Mary Fox Herron, 92, mother of Mrs. Louis Fairbanks, of Greenlawn avenue [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], died in a Binghamton Hospital Apr. 30 after being in ill health for sometime. She was born Nov. 30, 1851 at Sloansville, Schoharie County, a daughter of John P. Fox and Henrietta Strain. Mrs. Herron was a descendant of pre-Revolutionary Dutch who settled in Schoharie County, and who fought against the Iroquois at the time of the Cobleskill Massacre. The greater part of her life was spent near Cobleskill [Schoharie Co., NY] where she taught school until her marriage to Charles S. Herron, who died in 1923. Since that time she had made her home in Bainbridge. Since early girlhood she had been a member of the Methodist church and for many years was active in the Woman's Temperance Union. She leaves two children besides Mrs. Fairbanks, Schuyler F. Herron, of South Royalton, Vt.; and Milo D. Herron, of Washington, D.C.; there are also seven grandchildren, Betty K. Herron, Barbara L. and Jean Herron, all of Washington, D.C.; and Mary H. and Helen E. Fairbanks, also of Washington, D.C.; besides Pvt. Charles H. Fairbanks and Lieut. Paul D. Fairbanks, both in the Armed Forces. A prayer service was held at the Colwell's Funeral Parlors Wednesday evening with the Rev. James E. Wolfe officiating. The interment took place Thursday morning in the Cobleskill Cemetery. [Bainbridge News & Republican, May 11, 1944]
Mary Fox Herron, 92, mother of Mrs. Louis Fairbanks, of Greenlawn avenue [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], died in a Binghamton Hospital Apr. 30 after being in ill health for sometime. She was born Nov. 30, 1851 at Sloansville, Schoharie County, a daughter of John P. Fox and Henrietta Strain. Mrs. Herron was a descendant of pre-Revolutionary Dutch who settled in Schoharie County, and who fought against the Iroquois at the time of the Cobleskill Massacre. The greater part of her life was spent near Cobleskill [Schoharie Co., NY] where she taught school until her marriage to Charles S. Herron, who died in 1923. Since that time she had made her home in Bainbridge. Since early girlhood she had been a member of the Methodist church and for many years was active in the Woman's Temperance Union. She leaves two children besides Mrs. Fairbanks, Schuyler F. Herron, of South Royalton, Vt.; and Milo D. Herron, of Washington, D.C.; there are also seven grandchildren, Betty K. Herron, Barbara L. and Jean Herron, all of Washington, D.C.; and Mary H. and Helen E. Fairbanks, also of Washington, D.C.; besides Pvt. Charles H. Fairbanks and Lieut. Paul D. Fairbanks, both in the Armed Forces. A prayer service was held at the Colwell's Funeral Parlors Wednesday evening with the Rev. James E. Wolfe officiating. The interment took place Thursday morning in the Cobleskill Cemetery. [Bainbridge News & Republican, May 11, 1944]
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