This is Herman (right) with brother Charles.
Herman Heberer was born on October 28, 1847. His father was Thomas Heberer His mother was Caroline Fredicker Heberer He was born in Bellville, St. Clair Co. Illinois. Herman never married He died on January 18, 1941 at 11:45am from bronchial congestion. He had at least 2 brothers: Charles Thomas Heberer. Gewald Heberer who died on April 29, 1872. His obituary says "Mr. Heberer was a most interesting man to speak to because of his wide and diversified education and his knowledge of the lore and history of Belleville and this communinty. He was born here on October 28, 1846, and except for the few years that he attended schools in St. Louis and in Effingham County and the time during which he lived with his parents in Centralia, he spent practically his entire 93 years in Belleville. When a youth he attended the public school of Belleville which stood where the Lincoln Hotel now is situated. His father was Thomas Heberer, a saddler, who came from Germany to make Belleville his home, and his mother, also a native of Germany, was the late Caroline Fredicker Heberer. While young Herman was still going to school the Civil War broke out. He said that times were hard then, but in spite of all that, his father sent him to an academy in St. Louis which was near the old French market. There, among other things, he studied English, French and German. In later years he could speak both English and German fluently. After conducting the saddlery business for many years, Mr. Heberer's father acquired a brewery on the southeast corner of North Second and West A Streets and the old Bellevile Park, just accross the street. "That was during the time when 13 breweries and three distilleries flourished in Belleville, all at the same time," he related several years ago. "And no one ever got drunk, either. The beer and whisky were shipped to all parts of the country--New Orleans, St. Louis, Cincinnati," he related. "From my father's brewery the beer was shipped to O'Fallon and from there to Sandoval and Centralia from where it was delivered to all parts of the country." Later the Heberers moved to Centralia where they maintained a large depot for the outgoing beer. Young Herman was again sent to school, this time to St. Joseph's College, a seminary by Franciscan brothers in Effingham County. He studied there two years, and then returned to Belleville with his folks. Here he remained until his death. His father died in 1871; his mother in 1903. Only one of the ten children in the family is now living. He is a brother, Charles Heberer, who formerly resided in Correctionville, IA., after having spent much of his life in France studying art. Charles, having obtained international recognition for many of his paintings, went to France two years age to dispose of his property and return to the United States with his paintings. He was last heard from just before the part of France in which he lived was occupied by the Nazi army. A niece and nephew, children of Charles Heberer, survive. They are Mrs. Albert Houk, residing in Arthur, Ia., and Charles Thomas Heberer, residing in Oklahoma. He owned some property in Centralia, Ill. which he bought from his father Herman. It was in this little town that his son Charles Thomas was born. He ran a brewery in Belleville, Ill. with his brothers Adam and Henry. He also ran one with is son Herman in Belleville as well. He is Buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery sec 802 along side his wife, brother Adam, and son Herman next to a very large tree. There is also a 14 year old Gewald Heberer that died on April 29, 1872 buried there. I can only conclude that this may have been a cousin or brother or sister to Herman that died very young and may have been the reason they bought the family plot.
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