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 COLUMBIA AND MUNTOUR COUNTIES can K to ih$ country wilh his w ife ami tight children before the Revolutionary war. They were "re<lcmptioncrs." their 5cr*icc5 being sold to d cfrav the expenses of the passage. Tw o of the eight children were kitted in the battle of the Brandywine. Another, Lud wick, was the grandfather o f George A. Herring. He settled in Orangeville. Columbia Co.. Pa., in I too. H e died in 1838. and is buried in O rangeville cemetery. He was a teamster ami wa< engaged in hauling produce and goo<ls from Oningcvillc and Pottsville to Rcacling. liefore the introiluction of the railroad system in that section. He was married in Berks county to Susan Bright. John Herring, son o f I-udwick, w as bom in O rangeville, Pa., in 1808. and there resided throughout his active life. He was a carpen® te r hy occupation and for twenty years was a carpenter foreman 011 the Pennsylvania canal lictwccn Nanticoke and Sunbury. I’ olitically he w as a Jacksonian Democrat, casting his first vote fo r Jackson, and adhcretl to the Democratic party until his death. For ten years he w as justice of the peace at O range­ ville. In i88q he moved to Bloomsburg. the rest o f his years living in retirement, dying in 181^3. l i e married Rachel Snvdcr, a sister of the late Sheriff John Snvdcr, o f Orangeville, and she die<l M ay 1 1. a inemlier of the Luthenin Church. Mr. H erring was a memlier of the Cterman Reformed CTiurch. They ha<l eight children, six sons and tw*o daugh­ ters. nam ely: Clinton 1) .; George A .: .Mcxam lcr H .; (!^alvin and Klisha R. ( t w in s I; Retiecca (m arried Jackson K n o r r ); Priscilla I married John S. N e y h a rt): and one that died unnamed. (fcorgc .. H erring, son o f John, obtained his education in the academy at Orangeville. . l the age o f twenty years he moved to Bloomsburg. where he learned the trade of nioklcr. following some for a period o f four years in Bloomsburg, Illinois and Michigan. Kctum ing home he engaged in carpentering with his father, building canalboats at IJm e Ridge. Columbia county, until 1864. when he moved to Shenandoah. Schuylkill county. In 1867 he built a co!Iicr now known as No, 3, at Shaiandoah, and owned by the I.ehigh 'alley Railroad Company, and took in as partner. J . W illiams. Esq.. operating it for a few vears as a member of the firm o f Williams & tlcrring . H e then met with a serious acci­ dent. which nearly resulted in his death and which terminated^ his connection with the mine He disposed o f his interest and en­ gaged in merchandising in Shenandoah up to

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the year 1876, when he sold out. During this period he w as electe<l treasurer o f Schuylkill county, serving from 1870 to 1873. H e was one of the organizers and a director of the Shenandoah W ater Com jiaiiy; also a director u f the Shcnamloah N alley Bank. In .April. 1876, owing to poor health, .Mr. H erring sold his store and moved to Blooms­ hurg. Columbia county, purchasing a farm two miles from there; he also rented a tan­ nery. which he operated until 1882, disposing o f it that year, but he has since continued to own the farm. From i88i to 18X7 he served as deputy treasurer o f Columbia county, anil for the following three years a s treasurer. In 1894 he w as made deputy collector of internal revenue for the T w elfth district o f Pennsyl­ vania. with office at Scranton, under his son Grant. F o r four years he has had the honor o f presiding over the liorough council of Bloomsbucg:. Politically Mr. H erring is a tirni supporter of Democratic principles and has frequently served as delegate to State conven­ tions from Columbia and Schuylkill counties. H e was a delegate to the convention which iiominatc, t8 6 i, M r. H erring married M aty A. Hess, who wa.s l>om A pril 6. 1836. at Mifflinville, Columbia county, daughter o f Daniel and Priscilla (Y o h e ) Hess, and died in 1803, at the age o f fifty-six y e a rs: she is buricil in Rosemont cemetery at Bloomsburg. Afrs. H erring w as a memticr of the Methodist Church, Mr. and Mrs, H erring became the larents o f five children: Ida alone survives, iving with her father at Bloomstnirg: IHorcnce Gertrude died when three months old: one died unnamed; John dic<l in March. 1890. at the age o f twenty-two ye ars: Grant, the eldeM. was a leading law yer in Bloomsburg for twenty-four years, and in i<)oj moved wilh his fam ily to Sunbury. P a „ where he practiced until his <lea(h. which occurred in August, 19 12, at Berchtcsgaden. (iermany. while he was visiting his d a u ^ tc r Lau ra, who w as there studying music the was buried there, not many mites from M unich). Both sons graduated from t o fayctte College. Cirani in June, 1883, and John in Ju n e. 1889 : during his junior year at c o l l ^ John received honors in oratorical contests; ujion leaving school he began the study o f law with his brother and conttnuctl it until his death. M r. H erring is a Mason and an Odd