Sunday, February 13, 2011

Henry Frantz

FRANTZ, HENRY, is a native of Pennsylvania and was born July 18, 1844. He was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. Before coming to Wayne in this county in the spring of 1873, he had lived in Ohio and Iowa. During the civil war he enlisted in Company H, 15th Iowa infantry, and when his term of enlistment had expired re-enlisted and served in all, three years and eight months. Upon coming to Dakota he pre-empted the northeast quarter of section 31 in Wayne, and afterwards bought the northwest quarter of the same section. He greatly improved his farm but sold out in October, 1894. He is a highly respected citizen.

SOURCE: Dana R. Bailey, History of Minnehaha County, South Dakota, p. 761

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