On December 24, 1877 as J. Whit Herron, he married Charlotte P. Partridge at the District of Columbia.
The Washington Post
Wednesday, July 13, 1910
J.W. Herron Is Dead
Long Identified With City's Business Life
Lived Here Since Boyhood
Business Manager of the Evening Star Succumbs to a Brief Attack of Stomach Trouble
Is Survived by a Widow, Two Children and a Sister
Funeral Services Tomorrow
James Whitley Herron, for thirty years Business Manager of the Evening Star, died at 8 o'clock yesterday morning from stomach trouble aggravated by the excessive heat. The funeral services will be held at the residence, 3536 Thirteenth Street Northwest tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The Rev. Samuel H. Woodrow, pastor of the First Congregational Church and the Rev. B.F. Bittinger, former pastor of the Westminster Memorial Church will conduct the services. Interment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. The pallbearers have not yet been chosen, but there will be six active and six honorary.
James Whitley Herron was born in Newville, Pennsylvania in 1854. He received his education in the public schools of that town and in Washington after coming here in 1862. At an early age he sought and received employment as a clerk in a grocery store in this city and becoming interested in business methods took a course at the Spencerian Business College being graduated in 1874. To assist in the payment for his business education Mr. Herron procured a position as a bookkeeper on the National Republican remaining there for six years. In 1879 he first entered the employ of the Evening Star starting as a clerk and working his way up to the head of the business end of that corporation.
His Family Ties
Mr. Herron married Miss Charlotte Partridge of Maine, 35 years ago and she and two children, Lella Belle Herron and Leroy W. Herron survive him. Three other children died in infancy. Mrs. T.[itus] E. Davis, a sister of Mr. Herron, who is traveling in Europe is his only other near relative.
Mr. Herron was taken ill five days ago, but not until Monday morning was his condition regarded as serious. He succumbed directly to internal hemorrhage.
Mr. Herron stood in the front rank of the business men of Washington and was much valued in the community.
He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Board of Trade, the Secretary of the Board and a Director of the American National Bank, a member of the American Publishers Association and a member of the National Press Club.
The Washington Post
Wednesday, July 13, 1910
J.W. Herron Is Dead
Long Identified With City's Business Life
Lived Here Since Boyhood
Business Manager of the Evening Star Succumbs to a Brief Attack of Stomach Trouble
Is Survived by a Widow, Two Children and a Sister
Funeral Services Tomorrow
James Whitley Herron, for thirty years Business Manager of the Evening Star, died at 8 o'clock yesterday morning from stomach trouble aggravated by the excessive heat. The funeral services will be held at the residence, 3536 Thirteenth Street Northwest tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The Rev. Samuel H. Woodrow, pastor of the First Congregational Church and the Rev. B.F. Bittinger, former pastor of the Westminster Memorial Church will conduct the services. Interment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. The pallbearers have not yet been chosen, but there will be six active and six honorary.
James Whitley Herron was born in Newville, Pennsylvania in 1854. He received his education in the public schools of that town and in Washington after coming here in 1862. At an early age he sought and received employment as a clerk in a grocery store in this city and becoming interested in business methods took a course at the Spencerian Business College being graduated in 1874. To assist in the payment for his business education Mr. Herron procured a position as a bookkeeper on the National Republican remaining there for six years. In 1879 he first entered the employ of the Evening Star starting as a clerk and working his way up to the head of the business end of that corporation.
His Family Ties
Mr. Herron married Miss Charlotte Partridge of Maine, 35 years ago and she and two children, Lella Belle Herron and Leroy W. Herron survive him. Three other children died in infancy. Mrs. T.[itus] E. Davis, a sister of Mr. Herron, who is traveling in Europe is his only other near relative.
Mr. Herron was taken ill five days ago, but not until Monday morning was his condition regarded as serious. He succumbed directly to internal hemorrhage.
Mr. Herron stood in the front rank of the business men of Washington and was much valued in the community.
He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Board of Trade, the Secretary of the Board and a Director of the American National Bank, a member of the American Publishers Association and a member of the National Press Club.
