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In the census of June 1880, house #151-169 in Summit, we find ?C. Hertsman,? age 57, blacksmith, born in Germany. His wife listed is ?Anna Hertsman,? age 46, working ?at home,? and born in Germany. One child listed, ?Charles W. Hertsman,? age 20, bom in MS; their other son, Jacob and wife, Margaret were now living in their own home in Summit. On February 24, 1886, Charles Heitzmann's wife, Susanna ?Anna? Sunder Heitzmann dies. More will be said about her later. She is buried in Summit with a head-marker.
The next big event in Charles Heitzmann's life was his second marriage to Caroline ?Carrie? Fiegenschue, widow of George Jacques. She was bom in New Orleans, LA and was the daughter of George Fiegenschue and Anna Hermann. On this record, Charles names his parents as ?Alphonse Heitzmann and Theresa Dold,? and he states he is a native of Germany. Charles' actual signature is on this document. The marriage took place in New Orleans on December 30, 1890, and the application states that he was age 61, and she was 44. His second wife died in Summit in 1909. We found her obituary in the N O., LA Daily Picayune, and it said Mrs. Charles Heitzmann (Mrs. G. J. Jacques), nee, Carrie Fiegenschue died August 13,1909. While she died in Summit, MS, she was buried in N O., LA per her obituary in the August 19, 1909 edition of the ?Summit Sentinel? newspaper. The obituary says she was born August 4, 1844. The second wife had a daughter, Louise Jacques that had ?red hair.? The 1900 census of Summit, MS shows a female, ?C. Heitzman,? born August 1844 in LA. Living with her is ?Louise Heitzman,? bom April 1886 in MS and going to school. An elderly family friend told us Louise often went by her stepfather's name - Heitzmann. Louise moved to N O., LA and married (unknown first name) Petroksey (spelling?). She worked for the phone company in Summit and New Orleans and died in New Orleans. Aunt Lelia Crawford and Pauline Heitzmann told us Louise had at least one daughter that became a Catholic Nun in New Orleans, and they met her years ago.
On June 23, 1974, we met Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Bomman in Summit, MS. He was 79 years old at that time, had a great memory, and was born and raised in Summit. He attended the wake of Charles Heitzmann and told us that ?Mr. Heitzmann was a tall, medium built man, with light blue/gray eyes, and had a ?white beard.? Mr. Bomman said that Mr. Heitzmann's home in Summit was a ?large one? located midway down Robb St. and is now gone, with two smaller homes on the lot. The old blacksmith shop was located on the opposite side (south) of Robb St., on the east corner with Palmetto St. and was an empty lot in 1974. He had a copy of the sexton's record for Woodlawn Cemetery showing Charles Heitzmann owned a plot there described as ?Block D, Lot 59.? The single headstone in this plot only has Anna Heitzmann's, (Charles' first wife), name and dates on it. Mr. Bomman is positive, Charles is also buried there. The head-marker is made of white granite with weather stains over most of it. The top is approximately 12? square and 3' tall. It sits on a three layered base made of the same type stone. He also told us that the Heitzmanns were well respected members of their community and that old Mr. Heitzmann started the 5 V2 day work week - closing his shop at noon on Saturday. In those days, working six days a week was the norm.
On the same day in Summit in 1974, we met Mr. Edward A. Gent, age 82, that lived close to where the Heitzmann home was once located. He said that ?Mr. Heitzmann? liked to drink beer as most of the Germans did and that ?he (Charles Heitzmann) gave him his first taste of beer.? Mr. Gent said ?the beer was bitter and was nothing to get excited about.?
We now know that Carl ?Charles? Heitzmann was raised a Catholic and his wife, Susanna was a Lutheran. We find them having their children baptized at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in New Orleans. Once they moved to Summit, MS they attended the Pisgah Presbyterian Church as evidenced by the Reverend J. C. Graham, Presbyterian minister, officiating at his funeral in January of 1900. We also know several of Charles' grandchildren (children of Jacob) were baptized in this church.. The church is located at the corner of Peters and Chestnut Streets and services are held monthly (as of