Henry Klindt

As printed in 1910

HENRY KLINDT, JR.

The business interests of Maysville, Scott county, find a worthy representative in Henry Klindt, who was born in this village, September 25, 1880, a son of Henry and Celia (Sindt) Klindt. The father was born in Hohndorf, Probstei, Germany, March 12, 1846, and was there reared to the age of fifteen years, when his parents, Heinrich and Katharine (Stelk) Klindt, removed to Prussia, Germany. Heinrich Klindt was a wagon maker by trade and followed that occupation in the old country but in 1868 he emigrated to America and settling in Scott county, here engaged in farming throughout the remainder of his business career. Their family numbered seven children, but the youngest a daughter, was drowned in Germany at the age of six years. The other members were: Claus, now a resident of Davenport; Maggie, the wife of Fritz Kardel, also of that city; Lena, who became the wife of Jochim Lamp, but is deceased; Jochim, who has also departed this Hfe; Henry, Sr.; and Katie, the wife of John Sindt, a resident of Lyon county, Iowa. Both the parents passed away in Maysville, the father when seventy-one years of age, and the mother at the age of sixty-nine years.

Henry Klindt, Sr., accompanied his parents on their various removals and was a young man of twenty-two years when the family sought a home in the new world, and from that time to the present he has made his home in Scott county. After coming here he was engaged at farm labor for six years and then became proprietor of a hotel in Maysville, conducting a saloon in connection with his hostelry. He gave his time to this business for sixteeii years and in the meantime, meeting with success, he invested his money in farm lands in Minnesota and the Dakotas. Since retiring from active business he has made his home in Maysville and now gives his time to his land interests in the north. Mr. Klindt was married on the 8th of February, 1876, to Miss Celia Sindt, who was born in Scott county, October 16, 1854, a daughter of Henry and BertHa Sindt, who were natives of Germany, whence they emigrated to Amerifca and located in Scott county in the early '505. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Klindt have beerii bom five children but Hertha and Grover are deceased, while the thi-ee surviving members are: Mate, the wife of William Jurgens, a resident of New Liberty, Iowa; Albert, who conducts a hotel in Donahue; and Henry. Jr., of this review.

Henry Klindt, Jr., was reared under the parental roof and acquired his elementary learning in the common schools of Maysville, while later he pursued a business course in Duncan's Business College at Davenport. Well qualified for the practical duties of life he began his business career as a traveling salesman, representing a Davenport firm for several years. In 1904 he engaged in business in Maysville as a general merchant and has built up a good patronage which he draws from the surrounding districts as well as from the village. He keeps a stock of goods that meets the demands of the public and his moderate prices and his fair dealings has proved his best advertisement. He owns his own store building, a modern, two-story structure, sixty by thirty-two feet, the tower floor being devoted to the business, while the second story is occupied as a dwelling.

Mr. Klindt was married February 8, 1905, the lady of his choice being Miss Clara S. Keppy, a native of Donahue, Scott county. She is a daughter of Frank Keppy, who is engaged in merchandising in the latter place, and by her marriage she has become the mother of one child, Lorane. Upon the incorporation of the village of Maysville on the nth of July, 1909, Mr. Klindt was elected its first mayor and he has already demonstrated his fitness for the office. In his business affairs he is very methodical and accurate as to details and shows splendid judgment in the treatment of his employes and of all with whom he comes in contact.

As printed in History of Davenport and Scott County Iowa : Illustrated (1910). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.