John Luther Herring was my great granduncle, the fourth child and second son of George Washington Herring and Lucy Simco. John Luther Herring was born May 2, 1837 in Callaway County Missouri.

In 1860, John married Rebecca Skinner. She was born in 1842 in Ohio, a daughter of Ephram Skinner and Georgia Spurgeon. Her sister, Zelda Skinner married John's brother, William Harrison Herring.

John Luther Herring and Rebecca Skinner lived in Woodlawn Twp., Monroe Co., Missouri. They may have been married there as I have not found a record of their marriage in Callaway County. Several of Rebecca's extended family lived in Monroe County.

This family went by the name of Herron instead of Herring. Over the years I have found Herring spelled this way, but it was never used consistantly throughout someone's life. On John's death certificate, his name is spelled Herron, and the name of his father is also spelled Herron instead of Herring. His mother's name on his death certificate is spelled Simco. By the time John died in 1922, the Simco family was spelling their name Simcoe, not Simco. I have to wonder if this family had completely broken off contact with their Callaway County family.

John Luther Herring and Rebecca Skinner had 10 children:

1. Sarah Elizabeth Herron, b: Apr. 3, 1861 in Monroe Co., Missouri, d: June 25, 1957, Moberly, Randolph Co., Missouri, buried Phillips cemetery, Duncans Bridge, Monroe Co., Missouri.
   • married, Feb. 1, 1880, Monroe Co., Missouri, Harden Clay Pagett, b: May 5, 1851, Monroe Co., Missouri, d: Jan. 10, 1928, Randolph Co., Missouri, buried Phillips cemetery, Duncans Bridge, Monroe Co., Missouri. He was a son of John Pagett and Elizabeth Stephens.
     • Children:
     • Willis Pagett, b: Jun. 1888, Randolph Co., Missouri.
       • Married, abt. 1912, M. Adelia unknown, b: abt. 1890, Misouri.
         • Children: E. Maurine Pagett, b: abt. 1913, Randolph Co., Missouri.
     • Virginia Pagett, b: May, 1895, Randolph Co., Missouri.
       • Married, abt. 1916, Robert R. Wilson, b: abt. 1890, Kentucky.
         • Children:
         • Wallace R. Wilson, b: abt. 1916, Moberly, Randolph Co., Missouri
         • Living daughter
2. George C. Herron, b: Dec. 1862 in Monroe Co., Missouri.
   • married, abt. 1887, Rosetta Elizabeth unknown, b: Aug. 18, 1869 in Missouri, d: 1911, buried Oak Grove cemetery, Monroe Co., Missouri.
     • Children:
     • Bertha Herron, b: July 1888, Monroe Co., Missouri.
     • Lucy Herron, b: Dec. 1891, Monroe Co., Missouri.
     • Eliza Herron, b: Jan. 1893, Monroe Co., Missouri, d: probably before 1910.
     • Herman Herron, b: Aug. 1894, Monroe Co., Missouri.
     • Glenn Herron, b: Dec. 1899, Monroe Co., Missouri
       • Married abt. 1928 in Missouri, Leata Pearl unknown, b: abt 1913 in Missouri.
     • Nellie Herron, b: abt. 1903, Monroe Co., Missouri.
     • Charley Herron, b: abt. 1905, Monroe Co., Missouri.
3. Emma W. Herron, b: July 31, 1864, Monroe Co., Missouri, d: Jan, 1945, Moberly, Randolph Co., Missouri.
   • married, Jan. 2, 1884, Monroe Co., Missouri, John F. Pagett, b: Jan. 22, 1869 in Missouri, d: Jan. 1, 1925, Moberly, Randolph Co., Missouri. He was a son of Thurston Pagett and Mary Kiptory.
     • Children:
     • Julia E. Pagett, b: abt 1885, Monroe Co., Missouri.
     • Alice Pagett, b: abt. 1886, Monroe Co., Missouri.
     • Russell Pagett, b: abt 1890, Monroe Co., Missouri.
     • Omer B. Pagett, b: abt 1892, Monroe Co., Missouri.
     • Orville W. Pagett, b: abt 1894, Monroe Co., Missouri
     • Mary E. Pagett, b: abt 1896, Monroe Co., Missouri
4. Eliza J. Herron, b: abt. 1867 in Monroe Co., Missouri.
5. James Ephron Herron, b: May 12, 1869 in Monroe Co., Missouri, d: Feb. 18, 1942, Moberly, Randolph Co., Missouri, buried Oakland cemetery, Moberly, Randolph Co., Missouri.
6. Mary A. Herron, b: Jan. 1871 in Monroe Co., Missouri.
7. William H. Herron, b: abt. 1874 in Monroe Co., Missouri.
   • married, abt. 1898, Margaret Williams, b: abt. 1878 in Illinois, daughter of John M. and Francis A. Williamson.
     • Children:
     • Ross Herron, b: abt. 1902, Monroe Co., Missouri.
     • Anna or Erma Herron, b: abt 1908, Monroe Co., Missouri.
     • Maud Herron, b: abt 1910, Monroe Co., Missouri.
     • Beulah Herron, b: abt 1911, Monroe Co., Missouri.
8. Lucy Herron, b: abt. 1878, Monroe Co., Missouri.
9. Thomas P. Herron, b: Apr. 7, 1879, Duncans Bridge, Monroe Co., Missouri, d: Sept. 9, 1955, Madison, Monroe Co., Missouri, buried Sunset Hill cemetery, Madison, Monroe Co., Missouri.
   • married, abt. 1903, Anna Duncan, b: Feb. 21, 1884 in Monroe Co., Missouri, d: July 4, 1969, Monroe Co., Missouri, buried Sunset Hill cemetery, Madison, Monroe Co., Missouri.
     • Children:
     • Ruth Herron, b: abt. 1913, Monroe Co., Missouri.
     • Homer W. Herron, b: Sep. 8, 1915, Monroe Co., Missouri, d: Apr. 24, 2000, Thompson, Audrain Co., Missouri.
     • Harry Herron, Abt. 1918, Monroe Co., Missouri.
     • 2 additional daughters, possibly living.
10. Porter T. Herron, b: Nov. 26, 1882, Monroe Co., Missouri, d: Apr. 7, 1952, Moberly, Randolph Co., Missouri, buried Huntsville cemetery, Huntsville, Randolph Co., Missouri.
    • Married, Opal unknown