Biographical Sketch of John W. Heuerman, Johnson County, Missouri,
Warrensburg.

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell,
Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918.
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J. W. Heuerman, the capable and genteel proprietor of the Fourth Ward
Grocery of Warrensburg, Missouri is a native of Pettis county, Miss-
ouri.  He was born September 27, 1874, son of Fred C. and Carrie 
(Seibe) Heuerman.  Fred C. Heuerman was born in 1838 in Germany and 
when a youth, fourteen years of age, emigrated from his native land to
America in 1852.  He located in St. Louis, Missouri and from that city
moved to Sedalia at a time long before the railroad had been built to
that point.  For a few years, he lived at Colecamp, Missouri and from 
there returned to Sedalia.  Later, he went to Los Angeles, California,
where he remained a short time and then came back to Missouri and is 
now residing in St. Louis.  Fred C. Heuerman learned bookkeeping in
Germany and he has followed his profession in this country.  He enlist-
ed in the Civil War and served in the Union army three years.  Mr.
Heuerman joined the service at Sedalia, Missouri.  Carrie (Seibe) 
Heuerman is the daughter of a respected pioneer of Sedalia, who was
associated in business with John W. Houx, owning a hardware store in
Sedalia.  To Fred C. and Carrie (Seibe) Heuerman have been born the
following children: John W., the subject of this review; Fred C., Jr.,
St. Louis, Missouri; Leo, St. Louis, Missouri; Edward, deceased; Harry,
Los Angeles, California; A. M., Indianapolis, Indiana; and Carrie, who
resides in Los Angeles, California.  J. W. Heuerman received his educa-
tion in the common schools of Sedalia.  He has made his way in the 
world since he was thirteen years of age, working as a lad as messenger
boy for the telegraph company in Sedalia and later as clerk in McCartys
shoe store and in the employ of the Kelk's Carriage Works.  At the age
of twenty-three years, Mr. Heuerman went to Joplin, Missouri, where he
conducted a cafe for the Anheuser Busch people for one year.  He then
returned to Sedalia and worked in the employ of the telegraph depart-
ment of the Union Pacific Railway Company.  For many years, Mr. Heuer-
man was employed by the "Katy" Railway Company and by the Queen City
Telephone Company.  He was manager of the Bell Telephone Company at
Warrensburg for ten years, when he resigned his position to engage in
the grocery business.  In March, 1916, he purchased the Fourth Ward
Grocery from H. J. Lyon and he now conducts this store in Warrensburg,
having a nice, steady, profitable trade, to which he gives his most
careful, personal attention.  Mr. Heuerman carries a fine, clean stock
of groceries, sufficient for the needs of his patronage.  In 1898, 
J. W. Heuerman and Cora Young, of Sedalia, Missouri, were united in
marriage.  Cora (Young) Heuerman is a daughter of T. B. Young, who is
now living in Sedalia, Missouri.  Mrs. Young is deceased.  To J. W.
and Cora Heuerman have been born two children: Dorothy and John W.,
Jr.  Mr. and Mrs. Heuerman reside at 407 Goodwin street in Warrensburg.
They are highly esteemed and respected in this community, where Mr.
Heuerman has established an excellent reputation, in his quiet, un-
assuming way, being well known among his business associates as an
honorable, upright, conscientious man. 

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