Thomas Wesley Herring was the youngest son of John and Lucy Carver Herring. He was born February 22, 1839 in Callaway County Missouri. He had 9 brothers and 2 sisters, and was my 2nd great granduncle.

Thomas grew up on a farm, and was himself a farmer all his life. On February 11, 1864 he married Mary Jane Young. Mary Jane was a daughter of Joseph Young and Mary Nicholes of Virginia. Mary Jane Young was born April 7, 1846 in Callaway County Missouri.

Thomas and Mary Jane had 10 children, I only have records for 9:

1. Joseph Herring b: Jan 20, 1865, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: June 25, 1935, St. Charles Co., Missouri.
   • married Oct. 7, 1890, Callaway Co., Missouri, Ludie D. Davidson, b: Aug 1, 1865 d: March 22, 1952. They are both buried in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Callaway Co. Missouri. Ludie Davidson was a daughter of Wilson Davidson and Rebecca Mosley. Her brother, Sterling Price Davidson married Joseph's sister, Virginia E. Herring.
     • Children:
     • Hallie W. Herring, b: abt. 1893. On the 1910 St. Charles Co. Missouri census, Hallie was listed as deaf and dumb. On the 1920 census, she is no longer at home, but they have taken in an orphan, age 3 1/2 named James Clayton.
   • Joseph Herring was the Superintendent of the St. Charles Public Schools.
2. Virginia Elizabeth Herring b: Mar. 7, 1867, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: April 11, 1943, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Mt. Carmel cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
   • married February 14, 1888, Callaway Co., Missouri, Sterling Price Davidson, b: Feb. 26, 1863, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Dec. 9, 1914, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Mt. Carmel cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. Sterling Price Davidson was a son of Wilson Davidson and Rebecca Mosley. His sister, Ludie, married Virginia Herring's brother, Joseph.
     • Children:
     • Montie E. Davidson, b: Sept. 23, 1894, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Feb. 21, 1939, Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri, buried Hillcrest cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
       • Married: Mary Sue Rice, b: Mar. 31, 1891, Missouri, d: Apr. 14, 1935, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Boydsville Christian church cemetery, Boydsville, Callaway Co., Missouri. She was a daughter of Henry Shelton Rice and Lewis Ellen Turner.
     • Joseph W. Davidson, b: abt. 1901, Callaway Co., Missouri
3. Lydia E. Herring b: about 1869, Callaway Co., Missouri d: Sept 27, 1898, Callaway Co., Missouri
4. Nancy J. Herring b: Jan 10, 1872, Callaway Co., Missouri d: Nov 13, 1900, Callaway Co., Missouri
5. John Wesley Herring b: Jun. 29, 1875, Callaway Co., Missouri d: Jul 10, 1950, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Mt. Carmel cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
   • 1st married June 1, 1902, Callaway Co., Missouri, Sallie Alta Wood, b: Apr. 11, 1886, Missouri d: March 3, 1916, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Mt. Carmel cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. She was a daughter of Samuel Wood and Elleanora Marie Blackburn.
     • Children:
     • Ray Herring b: 1904, Callaway Co., Missouri. In 1930 his occupation was a photographer in Fulton.
       • Married Mildred unknown, b: abt. 1902, Missouri
     • Ella Gertrude Herring b: 1906, Callaway Co., Missouri, died after 1950.
       • Married Ralph Baxter. They lived in Elkhart, Indiana.
   • 2nd married Jan 3, 1918, Callaway Co., Missouri, Clara May Wood, b: Dec. 25, 1879, Missouri, d: Dec. 15, 1966, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Mt. Carmel cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. Clara was first married to Eldridge Dunavant.
6. Laura Belle Herring b: Oct 30, 1876, Callaway Co., Missouri d: Mar. 12, 1943, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Mt. Carmel cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
   • married January 7, 1899, Callaway Co., Missouri, James Lewis Craighead b: May 6, 1867, Hams Prairie, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Nov. 15, 1953, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Mt. Carmel cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. James was a son of Robert Powel Craighead and Nancy C. Hall and was my 3rd cousin 3 times removed.
     • Children:
     • Alta Craighead b: Aug 8, 1902, Callaway Co., Missouri d: Jan 26, 1998, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
       • Married June 20, 1923, Callaway Co., Missouri, Virgil Gathright, b: May 30, 1898 d: Apr 1981, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of John Thomas Gathright Jr. and Ida Florence Newsom.
         • Children:
         • Hazel Jean Gathright, b: Oct. 20, 1924, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Feb. 26, 2004, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
           • Married, Oct. 27, 1945, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, James Russell Hampton, b: Nov. 29, 1919, Reform, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Jan. 26, 2003, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of Amos L. Hampton and Martha Ann Tharp.
             • Children:
             • Three, living.
         • Wilma Faye Gathright, b: June 18, 1927, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: July 30, 1973, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
           • Married: John Richard Cave, b: 1924, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of Marcelles Weber Cave and Buelah Corley.
             • Children:
             • Two, living.
         • John T. Gathright, b: Jan. 31, 1929, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Dec. 17, 1991, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
           • Married: Rita Yvonne Sartor, b: Jan. 20, 1937, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Mar. 17, 1967, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. She was a daughter of John Robert Sartor and Ruby Pearl Mosley and was my 4th cousin once removed.
             • Children:
             • One, living.
     • Guy Thomas Craighead, b: 1904, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: 1996, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
       • Married: Eunice Mae Kemp, b: 1913, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: 1993, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. She was a daughter of George Kemp and Flossie Mae Hoover and was my 4th cousin twice removed.
         • Children:
         • George Lewis Craighead, b: Aug. 26, 1929, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Jul. 6, 2008, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
           • Married: unknown
             • Children:
             • Five, living.
         • Living son.
     • Lewis Turner Craighead, b: 1911, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: 1979, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
       • Married: Julia P. unknown, b: 1912 d: 1962, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
7. Bertie or Bertha A. Herring b: about 1880, Callaway Co., Missouri
8. Luther E. Herring b: Jun 30, 1885, Callaway Co., Missouri d: Jan 25, 1956, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
   • married October 23, 1907, Callaway Co., Missouri, Alice B. Mosley b: 1887, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: 1969, Callaway Co, Missouri, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. She was a daughter of Benjamin W. Mosley and Emma J. James.
     • Children:
     • Evelyn Herring b: about 1910, Callaway Co., Missouri. Married Morris W. Connor, b: abt. 1909, Missouri. He was a son of Woodson A. Conner and Ada Ophelia Morris.
     • Helen Herring, b: Callaway Co., Missouri, Married Raymond Barrow.
9. Pearl Maude Herring b: about 1887, Callaway Co., Missouri.
   • married Sept. 6, 1922, Callaway Co., Missouri, Dr. E.C. Eager.