John Dabney Herring and Permelia Jane Davis



John Dabney Herring was born in Callaway Co., Missouri December 19, 1854. He was a son of George Washington Herring and Hester Ann Kemp. He was my great granduncle.

On March 17, 1880, in Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, John married Permelia Jane Davis. She was born Dec. 28, 1848 in Missouri, a daughter of Eisha K. Davis and Nancy G. Carrington. She was my 1st cousin 3 times removed.

John Dabney Herring and Permelia Jane Davis had 3 children:

  1. May Bertha Herring, b: abt 1881, Callaway Co. Missouri.
    • Married abt. 1906, Harvey McKinley, b: June 28, 1885, Missouri, d: Aug. 1965, Missouri
      • Children:
      • Edith McKinley, b: abt. 1909, Mexico, Audrain Co., Missouri
      • Margaret Mae McKinley, b: Feb. 1, 1911, Mexico, Audrain Co., Missouri, d: Dec. 6, 1918, Mexico, Audrain Co., Missouri. Buried in Elmwood cemetery, Mexico, Audrain Co., Missouri.
      • Helen McKinley, b: abt. 1918, Mexico, Audrain Co., Missouri
  2. Letus W. Herring, b: June 5, 1883, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Mar. 1966, Marion Co., Missouri.
    • Married Jan 29, 1908, Callaway Co. Missouri, Rosene Lacerge Mosley, b: Jun. 1, 1884, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Feb. 9, 1927, Hannibal, Ralls Co., Missouri, buried Mt. Olivet cemetery, Hannibal, Ralls, Missouri. She was a daughter of Benjamin Thomas Mosley and Ellen Newsom.
      • Children:
      • Lucille Herring, b: Jan. 8, 1909, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Jan. 17, 1998, Fulton, Callaway Co., Misouri, buried Riverview cemetery, Jefferson City, Cole Co., Missouri.
        • 1st married Dwight Hammon, b: unknown, d: before 1998.
          • Children: two Living
        • 2nd married Ollie Samuel Baysinger, b: Apr. 11, 1907, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Nov. 22, 1960, Jefferson City, Cole Co., Missouri, buried Riverview cemetery, Jefferson City, Cole Co., Missouri. He was a son of John Baysinger and Martha Fleming.
      • un-named infant son Herring, b: Jun. 1, 1910, Fulton Twp., Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Jun. 1, 1910, Fulton Twp., Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Herring Private Cemetery #2, Callaway Co., Missouri.
      • Marvin Herring, b: abt 1913, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: before 1998.
      • Paul Herring, b: Jan. 4, 1917, Mexico, Audrain Co., Missouri, d: Aug. 24, 2002, Hannibal, Marion Co., Missouri, buried Grand View Burial Park, Hannibal, Marion Co., Missouri. Twin of Pauline.
        • Married, Jan. 23, 1937, Hannibal, Marion Co., Missouri, Juanita R. Cox, d: Feb. 17, 1992, buried Grand View Burial Park, Hannibal, Marion Co., Missouri.
          • Children: Two Living
      • Pauline Herring, b: Jan. 4, 1917, Mexico, Audrain Co., Missouri, d: Oct. 12, 2002, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried, Dry Fork cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. Twin of Paul.
        • Married Wilson Smith, b: Feb. 3, 1913, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Apr. 4, 1994. He was a son of Ory Lemon Smith and Lucy Pearl Clatterbuck. He was my 4th cousin twice removed.
          • Children: Two Living
  3. Ovles Mikle Herring, b: Apr. 30, 1890, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Apr. 1964, Missouri, buried Hillcrest cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
    • Married, June 1910, Mexico, Audrain Co., Misouri, Nannie Mae Auther, b: Feb. 6, 1887, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Sept. 13, 1954, Clarence, Shelby Co., Missouri, buried Hillcrest cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. She was a daughter of Daniel J. Arther and Julia A. Blankenship.
In 1870, 1880, and 1900 John and Permelia Davis Herring were living in Callaway Co. Missouri. In 1910, their niece, Annie Buelah Herring age 14, daughter of Albert Thomas Herring and Anna Levica Foster, was living with this family. I believe she continued to live with them as her mother had already died and her father died in 1913. On the 1920 census, they were living in Mexico, Audrain Co. Missouri.

John Dabney Herring died April 4, 1931, Hannibal, Ralls, Missouri. Permelia Jane Davis Herring died Feb. 27, 1924 in Hannibal, Ralls Co., Missouri. They are buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Mexico, Audrain Co., Missouri. They both died in Hannibal, at the home of their son Ovles.

Obit - April 9, 1931, Missouri /telegraph
Former Callawegian Died in Hannibal
     John D. Herring, 78 years old, a former resident of Callaway county, died at his home in Hannibal Saturday morning at 11:00 o'clock.
     A funeral service was held at Hannibal Monday morning at 10:00 o'clock and burial was in the cemetery at Mexico at 2:30 Monday afternoon.
     Mr. Herring was born in Callaway county December 19, 1854 and spent his early life here. He moved from Callaway county to Mexico and from there went to Hannibal where he had been living for a number of years. He was a son of George W. and Hester Herring. Three children survive: Mrs. Harvey McKinley, Letus Herring and O.M. Herring, all of Hannibal. His wife, formerly Miss Pamelia Davis, died several years ago. One sister, Mrs. Eliza Carrington, of Fulton, also is living. Mr. Herring united with the Christian church at an early age.

Note: John Dabney Herring's sister, Eliza Herring Carrington, was my great grandmother.


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