Henry County AlArchives Biographies.....Herring, Bright W. November 16 1846 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    BRIGHT W. HERRING, merchant and farmer of Headland, Ala., was born November
16, 1846, in New Hanover county, N. C. He is a son of John B. and Mary A.
(Moore) Herring, the former of whom was a native of North Carolina, and was born
in 1811. At an early age he became a merchant, and also engaged in the
manufacture of lumber, naval stores and tar, and at the same time ran a
plantation. He was married in North Carolina, and in 1850 removed to Georgia,
and settled in Sumter county, where he engaged in farming, continuing thus
engaged for eight years. In 1858 he came to Alabama, settling in Coffee county,
where he lived until his death, in 1865. Bright W. Herring commenced life for
himself as a farmer when he was nineteen years old. By his father's death the
care of his step-mother and sisters devolved upon him. He first saw his sisters
in good homes of their own and provided a comfortable home for his step-mother,
in which she might spend her declining years. In 1867 he removed to Henry
county, settling near where Headland now stands, and pursued farming as an
occupation, purchased 160 acres additional, and sold out his entire interests in
1876, and removed to the village of Headland, and entered 160 acres of land as a
homestead. He has always followed farming, and is still thus engaged. In 1882 he
opened a general stock of merchandise in Headland, and has since that time been
engaged in merchandising. He began as a merchant with about $300 capital, and
now carries a stock of about $3,000, and does a business of about $7,000 per
year. In 1870 he married Miss Amanda Dykes, daughter of Isaac Dykes, who was a
native of Georgia, and by occupation was a farmer and a blacksmith. He came to
Alabama at an early day, settled in Dale county, where he still resides, and
where he still follows farming and blacksmithing. Mrs. Herring, at the time of
her marriage, was in her twentieth year. She has borne her husband eight
children, six boys and two girls, viz.: Charlie B., Orlando, Lorena, William I.,
Nancy J., Leonard J., Joseph E., and Ernest C., all of whom are being well
educated. Both Mr. and Mrs. Herring are members of the Missionary Baptist
church. Mr. Herring has a plantation of 280 acres of land, and on his premises
has a well equipped steam cotton gin, which is kept running to its full capacity
during the season. Mr. Herring has always been active in the support of schools
and churches, and it was largely through his efforts that the present pretty
little church of the Missionary Baptist congregation was built in Headland. He
is now superintendent of its Sunday school. He is a member of Headland lodge,
No. 438, A. F. & A. M., and is master of the lodge. The four eldest children, as
well as their parents, are members of the church. Mr. Herring served as clerk of
the church ten consecutive years, and was then made deacon. He was elected
township trustee in 1891, and also a member of the municipal board and school
trustee. He has represented his lodge at the grand lodge of Masons many times,
and is recognized as one of Henry county's most popular and prosperous citizens.



Additional Comments:
from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 1093-1094
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI

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