Blair County PA Archives Biographies.....Heims, Theobald Bentz January 14, 1821 - May 8, 1890
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Source: Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Blair Co, PA: Philadelphia, 1892.
Author: Samuel T. Wiley

THEOBALD BENTZ HEIMS,
One of the pioneer citizens of Tyrone, was a man who, was highly esteemed for
his strength of character and upright life. He was a son of Thomas and Anna
(Bishop) Heims, and was born at Littlestown, Adams county, Pennsylvania,
January 14, 1821. Thomas Heims was born April 5, 1788, at York, York county,
and died at Tyrone. He married Anna Bishop, who was born at Littlestown, and
died at York, in 1837. Her father, Philip Bishop, was a native and lifelong
resident of Littlestown, Adams county, where he died. He was a prominent and
active member of the United Brethren church. He erected the church of that
denomination at Littlestown, of which he lived. His memory was long cherished
at Littlestown, where he was so active in church affairs, and so liberal a
contributor to the cause of Christianity.
   Theobald B. Heims was reared and received his education at Littlestown, this
State. In 1847 he removed to Berryville, Clark county, Virginia, where he
worked at his trade of shoemaker. His brother-in-law, P. Sneeringer, having
removed from Littlestown to Tyrone in 1853, and other citizens, among them S.
Berlin and the late E. L. Study, of the same place, coming to this growing
town shortly after, Mr. Heims looked upon Tyrone as a better town than his
Virginia home to adopt as a permanent place of residence. Accordingly he came
hither in 1855, and for the first year here, he carried on his trade on Main
street, in the house afterward owned by A. C. Zerbe. He soon gave up that
work, however, to become interested with Mr. Sneeringer in general
merchandising in Tyrone, and lumbering in Clearfield county. Thereafter he
engaged exclusively in the lumber and shingle business and milling, for many
years devoting his attention to the business in Clearfield county. In 1877 he
extended his operations to Michigan, and carried on his business in that State
until 1889, when illness forced him to relinquish all active work. He was a
thorough business man, and was prosperous in what he undertook. Having been
one of the earliest residents of this town, and having been highly respected
for his strength of character and noble traits, Mr. Heims was several times
honored by his fellow citizens with election to municipal offices, having
been chosen at different times to the offices of councilman, school director,
and justice of the peace. He was for many years a regular attendant at the
services of the Methodist Episcopal church, and also took a great interest in
the Sunday-school, which he delighted in visiting. A great searcher after the
truth, and a patient student of the Bible during his life, he declared in his
last days on earth his complete faith in the promises of his Master, and his
confidence in a blessed future life beyond the grave.
   On March 28, 1847, Mr. Heims married Henrietta Brothers, of Littlestown,
this State. To their union were born seven children: Jennie, widow of S. V.
Haslett; Thomas C., married Lizzie B. Hess, and is a merchant and coal
operator, and president of the Land and Lumber Company, of Clearfield;
Lizzie, wife of J. K. Mills, an insurance agent and real estate dealer of
Braddock, this State; Charles W., married Clara Leedy, of Harrisburg, who is
now dead; Maria O. (deceased); Grace E., wife of Joseph E. Kolbenschlag, who
is engaged in the clothing business at Coalport, this State; and May A.  Mrs.
Henrietta Heims is a daughter of Jacob Brothers, who removed from Pennsylvania
to Baltimore, Maryland, where he died in 1828. He married, in 1812, Elizabeth
Shriver, daughter of Andrew Shriver, Jr., who was born at Alsenborn, Germany,
and in 1721, with his parents, Andrew and Anna Margaret Shriver, became a
pioneer settler of Goshenhoppe, on the Conawago, where he married Magdalene
Maus, and reared a family of nine children. After the death of Jacob
Brothers, his widow married John McIlvain, who was prominent in the Methodist
Episcopal church.
   On May 8, 1890, Theobald Bentz Heims passed away at his residence on Logan
street, after an illness of fifteen months, and his remains are entombed in
Tyrone cemetery. His death was appropriately noticed in the press, and one of
the Tyrone papers said: that to his family "is extended the sincere sympathy
of this entire community which recognizes that their loss is also its loss,
for death has removed not only a beloved husband and father, but a useful and
respected citizen as well.

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