Our HERRING Family chronicles the descendants of Robert H. Herring (1848 - 1938) and related families.
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Robert
H. Herring was born in Arkansas on the 12 December 1848 and died in Comanche
County, Oklahoma in 1938. The first record we find on him is the 1860
Census of Yell County, Arkansas
where he is listed in the family of Lewis Herring. For
many years we thought he was one of the sons of Lewis Herring but we now believe
this is incorrect. This Herring line is very well documented and no records have
ever been found to support this relationship. Lewis Herring with his first wife,
Asenith Powell, and family can be found in the 1850
Census of Carroll County, Mississippi. Robert is not listed in this census with the family.
Many
Herring genealogists believe that Robert was actually the son of Lewis’ second
wife Elizabeth Austin Harrell. Elizabeth
was married before to John Harrell in Carroll County, Mississippi and by him had
four children. According to the book, “Our Herring In-Laws” by O.B. King the
four Harrell children were Laminda, John, Isaac and Malinda. In an effort to
prove or disprove that Robert was a Harrell I participated in the Harrell
Family DNA Research Project. It has shown that as a descendent of Robert Herring I am not
related to any of the Harrells in this project.
That did not prove that Robert wasn’t the son of John Harrell though.
We spent much of 2004 researching the John Harrell family line and a descendent of
John Harrell's son, Isaac Harrell, was finally located. After a DNA test and a comparison
of the John Harrell descendent and myself it has been determined that we are
not related either. This testing however did
establish a family relationship between this Harrell descendent of John Harrell
and the Harrells of the Harrell Family DNA Project.
Since it has been determined that Robert was not the son of Lewis Herring and not a Harrell descendent we now believe that he was simply living in the Lewis Herring household in 1860. Further research suggests that Robert may have been orphaned and probably was a grandson of Graddy Herring. Graddy was the uncle of Lewis Herring and the brother of William Giles Herring Sr, Lewis' father. Robert and Lewis were first cousins. Graddy and William Giles were the sons of Michael Herring and Charity Graddy. In fact, it appears that all the Herrings that moved to and lived in Yell County, Arkansas in the early to mid 1800s were descendents of this Michael Herring. Michael Herring was descended from John Herring who immigrated to Virginia in 1642 from England. This Herring Family Genealogy is covered in the book, “HERRING Highlights III” by James Maurice Grimwood.
There appeared to be at least three Herring brothers in Yell County, Arkansas in the early to mid 1800s; Hillery Holmes Herring, Bryant Herring and John C Herring. These men are all thought to be sons of Graddy Herring and we believe it is this line of Herrings that Robert Holmes Herring is related to.
Robert always went by the name Robert H Herring. We really never knew what the "H" stood for. When I first saw his name on the 1860 census I thought the name might have been "Hame" as it was written. Then based on the assertion that he was a Harrell we thought he might have been going by the name Robert Harrell Herring but we now know that is not so. We have now found two references to Hillery H Herring on land grants and as it is written his initial "H" stands for Holmes. Since we believe Hillery was actually Robert's uncle we think his middle name might be the same and the initial "H" stands for Holmes.
UPDATE 08/10/05:
Dr. Dallas Herring's DNA results are in. He is of the same Herring line as I am. This is the proof we needed to show that our line is descended from Graddy Herring, who in turn is descended from the patriarch of the HERRING Highlights series of books, John Herring. There is now evidence to show that there were two distinct Herring lines that were in Virginia in the mid-1600s. It is possible that some of the Herrings that are documented in the HHIII series of books may not be of the same Herring line. Because of this I recommend that all Herrings join our DNA project to determine which line you belong to.
John Herring b c.1620 England, d c.1672 Isle of Wight, VA, m Margorie Whitfield
Anthony Herring b c.1648 Isle of Wight, VA, d c.1715 Isle of Wight, VA, m Rebecca West
Samuel Herring b c.1682 Isle of Wight, VA, d c.1750 Johnston Co, NC, m c.1704 Ann Williams
Michael Herring b c.1722 Bertie Precinct, NC, d 1805 Wayne Co, NC m 1755 Charity Graddy
William Giles Herring, Sr. b 19 Feb 1762 Dobbs County, NC m c.1791 Penelope Pittman
Lewis Herring b 20 Oct 1801 Robeson County, NC m Asenith Amanda Powell
Apparently William Giles Herring, Sr died in 1825 and several of his children moved from Robeson County, North Carolina to Carroll County, Mississippi around 1830. A good page on the family is at William Giles Herring Sr Family by Narvell Strickland. However Narvell Strickland lists Lewis Herring's wife as Amanda Miller which many Herring Genealogists disagree with. Herring Highlights III lists Lewis' first wife as Asenith Amanda Powell.
