Robinson Old Cemetery, Robinson, Crawford, IL, USA: Albemarle to Callaway, a Herring Family Journey

Headstones

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	David W. Herring David Wilson Herring, born April 1, 1917, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, died October 27, 1981, Robinson, Crawford Co., Illinois. Sgt. US Army, World War II Apr 1, 1917 - Oct. 27, 1981. My father.			David Wilson Herring (d. 27 Oct 1981)
	David Wilson Herring Robinson Old Cemetery, Robinson, Crawford Co., Illinois. David Wilson Herring, born April 1, 1917, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, died October 27, 1981, Robinson, Crawford Co., Il. This was my father. He was a son of Dolor Washington Herring and Josephine Carter. Through his father's line, he was a grandson of George Washington Herring Jr. and Josima McNerva Allen. He was a great grandson of George Washington Herring Sr. and Lucy Simco, and, John Karah Allen and Mary L. Walker. He was a great great grandson of George Herring and Elizabeth Closby, and, James Simco and Francis Canada. Also a great great grandson of Joseph Darby Allen and Mary Margaret Murphy, and, Thomas Walker and Bettie Langley. Through his mother's line he was a grandson of John R. Carter and Margaret Ann Fletcher. He was a great grandson of John G. Carter and Matilda J. Herring, and, John F. Fletcher and Judith Simco. He was a great great grandson of Robert P. Carter and Mary Polly Smith, and, John B. Herring and Mariah Hill. Also a great great grandson of John and Mary Fletcher, and, James Simco and Francis Canada. He graduated in the Class of 1935 from Fulton High School, and was a WW II veteran, 667th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group, 20th Air Force. On December 23, 1946 he married Iris Nadine Carrington.			David Wilson Herring (d. 27 Oct 1981)
	Iris Nadine Carrington Herring Robinson Old Cemetery, Robinson, Crawford Co., Illinois. Iris Nadine Carrington, born February 14, 1923, Auxvasse, Callaway Co., Missouri, died September 4, 1995, Robinson, Crawford Co., Illinois. This was my mother. She was a daughter of Carson Dillard Carrington and Mary Leona Wilks. Through her father's line, she was a grandaughter of Nathaniel Dillard Carrington and Eliza S. Herring. A great grandaughter of Samuel Carrington and Lydia A. Bowen, and, George W. Herring and Hester Ann Kemp. She was a great great grandaughter of Randolph Carrington and Katharine McGary, and, Andrew H. Bowen and Anne Summers. Also a great great grandaughter of John Herring and Lucy Carver, and, Walter Kemp and Jerusha Key. She was a great great great granddaughter of Thomas Cauper Kemp and Esther Maxey, and, George Key and Susannah Craghead. Through her mother's line, she was a grandaughter of James Rufus Wilks and Oddie Elizabeth Day. She was a great grandaughter of William Henry Wilks and Rebecca Anne Wilks, and, Sanders Perfect Day and Permelia Frances Overton. She was a great great grandaughter of Blade or Blue Wilkes and Anne Wilkes, and, Benjamin Francis Overton and Ann S. Holt, and, Truman Day and Eliza Clendennen. She was a great great great granddaughter of Ackley Day and Sarah Oxley, and, Lewis Overton and Sarah Gibbs, and, Hiram Holt and Jane Stanfield. She had several direct line ancestors in the Revolutionary War. She graduated in the Class of 1941 of Fulton High School, and graduated from William Woods College in Fulton Missouri, in 1943. On December 23, 1946 she married David Wilson Herring.			Iris Nadine Carrington (d. 4 Sep 1995)