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==Later life== Heinz led a successful lobbying effort in favor of the [[Pure Food and Drug Act]] in 1906.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 June 2015 |title=Heinz Ketchup: A flavorful message in a glass bottle |url=http://statemuseumpa.org/pennsylvania-icons-heinz-bottle/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916090313/http://statemuseumpa.org/pennsylvania-icons-heinz-bottle/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 16, 2015 |access-date=21 April 2022 |website=The State Museum of Pennsylvania }}</ref> During [[World War I]], he worked with the [[United States Food Administration|Food Administration]].<ref name="colliers">{{Cite Collier's|wstitle=Heinz, Henry John|year=1921}}</ref> He was a director in many financial institutions, and was chairman of a committee to devise ways of protecting Pittsburgh from floods.<ref name="colliers" /> ===Marriage and family=== Heinz married Sarah Sloan Young on September 3, 1869.<ref name="Skrabec, 2009" /> She was of [[Scotch-Irish American|Scots-Irish]] ancestry and had grown up in the Presbyterian Church. They had five children:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nndb.com/people/126/000057952/ |title= Henry J. Heinz |publisher=Soylent Communications |work=[[NNDB|Notable Names Database]] |access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref> * Irene Edwilda Heinz-Given (1871β1956)<ref>{{cite web|title=The Irene Heinz Given and John LaPorte Given Research Professorship of Ophthalmology|url=https://www.med.upenn.edu/endowedprofessorships/irene-heinz-given-and-john-laporte-given-research-professorship-of-ophthalmology.html}}</ref> * Clarence Henry Heinz (1873β1920)<ref name="McCafferty, 1923" /> * Howard Covode Heinz (1877β1941) * Robert Eugene Heinz (1882β1882, lived about 1 month)<ref name="McCafferty, 1923" /> * Clifford Sloan Heinz (1883β1935) They were raised as Presbyterians. ===Religious faith=== [[File:Henry John Heinz in 1917.jpg|thumb|upright|Henry J. Heinz in 1917]] Later in life Heinz worshipped as a member of [[Methodist]] and [[Presbyterian]] churches, and worked closely with [[Baptists]] as well.<ref name="Skrabec, 2009" /> When Heinz visited [[England]], his "tourist stops" included the graves of religious leaders [[John Bunyan]], [[Isaac Watts]], and [[John Wesley]]. He visited a chapel that Wesley founded, later writing that "I felt I was upon holy ground."<ref>{{cite book |url= https://archive.org/details/goodprovider0000unse |url-access= registration |title= The Good Provider: H. J. Heinz and his 57 Varieties |first= Robert C. |last= Alberts |publisher= Houghton Mifflin |year= 1973 |page=[https://archive.org/details/goodprovider0000unse/page/76 76] |isbn= 978-0-213-16481-2 }}</ref> At the beginning of his will Heinz wrote: "I desire to set forth, at the very beginning of this Will, as the most important item in it, a confession of my faith in [[Jesus Christ]] as my Savior."<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=s3Zaen-5Kk4C |title= In God We Still Trust: A 365-Day Devotional |first= Richard |last= Lee |page= 100 |publisher= Thomas Nelson Inc |year= 2011 |isbn= 978-1-4041-8965-2}}</ref>
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