BIO:  HERRON, S.T., s/o William & Margaret (Huston) Herron

Submitted by:  phill@redrock.net   (Phyllis Hill)

HERRON   HUSTON  BECKETT	

HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Murray, Williamson and Phelps
page 870

HERRON, S.T. [Samuel Thomas], farmer and stock shipper; Sec. 10; P.O. La
Prairie (son of William and Margaret [Huston] Herron); was born in
Washington county, Ind., July 30, 1825, and came to this county, March, 1856;
has 208 acres of land, valued at $10,400; married Henrietta Beckett, March 6,
1856; born in Clark county, Ind., Dec. 10, 1829.  Seven living children:
Laura A., born May 18, 1857 (died Aug. 6, 1864); John W., born April 30, 1859,
Cornelius H., Feb. 18, 1861; Sarah M., April 11, 1863; Martha T. and James C.,
born Nov. 26, 1864; Charles E., June 13, 1868; Mary E., Feb. 14, 1872.
William Herron emigrated from Nelson county, Ky., to Beardstown; thence to 
Washington county, Ind. where he raised a family of ten children; thence to
Clark county, Ind., where he died at the age of 76.  Mrs. Herron died at the
age of 66.  S.T. Herron's grandfather was a native of Ireland; was one of
the first settlers in Kentucky; was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and
served eight years.  His grandmother was a descendant of the Scotch; when she 
was eighty old she could walk three miles.  His father came to Indiana a
poor man, accumulated a good property; was Captain of the militia, and held
the office of Justice of the Peace for years.  The subject of this sketch
is one of the leading shippers of stock in the county.  In 1876 he shipped
Smith & Farlow of Quincy, $50,000 worth of hogs; came to the county in
limited circumstances but by industry and economy he made himself and family
a pleasant home, and is one of the live men of the township.

(1850 Census, Clark Co, IN, Monroe Twp. shows John Beckett, age 46, born KY, 
wife Martha, age 45, born KY and daughters Henrietta, age 20 and Sarah, age 
18, both born in Indiana.) Additions in [] are mine.
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