Dickinson Co., KS AHGP-Portrait and
Biographical Album of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and
Marion Counties-Henry Winteroth
Portrait and Biographical
Album of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and Marion
Counties
Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1893
HENRY WINTEROTH, a self-made man who
now owns and operates two hundred acres
of well-improved land on section 36, Fragrant
Hill Township, Dickinson County, was
born on the 1st of November, 1835, in Hesse, Germany.
His parents, John and Catherine Winteroth,
were farming people and also followed weaving.
The father died when Henry was only three
years old, and his mother departed this life when
he was a lad of eight years. His uncle was quite
a prominent politician in his native land and an
influential man. He held the office of Mayor of
Hesse and was also Collector of Taxes.
On the death of his parents, our subject was left
to the care of a guardian until fourteen years of
age, at which time, in company with a brother, he
crossed the broad Atlantic to America, landing on
the 1st of September, 1850. The two youths then
went to Mason County, Ill., where they joined an
uncle who had sent for them to come to this country.
The brother died the following year and the
uncle in 1852, thus leaving Henry alone in the
world. With no capital or influential friends, he
started out in life for himself and worked as a
farm-hand by the month or year until his marriage.
A wedding ceremony performed on the 17th of
December, 1857, in Havana, Ill., united the destinies
of Mr. Winteroth and Mary Heinhorst, a
native of Germany, who came from Hanover to
the United States. After his marriage, our subject
rented land until he had acquired some capital, and
then in 18ti5 purchased a farm of eighty acres in
Quiver Township, Mason County. To its cultivation
and improvement he devoted his energies for
about eighteen years, transforming it into a valuable
farm, but at length he determined to remove
to Kansas, and the month of February, 1883, saw
this resolution carried out. It was then that Mr.
Winteroth purchased property in Fragrant Hill
Township, Dickinson County, and immediately
removed to the same. He is now the owner of
two hundred acres of well-improved land, and in
addition to the cultivation of crops, makes a
specialty of raising horses for farming purposes.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Winteroth have been born
the following children: Lizzie E., born March 19,
1859; John William, February 7, 1861; Henry C,
June 13, 1862; George, who was born November
12, 1864, and died on the 6th of April, 1872; Sarah,
born December 15, 1866; John, January 21, 1869;
Sophia, May 30, 1871; Mary, July 3, 1873; Adaline,
January 9, 1876; Emma, January 28, 1878;
and Elnora, born on the 3d of June, 1880.
Mr. Winteroth is a member of the Evangelical
Association, with which he has been connected for
several years, and takes quite an active interest in
its upbuilding. He is a genial, affable man, of
courteous manners, and is quite popular among his
friends and neighbors. For his success in life
he certainly deserves much credit. He determined
to win for himself a good home, and with this
before him he pressed steadily forward, overcoming
obstacles and disadvantages until he had
reached his goal.
(c) 2009 Sheryl McClure for
Dickinson County KS AHGP