Lucy Simco b. 28 Nov 1808 , Madison, Virginia, USA d. 7 Apr 1896 G.W. Herring Sr. Home, , Callaway, Missouri, USA: Albemarle to Callaway, a Herring Family Journey

1808 - 1896

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Birth 28 Nov 1808 , Madison, Virginia, USA

Gender Female

Died 7 Apr 1896 G.W. Herring Sr. Home, , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Cause: pnuemonia

Obituary 28 May 1896 Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA

Telegraph or Gazette

In Memory of Mrs. Lucy Herring
Ham's Prairie, Mo. May 28
The subject of this brief notice was the daughter of James and Sallie Simcoe and was born in Albemarle county, Va., Nov. 8, 1808, and on Dec. 3, 1829 married Geo. W. Herring. In the autumn of 1835 they bade audieu to the scenes of their childhood and eary youth and came overland to Missouri, arriving in Callaway county in October of the same year. Her husband was a soldier in the war of 1812 and took part in the most noted land engagements. His death occurred July 23rd, 1878. Since, she has resided on the old homestead with her son, W.D. Herring.
Mrs. Herring was the mother of 12 children - two having died in infancy - the rest living to adult age, are Jeames, J. L., W. H., G. W., and W. D. The daughters are: Mesdames Brandon, Craighead, Fletcher (now dead), Gannaway and King.
Her death was the resolt of a severe attack of catarrhal pnuemonia and occurred Tuesday, April 7, 1896, aged 87 years, 4 months, and 19 days. She had been a resident of the county 61 years and had witnessed the almost marvelous changes wrought by the hands of the hardy, industrious pioneers and their worthy descendants. Usually extreme old age is attended by loss of mind and bodily vigor, but her mental powers remained unabated and the lamp of reason went out only in the delirium that preceded death.
Mrs. Herring was esteemed ___ by those most intimate with her and leaves a memory rich with the details of a life well lived and of a work well done. She was blessed with a disposition that was above the evil speaking, scandal loving, as it has been said of her that she was never known to speak an unkind word of anyone.
On Wednesday, April 8th, she was laid to rest in the family buring ground to await the final summons. She has finished a long and useful life, loved and respected by all who knew her and leaves a large circle of relatives and friends to lament her death.
To her there is no death,
What seems so is transition,
This life of mortal breath,
Is but a suburb of the life elysian
Whose portal we call death.

Buried Herring Private Cemetery #1, Callaway, Missouri, USA

George and Lucy Herring both buried in the Herring Family Cemetery located near the town of Pitcher Mo. Township 47N, Range 8W southwest of Unity Church 46N09W08SE Fulton, per Cemeteries of Callaway County Information, rootsweb.com/~mocallaw/

Person ID I8 Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri

Last Modified 16 Jul 2010

Father James Simco, b. Abt 1777, , Orange, Virginia, USA , d. 1843, , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Mother Frances Canaday, b. Abt 1782, , , Virginia, USA , d. 1843, , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Married 16 Mar 1801 , Madison, Virginia, USA

Family ID F277 Group Sheet

Family George Washington Herring, Sr., b. 1794, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA , d. 23 Jul 1876, G.W. Herring Sr. Home, , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Married 28 Dec 1829 , Albemarle, Virginia, USA

From Albemarle Co. marriage records:
George Herron married Lucy Simco 28 Dec 1829; minister, John Goss; bondsman Reuben Simco; witness Ira Garrett; daughter of James Simco, who gives his consent; witness Reuben Simco.

Children

>	1. James E Herring, b. 26 Dec 1831, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA , d. 25 Apr 1918, Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA
>	2. Julia A Herring, b. Abt 1833, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA , d. Abt 1878, , Callaway, Missouri, USA
	3. Georgianna Herring, b. 27 May 1835, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA , d. 18 Jan 1913, , Callaway, Missouri, USA
>	4. John Luther Herring, b. 2 May 1837, G.W. Herring Sr. Home, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 22 Dec 1922, Marion Twp, Monroe, Missouri, USA
>	5. Jane Francis Herring, b. 9 Dec 1838, G.W. Herring Sr. Home, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 24 Feb 1929, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA
>	6. William "Tip" Harrison Herring, b. 6 Jan 1840, G.W. Herring Sr. Home, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 15 Feb 1923, Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri, USA
>	7. Mary E. Herring, b. 26 Jan 1843, G.W. Herring Sr. Home, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 10 Jan 1935, Saint Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
>	8. George Washington Herring, Jr., b. 14 Feb 1846, G.W. Herring Sr. Home, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 15 Jun 1929, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA
>	9. Susan E Herring, b. Abt 1849, G.W. Herring Sr. Home, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. Aft 1898
>	10. Willis Dabney Herring, b. 10 May 1851, G.W. Herring Sr. Home, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 11 Oct 1932, , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Last Modified 14 Nov 2008

Family ID F4 Group Sheet

Photos		Herring, Lucy Simco My great great grandmother, wife of George Washington Herring Sr. Picture taken in Callaway Co., Missouri abt. 1875.

Headstones		Lucy Simco Herring Lucy wife of G. Herring, died April 7, 1896. Lucy Simco was born Nov. 27, 1808 in Madison Co. Virginia, daughter of James Simco and Frances Canaday. She married George Washington Herring Sr. on Dec 28, 1829 in Albemarle Co. Virginia. They came to Callaway Co. Missouri in 1835 and raised 10 children. Lucy Simco Herring was my great great…
		George W. Herring and Lucy Simco Headstones of George Washington Herring Sr. and Lucy Simco, my great great grandparents. George and his cousin John B. Herring 1st came to Callaway Co. in 1825 to scout the land. John B. and his father Benjamin Herring, moved their family to Callaway Co. in 1830. George moved his family to Callaway Co., Missouri in the fall of 1835. George's…

Notes	From Albemarle Co. marriage records: George Herron married Lucy Simco 28 Dec 1829; minister, John Goss; bondsman Reuben Simco; witness Ira Garrett; daughter of James Simco, who gives his consent; witness Reuben Simco. Lucy Simco's sister, Judith Simco, was the mother of Margaret Ann Fletcher, who was the mother of Josephine Carter, who was my father's mother. Lucy was the mother of George W. Herring Jr., who was the father of Dolar Herring, who was my father's father. Lucy received a pension as a widow for George's service in the War of 1812. Pension # 30189, $8.00 per month. I have found no records of pensions received by John or Nathan's families for any service in that war. obit - Mrs. Lucy Herring Abt 89 7 Apr 1896 10 April 1896 Callaway Weekly Gazette Mrs. Lucy Herring Dead Mrs. Lucy Herring, aged 89 years, died at her home six miles south of Fulton, Tuesday, of old age. Mrs. Herring is the mother of nine children, four girls and five boys. Her funeral was conducted Wednesday afternoon by Elder Otto. *note about obit - there were 12 children 5 boys and 5 girls. At the time of Lucy's death there were 9 living children, 4 girls and 5 boys. Two children died as infants, I have no information about them at all.

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Event

	Married - 28 Dec 1829 - , Albemarle, Virginia, USA
	Died - Cause: pnuemonia - 7 Apr 1896 - G.W. Herring Sr. home, , Callaway, Missouri, USA
	Obituary - Telegraph or Gazette - 28 May 1896 - Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA
	Buried - - Herring Private Cemetery #1, Callaway, Missouri, USA

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