Willis Dabney Herring was my great granduncle, the tenth child and fifth son of George Washington Herring Sr., and Lucy Simco. Willis Dabney Herring was born May 10, 1857 in Callaway County Missouri.
On June 9, 1881, he married his first cousin once removed, Lucy Emma Giboney, in Callaway Co., Missouri. Lucy went by her middle name, Emma.
Emma Giboney was born December 6, 1863 in Callaway Co. Missouri. Her parents were Peter M. Giboney and Nancy Herring. Nancy Herring was the daughter of Willis Dabney Herring's Aunt and Uncle, John and Lucy Carver Herring. Emma was a grandaughter of John W. Giboney of Kentucky.
Willis and Emma had 8 children according to the 1900 census record with 2 still alive in 1900. I have only found information on 7 children:
- Ethyl May Rose Herring b: 17 May 1882, Callaway Co. Missouri., d: 18 May 1884, Callaway Co. Missouri. buried Herring (1) Family Cemetery near Fulton. Died of diptheria.
- Beulah Herring b: 1 Dec. 1883, Callaway Co. Missouri., d: 6 Feb 1884, Callaway Co. Missouri. buried Herring (1) Family Cemetery near Fulton.
- LeRoy Herring b: 21 Apr 1885 Callaway Co. Missouri., d: 21 Jul 1959, Callaway Co. Missouri.
- married Rachael Mary Davenport b: 5 Nov 1899, Callaway Co. Missouri., d: Jan 1969, Callaway Co. Missouri.
- Children:
- Merrill Roy Herring b: 15 Aug 1919, Callaway Co. Missouri., d: 9 Dec 1995, California.
- married Dec. 11, 1942, Riva Schwartz, b: unknown, d: Sept 9, 1978, Larkspur, California.
- Children:
- Merrill Edward Herring, b: 1946, d: 1995.
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obit:- from Walter Glenn Herring files:
Merrill R. Herring
Merrill R. Herring, 76, died Friday (Dec. 8, 1995) in California.
He was born Aug. 15, 1919, in Fulton, the son of the late L. Roy and Rachel Mary Herring. He married Reva Schwartz in 1942. She preceeded him in death in 1978.
He served in the U.S. Navy in World War II, and was involved in the conflict at Pearl Harbor.
Survivors include a son, Merrill Edward and wife of Sonona, Calif., two brothers, Paul and Walter Herring of Fulton.
Burial was in the state of California.
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obit:- from Walter Glenn Herring files:
Reva Schwartz Herring
Word has been received of the death of Reva Schwartz Herring, Saturday, Sept. 9, 1978, in Larkspur, California.
She was married to Merrill Roy Herring, formerly of Fulton, Dec. 11, 1942. He survives in Larkspur.
Survivors include one son, Merrill Edward Herring. One brother and several sisters in the Larkspur area also survive.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the American Cancer Society.
- Paul K. Herring b: May 1921, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: June 17, 2000, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. Buried in Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Married twice, possibly Living.
- Children: three living.
- Carolyn Raye Herring, b: Sept 12, 1949, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: March 13, 1994, Columbia, Boone Co., Missouri.
- Obit - Jefferson City News-Tribune (MO) June 19, 2000
Paul K. Herring, 79, Fulton, died June 17, 2000, at Fulton Nursing and Rehabilitation.
He was born May 25, 1921, a son of L. Roy and Rachel Mary Davenport Herring. He was married to Margaret O'Neal, who survives.
He served in the National Guard and the Navy until 1945. He then established Herring Foundation Forms and Excavation Co. and was a volunteer fireman for the city of Fulton from 1945 to 1987.
He was a member of Otterbein United Methodist Church, where he was instrumental in rebuilding the present building.
Other survivors include: three daughters, one brother, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
One daughter, Carolyn Raye Portell, preceded him in death.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Debo Funeral Home, Fulton. The Rev. Bob Guese and the Rev. Raymond McCallister will officiate. Burial will be in Callaway Memorial Gardens.
- Living Herring
Married Living
Children: two Living
- Frank Herring b: 11 Apr 1887 Callaway Co. Missouri., d: 14 Aug 1887, Callaway Co. Missouri. burried Herring (1) Family Cemetery near Fulton.
- Obie Herring b: 30 Oct 1888 Callaway Co. Missouri., d: 22 Dec 1967, Callaway Co. Missouri.
- married 30 Nov 1916 Eva Pearl Menefee b: 1 Nov 1894, Kansas, d: 26 Feb 1975, Callaway Co. Missouri. Obie and Pearl Herring are buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Fulton, Missouri. She was a daughter of Charles Menefee and Emma Kate Neill. Eva's brother, Neil Menefee, married my 1st Cousin twice removed, Jessie Carrington.
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Obie Herring on the 1920 census They were living at 807 Walnut Street, Fulton, Missouri. They own their house and have a radio. Obie is a forman at a flour mill. Everyone can read and write except the youngest children.
