Daniel Heintzelman was born in Lynn on December 22, 1825. He was a farmer and the homestead upon which he was born, lived and died is now owned by his son, Alvin G. The farm is many acres. He was school-director and assessor of his township; also served the Lutheran congregation of Ebenezer church at New Tripoli as a deacon and an elder. He died September 14, 1891, in his 66th year, and was buried there. He married Polly Straub, a daughter of Heinrich and Maria M. Straub, of Lynnport. She was born Jan. 26, 1827 and died April 29, 1887, in her 61st year.