PITTSBURGH POST GAZETTE - MAY 4, 1863
HERRON-On Saturday morning, May 2d, at 3 ½ o'clock, Col. John Herron, aged
71 years.
The friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral on
Tuesday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, from his late residence, in Minersville.
Carriages will leave from Sixth street, near Wood, at 2 o'clock.
Father: James Herron b: 1754
Mother: Nancy or Margaret Davidson
John HERRON b: 3 Apr 1792 in Herron's Branch, Franklin Co, PA
John married Clarissa Anderson in 1817 in Pittsburgh, PA.
Children:
1) James A. HERRON b: Mar 1818 in Pittsburgh, PA
2) William Anderson HERRON b: 7 Aug 1821
3) John D. HERRON b. 1825 m. Emily Thompson
4) Richard G. HERRON b: 1834
5) Major General Francis Jay HERRON b: 17 FEB 1837 in Pittsburg, PA (See memorial# 4842)
6) David R. HERRON b: abt 1839
7) Mary Ann HERRON b:
8) Eliza HERRON b:
9) Margaretta D. HERRON B. May 1832 in PA
"In 1817 Mr. Herron married Clarissa, daughter of Maj. William and Nancy (Cann) Anderson. To this union were born nine children: James A. (deceased July 4, 1842, in his twenty-fifth year), William A. (sketch of whom follows), John D. (married to Emma, daughter of Samuel Thompson), Richard G. (a colonel in the war of the rebellion, married to Annette Tomlinson), Francis J. (the youngest general in the Union service during the civil war), David R. (lieutenant of an Iowa battery), Mary Ann (married to Rev. George A. Lyon, D.D., of Erie. Pa.), Eliza (married to Richard Sill, also of Erie) and Margaret D. (married to William C. Friend, of Pittsburgh).
The family moved from Pittsburgh, where Mr. Herron owned a great deal of property, to Minersville in 1833, on account of his health. Here he built a Presbyterian church, taking the active interest in all religious work that he had in Pittsburgh. He was an elder in the church, and was a zealous promoter of the interests of the Sunday-school. He brought an honored and useful life to a close at his home in Minersville in May, 1863, regretted by thousands of people who had profited by his benevolence and admired his exemplary career through out Western Pennsylvania. His wife died in May, 1873."
HERRON-On Saturday morning, May 2d, at 3 ½ o'clock, Col. John Herron, aged
71 years.
The friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral on
Tuesday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, from his late residence, in Minersville.
Carriages will leave from Sixth street, near Wood, at 2 o'clock.
Father: James Herron b: 1754
Mother: Nancy or Margaret Davidson
John HERRON b: 3 Apr 1792 in Herron's Branch, Franklin Co, PA
John married Clarissa Anderson in 1817 in Pittsburgh, PA.
Children:
1) James A. HERRON b: Mar 1818 in Pittsburgh, PA
2) William Anderson HERRON b: 7 Aug 1821
3) John D. HERRON b. 1825 m. Emily Thompson
4) Richard G. HERRON b: 1834
5) Major General Francis Jay HERRON b: 17 FEB 1837 in Pittsburg, PA (See memorial# 4842)
6) David R. HERRON b: abt 1839
7) Mary Ann HERRON b:
8) Eliza HERRON b:
9) Margaretta D. HERRON B. May 1832 in PA
"In 1817 Mr. Herron married Clarissa, daughter of Maj. William and Nancy (Cann) Anderson. To this union were born nine children: James A. (deceased July 4, 1842, in his twenty-fifth year), William A. (sketch of whom follows), John D. (married to Emma, daughter of Samuel Thompson), Richard G. (a colonel in the war of the rebellion, married to Annette Tomlinson), Francis J. (the youngest general in the Union service during the civil war), David R. (lieutenant of an Iowa battery), Mary Ann (married to Rev. George A. Lyon, D.D., of Erie. Pa.), Eliza (married to Richard Sill, also of Erie) and Margaret D. (married to William C. Friend, of Pittsburgh).
The family moved from Pittsburgh, where Mr. Herron owned a great deal of property, to Minersville in 1833, on account of his health. Here he built a Presbyterian church, taking the active interest in all religious work that he had in Pittsburgh. He was an elder in the church, and was a zealous promoter of the interests of the Sunday-school. He brought an honored and useful life to a close at his home in Minersville in May, 1863, regretted by thousands of people who had profited by his benevolence and admired his exemplary career through out Western Pennsylvania. His wife died in May, 1873."