On December 24, 1877 as J. Whit Herron, he married Charlotte P. Partridge at the District of Columbia.
The Washington Post
Wednesday, July 13, 1910
J.W. Herron Is Dead
Long Identified With City's Business Life
Lived Here Since Boyhood
Business Manager of the Evening Star Succumbs to a Brief Attack of Stomach Trouble
Is Survived by a Widow, Two Children and a Sister
Funeral Services Tomorrow
James Whitley Herron, for thirty years Business Manager of the Evening Star, died at 8 o'clock yesterday morning from stomach trouble aggravated by the excessive heat. The funeral services will be held at the residence, 3536 Thirteenth Street Northwest tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The Rev. Samuel H. Woodrow, pastor of the First Congregational Church and the Rev. B.F. Bittinger, former pastor of the Westminster Memorial Church will conduct the services. Interment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. The pallbearers have not yet been chosen, but there will be six active and six honorary.
James Whitley Herron was born in Newville, Pennsylvania in 1854. He received his education in the public schools of that town and in Washington after coming here in 1862. At an early age he sought and received employment as a clerk in a grocery store in this city and becoming interested in business methods took a course at the Spencerian Business College being graduated in 1874. To assist in the payment for his business education Mr. Herron procured a position as a bookkeeper on the National Republican remaining there for six years. In 1879 he first entered the employ of the Evening Star starting as a clerk and working his way up to the head of the business end of that corporation.
His Family Ties
Mr. Herron married Miss Charlotte Partridge of Maine, 35 years ago and she and two children, Lella Belle Herron and Leroy W. Herron survive him. Three other children died in infancy. Mrs. T.[itus] E. Davis, a sister of Mr. Herron, who is traveling in Europe is his only other near relative.
Mr. Herron was taken ill five days ago, but not until Monday morning was his condition regarded as serious. He succumbed directly to internal hemorrhage.
Mr. Herron stood in the front rank of the business men of Washington and was much valued in the community.
He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Board of Trade, the Secretary of the Board and a Director of the American National Bank, a member of the American Publishers Association and a member of the National Press Club.
The Washington Post
Wednesday, July 13, 1910
J.W. Herron Is Dead
Long Identified With City's Business Life
Lived Here Since Boyhood
Business Manager of the Evening Star Succumbs to a Brief Attack of Stomach Trouble
Is Survived by a Widow, Two Children and a Sister
Funeral Services Tomorrow
James Whitley Herron, for thirty years Business Manager of the Evening Star, died at 8 o'clock yesterday morning from stomach trouble aggravated by the excessive heat. The funeral services will be held at the residence, 3536 Thirteenth Street Northwest tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The Rev. Samuel H. Woodrow, pastor of the First Congregational Church and the Rev. B.F. Bittinger, former pastor of the Westminster Memorial Church will conduct the services. Interment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. The pallbearers have not yet been chosen, but there will be six active and six honorary.
James Whitley Herron was born in Newville, Pennsylvania in 1854. He received his education in the public schools of that town and in Washington after coming here in 1862. At an early age he sought and received employment as a clerk in a grocery store in this city and becoming interested in business methods took a course at the Spencerian Business College being graduated in 1874. To assist in the payment for his business education Mr. Herron procured a position as a bookkeeper on the National Republican remaining there for six years. In 1879 he first entered the employ of the Evening Star starting as a clerk and working his way up to the head of the business end of that corporation.
His Family Ties
Mr. Herron married Miss Charlotte Partridge of Maine, 35 years ago and she and two children, Lella Belle Herron and Leroy W. Herron survive him. Three other children died in infancy. Mrs. T.[itus] E. Davis, a sister of Mr. Herron, who is traveling in Europe is his only other near relative.
Mr. Herron was taken ill five days ago, but not until Monday morning was his condition regarded as serious. He succumbed directly to internal hemorrhage.
Mr. Herron stood in the front rank of the business men of Washington and was much valued in the community.
He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Board of Trade, the Secretary of the Board and a Director of the American National Bank, a member of the American Publishers Association and a member of the National Press Club.
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