Obituary Notes. 359 



HENRY JOHN HEINZ. 



Born October ii, 1844; Died May 14, 1919. 



(Plate LXIII.) 



The death of Mr. Henry John Heinz which occurred on May 14 

 1919, robbed Pittsburgh of one of its most successful men of affairs, 

 who had won an international reputation, not only in the broad 

 fields of manufacture and commerce, but as a lover of men and as a 

 doer of good deeds. 



Like the vast majority of Americans who have achieved fortune 

 and fame, he began his career under circumstances which the 

 thoughtless often speak of as "adverse," but which for earnest 

 souls provide the best stimulus for endeavor. Mr. Heinz was born 

 in Pittsburgh, October li, 1844, the eldest child of Henry and 

 Anna Margaretta {m.n. Schmitt) Heinz. His parents had recently 

 come from Germany. His father was a man of industry, who did 

 not always find the battle of life easy. His mother possessed much 

 force, and was an earnest and faithful Christian woman, who at- 

 tended well in the sphere of the household to her domestic duties. 

 From their infancy onward she endeavored to fill the minds of her 

 children with devotion to those things which are "pure" and 

 "lovely" and of "good report." She and her husband had dedi- 

 cated their son to the Christian ministry, and with this end in view 

 they exerted themselves to secure for him a good education. He 

 made excellent progress in the schools to which he was sent; but 

 there came a time in his youth when it became plain to the family 

 that their united efforts would be required to meet the battle of 

 life in the field where they found themselves, and the lad, full of 

 devotion to his parents, laid aside the ambitions which they had 

 fostered in him, and manfully addressed himself to the task of 

 helping to win the daily bread which was needed. 



When he was but a little child the family had removed to Sharps- 

 burg, a suburb of Pittsburgh. Sharpsburg was then but a strag- 

 gling village. The father there continued his occupation of manu- 

 facturing building-brick and added to it the erection of houses. 

 In this enterprise the son, when he became older, assisted him. 



