William J. Herring and Rebecca A. Knight Headstone Photo, Hillcrest Cemetery

William J. Herring, Oct 25, 1825 - May 22, 1905. Rebecca A. Herring, July 12, 1827 - Sept 22, 1911. Asleep in Jesus oh how sweet. William Jerrod Herring was a son of John Herring and Lucy Carver, a grandson of George Herring and Elizabeth Closby, and Jarrell Carver and Nancy Beck. He came to Missouri from Albemarle Co. Virginia in 1838 at the age of 13. He was my 2nd great granduncle. On Sept. 14, 1848, he married Rebecca Ann Knight, daughter of William L. Knight and Eliza Hornbuckle.