PITTSBURGH POST GAZETTE - MAY 4, 1863
HERRON-On Saturday morning, May 2d, at 3 ½ o'clock, Col. John Herron, aged
71 years.
The friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral on
Tuesday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, from his late residence, in Minersville.
Carriages will leave from Sixth street, near Wood, at 2 o'clock.
Father: James Herron b: 1754
Mother: Nancy or Margaret Davidson
John HERRON b: 3 Apr 1792 in Herron's Branch, Franklin Co, PA
John married Clarissa Anderson in 1817 in Pittsburgh, PA.
Children:
1) James A. HERRON b: Mar 1818 in Pittsburgh, PA
2) William Anderson HERRON b: 7 Aug 1821
3) John D. HERRON b. 1825 m. Emily Thompson
4) Richard G. HERRON b: 1834
5) Major General Francis Jay HERRON b: 17 FEB 1837 in Pittsburg, PA (See memorial# 4842)
6) David R. HERRON b: abt 1839
7) Mary Ann HERRON b:
8) Eliza HERRON b:
9) Margaretta D. HERRON B. May 1832 in PA
"In 1817 Mr. Herron married Clarissa, daughter of Maj. William and Nancy (Cann) Anderson. To this union were born nine children: James A. (deceased July 4, 1842, in his twenty-fifth year), William A. (sketch of whom follows), John D. (married to Emma, daughter of Samuel Thompson), Richard G. (a colonel in the war of the rebellion, married to Annette Tomlinson), Francis J. (the youngest general in the Union service during the civil war), David R. (lieutenant of an Iowa battery), Mary Ann (married to Rev. George A. Lyon, D.D., of Erie. Pa.), Eliza (married to Richard Sill, also of Erie) and Margaret D. (married to William C. Friend, of Pittsburgh).
The family moved from Pittsburgh, where Mr. Herron owned a great deal of property, to Minersville in 1833, on account of his health. Here he built a Presbyterian church, taking the active interest in all religious work that he had in Pittsburgh. He was an elder in the church, and was a zealous promoter of the interests of the Sunday-school. He brought an honored and useful life to a close at his home in Minersville in May, 1863, regretted by thousands of people who had profited by his benevolence and admired his exemplary career through out Western Pennsylvania. His wife died in May, 1873."
HERRON-On Saturday morning, May 2d, at 3 ½ o'clock, Col. John Herron, aged
71 years.
The friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral on
Tuesday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, from his late residence, in Minersville.
Carriages will leave from Sixth street, near Wood, at 2 o'clock.
Father: James Herron b: 1754
Mother: Nancy or Margaret Davidson
John HERRON b: 3 Apr 1792 in Herron's Branch, Franklin Co, PA
John married Clarissa Anderson in 1817 in Pittsburgh, PA.
Children:
1) James A. HERRON b: Mar 1818 in Pittsburgh, PA
2) William Anderson HERRON b: 7 Aug 1821
3) John D. HERRON b. 1825 m. Emily Thompson
4) Richard G. HERRON b: 1834
5) Major General Francis Jay HERRON b: 17 FEB 1837 in Pittsburg, PA (See memorial# 4842)
6) David R. HERRON b: abt 1839
7) Mary Ann HERRON b:
8) Eliza HERRON b:
9) Margaretta D. HERRON B. May 1832 in PA
"In 1817 Mr. Herron married Clarissa, daughter of Maj. William and Nancy (Cann) Anderson. To this union were born nine children: James A. (deceased July 4, 1842, in his twenty-fifth year), William A. (sketch of whom follows), John D. (married to Emma, daughter of Samuel Thompson), Richard G. (a colonel in the war of the rebellion, married to Annette Tomlinson), Francis J. (the youngest general in the Union service during the civil war), David R. (lieutenant of an Iowa battery), Mary Ann (married to Rev. George A. Lyon, D.D., of Erie. Pa.), Eliza (married to Richard Sill, also of Erie) and Margaret D. (married to William C. Friend, of Pittsburgh).
The family moved from Pittsburgh, where Mr. Herron owned a great deal of property, to Minersville in 1833, on account of his health. Here he built a Presbyterian church, taking the active interest in all religious work that he had in Pittsburgh. He was an elder in the church, and was a zealous promoter of the interests of the Sunday-school. He brought an honored and useful life to a close at his home in Minersville in May, 1863, regretted by thousands of people who had profited by his benevolence and admired his exemplary career through out Western Pennsylvania. His wife died in May, 1873."
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