Henry Lockman was born in Germany on Wed. Oct. 28, 1857. In approximately 1866, when he was 9 years old, Henry came with his parents, Christian and Wilhelmina Lockman and sister Caroline to America, settling in the Mankato, MN area.
On Mon. Oct. 15, 1895*, when he was 37 yrs. old, Henry married Helena Schmidt at St. James Catholic Church, St. James, MN by Father J.D. Durwood. The witnesses were Frank J. Sandmeyer and Mary Smith. It was recorded on Oct. 19, 1895 at the Watonwan Court House.
* The St. James Journal stated that they were married on Tues. which was Oct. 16th, which is incorrect. It also misspelled Lockman as Lockmand.

Henry and Lena had eleven children during their marriage: Marie born in, 1896, Julia born in 1898, George born in 1899, Anne born in 1900, John born in 1902, Frank born in 1904, Joseph born in 1906, Elisabeth born in 1907, William born in 1909, Henry Jr. born April. 21,1911, who died at age 10 mos. and Cecelia born in 1913.
Henry and Helena lived on a farm three miles north of Butterfield, MN.
Henry once told his daughter, Cecelia, that he saw the outlaw, Jesse James and that his father, Christian, had met him. However, Cecelia said she didn't know if this was true or not.
The family then moved to two different farms in North Branch, MN when Cecelia was about 5 yrs. old. One on So. Post Rd. (Route. 2, Box 15). The 1920 census lists the family living on South Post Road, Chisago County; Branch Township, District 10, living in the area for about ten years, before moving to Hastings Ave., St. Paul, MN in 1926.
Henry died at age 79 at home on Tues. Feb. 23, 1937 at 6 P.M.. The cause of death was cerebral hemorrhage and the duration was 12 days. The doctor was Dr. E.R. Youngren of 965 Payne Ave. The family was living at 922 E. Minnehaha Ave. when Henry died.
The undertaker was Willwerscheid & Son, St. Paul, MN.
The funeral service was held at St. James Catholic Church, St. James, MN on Sat. Feb. 27, 1937 at 9:00 AM. Mass was said by Father J.B. Gregoire.
Pallbearers were N.L. Zender, George Spitzner, Alois Spitzner, John Sandmeyer, Joe Schmidt and John Diedrich.
Daughter, Cecelia, said that when the family went down to St. James for the burial, they slept in the back of a furniture store since there wasn't any other room for all of them.
Henry is buried in St. James Cemetery which is located on 1st Ave. So. across from the St. James Salvage Co. just outside the city limits, in Watonwan County.
The cost of the granite double headstone was $78.00 and was ordered through Joseph C. Masberg, a general contractor, 517 LaFayette St., Mankato, MN who set and finished the headstone by July 3, 1937.

Information was supplied by myself.