After the death of Lewis’ first wife he married Elizabeth Austin Harrell on 17 Dec 1852 in Carroll County, Mississippi. On 13 Dec 1857 Laminda Harrell, oldest daughter of Elizabeth Austin Harrell, married Bryan Van Buren Herring, her stepbrother and Lewis Herring’s son. Bryan and Laminda can be found in the 1860 Census of Choctaw County, Mississippi. Shortly after the marriage of Laminda and Bryan, Lewis and Elizabeth Austin Herrell Herring and their family left Carroll County, Mississippi and moved to Yell County, Arkansas. I believed they moved to Arkansas because of the scandal and embarrassment they felt over the marriage of their children. It would not be uncommon if they were excommunicated from their church because of this marriage.
Lewis
and Elizabeth Herring and their family can be found in Arkansas in the
1860
Census of Yell County, Arkansas. It is in
this Census for the first and only time we find Robert with the Lewis Herring
family. Close neighbors in Yell
County were
Lewis’ first cousin
Hillery H Herring
and Hillery’s son Bright
W Herring
and his family. Also in Yell County at that
time were Byant Herring’s widow, Percy
Millard Herring
and their family and Bryant and Percy's son, Ichabod
Herring
and his family.
Lewis Herring died in 1862 and was buried in the Herring Cemetery on his homestead according to the Herring Family Genealogist, O. B. King. This was right at the beginning of the Civil War and I'm sure his death placed a heavy burden on this family. Lewis' sons, Absolom and Benjamin, probably served with the Confederate forces in the war. There was an Absolom Herring that served with the 24th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry and Benjamin Herring with the 11th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry. Bright W. Herring, the son of Hillery Herring is listed with the 3rd Regiment, Arkansas Calvary.
Right
after the Civil War Laminda and Bryan and their family moved to Yell County,
Arkansas, however they didn’t live there long before all the Lewis Herring
descendants moved back to Carroll County, Mississippi.
In the 1870 Census
of Carroll County, Mississippi
we can find Ab
(Absolom) Herring living with a Bud Montgomery family. Ab’s older brother
Ben
Herring and his family are living next door to another Ichabod, their cousin
Ichabod Herring. On the other side of the Ichabod Herring homestead is
Ben and
Ab’s stepbrother Isaac Harrell (spelled Harl) and his wife Lucy (Elizabeth Ina
Montgomery). The home next door to Isaac is Adren & Lucy Montgomery, the
parents of Lucy. So we have documented the two brothers, Absolom
Herring and Benjamin Herring, and
their stepbrother, Isaac Harrell, all back in Mississippi.
Around
1877, Elizabeth and two of her step sons, Bryan
Herring
and Ab
Herring
, and her son Isaac
Harrell
moved to Parker County, Texas. They can all be found there in the 1880 census.
Elizabeth can be found living in Bryan's household. The census lists
the Harrell family as Isaac Herrell 33, Elizabeth 27, Annie 8, Lore 6,
Briant (Brian) 5, Benjmon (Benjamin). I would
venture to guess that Brian Harrell and Benjamin Herrell are named after their Uncles,
Bryan Herring and Benjamin Herring.
Sometime
in the late 1800’s, Isaac Herrell moved onto a farm in Erath County, TX. He
can be found in the 1910
Census of Erath County, Texas
there with his family listed as I.M. (Isaac Mack)
Herrell 63, Elizabeth 59, Jim 35 and Mary 17.
ROBERT HOLMES HERRING FAMILY HISTORY
After Lewis Herring’s death in 1862, Robert
Holmes Herring left Arkansas for Texas.
It’s believed he left the state to avoid serving in the Civil War. It
is well known that the Confederate forces were conscripting men into service.
History tells us that several Arkansas families sent their young boys to stay
with Texas family and friends during this period. Although Robert was about age
14 in 1862 he would be considered old enough to serve when Union and Confederate
forces began fighting for control of the Arkansas River in 1862, just 26 miles
north of the family homestead.