- Children:
- Lillian Genive Herring, b: 5 Nov 1917, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Sep. 23, 2003, Fulton, Missouri, buried Hillcrest Cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- 1st married in 1936, Earl Helmig, b: Dec 4, 1915 Osage Missouri, d: Sept 1972, Independence, Jackson, Missouri.
- 2nd married, Nov. 14, 1943, Callaway Co., Missouri, Ernest Albert Dickinson, b: Jun. 1, 1889, Greenville, Texas, d: Nov. 9, 1969, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- 3rd married, Aug. 15, 1976, Callaway Co., Missouri, Claude Milton Perdue, b: Oct. 5, 1908, Oak Grove, Missouri, d: Dec. 5, 1991, Marshall, Missouri.
- Obit - Jefferson City News-Tribune (MO) September 25, 2003
Lillian Genive Perdue, age 85, died Tuesday, September 23, 2003, at Callaway Hospital.
She was the daughter of Obie and Pearl (Menefee) Herring. On August 1, 1936, she married Earl Helmig, he preceded her in death. On November 14, 1943, she married Ernest A. Dick, he preceded her in death. On August 15, 1976, she married Claude M. Perdue, he preceded her in death.
Funeral services will be at the First Christian Church, Friday, September 26, at 2:00 p.m. with the Rev. Ray Dunlap, Dr. Raymond McCallister and Mr. Bruce Williamson officiating. Burial will follow at the Hillcrest Cemetery, Fulton.
- Frank Otis Herring, b: 18 Sep 1919, Callaway Co. Missouri. d: 28 Dec 1996 Callaway Co. Missouri.
- married Jan 17, 1942, in Callaway Co. Missouri, Dorothy Furlong, b: Sep. 17, 1921, d: Jan. 29, 2004. They are buried in Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Living
- married Nov. 11, 1939, Edward LeeDetwieler, b: Apr 29, 1917, d: Nov. 17, 1976, Saint Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri
- Living
- Charles Willis Herring, b: 21 Nov 1928 Callaway Co. Missouri., d: 21 Dec 1993, Laurie Missouri.
- Ralph Herring b: 11 Jul 1891 Callaway Co. Missouri., d: 2 Aug 1891, Callaway Co. Missouri. Herring (1) Family Cemetery near Fulton.
- Eunice Herring b: 1892 Callaway Co. Missouri., d: 10 Dec 1898, Callaway Co. Missouri. buried Herring (1) Family Cemetery near Fulton, headstone not found.
- Obituary:
Died
Eunice Herring, a sweet little 6 year old daughter of Dabney and Emma Herring, living two miles west of Hams Prairie, Thursday evening November 10, 1898, of a complication of diseases. The funeral was conducted from the residence by Elder F. J. Nichols.
We unite with a hot of friends in expressing our deep sorrow at this, their great bereavement, and may they find consolation in the sure promise of their Master.
In the 1900 census, James E. Herring, was living with his youngest brother Willis Dabney Herring and family.
In 1910, this family lived in Fulton Township, W.D. was a farmer and carpetner. James E. was not living with them at this time.
By the 1920 census, Willis and Emma lived in the town of Fulton on Tibbits Road. Willis Dabney Herring is living with his son Obie and family on the 1930 census, age 78.
Willis Dabney Herring died October 12, 1932 and is buried in the Herring (1) Family Cemetery, Callaway Co. Missouri. Lucy Emma Giboney Herring, died in April of 1928 of a cerebral hemorrage. Altho her stone was not found, she is also buried in the Herring Cemetery with her husband and so many of her children. There are several unreadable stones in that cemetery.
Obit - (no publish date or newspaper name, clipping from the files of Chic Herring)
Mrs. Dabney Herring Dead
Native of Callaway County, Passed Away
Sunday Evening at Age of 64 Years.
Mrs. Lucy Emma Herring, wife of Willis Dabney Herring, passed away at 8:45 p.m. Sunday evening at the home six miles south of Fulton from cerebral hemorrage follwing a short illness of sevral days. She was 64 years of age.
Mrs. Herring was a daughter of the late Peter and Nancy Giboney. She was born December 6, 1863 in the same neighborhood where she spent practically all of her life. she was married on June 9, 1881 to Willis Dabney Herring, who survives her. To this union, eight children were born, six of them dying in infancy.
She leaves, in addition to her husband, two children; Roy L. Herring and Obie Herring, both of Fulton, to mourn her passing. she also is survived by two sisters, Mrs. W.B. Carthright of Fulton and Mrs. Sallie Bice of Jefferson City, in addition to seven gran children and other relatives. She was a member of the Ham's Prairie Christian church.
Funeral services will be conducted at the home at 2:00 o'clock Tuesday afternoon and burial will be in the family cemetery.
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