Martin Herbst was born February 2, 1850 in Bavaria, Germany, and was three years of age when his parents came to this country and settled in the Blackjack Community in Illinois. His father died in 1861 leaving the mother with a large family of children. Martin began working as a blacksmith at 11 years of age.
In 1875 he married Miss Elizabeth Grimm who was born October 4, 1855 in Lebanon, Ill . In 1877 he purchased the blacksmith shop with his brother. To Martin and Elizabeth were born 11 children. One son died in infancy, and another, Andrew, at the age of 19. The other children were: Clara Anna , William, Jacob, Edward, Mary, Katherine, Elsie, Bertha, Emma, and Fred. His two brothers were Leonard Herbst of Belleville, Ill and Charles Herbst of Collinsville.
Besides being a devoted father, he was an active member of the Evangelical Church of Blackjack. He served as director of the Blackjack school for a number of years and was also a highway commissioner for several terms. As a man and a citizen, his dealings with his fellow men were with the strictest integrity, and he was highly esteemed.
On a Monday morning, November 6, 1922, he died suddenly of a heart attack at his country home five miles south of Troy, Ill. His age was 72 years, 9 months and 4 days.
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon, November 9, from the family residence to the St. John's church, and were very largely attended. The services were conducted by the pastor, Rev. E.L. Eggen, who was assisted by Rev. H.J. Bredehoeft of Collinsville. S. Edwards and Mesdames M. Autwarter and C. E. Molden of this city also sang Interment was the Blackjack Evangelical cemetery under auspices of the St. Clair Lodge No. 119, I.O.O.F.
In 1875 he married Miss Elizabeth Grimm who was born October 4, 1855 in Lebanon, Ill . In 1877 he purchased the blacksmith shop with his brother. To Martin and Elizabeth were born 11 children. One son died in infancy, and another, Andrew, at the age of 19. The other children were: Clara Anna , William, Jacob, Edward, Mary, Katherine, Elsie, Bertha, Emma, and Fred. His two brothers were Leonard Herbst of Belleville, Ill and Charles Herbst of Collinsville.
Besides being a devoted father, he was an active member of the Evangelical Church of Blackjack. He served as director of the Blackjack school for a number of years and was also a highway commissioner for several terms. As a man and a citizen, his dealings with his fellow men were with the strictest integrity, and he was highly esteemed.
On a Monday morning, November 6, 1922, he died suddenly of a heart attack at his country home five miles south of Troy, Ill. His age was 72 years, 9 months and 4 days.
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon, November 9, from the family residence to the St. John's church, and were very largely attended. The services were conducted by the pastor, Rev. E.L. Eggen, who was assisted by Rev. H.J. Bredehoeft of Collinsville. S. Edwards and Mesdames M. Autwarter and C. E. Molden of this city also sang Interment was the Blackjack Evangelical cemetery under auspices of the St. Clair Lodge No. 119, I.O.O.F.
Martin Herbst was born February 2, 1850 in Bavaria, Germany, and was three years of age when his parents came to this country and settled in the Blackjack Community in Illinois. His father died in 1861 leaving the mother with a large family of children. Martin began working as a blacksmith at 11 years of age.
In 1875 he married Miss Elizabeth Grimm who was born October 4, 1855 in Lebanon, Ill . In 1877 he purchased the blacksmith shop with his brother. To Martin and Elizabeth were born 11 children. One son died in infancy, and another, Andrew, at the age of 19. The other children were: Clara Anna , William, Jacob, Edward, Mary, Katherine, Elsie, Bertha, Emma, and Fred. His two brothers were Leonard Herbst of Belleville, Ill and Charles Herbst of Collinsville.
Besides being a devoted father, he was an active member of the Evangelical Church of Blackjack. He served as director of the Blackjack school for a number of years and was also a highway commissioner for several terms. As a man and a citizen, his dealings with his fellow men were with the strictest integrity, and he was highly esteemed.
On a Monday morning, November 6, 1922, he died suddenly of a heart attack at his country home five miles south of Troy, Ill. His age was 72 years, 9 months and 4 days.
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon, November 9, from the family residence to the St. John's church, and were very largely attended. The services were conducted by the pastor, Rev. E.L. Eggen, who was assisted by Rev. H.J. Bredehoeft of Collinsville. S. Edwards and Mesdames M. Autwarter and C. E. Molden of this city also sang Interment was the Blackjack Evangelical cemetery under auspices of the St. Clair Lodge No. 119, I.O.O.F.
In 1875 he married Miss Elizabeth Grimm who was born October 4, 1855 in Lebanon, Ill . In 1877 he purchased the blacksmith shop with his brother. To Martin and Elizabeth were born 11 children. One son died in infancy, and another, Andrew, at the age of 19. The other children were: Clara Anna , William, Jacob, Edward, Mary, Katherine, Elsie, Bertha, Emma, and Fred. His two brothers were Leonard Herbst of Belleville, Ill and Charles Herbst of Collinsville.
Besides being a devoted father, he was an active member of the Evangelical Church of Blackjack. He served as director of the Blackjack school for a number of years and was also a highway commissioner for several terms. As a man and a citizen, his dealings with his fellow men were with the strictest integrity, and he was highly esteemed.
On a Monday morning, November 6, 1922, he died suddenly of a heart attack at his country home five miles south of Troy, Ill. His age was 72 years, 9 months and 4 days.
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon, November 9, from the family residence to the St. John's church, and were very largely attended. The services were conducted by the pastor, Rev. E.L. Eggen, who was assisted by Rev. H.J. Bredehoeft of Collinsville. S. Edwards and Mesdames M. Autwarter and C. E. Molden of this city also sang Interment was the Blackjack Evangelical cemetery under auspices of the St. Clair Lodge No. 119, I.O.O.F.
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