Samuel W. Herring was born in Callaway Co., Missouri on Sept. 4, 1850. He was a son of George Washington Herring and Hester Ann Kemp. He was my great granduncle.

On Oct. 30, 1878, in Callaway Co., Missouri, Samuel married Martha Francis Hill. She was born in Sept. 1851, Callaway Co. Missouri. Martha was a daughter of Ambrose Brockman Hill and Elizabeth Williams, a granddaughter of John Hill and Agnes Brockman. Martha's sister, Nancy, married Samuel's brother, Albert. Martha was my 2nd cousin 4 times removed.

Samuel W. Herring and Martha Francis Hill had 6 children:

1. Rose Lee Herring b: July 29, 1879, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Nov. 23 1949, Sedalia, Pettis Co., Missouri, buried Crown Hill cemetery, Sedalia, Pettis Co., Missouri.
   • Married July 4, 1906, Callaway Co., Missouri, George Suter, b: Nov. 9, 1862, England, d: Dec. 15, 1934, Sedalia, Pettis Co., Missouri. He became a citizen in 1871. On the 1920 census, he was a plumer and general contractor in Sedalia Missouri. He also had a 32 year old son, single, living with this family. This son would have been by a first wife. His father was H.R. Suter, of England.
     • Children:
       • Dorothy Suter, b: abt. 1909, Sedalia, Pettis Co., Missouri, d: after 1949.
2. Charles H. Herring b: Dec. 1881, Callaway Co., Missouri.
   • Married, Jan. 25, 1903, Callaway Co., Missouri, Myrtle Davis, b: abt. 1886, Missouri. This family was living in Fayette, Howard Co., Missouri in 1920.
   • per a newspaper clipping: They were married in front of the post office in Millersburg, while sitting in their buggy.
     • Children:
       • Winfrey L. Herring, b: abt. 1904, Callaway Co., Missouri.
       • Gladys Herring, b: abt. 1917, Missouri.
3. Susan Herring b: 1884, Callaway Co., Missouri.
   • Married between 1910 and 1920, William Calvin, b: Mar. 23, 1865, Missouri. In 1920, Susan's father Samuel Herring was living with this family in Pettis Co., Missouri.
     • Children:
       • Ruth Calvin, b: abt. 1916, Pettis Co., Missouri.
       • Francis Calvin, b: abt. 1918, Pettis Co., Missouri.
4. William Herring b: 1889, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: 1894, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
5. Mary W. Herring b: abt. 1891, Callaway Co., Missouri
6. Erna M. Herring b: 1896, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: 1907, Callaway Co., Missouri. Buried Prairie Chapel Cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.