The full biographical sketch as printed, transcribed from the public-domain book. Spelling and wording are the original author’s; a few scanning errors may remain.
JOHN B. HEIMHOFER, president of the Commercial Bank and Savings Company, of Findlay, O., and a prominent old producer, has been a resident of this city since 1886. He was born in Switzerland, November 13, 1863, and is a son of John M. and Agatha (Miller) Heimhofer.
John M. Heimhofer was born, reared and married in Switzerland. When he came with his family to America he settled in what is now Lackawanna County, Pa., where he se- cured employment in the coal mines, but later became interested in the oil fields, at which time he moved to Red Rock, in McKean County. Later on in life, when his son, John B., came to Findlay, he and wife accompanied him and in this city Mr. Heimhofer died in 1904, but his widow survives. They had three children: John B., Fred H. and Ida.
John B. Heimhofer was quite young when his parents came to America. He was afforded educational advantages, being sent to a select school at Archibald, Pa., and was seventeen years old when he went with the family to Mc- Kean County. There he engaged in teaming in the oil fields for a time and then entered into partnership with his brother and E. V. Wyss- brod and together they purchased a lease in the Bradford oil fields and thus his start was made in the path which has resulted in his becoming so successful an oil producer. In a short time they acquired other leases and kept on until they owned seventy-two wells. In 1886 the firm disposed of its holdings in Pennsylvania and in November of that year opened a hard- ware store at Findlay, O., under the firm name of Wyssbrod & Company. This business was continued for three years and at the end of that time the firm resumed operations as oil producers.
In 1899, Mr. Heimhofer purchased a fine farm but he has placed tenants on it. In 1901, when the Commercial Bank and Savings Com- pany was organized, he was elected vice-presi- dent and became president on January 1, 1910. He has additional interests both at Findlay and other points. He is a director in the Findlay Sucker Rod Company and in the Buckeye Steam Laundry Company, and is also inter- ested in zinc and mineral lands, the former near Joplin, Mo., and the latter in Arkansas.
In 1898, Mr. Heimhofer was married to Miss Rosetta Boyd, who was born and reared in Hancock County and is a daughter of the late Richard W. Boyd, whose death occurred March 10, 1910. Mr. and Mrs. Heimhofer have had two children: John Russell, who
died when aged one year; and Bessie M., who was born in 1901. In politics, Mr. Heimhofer gives support to the Republican party, and has served one term in the city council. He is a member of the order of Elks.
Source: Biographical Record of Hancock County, Ohio. See the original pages at the Internet Archive.
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