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[1] Hertz, II, 690. Friedrich Karl Franz Hecker was an exiled German revolutionist, citizen of St. Clair County, Illinois, and a leader among the German Republicans of the state.
[2] Hecker's home burned August 12, 1856, while he was addressing a Fremont meeting.