Robert moved to Burnet County, Texas around 1862 and lived in the home of his uncle, James Axley. We think that James Axley’s first wife, was a Herring and a daughter of Graddy Herring's. James Axley was born in Tennessee and had moved to Yell County, Arkansas with some of the Herrings too but then had moved on Texas about 1855-56 with his son-in-law, Jonathan Williams.. One of Jonathan’s brothers, Thomas Williams also made the trip with them. James Axley, Jonathan Williams and Thomas Williams can be found there on the 1860 Census of Burnet County, Texas.
On
3 Oct 1869 Robert married Jonathan Williams’ daughter Mary.
Mary Williams was James Axley’s granddaughter and Graddy Herring’s
great granddaughter. It was known in the family that Robert married his second
cousin but it appears he married his third cousin. Robert
Herring and Mary Williams had seven children, they were: Narcissa (Sissy) b
1873, Sallie B b 1874, William (Will) Thomas b 1875, James Hillary (Jim)
b 1876,
Sarah E. b 1879, Abraham b 1881, Julia Dell b 1882. Robert and his family can be
found in the 1870
Census of Burnet County,
Texas
, and the
1880 Census
of Bell County,
Texas.
Robert
told the story of his travel to Yell County, Arkansas once in the late 1800’s on
horseback in which he was looking for his family there. The ride to Arkansas and back
to Bell County, Texas took him three months.
Around 1889, Robert H. Herring, his second wife Prudence and his sons, Jim & Abe, and daughter, Julia Dell moved back to Yell County, Arkansas. By 1900 Jim and Julia Dell were both married and out of the household but Robert, Prudence and Abe can be found in the 1900 Census of Yell County, Arkansas . Their neighbors there are James M. Black, Albert W. Bass and James M. Bass and their families.
Family history tells us that Jim Herring, Robert's son, met and married his first cousin, Della Mae Herring. Della Mae's parents were Logan Wood Herring and Catherine Hunter. Logan W Herring was the son of John C Herring. John C Herring was one of Graddy Herring's sons. Logan can be found in the 1850 Census of Yell County, Arkansas living in the household of John C Herring, his father. Ten years later Logan can be found in the 1860 Census of Yell County, Arkansas in the household of his older brother Abraham. It appears that something happened to John C Herring and his wife sometime between 1850 and 1860. By 1880 Census of Franklin County, Arkansas Logan is married with his own family. He can also be found in the 1900 Census of Franklin County, Arkansas , and the 1910 Census of Franklin County, Arkansas .
It is interesting to note that Hillery H Herring also named one of his sons Logan Wood Herring. He can be found in Hillery's household in the 1850 Census of Yell County, Arkansas . We can also find a Logan Mingo Wood as a partner of Hillery Herring's on a 1839 Land Patent in Johnson County, Arkansas. I haven't found a family connection between Logan Wood and the Herring's but apparently both John C Herring and Hillery H Herring thought enough of him to name sons after him. Janet Newell, a descendent of Isaac Wood who was also in early Yell County at the same, believes that Isaac Wood and Logan Wood were brothers but we have no additional information on Logan.
Also in the 1900 Census of Franklin County, Arkansas are listed James H. Herring b Jul 1876, TX (miss-spelled as Hearing) and his wife Della Herring b Aug 1880, AR. Close by are Logan Herring b Sept 1847, AR and his son Millard b Feb 1886, AR and daughter, Cora L b Dec 1884, AR. Close by are Hill (Hillary?) Herring b c.1879, AR and his wife Nancy D. b May 1875, MS and daughter Lillie M. b May 1900, AR and mother-in-law Mary D. Robinson b Jul 1835, MS.
UPDATE April 25th, 2005
We now have confirmation on Della Mae Herring's side of the family that she and James Hillery Herring were first cousins. That means that Robert Holmes Herring was the son of John C Herring. Check out this letter "History of the Hearrings" by Mildred Herring accessible through the HERRING Gallery .
By the 1910 Census of Franklin
County, Arkansas
we can find Logan Herring, his son Millard, Millard's wife, Maggie,
and their daughter, Hazel. Near by is Logan's son, Hillery
D Herring b
c.1878, Nancy D b c.1876, Lillie b 1901, Claud b c. 1902, Calvin
b c.1904, Lottie b c.1907 and Rose b c.1909. James and Della Mae are also found in the
1910 Census of Franklin
County, Arkansas but by the 1920 Census James and
Della Mae are listed in Comanche County, Oklahoma.
