Husband of Louise (Holt) Heath; son of Elbert C. and Bessie Jane (Cox) Heath.
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Birth: Jun. 6, 1830
Tyringham
Berkshire County
Massachusetts, USA
Death: Dec. 28, 1927
Des Moines
Polk County
Iowa, USA [Edit Dates]
Proprietor of the Fort Dodge & Des Moines H. R. Heath Oat Meal Mills (Yankee Oats, Mothers Oats), is a native of Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and was born on the 6th day of April, 1830. He is of Welsh-English ancestry, his progenitors emigrating to America before the revolution. His grandfather and many Heath relatives fought in the revolution.
In early life he attended the common schools, and at the age of fourteen years he engaged at labor at different manufacturer's, working with machinery until twenty-five years of age, his specialty being sash, blind and door making. In the spring of 1856 he removed to Des Moines. He first engaged at carpenter and joiner work. After a journey to Pike's Peak, Colorado, he returned in the fall of 1861, and after following his chosen occupation until 1868, he commenced business on his own account. He established a business that has proved of much value to the Fort Dodge and Des Moines as one of the branches of manufacturing industries that will make of the capital city the great central metropolis of the West.
In 1879 he engaged in his present business, in which he has been favored with satisfactory results. His mills have a capacity of from one hundred to five hundred and fifty barrels per day, which finds a ready sale in the larger Eastern cities and European markets. He married Miss Edith A. Underwood in 1850. She is a native of Massachusetts.
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Birth: Jun. 6, 1830
Tyringham
Berkshire County
Massachusetts, USA
Death: Dec. 28, 1927
Des Moines
Polk County
Iowa, USA [Edit Dates]
Proprietor of the Fort Dodge & Des Moines H. R. Heath Oat Meal Mills (Yankee Oats, Mothers Oats), is a native of Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and was born on the 6th day of April, 1830. He is of Welsh-English ancestry, his progenitors emigrating to America before the revolution. His grandfather and many Heath relatives fought in the revolution.
In early life he attended the common schools, and at the age of fourteen years he engaged at labor at different manufacturer's, working with machinery until twenty-five years of age, his specialty being sash, blind and door making. In the spring of 1856 he removed to Des Moines. He first engaged at carpenter and joiner work. After a journey to Pike's Peak, Colorado, he returned in the fall of 1861, and after following his chosen occupation until 1868, he commenced business on his own account. He established a business that has proved of much value to the Fort Dodge and Des Moines as one of the branches of manufacturing industries that will make of the capital city the great central metropolis of the West.
In 1879 he engaged in his present business, in which he has been favored with satisfactory results. His mills have a capacity of from one hundred to five hundred and fifty barrels per day, which finds a ready sale in the larger Eastern cities and European markets. He married Miss Edith A. Underwood in 1850. She is a native of Massachusetts.
Husband of Louise (Holt) Heath; son of Elbert C. and Bessie Jane (Cox) Heath.
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Birth: Jun. 6, 1830
Tyringham
Berkshire County
Massachusetts, USA
Death: Dec. 28, 1927
Des Moines
Polk County
Iowa, USA [Edit Dates]
Proprietor of the Fort Dodge & Des Moines H. R. Heath Oat Meal Mills (Yankee Oats, Mothers Oats), is a native of Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and was born on the 6th day of April, 1830. He is of Welsh-English ancestry, his progenitors emigrating to America before the revolution. His grandfather and many Heath relatives fought in the revolution.
In early life he attended the common schools, and at the age of fourteen years he engaged at labor at different manufacturer's, working with machinery until twenty-five years of age, his specialty being sash, blind and door making. In the spring of 1856 he removed to Des Moines. He first engaged at carpenter and joiner work. After a journey to Pike's Peak, Colorado, he returned in the fall of 1861, and after following his chosen occupation until 1868, he commenced business on his own account. He established a business that has proved of much value to the Fort Dodge and Des Moines as one of the branches of manufacturing industries that will make of the capital city the great central metropolis of the West.
In 1879 he engaged in his present business, in which he has been favored with satisfactory results. His mills have a capacity of from one hundred to five hundred and fifty barrels per day, which finds a ready sale in the larger Eastern cities and European markets. He married Miss Edith A. Underwood in 1850. She is a native of Massachusetts.
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Birth: Jun. 6, 1830
Tyringham
Berkshire County
Massachusetts, USA
Death: Dec. 28, 1927
Des Moines
Polk County
Iowa, USA [Edit Dates]
Proprietor of the Fort Dodge & Des Moines H. R. Heath Oat Meal Mills (Yankee Oats, Mothers Oats), is a native of Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and was born on the 6th day of April, 1830. He is of Welsh-English ancestry, his progenitors emigrating to America before the revolution. His grandfather and many Heath relatives fought in the revolution.
In early life he attended the common schools, and at the age of fourteen years he engaged at labor at different manufacturer's, working with machinery until twenty-five years of age, his specialty being sash, blind and door making. In the spring of 1856 he removed to Des Moines. He first engaged at carpenter and joiner work. After a journey to Pike's Peak, Colorado, he returned in the fall of 1861, and after following his chosen occupation until 1868, he commenced business on his own account. He established a business that has proved of much value to the Fort Dodge and Des Moines as one of the branches of manufacturing industries that will make of the capital city the great central metropolis of the West.
In 1879 he engaged in his present business, in which he has been favored with satisfactory results. His mills have a capacity of from one hundred to five hundred and fifty barrels per day, which finds a ready sale in the larger Eastern cities and European markets. He married Miss Edith A. Underwood in 1850. She is a native of Massachusetts.
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