My Genealogy Hound

JOHN J. HEINTZELMAN, who has with noteworthy ability occupied various official positions of trust in his locality, and at present is the genial station agent of Nazareth, was born December 31, 1857, at the above-named place, and is a son of Jacob and Mary (Roesch) Heintzelman. His ancestors came from Kansack, Wurtemberg, Germany, in a very early day, and settled in Northampton County.

The father of John J. Heintzelman was born in Marbarch, Germany, November 7, 1830, and was a son of Joseph Heintzelman. He was reared on a farm and was educated in Germany, but emigrated to the United States in 1856 and settled in Nazareth, where he is still living. He became the father of six children, four of whom are living: John J., our subject; Josephine, the wife of Charles Lederman, of Camden, N. J.; and Annie and Alice, both at home. Frank and Harry are both deceased. Mr. Heintzelman is a member of the Moravian Church, and in his political leanings is a supporter of the Democratic party.

Our subject was educated up to his twelfth year in the public and Moravian schools of Nazareth, but left school at that age and began clerking in the store of John F. Beitel, with whom he remained three and one-half years. After this he clerked for Mr. Kern from 1875 to 1879, and then engaged with O. H. Knecht for a period of three years. On the expiration of that time be was employed by the Bangor & Portland Railroad at Pen Argyl as station agent, at which time the Nazareth branch was built. At the end of six or eight months he was transferred to Nazareth and was made station agent at the latter point. In 1886 he was made Superintendent of Transportation for the entire Bangor & Portland Railroad, but still acts as station agent at Nazareth. He is President of the Nazareth Electric Light and Power Company, which plant was started in 1893, and he is also half-owner of the Pen Argyl Index, a flourishing weekly paper of the same place. In addition to his many other duties he is general agent for John Blair, of Pen Argyl, looking after his property interests, etc. Politically our subject is a Democrat. He is a member of the Moravian Church, in which he is a Trustee, and also President of the Young Men’s Lyceum of Nazareth.

January 2, 1879, our subject was united in marriage with Miss Lizzie Kester, daughter of Ferdinand Kester, of Hamilton Square, Monroe County. In eight short months after her wedding day death came and claimed her for his own. In 1892 our subject was again married, this time to Miss Ella S. Delp, a daughter of John Delp, of Easton, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Heintzelman are the happy parents of one child, a beautiful little daughter, Anna Miller, born July 25, 1893. The family occupy a high social position and enjoy the esteem of a wide circle of sincere friends.