Abraham
Herring married Nettie Black on 11 Nov 1902. Nettie was the daughter of
James
Manny Black and Alice Bass. Alice was the daughter of Albert Bass and
Jacobi Herring. Jacobi was the daughter of John C Herring and the sister of
Logan Wood Herring. It looks like Abraham Herring married his third cousin.
Nettie
Black can be found on the 1900
Census of Yell
County, Arkansas
living with her parents.
Next to them on the census are her brother James M. (Millard) Black and his wife,
Belle Bass Black, and then her grandparents, Albert W. and Jacobi Herring
Bass. Next on the
census are Robert Herring, Prudence and Abraham.
Julia
Dell Herring married Claudius Jefferson (Jeff) Brown b 1871 in Yell County.
Jeff Brown
was the son of Claudius Brown and Susan Sears. Claudius and
Susan were married
in Yell County on 12 Apr 1870. I can find Jeff in the 1880
Census of Yell County,
Arkansas
listed as a stepson in the household of John T McCurry. With
them are his mother Susan, his brother, William b 1873, and sister,
Laura
b 1875. Apparently Jeff's father died sometime between 1875 and 1880
Around 1907, Robert, his son Abe, and his son-in-law Jeff Brown and their families decided to move to Comanche County, Oklahoma. Robert’s son, Will, had homesteaded a farm there. They ran out of money on the trip to Oklahoma though and lived and worked in Jack County, Texas for three years before they could continue on. Robert Herring and the Browns can be found in the 1910 Census of Jack County, Texas . Close by is Abe Herring and his family.
Robert's son, William Thomas (Will) Herring moved from Bell County, Texas to Indian Territory, Oklahoma with his two brother-in-laws, Henry Myrick, who married Narcissa Susan (Sissie) Herring, and George Myrick, who married Sallie B Herring. They sold their farms and most of their possessions and bought two wagons for the trip. It took them three months by wagon to travel from Burnet County, Texas to Oklahoma for the Indian Territory Land Lottery in August of 1901.
Will Herring can be found on the 1910 Census of Comanche County, Oklahoma living with Henry R Myrick b c.1865, Susan (Sissie) b 1873, Addie b c.1896 and Walter b c.1907. Nearby are George W Myrick b c.1870, Sallie B b 1879, Bonnie E b c.1898, Robert b c.1905, Annie b c.1907 and Leon b c.1909 are close by on the 1910 Census of Comanche County, Oklahoma.
By 1911 Robert Herring was living with his son Will Herring on Will’s farm in Comanche County, Oklahoma. He passed away 3 Apr 1938 and is buried at the Highland Cemetery in Lawton, Oklahoma.
UPDATED April 26, 2005
We now have information supplied by David Hines that Graddy Herring was married to Peggy Holmes after he was married to Jean Ivey. Check this out on the new David Hines & Bob Baird Research page.
John Herring b c.1620 England, d c.1672 Isle of Wight, VA, m Margorie Whitfield
Anthony Herring b c.1648 Isle of Wight, VA, d c.1715 Isle of Wight, VA, m Rebecca West
Samuel Herring b c.1682 Isle of Wight, VA, d c.1750 Johnston Co, NC, m c.1704 Ann Williams
Michael Herring b c.1722 Bertie Precinct, NC, d 1805 Wayne Co, NC m 1755 Charity Graddy
Graddy Herring b c.1770 Dobbs Co, NC d c.1845 Barbour Co, AL, m Jean Ivey (PEGGY HOLMES)
John C Herring b c. 1805, NC m Susan Unknown, b c.1832 SC
Robert Holmes Herring, b 12 Feb 1848, Yell Co AR, m Mary Williams
William Thomas Herring, b 16 Dec 1874, Burnet Co, TX, m Edna Ruby Nix
From "HERRING Highlights III" by James Maurice Grimwood; "Evidently, Michael was the youngest of Samuel & Ann (Williams) Herring's children. He inherited his fathers home place in Samuel's will made in 1750 in Johnston County -- his mother residing with him her lifetime, which may have been past 1769. The farm became part of Dobbs County, and was annexed to Wayne County. By 1786 Michael and Charity owned 915 acres -- and were the parents of thirteen children. The 15th of some month in 1805 -- document in NC state archives is torn and fragile -- Michael Herring made his will and it was recorded in Nov 1805."
