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From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin, Publ. 1901- Page 507
JOHN F. HEBERLEIN, a worthy and honored citizen of Fennimore, Grant county, was a member of an Ohio regiment in the war for the Union. He was born in Prussia, Germany, Sept. 27, 1843, and in 1852 emigrated to America with his parents, Philip and Margaret (HOFFMAN) HEBERLEIN. The family located first in Pennsylvania, but in 1857 moved to Lawrence county, Ohio, where the father died in 1861, leaving a widow and nine children, all of whom had attained maturity, John F. being the youngest of the family.
On Aug. 3, 1862, Mr. HEBERLEIN enlisted in Company K, 50th O.V.I., for three years, and was discharged July 21, 1865. His first service was in Kentucky, under Gen. Buell, and then under Gen. Rosecrans, and he was later transferred to the Army of East Tennessee, under Gen. Burnside. In the spring of 1864, he was placed in Gen. Schofield's command, and finished his service under that leader. He took part in the famous battle of Perryville, Oct. 8, 1862; in Sherman's Atlanta campaign, the battle of Dallas; and the fight in front of Atlanta, where Gen. McPherson was killed. He was also in the battles of Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek and Jonesboro. After Sherman started on his memorable march through Georgia to the sea, Mr. HEBERLEIN, with his regiment, in the 23d Army Corps, proceeded to Franklin, Tenn., and they were under the command of Gen. Thomas in the battle of Nashville, where the Confederate army met with signal defeat. The Union troops then went in pursuit of Hood to Wilmington, N.C., and thence to Goldsboro, where they rejoined Sherman's army, remaining in North Carolina until the war ended. Mr. HEBERLEIN's regiment was stationed at Salisbury when mustered out.
Our subject then returned to his home in Lawrence county, Ohio, where he was married, Oct. 15, 1866, to Miss Mary C. ARNOLD, and started immediately for Grant county, Wis., being accompanied by his bride and mother, who made her home with him until her death in 1871. He located on a farm near Lancaster, and in connection with its operation also followed the trade of a mason for a number of years. Since August 1894, he has made his home in the village of Fennimore. Mrs. HEBERLEIN died at Patch Grove, Grant county, in September, 1890, leaving nine children, five sons and four daughters, namely: Margaret, Wilhelmina, Frederick C., Jacob, Edward A., Sarah L., Frank, Joseph and Mary C. Edward A. was a member of Company C, 4th Wis. V.I. in the late Spanish-American war.
Mr. HEBERLEIN is a worthy member of Sam Monteith Post, No. 173, G.A.R., of Fennimore. He served faithfully as a soldier for the Union, and during his long service was only absent from his regiment from April 5, 1865, to June 1, same year. During this short period he was confined in hospital by sickness, brought on by long and arduous service and the malaria of North Carolina swamps. He is a patriotic and loyal citizen of his adopted country, and ever stands ready to discharge any duty devolving upon him.
This biography generously submitted by Carol Holmbeck