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George Washington Herring, Sr.  George Washington Herring, Sr.
Male 1794 - 1876

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  • Suffix  Sr. 
    Birth  1794  , Albemarle, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    A General Fact: 
    • George W., and his brother Nathan Herring came to Callaway Co. Missouri from Albemarle Co. Virginia in 1835. His Uncle, Benjamin Herring and Cousin John B. Herring came to Missouri in 1833. His other brother, John Herring, came in 1838. Lucy Simco's family also came to Missouri in 1835.
    Obituary  Jul 1876  Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Callaway Gazette 
    • Death of a Veteran
      Died at his residence several miles south of this place, on Sunday last, Mr. George Herring, aged 86 years. He was a soldier of the War of 1812 and a pensioner at the time of his death. He was a native of Virginia and emigrated to this state in 1835, settled in this county where he has resided ever since. He leaves and aged companion together with ten children and a large number of relatives and friends.
      He had been for a number of years a member of the Christian church. On Monday last his funeral was preached by his beloved paster, Elder A. Rice, to a large number of mourning relatives and friends. After which, his remians were deposited in the family cemetery.
      He was a kind neighbor, an affectionate husband, and an indulgent parent. He lived a consistent christian life, died in peace, and biding earch adieu, has been gathered, as the ripened ear, to the garner of the Lord to go out no more forever.
    Died  23 Jul 1876  G.W. Herring Sr. Home, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried  Herring Private Cemetery #1, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I4  Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri
    Last Modified  16 Jul 2010 
     
    Father  George Herring,   b. Bef 1765, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. possibly April 18, 1845 
    Mother  Elizabeth Closby Or Glaspy,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married  31 Jul 1783  , Albemarle, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F2  Group Sheet
     
    Family 1  Polly Carver,   d. Bef 1829, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  16 Dec 1818  , Albemarle, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • From the Albemarle marriage records:
      Herring, George & Polly Carver 16 Dec 1818; b-Jarrell Carver (father) who gives his consent wit-William Wertenbaker [B/C Papers, 1818-24]
      (Polly Carver was the sister of Lucy Carver, who married George's brother John)
    Last Modified  26 Nov 2006 
    Family ID  F1164  Group Sheet
     
    Family 2  Lucy Simco,   b. 28 Nov 1808, , Madison, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Apr 1896, G.W. Herring Sr. Home, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  28 Dec 1829  , Albemarle, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • From Albemarle Co. marriage records:
      George Herron married Lucy Simco 28 Dec 1829; minister, John Goss; bondsman Reuben Simco; witness Ira Garrett; daughter of James Simco, who gives his consent; witness Reuben Simco.
    Children 
    >1. James E Herring,   b. 26 Dec 1831, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Apr 1918, Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    >2. Julia A Herring,   b. Abt 1833, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1878, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Georgianna Herring,   b. 27 May 1835, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1913, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    >4. John Luther Herring,   b. 2 May 1837, G.W. Herring Sr. Home, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Dec 1922, Marion Twp, Monroe, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    >5. Jane Francis Herring,   b. 9 Dec 1838, G.W. Herring Sr. Home, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Feb 1929, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    >6. William "Tip" Harrison Herring,   b. 6 Jan 1840, G.W. Herring Sr. Home, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Feb 1923, Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    >7. Mary E. Herring,   b. 26 Jan 1843, G.W. Herring Sr. Home, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1935, Saint Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    >8. George Washington Herring, Jr.,   b. 14 Feb 1846, G.W. Herring Sr. Home, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jun 1929, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    >9. Susan E Herring,   b. Abt 1849, G.W. Herring Sr. Home, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1898
    >10. Willis Dabney Herring,   b. 10 May 1851, G.W. Herring Sr. Home, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Oct 1932, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified  14 Nov 2008 
    Family ID  F4  Group Sheet
     
  • Photos
    Herring, George Washington Sr.
    Herring, George Washington Sr.
    My great great grandfather. Picture taken about 1875 in Callaway Co., Missouri. He brought his family to Callaway County from Albemarle Co., Virginia in 1835.
     
    Headstones
     George Washington Herring Sr.
    George Washington Herring Sr.
    Geo Herring, died July 23, 1876. George Washington Herring Sr. was born in 1794 in Albemarle Co. Virginia. He was a son of George Herring and Elizabeth Closby. George W. Herring Sr. was my great great grandfather. On Dec. 16, 1818 in Albemarle Co., Virginia, he married Polly Carver, sister of his brother John's wife Lucy Carver. She was a daughter…
     George W. Herring and Lucy Simco
    George W. Herring and Lucy Simco
    Headstones of George Washington Herring Sr. and Lucy Simco, my great great grandparents. George and his cousin John B. Herring 1st came to Callaway Co. in 1825 to scout the land. John B. and his father Benjamin Herring, moved their family to Callaway Co. in 1830. George moved his family to Callaway Co., Missouri in the fall of 1835. George's…
     
    Videos
    Herring Ancestors
    Herring Ancestors
    Slide show of my Herring ancestors. If it doesn't work right the first time you play it, reload the page. This video also has sound.
     