Michael Herring can be found in the 1800 Census of Wayne County, North Carolina. Living next to him is his son and Graddy's brother, Ichabod (Known as Bud) b c.1772 NC. Another neighbor is John Ivey. John Ivey's sisters, Mary and Jean, married Michael Herring's sons, Lewis and Graddy, respectively. This Lewis Herring should not be confused with his nephew Lewis who was the son of William Giles Herring, Sr.
According to HHIII, Michael Herring gave his son Lewis Herring, b 19 Mar 1765, 140 acres in Wayne County, North Carolina on 12 Jul 1784. On 21 Jan 1799 Lewis gave this land to brother Graddy Herring and moved to Duplin County, North Carolina. Lewis can be found on the 1800 Census of Duplin County.
Graddy Herring can be found on the 1810 Census of Wayne County, North Carolina, the 1820 Census of Wayne County, North Carolina and the 1830 Census of Wayne County, North Carolina. West Herring b c.1805 NC, can be found as a neighbor of Graddy's on the 1830 Census. West Herring is the son of Ivey Herring and the grandson of John and Graddy's brother, Lewis. Lewis was married to Mary Ivey and Graddy Herring was married to Jean Ivey (see update above), Mary's sister. Graddy moved on to Barbour County, Alabama from North Carolina in the early 1830s. He can be found on the 1840 Census of Barbour County, Alabama. Graddy is reported to have passed away sometime in 1845.
Besides Graddy Herring, there are several other Herrings in Barbour County, Alabama in 1840. There is a John Herring b c.1794 NC that can be found on the 1840 Census and the 1850 Census of Barbour County, Alabama . I believe this John Herring is Graddy's brother. It appears that West Herring moved to Barbour County with Graddy. West Herring can be found on both the 1840 Census of Barbour County, Alabama and the 1850 Census of Barbour County, Alabama .
Rich Herring is a descendant of Graddy Herring's through his son Bryant Herring. Rich has been kind enough to share some family genealogy with everyone. Rich's uncle, Grover Cleveland Herring, did some genealogy research starting back in the 40's. According to this information Graddy had at least three sons, Bryant b c.1800, Ichabod b c.1810 and Hillery b c.1813. I believe there was at least one other brother. He was John C Herring b c.1805 NC. The reason I think John C Herring is related is because through census reports I've traced him from North Carolina to South Carolina to Haywood County, Tennessee to Yell County, Arkansas, almost the same path as Bryant and Hillery.
According to information supplied by the Ivey Family Genealogists, Ichabod Herring, Graddy's son moved to Haywood County also and can be found on the 1830 Census of Haywood County, Tennessee . Two brothers, John Ivey and Turner Ivey moved with Ichabod to Haywood County. Ichabod Herring was married to Nancy Ivey, the daughter of John and Turner's older brother Richard Ivey. Graddy was married to their aunt, Jean Ivey. Based on the years and place of birth of his three oldest children it appears Ichabod Herring moved to Alabama between 1830 and 1834 and then moved back to Haywood County just before the 1840 Census. Ichabod is found in the 1840 Census of Haywood County, Tennessee , and also the 1850 Census of Haywood County, Tennessee , 1860 Census of Haywood County, Tennessee and the 1870 Census of Haywood County, Tennessee.
Graddy's son Bryant Herring, b c.1800 NC, married a Percy Millard, b c.1806 NC. Percy was the sister of James E Millard. Bryant Herring is also listed in the 1830 Census of Haywood County, Tennessee. Bryant's brother, Ichabod Herring and his family, can be found close by in 1830. Bryant can be found in the 1840 Census of Haywood County, Tennessee and his next door neighbor is Turner Ivey. Bryant and Percy can be then be found in the 1850 Census of Yell County, Arkansas and their next door neighbor is John C Herring and his family.
There is another Ichabod Herring on the 1850 Census of County, Arkansas but this Ichabod, b 1825, known as Bud, is the son of Bryant Herring. He is found in the household of his brother-in-law, George D. Ball. George D. Ball married Ichabod's sister, Martha. Next to to the Ball family is the Daniel L. Denton family. Daniel L. Denton married Camilla Herring, another sister of Ichabod's. Close by on the 1850 census are his uncles, Hillery H Herring and John C Herring and their families.
