-raising, and in both branches of agriculture has gained success. His first marriage occurred in 1854, his wife being Catherine Debadin, and their union resulted in the birth of six children: Joseph, Sebastian, Clemenz, Valentine, Fritz and Ida, the latter being the wife of Andrew Scheiger. Mrs. Catherine Heinzmann died in the year 1869, and afterward our subject married Elizabeth Debadin, a sister of his former wife. Four children have blessed this union, namely: Catherine, the wife of Jesse McClelland; Elizabeth, Flora and Mary, who reside with their parents. The children have been given excellent advantages, and after completing the district school studies have attended Catholic institutions of learning. Mr. and Mrs. Heinzmann are both Catholic in religious belief and are identified with the church at Sandoval. In politics he supports the principles of the Democratic party.
He was farmer in 1880.¹⁶ He appeared in the census in 1880 in Meridian Township, Clinton County, Illinois.¹⁶ He died from a congestive chill on 20 Nov 1900 in Meridian Township, Clinton County, Illinois.⁴¹ He was buried on 22 Nov 1900 in Sandoval, Marion County, Illinois. He was a member of Sandoval Catholic Church in Sandoval, Marion County, Illinois. He was also known as Clemence HEINZMANN. Clemenz was educated until the age of 14 in parochial schools in both Germany and Russia. He worked on a farm until 1851 when he came to the U.S.A. with his Mother and 7 or 8 siblings. For 8 years, Clemenz worked for other farmers in Looking Glass Township. He then bought a team and worked rented land for 3 years. Clemenz bought 120 acres in Madison County and worked as a farmer for 8 years. In 1868 he sold that land and bought the farm north of Shattuc in Meridian Township, Clinton County, IL.

The following information was extracted from the Illinois Secretary of State Land Sale Archives. The spelling is not correct but I suspect this is part of the sales relating to the purchase of the homestead.

Purchaser: HEINTZMAN CLEMENT
Record ID: 447232
Date: 01/21/1896
Acres: 40
Price: $7.75
Type of sale: Railroad (RR)
County: 14 [Clinton]
Section: 6
Section Part: NWSE
Township: 03N
Range: 01W
Meridian: 3
Purchaser Res:
Arch. Vol. No: 795
Vol. Page No.: 128
Cash warrant code:
Record corrected: 0

In 1868, he bought the farm where Harold and Vivian Heinzmann lived as of April 1975 for $12 per acre.

Clemenz L Heinzmann and Maria Katharina "Catherine" Debatin were married on 30 Nov 1855.³⁸ Our family records list the marriage date posted in this record (1855) but the "Portrait and Biographical Record" lists simply "1854."

The marriage register in Madison County shows the marriage of Clemens Heintzman (sic) to Catherine Debatin. Clemens and Catherine applied for a license on the same day as Sebastian Debatin (his father-in-law) and Frances Heinzmann (his mother). Clemens and Catherine were were married two days later than their parents on November 30, 1854. Both couples were married by the same minister.

Clemenz and Catherine lived in the Heinzmann house north of Shattuc IL in Meridian Township. See the Carlyle Union Banner article on the Heinzmann House. According to this article, Clemenz farmed 120 acres in Madison County prior to purchasing the land where he built their house.

9. Maria Katharina "Catherine" Debatin was born on 1 May 1835 in Weiher, Germany.⁴² She died on 3 Mar 1869 in Illinois.⁴⁰ She was buried in probably Highland, Madison County, Illinois. Children were:

i.
Joseph M "Joe" Heinzmann Sr⁴⁰ was born on 30 Oct 1856 in Clinton County, Illinois.^24,43 His son, Joe's 1930 census entry says his father was born in Germany but Joe Sr's entry states Illinois. He lived in Clinton County, Illinois in 1858.¹⁵ He owned Sec 36 - 160a - about 1920 in East Fork Township, Clinton County, Illinois.¹⁵ He died on 15 Mar 1944.¹⁹ Verda Jensen Heinzmann listed his death date as 22 Mar 1944. He was buried in Hillcrest Memorial Park, Centralia, Marion County, Illinois.¹⁹
ii.
Sebastin "Bashie" Heinzmann was born on 17 Jan 1858 in Madison County, Illinois.⁴³ He was farmer.⁴³ He died on 8 Aug 1938 in Oklahoma.⁴⁴ His name might also have been spelled "Sabastian" or "Sebastian". The 1880 census shows Sebastian.
iii.
Ida Heinzmann was born on 3 Nov 1859 in Highland, Madison County, Illinois.^16,26,45,46 According to the 1880 census, she was born in 1854. The 1900 census lists Nov 1861. The 1910, 1920, and 1930 census show about 1862. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Saint Clair County, Illinois.¹⁶ She lived in Centralia Township, Marion County, Illinois in 1881.⁴⁵ She appeared in the census in 1900 in Meridian Township, Clinton County, Illinois.⁴⁶ She appeared in the census in 1910 in Meridian Township, Clinton County, Illinois.²⁶ She appeared in the census on 13 Jan 1920 in Saint Louis, St. Louis (city), Missouri.⁹ She appeared in the census on 4 Apr 1930 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.⁴⁷
iv.
Rosa Heinzmann was born on 25 Apr 1861 in Illinois. She died on 1 Sep 1865.
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v.
Clemens W Heinzmann.
vi.
Valentine Heinzmann was born on 4 Dec 1864 in Clinton County, Illinois.^13,15 He was baptized on 29 Jan 1865 in Saint Paul Catholic Church, Highland, Madison County, Illinois.¹⁴ He appeared in the census in 1880 in Meridian Township, Clinton County, Illinois.¹⁶ He was farmer. He owned Sec 3 - 120a - about 1920 in Meridian Township, Clinton County, Illinois.¹⁵ He died from blood poisoning on 2 Jun 1929 in Meridian Township, Clinton County, Illinois. According to Carl F. Heinzmann, he remembers Uncle Valentine was having trouble with gout. He remembers the people talking about his uncle dying because of an infection he got in his foot. He was buried in Sandoval Cemetery, Sandoval, Marion County, Illinois.⁴⁸
vii.
Frederick "Fred" "Fritz" Heinzmann was born on 16 May 1866 in Highland, Madison County, Illinois.^12,13,49 His tombstone says his date of birth is 1867. Verda Jensen Heinzmann had 1866 listed. Maxine Heinzmann Cole also lists 1866. His death certificate apparently lists 1866. He lived in Clinton County, Illinois in 1873.¹⁵ He appeared in the census in 1880 in Meridian Township, Clinton County, Illinois.¹⁶ He was farmer and also a road commissioner.¹² He owned Sec 4 - 77a - about 1920 in Meridian Township, Clinton County, Illinois.¹⁵ He died on 16 Nov 1933 in Meridian Township, Clinton County, Illinois.¹² Verda had 16 Mar 1933. He was buried on 19 Nov 1933 in Hillcrest Memorial Park, Centralia, Marion County, Illinois.^12,49
viii.
Amelia Heinzmann was born on 3 Jan 1868 in Illinois. She was baptized on 15 Mar 1868 in Saint Paul Catholic Church, Highland, Madison County, Illinois.¹⁴ She died on 13 Sep 1868.