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Gideon Herring was a son of John and Lucy Carver Herring. He was born May 25, 1831 in Albemarle Co. Virginia. He had 9 brothers and 2 sisters. He was my 2nd great granduncle.
Gideon came from Albemarle Virginia with his family when he was 7 years old. He grew up on a farm, and was himself a farmer all his life.
On August 26, 1857 he married Lucy Jane Simco. Lucy was a daughter of Reuben Brooks Simco and Sarah Cowherd Hill. Lucy's sister, Mary Francis Simco married Gideon's brother, Dabney Herring.
Lucy Jane Simco was born Dec. 15, 1838 in Callaway County Missouri. She was my 1st cousin 3 times removed.
There is a discrepancy regarding Lucy's date and place of birth. The newspaper obit gives 15 Dec 1838, but this may be a transcription error or a typo by the person who transcribed the newspaper file. If this is correct, she was born within 3 months after the family came to Callaway Co., Missouri from Albemarle Co., Virginia. The date on her headstone is 15 Nov 1837. This would mean she was born in Albemarle Co., Virginia and came to Missouri when she was about 1 year old. The census records show her born in Missouri. Death certificate says 15 Nov 1837. Info on death certificate was given by her sister Susan Simco LaRue.
Click here for a picture of Gideon Herring family taken about 1882.
Gideon and Lucy Simco Herring had 4 children:
- Benjamin Franklin Herring b: July 22, 1858, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: March 24, 1925, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- married March 12, 1879, Callaway Co., Missouri, Martha T. Turner, b: Dec. 14, 1854, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Feb 11, 1924, Fulton Twp., Callaway Co., Missouri. She was a daughter of Cary Turner and Eliza A. Rolling. Benjamin and Martha Herring are both buried in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Callaway Co. Missouri.
- Children:
- Ethel M. Herring, b: Aug. 1881, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Married, about 1912, Montgomery C. Nevins, b: Oct. 6, 1880, Guthrie, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Feb. 25, 1941, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Mt. Carmel cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of Lockwood U. Nevins and Phoebe Ellen Long.
- Children: Thelma Nevins, b: abt. 1913, Jefferson City, Cole Co., Missouri.
- Eunice Merle Herring, b: Apr 3, 1886, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: July 23, 1910 Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Callaway Co. Missouri.
- Married, Feb 11, 1907, Callaway Co., Missouri, Guy V. Stapp.
- Children: unknown daughter Stapp, b: abt. 1907, Callaway Co., Missouri
- Bessie J. Herring, b: Jan. 1892, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Married, Jul. 21, 1908, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, Samuel Lincoln Acison, b: Sep. 20, 1883, d: Jul 1979, Columbia, Boone Co., Missouri. He was a son of Samuel Acison and Mattie Shenk.
- William Henry Herring b: Mar 22, 1861, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Feb 11, 1877, Callaway Co., Missouri. Buried in Herring #2 Family cemetery.
- Nancy Herring b: Apr 28, 1867, Callaway Co., Missouri d: May 18, 1894, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Callaway Co. Missouri.
- married July 17, 1883, Callaway Co., Missouri, Joseph Wallace Turner, b: Nov. 1860, d: Sept. 12, 1920. He married Mable Nevins after Nancy's death. She was a sister of Montgomery C. Nevins who was the husband of Joseph's niece, Ethel Herring Nevins. They had two children, Barna and Ralph Turner.
- Children:
- Thomas A. Turner, b: Nov. 14, 1885, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Maude Pearl Turner, b: Oct. 1887, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: 1976, buried Auxvasse cemetery, Auxvasse, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- married Dec. 27, 1905, Callaway Co., Missouri, Claude Cleveland Houchins, b: Sep. 28, 1884, Calwood, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: July 30, 1947, Auxvasse, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Auxvasse cemetery, Auxvasse, Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of James Edward Houchins and Sallie A. Stultz and was my 3rd cousin once removed.