    Land Documents
    Land patent - Herring, George W. Herring Sr.
    Land patent - Herring, George W. Herring Sr.
    1838 land patent, George W. Herring Sr., Callaway Co., Missouri, 40 acres. He was my 2nd great grandfather.
     
    Misc Documents
    Signature of George W. Herring Sr.
    Signature of George W. Herring Sr.
    George W. Herring Sr., 2nd great grandfather, signature in 1843. Found on a document in the probate packet of his father-in-law, James Simco. Note that he spelled his name Herron on this document.
    Bio, Herring, George Washington Sr.
    Bio, Herring, George Washington Sr.
    Bio from The Pioneers of Missouri book. He was my 2nd great grandfather.
     
  • Notes 
    • His brother, John Herring, was the father of George W. Herring, who was the father of Eliza S. Herring, who was the mother of Carson Jack Carrington who was my mother's father. His uncle, Benjamin Herring, was the father of John B. Herring, who was the father of Matilda Herring, who was the mother of John R. Carter, who was the father of Josephine Carter, who was my father's mother. George W. Herring Sr., was my father's great grandfather.

      Born ca 1796 based on age 54 in 1850 census. Occupation farmer, property 360. Note that wife age given in 1850 census does match birth date from headstone.

      G.W. and Lucy Herring's farm was just southwest of Fulton, east of what is now Route 54.
      46n 09 1876 8 G.W. Herring (must be Sr.) 80 acres (school on NE edge, small creek running through land. Just west of Hams Prairie, NW of county farm)

      46n 09 1897 8 Mrs. Lucy Herring 80 acres (school just above NE edge, small creek running through land poss. named Dich Branch) a road runs the east side, intersects the road from Hams Prairie. That road goes on south side to west border, and then angles S.W. House was in the south west corner of lot, on west edge just a little to the north of south edge. We believe this second land plot belonged to GWH Jr.

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      Headline: Soldiers of the War of 1812 in Callaway County,
      published April 7, 1871, Fulton Telegraph, Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri.
      We are indebted to Mr. J. C. Renshaw, claim agent for the following list of a portion of the soldiers of the War of 1812, who resided in Callaway County:
      Stephen H. Hyten, aged 76; Jno. B. Finley; James Davis, aged 82 years; Jno. W. Galwith, aged 78 years; Gideon Games, was at the battle of Thames, where Tecumpsch was killed.; Geo. T. Johnson, aged 81 years; Joel Adcock, aged 79 yeas. Guarded Norfolk, VA.; Dan'l Brown, age 78 years; Patrick Ewing, aged 78 years. Guarded Norfolk, VA;Samuel Rieley, aged 80 years; Geo. Herring, age 77 years; William B. Garrett, aged 75 years; Wiley Vinson, aged 78 years. Guarded public stores, at Peachland Choctaw Nation.
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      Missouri residents who had served in the war of 1812 before coming to Missouri:
      Herring, George, Sr, born 1795, Albemarle Co., Va came to Missouri 1835 served 6 mos under Col. Ballou in Gen, Porterfield's Division - disenfranchised.

      1840 United States Federal Census
      about Geo Herring
      Name: Geo Herring
      Township: Fulton
      County: Callaway
      State: Missouri
      Number of persons in household:
      Ages of persons in household:
      1 male under 5 (William_
      1 male 5 and under 10 (John)
      1 male 10 and under 15 (James)
      1 male 40 and under 50 (George W. Herring)
      2 females under 5 (Jane, Georgianna)
      1 female 5 and under 10 (Julia)
      1 female 20 and under 30 (Lucy Simco Herring)
      Occupation information :
      No slaves listed
      Source Citation: Year: 1840; Census Place: , Callaway, Missouri; Roll: 221; Page: 211.

      1850 United States Federal Census
      about Geo Herring
      Name: Geo Herring
      Age: 54
      Estimated birth year: abt 1796
      Birth Place: Virginia
      Gender: Male
      Home in 1850
      George 54
      Lucinda 41
      James E. 19
      Julia A. 17
      Georgia A. 15
      Luther 13
      Jane F. 11
      Wm. H. 9
      Mary E. 7
      Geo. W. 5
      Susan E. 1
      No slaves listed
      (City,County,State): District 12, Callaway, Missouri
      Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: District 12, Callaway, Missouri; Roll: M432_393; Page: 207; Image: 411.

      Cannot find them on 1860 census.

      1870; Census Place: Fulton, Callaway, Missouri; Roll M593_764; Page: 328B; Image: 214; Family History Library Film: 552263.
      Name: George Herring
      Birth Year: abt 1794
      Age in 1870: 76
      Birthplace: Virginia
      Home in 1870: Fulton, Callaway, Missouri
      Race: White
      Gender: Male
      Value of real estate: $1,000 personal $300
      Post Office: Fulton
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      George Herring 76, farmer
      Lucy Herring 60, keeping house
      Willis D Herring 18, laborer on farm
      Recorded information June 27, 1870.
     
  • Event Map
    Event
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1794 - , Albemarle, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 16 Dec 1818 - , Albemarle, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 28 Dec 1829 - , Albemarle, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsObituary - Callaway Gazette - Jul 1876 - Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 23 Jul 1876 - G.W. Herring Sr. home, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Herring Private Cemetery #1, Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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