Thomas Herring, 1845 - 1922. Mary Herring, 1846 - 1943. Judge Thomas Wesley Herring was a son of James Clark Herring and Sarah Jane Knight. He was my 1st cousin 3 times removed. He married Mary A. Hardin. She was a daughter of William Hardin and Mary Polly Simco, and was my 1st cousin 3 times removed.