- Children:
- Maggie Houchins, b: abt. 1907, Callaway Co., Missouri
- Reba Turner Houchins, b: Jan. 1, 1910, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: 2001, buried Auxvasse cemetery, Auxvasse, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Married, May 18, 1929, Mexico, Audrain Co., Missouri, James Albert Middleton, b: Feb. 8, 1904, Monroe Co., Missouri, d: 1977, buried Auxvasse cemetery, Auxvasse, Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of William Grant Middleton and Lily Mae Bierley.
- Cordie Lee Turner, b: May 17, 1890, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: June 2, 1964, buried Mt. Carmel cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- married Sept. 29, 1912, Callaway Co., Missouri, William Thomas Hyten, b: Aug. 13, 1877, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: June 10, 1929, Cedar Twp., Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Mt. Carmel cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of John Henry Hyten and Eveline Rice. He was my 3rd cousin twice removed.
- Children:
- Gladys Fern Hyten, b: Oct. 29, 1913, Fulton Twp., Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Nov. 6, 1914, Fulton Twp., Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Mt. Carmel cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Frances Hyten, b: abt. 1917, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Married Joseph Phillips. At least one son, probably living.
- Joseph D. Turner, b: Feb 11, 1892, d: Nov 31, 1903. After his mother's death he was raised by his grandparents, Gideon and Lucy Herring. Buried Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Francis Arbilla Herring b: July 1873, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Oct. 30, 1957, LaGrande, Union Co., Oregon, buried Hillcrest cemetery, LaGrande, Union Co., Missouri.
- married Feb 1, 1896, Callaway Co., Missouri, Ibra Randolph Snook, b: Dec. 3, 1870 in Pennsylvania, d: Dec. 6, 1943, LaGrande, Union Co., Oregon, buried Hillcrest cemetery, LaGrande, Union Co., Missouri. Right after their marriage they moved to the state of Oregon. He was a son of Wilson S. Snook and Jane Catherine Ebersole.
- Children:
- Marjorie Snook b: Mar 1897 in Oregon
- Gideon Snook b: Feb 1899 in Oregon
- Married, unknown
- Children: Ruth Caryl Snook, b: Feb. 10, 1931, Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon, d: Dec. 29, 1000, buried Portland Memorial Mausoleum, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon.
- Married, possibly living Ouellette, children, three.
- Marion Snook b: 1904 in Oregon
- Ruth Oneita Snook b: Dec. 23, 1905, LaGrande, Union Co., Oregon, d: May 16, 2003, Baker City, Baker Co., Oregon, buried Mount Hope cemetery, Baker City, Baker Co., Oregon.
- Married Aug. 10, 1929, Andrew Neal Reider, b: Kansas, d: Sept. 1962, buried Mount Hope cemetery, Baker City, Baker Co., Oregon.
Gideon Carver Herring was a farmer all his life. He died November 21, 1914 in Fulton Township, Callaway Co. Missouri.
Lucy Jane Simco Herring died Feb 4, 1924 in Fulton Township, Callaway Co. Missouri.
They are buried in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
Obit -
Death of G.C. Herring
Gideon C. Herring, an old resident of Callaway county, died at his hom on the Jefferson City road, about three-quarters of a mile southwest of Fulton, Saturday morning at 2:00 o'clock. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at Mt. Carmel church and was conducted by the Rev. C.K. Gillum, paster of the Central Christian church, of which Mr. Herring was a member. A very large crowd was present, and the church was too small to hold half the audience.
Mr. Herring was born in Virginia on May 25, 1831, and came with his parents to Callaway county when a small child. The family settled on a farm about five miles southwest of Fulton, where Mr. Herring lived until about nine years ago, when he bought the place where he died.
He was married fifty-seven years ago to Miss Lucy Jane Simcoe, of Callaway county, who, with a son, Benjamin Herring, and a daughter, Mrs. Ibra Snook, survive him. A brother, Thomas Herring, also survives, and lives at Pitcher, this county. The daughter lives in LaGrande, Ore.
About a year ago Mr. Herring had a stroke of paralysis and a decline followed.
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