ANDREW HELLMANN, a prominent and reliable citizen of Walnut was born in Schleswig, Germany, the son of John P. Hellmann, a farmer by occupation. He was the father of six children: John L., Garsten, Andrew, Hama, Lena, and one who died in infancy. The father lived to the age of sixty-five years, dying in Germany. Andrew Hellmann, his son and the subject of this sketch, was born March 5, 1844, and was reared to farm life. He came to America at the age of twenty-seven years in 1870, landing at Quebec. He then went to Chicago, and next to Pennsylvania where he worked for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. In 1873 he came to Iowa and worked on a farm in Clinton County, and in 1880 came to Walnut where he has since remained.

In 1885 he was married to Dora Hansen. In his political opinions he is a staunch Democrat and is well-known as a straight-forward man, a believer in personal liberty and is a good American citizen.

Contributed by: Darlene Vergamini