Escambia County AlArchives Biographies.....Herrington, James October 26 1826 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
     JAMES HERRINGTON, treasurer of Escambia county, is a native of Alabama, and
a son of Micajah and Rebecca (Cox) Herrington. Micajah Herrington was a native
of Georgia, born in 1781, came to Alabama in 1816, locating in Conecuh county,
where his death occurred in 1828. He married Rebecca Cox and had a family of ten
children, namely: Ephraim, Franklin, Lucy, Micajah, James, John, Thomas, Mary,
widow of Abram Brown, of Brewton, Ala., and two who died in infancy, unnamed.
The mother, a woman of most exemplary character, died in the year 1862. James
Herrington was born in the county of Conecuh, October 28, 1826, and at the early
age of twelve was compelled to rely for support upon his own resources. His
educational training was limited to a few months, attendance at the ordinary
country schools, and the greater part of his life was passed, as an
agriculturist, within twenty-five miles of Brewton. He taught school for some
time in Brewton, and in 1880 was elected treasurer of Escambia county, which he
has held by successive re-elections to the present time. In 1884, in partnership
with B. F. Pringle, he embarked in the mill and lumber business, and the firm as
thus constituted continued about two years, when a half interest was purchased
by Messrs. Parker and Lovelace, the firm name changing to the Pollard Milling
Co. With the addition of the last-named gentlemen, a new mill of largely
increased capacity was erected, and more timber land purchased. The firm has
undergone various changes and is now known as the Pollard Mill Co., Mr.
Herrington, president, and C. Y. Mayo, secretary and treasurer. The company owns
3,100 acres of land and the mill, which saws square timber mostly, has a
capacity of 15,000 feet per day. Mr. Herrington was married at the age of
eighteen, in Conecuh county, to Miss Margaret Thompson, who has borne him the
following children: Adaline, deceased; Mary A., wife of Henry Jernigan; Francis
J., deceased; John, and Martha J., wife of B. F. Pringle. Mr. Herrington is a
royal arch Mason, a democrat in politics, and a consistent member of the
Methodist church. A man of the most unswerving rectitude, his name has never
been remotely connected with any questionable transaction, and his continued
retention in the office he now holds is ample proof of his popularity with the
people.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 974-975
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI

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