There is a great piece of written history on Bryant Herring's family, it's a book called "All Around the Camp" by Opal Ball Powers. It can be found on the Yell County, Arkansas Genealogy page through the gracious courtesy of Linda Hunt Hamlett. Please note a few things; Ichabod Herring's name is spelled "Echobode" in the book. Also, Rich Herring tells us the way George Herring died in the book is erroneous. Rich is descended from George, one of Bryant Herring's sons.
Turner Ivey b c.1811 NC, also moved to Haywood County, Tennessee and seemed to follow the same path as the Herrings. He can be found there on the 1840 Census of Haywood County, Tennessee as a close neighbor of Bryant Herring's. Turner moved on to Yell County, Arkansas around 1845 about the same time as Bryant. The 1850 Census of Yell County, Arkansas shows the three eldest children born in Tennessee, the next three in Arkansas. Listed with him in 1850 are his wife Mary b c.1819 NC, Sarah b c.1836 TN, John b c.1839 TN, Charles b c.1840 TN, Robert b c.1845 AR, Elizabeth b c.1846 AR, Hillary H. b May 1850 AR. Turner and Mary had four more children; Julia b c.1852 AR, Susan b c.1854 AR, Joseph b c.1855 AR, and George b c.1858 AR. Turner Ivey and his family can be found in the 1860 Census of Yell County, Arkansas and the 1870 Census of Yell County, Arkansas
Next door to the Turner Ivey family in 1850 is Evan Axley and his family. Evan Axley was the brother of James Axley. Listed are Evan b c.1811 TN, his wife Elizabeth b c.1821 NC, and children; Nimrod b c.1837 LA, Sally b c.1840 AR, Malissa b c.1842 AR, Elizabeth b c.1844 AR, Hillery b c.1846 AR, Evan b c.1848 AR, and Josephine b c.1849 AR. Based on his children's ages and place of birth it looks like Evan Axley and his family moved from Haywood County, Tennessee to Louisiana and then sometime after the birth of Nimrod in 1837 they moved to Yell County, Arkansas.
There is also James Axley, b 1801 TN, who moved from Haywood County, Tennessee to Yell County, Arkansas about the same time as Hillery Herring. However, James Axley moved on to Burnet County, Texas about 1855-56. James Axley was Robert H Herring's uncle. When Robert moved to Texas it was to the home of his Uncle James. James Axley can be found on the 1830 Census of Haywood County, Tennessee , with him is listed his wife and two children and an elderly male. James Axley's first wife was supposed to be a Herring and I think she must have been another daughter of Graddy Herring's. He's listed in the 1850 Census of Yell County, Arkansas but by the 1860 Census of Burnet County, Texas we find him in Texas and near by is his son-in-law, Jonathan Williams.
Hillery Holmes Herring, b c.1800 NC, can be found in Yell County, Arkansas as early as the 1840 Census of Pope County, Arkansas . Based on the birth places of two of his children it looks like he moved to Arkansas about 1832-35. In the 1850 Census of Yell County, Arkansas we find him with his close neighbors Daniel and Camilla Denton, Camilla was a daughter of Bryant Herring's. Also there are George D. and Martha Ball. Martha was another daughter of Bryant Herring's. James Axley and his family and Bryant's son, Ichabod Herring, are there too. Hillery can also be found on the 1860 Census of Yell County, Arkansas and the 1870 Census of Yell County, Arkansas.
John C Herring, b c.1806 NC, is also considered to be another son of Bryant's. Although born in North Carolina, John didn't follow his brothers right away. Based on ages and places of birth for his children it appears he moved to South Carolina first. He can be found on the 1830 Census of Williamsburg County, South Carolina . His daughter Edna is born there in 1832 but by 1834 when his son Hillery is born he is living in Arkansas. He can then be found in the 1850 Census of Yell County, Arkansas . Listed with him; his wife, Susan b c.1812 SC, Edna b c.1832 SC, Hillery b c.1834, Abram b c.1836, William b c.1838, Jacobi b c.1841, Logan W b c.1844 and Napoleon B b c.1849. Something must have happened to John and his wife because by 1860 Census of Yell County, Arkansas Logan, Napoleon and their youngest sister are living in the household of their older brother Abraham and his wife.
These are some of the family lines that we are currently researching:
Follow these links to see some of the pictures I've been able to gather during my genealogical researches (click on thumbnails to see full images):
Patrick Earl Herring, Sr.
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