Hebert, Martin, 1874-1961
Biography
Rev. Martin Hebert (1874-1961) was born in Bell City, Louisiana. He is the son of Eraste Hebert (1850-1923) and Martha Hayes Hebert (1850-1893). He attended Lake Charles College
and taught school at Bell City and Grand Lake around 1895. In 1897, Hebert was licensed to preach by
the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He was ordained a deacon in
1900, and ordained an elder in 1904. Hebert served the following appointments (some dates are
approximate): French mission (1898), Plain Dealing (1899), Plaquemine Brulee (1900), French
mission (1901-1911), Saint Martinville (1912), French mission (1913-1916), Superintendent of the
French mission (1917), French mission circuit (1918), Abbeville and French mission (1919), presiding
elder of the Houma and French mission district (1920-1923), missionary evangelist (1924-1926),
Morgan City (1927), Algiers (1928-1930), Epworth of New Orleans (1931-1933), First Methodist
Church of West Monroe (1934-1937), and Henning Memorial Methodist Church of Sulphur
(1938-1942). He retired in 1942, but continued to serve as a supply pastor at the following locations:
Westlake (1942-1953), Community Chapel of Lake Charles (1953-1955), and Fairview Methodist Church of Lake Charles (1955-1957).
In 1898, Hebert married Nettie Clarissa Kingsbury (1877-1967) of Missouri Valley, Iowa. The Heberts
had seven children: Lee Beverly Hebert, Guy Kingsbury Hebert, Martin Hebert Jr., Vera Pulliam, Iris
Fern Hebert, Mrs. James A. Carlin, and Theodore Girard Hebert.