Heitmeyer photos chronicle the family

This collection of photos, family group sheets, letters, etc. it is believed came from George and Katie (Heitmeyer) Lockhart who lived at Mountain View, Arkansas in their retirement years. Apparently the collection was given to the Stone County Historical Society. When the Society was going through collections in order to renovate the rooms, the package was given to me to try and find family to re-home the collection. The photos seem to be mostly Catherine Heitmeyer’s ancestors with some of the older ancestors born in Germany and having immigrated to Indiana. A family group sheet in the collection gave me the names of Katie’s children from her first marriage with last name Palmer. At least one son has passed away, but I’m trying to contact the other son or her daughter, the latter believed to live around the Phoenix AZ area. The hunt is on! This will be a wonderful collection for a family member who treasures family history. The photos appear to be reprints in most cases.

Some of the older photos are of John Fredrick Heitmeyer, 1814-1886, born in Germany and Caroline Heitmeyer, 1837-1911, also born in Germany. I was able to find their profile on FamilySearch.org which made it nice to see the family tree.