HON. J.C. HERNDON
History of Arizona, 1893

Among the prominent and able lawyers of Prescott, Arizona 
is Hon. J.C. Herndon, who possesses far more than the share 
of ability with which the average man is endowed.  He is a 
native of Missouri, born in Fayette, March 6, 1849, son of 
A.J. and Emily F. (Brown) Herndon, both natives of the Old 
Dominion.  The father, also an attorney, was Clerk of County 
Court of Howard County, Missouri, and was a prominent man in 
the state.  He is still living and resides in Howard County 
where he is one of the oldest settlers.  He is now in his 
seventy-eighth year.  Our subject, one of eleven children 
born to his parents, was reared in Fayette and there received 
his primary education.  Later he entered Kentucky University 
and still later the University of Virginia, graduating from 
the latter institution in 1871.  After that he entered the 
law office of R.T. Prewitt, of Fayette and was there admitted 
to the bar.  For a few years following this he practiced in 
Fayette, Missouri, and in 1883 he arrived in Prescott, 
Arizona, where he decided to locate.  

Since then he has been a resident of that flourishing city 
and has built up an extensive practice.  The firm is now 
Herndon and Norris.  Mr. Herndon has been District Attorney 
of Yavapai County, Arizona, two terms and was also City 
Attorney for a few years.  He was a delegate to the 
Democratic National Convention in St. Louis in 1888 and 
National Committeeman from Arizona Territory on Democratic 
Central Committee from 1888 till 1892.  

Mr. Herndon was nominated unanimously as a delegate to 
Congress in the fall of 1895 but was defeated with the 
balance of the ticket.  He takes a prominent part in the 
politics of the territory and is well known.

On the 29th of December 1875, he married Miss Florence M. 
Wilson, a native of Missouri, and they have two children: 
Charles W. and Florence John.

Mr. Herndon was named after his mother's brother, Hon. John 
B. Clark of Missouri.  After locating in Prescott he was 
first associated with Judge J.J. Hawkins for nearly eight 
years but in the summer of 1893 the firm became Herndon 
and Norris.

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