BIOGRAPHY:  J. B. EBERHARDT, Madison County, GA

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"Memoirs of Georgia: Containing Historical Accounts of the State's Civil,
Military, Industrial and Professional Interests, and Personal Sketches
of Many of Its People" Vol. 1 & 2, Atlanta, Georgia:  The Southern 
Historical Association, 1895 

J. B. EBERHARDT, farmer, is a native of Madison county, was born in 
1841, and is the son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Wynn) Eberhardt. Jacob 
Eberhardt was born in what is now Madison county, in 1797, and was a 
distinguished man of his day. He was a prosperous farmer, and was 
state senator from Oglethorpe county and Madison county about 1850. 
He died on his farm in 1862. He was a son of George and Margaret 
(Patten) Eberhardt. George Eberhardt was a son of Jacob Eberhardt, 
who came to America from Germany in 1745 and settled in Georgia, 
where he died. Jacob Eberhardt, the second, married Elizabeth, 
daughter of John and Elizabeth. Wynn, old residents of Madison 
county. Mr. J. B. Eberhardt was given a good education, and in 1862 
joined Company E, Thirty-seventh Georgia regiment, under Capt. 
Gholston, who was killed at Jonesborough. Mr. Eberhardt was then made 
captain, and led his company in the battles of Missionary ridge, 
where he was distinguished for his bravery. He was wounded at 
Jonesborough. In 1864, while in service, he married Lusetta Goolsby, 
daughter of T. B. and Martha Goolsby. The Goolsbys were from 
Oglethorpe county, and rvlrs. Eberhardt was born in 1844. Mr. J. B. 
Eberhardt and wife have seven living children: L. Ho, Dr. Pope 
Clifford, Lizzie, Mattie, Robert T., Alexander H. Mr. and Mrs. 
Eberhardt are members of the Baptist church, and he is a royal arch 
Mason. Mr. Eberhardt is a self-made man, starting in life as a poor 
boy, and working with such industry and perseverance as to acquire a 
good farm of SOo acres, besides other valuable property.