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Jerry Sayre PDC - Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War

Asa Withorn Hebberd was an early pioneer of Fallbrook and a Civil War veteran. Although the spelling of his last name varied throughout the years – Hibberd, Hebbard, Hebberd – the most common was Hebberd. Asa’s headstone is carved Hebbard, and his wife’s headstone is labeled Hebberd.

Asa Hebberd was born in Maine, Feb. 20, 1828, and by 1850 he was here in California mining for gold with the 49ers. After little success, he moved back East and met and married Jerusha Fairchild, Sept. 25, 1856, in Wisconsin. The couple would have three dau...