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A History of Texas and Texans
By Francis White Johnson, Ernest William Winkler
Louis J. HEBERT, a prominent cattleman of Beaumont, has been a resident of Jefferson county all his life. His family has been identified with the county since 1838, or thereabouts, and men of the name have been identified with the business and historical interests of the county from then to the present time. They have been, for the most part, cattlemen, successful and prosperous, the family being one of the wealthiest in these parts.
The Heberts are of French ancestry and descent, coming down from one Joseph Hebert, who came to Nova Scotia from France in the eighteenth century and settled in Acadia, near Port Royal. His descendants came with the Acadians to Louisiana, as is related graphically in Longfellow's Evangeline. In Louisiana they wore established for years and Joseph and Molina (Andrus) Hebert, parents of Louis J. Hebert of this review, were born and reared in Calcaseu Parish, in Louisiana. Joseph Hebert was a son of Louis Hebert, who came to Jefferson county, Texas, in 1838, bringing with him his family, of which Joseph was a member. The family settled about four miles south of the present site of Beaumont and there acquired land, which, with others adjacent thereto, is still in the possession of the family.
Joseph Hebert, during the Civil war, organized a company of which he became captain, for service in the Confederate army, but this company saw little or no action. A brother of Captain Hebert's, however, served actively all through the war.
The Heberts were among the earliest settlers in Jefferson county, and they were likewise among the first cattle raisers. They have always been cattlemen, and they are numbered among the wealthiest families of the county, having from the outset being representative of the most substantial element, extensive land owners and cattle raisers, and, among the younger generation, extensive rice farmers.
Louis J. Hebert has three brothers: Joseph Martin Hebert and Benjamin C. Hebert, living in Beaumont, and W. A. Hebert, who lives four miles from the city. All have sons who are prominent in the business affairs of the county. Mr. Hebert and his brother, Joseph M., under the firm name of L. J. Hebert & Brother, own and operate a large cattle ranch at Sabine Pass, in the Southern part of Jefferson county, and they also own individually, other large landed interests.
Mr. Hebert married Miss Mary Ewing, who was born in Angelina county, Texas, the daughter of J. A. Ewing. and they have two children: Mrs. Sybil L. Hoopes and Benjamin B. Hebert.
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