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To have served as commissioner of Franklin county and to have had an official part in the erection of the splendid new ocurt house at Brookville is an exceptional honor. John C. Huermann, as one of the three commissioners of Franklin county during the past four years, enjoyed the honor. Mr. Huermann performed his official duties as a member of the board of county commissioners to the entire satisfaction of the citizens of his county.
John C. Huermann was born July 28, 1855, in Oldenburg, Franklin county, Indiana, the son of Conrad H. and Mary (Brackmann) Huermann, the former of whom was born in Germany on April 21, 1804, and died June 20, 1874. Conrad Huermann was married three times, his last wife being the mother of the subject of this review. Mary Brackman was a daughter of Joseph Brackman, a native of Germany, who never came to America. By her marriage with Conrad H. Huermann she had seven children: Rosa, Elizabeth, John C., Mary, Anna, Martina and Johanna, all of who are living. The moter of these children died in 1895.
In his natiaave land Conrad Huermann was a locksmith, but after coming to America he became a blacksmith, which vocation he followed all his life. He landed first at Baltimore upon arring int he United States, and from there went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he secured employment as tool sharpener for the contractor of a tunnel gang. later he came to Oldenburg, Indiana, where he operated a blacksmith shop for ten years, but finally engaged in the hotel and saloon business in Oldenburg. he also owned one hundred and twenty acres of land in Ray township, and was prominent
Conrad Huermann's first wife was Gertrude Fuss, a native of Germany, and to this union three children were born: Elizabeth, Catherine and Conrad, Jr., deceased. All of these children were born in Germany, and there their mother died and is buried. For his second wife Conrad Huermann married Mrs. Catherine Baidleman, the widow of Henry Baidleman, and to this union one child was born, Veronica.
John C. Huermann was educated in the public schools of his home neighborhood at Oldenburg. He was married on February 3, 1904, to Anna Luebbers, the daughter of John and Wilhelmina (Wilke) Luebbers, the former of who was born in Hollan, May 24, 1843, and is now living at Cincinnati, Ohio, and the latter of whom was born August 15, 1857, in Germany and died June 10, 1902. John Luebbers and wife were the parents of two children: Harry, deceased, and Anna, the wife of Mr. Huermann.
Mr. Huwermann is the owner of a fine farm of one hundre and twenty acres in Ray township, but he and his wife reside in Oldenburg, in the house formerly owned by his father. They are devout members of the Catholic church, and Mr. Huermann is a member of the Knights of Columbus and of the Knights of St. John. Mr. Huermann served as county commissioner of Franklin county from 1908 until 1914, during which time the county court house was being buils. Mr. Huermann is known throughout the county for his integrity, for his pleasing personality and for the welcome that is always accorded to his friends when they visit his hom
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