Biographical Sketch of George W. Herd, Dallas County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas,
 Pulaski, Phelps & Dent Counties, Missouri, Published 1889, Goodspeed
 Publishing Company.

Transcribed by: Penny Harrell (Incog3678@aol.com)

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George W. Herd, one of the leading merchants of Dallas County, 
doing business at Charity, was born in Tennessee September 26, 
1828, the son of John and Rebecca (Martin) Herd, natives of
Kentucky and North Carolina, respectively.  The father was a
farmer all his life, and died in Tennessee when the subject of
this sketch was a very small child.  After his death the mother 
moved to Macoupin County, Ill., where she married James Derrick,
and soon after moved to Missouri, locating in Greene County,
this county was soon after changed to Webster County, when George
W. Herd was burn seven years of age.  The mother was a member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, and died in 1875, at the age of 
seventy-two.  By her first marriage she became the mother of two
sons:  James C. (deceased) and George W.  The former died in 
Greene County, MO., January 20, 1888, at the age of sixty-one.
He was a farmer.  By the last marriage were born two children:
Joshua, and Cynthia J., wife of Alex Blay.  George W. Herd was 
nineteen years of age when he started for himself as a farmer,
and this business he has continued up to the present, in connect-
ion with rearing and dealing in stock.  In January, 1880, he 
opened up a general store at his present location, where he has
remained ever since.  August 26, 1848, he married Miss Sarah M.
Drumheller, a native of Sumner County, Tenn., born December 22,
1831, and the daughter of Nicholas L. and Eliza (Hollis) Drum-
heller.  This union has been blessed by the birth of nine child-
ren:  Rosa J., wife of William T. Henson, a farmer of Dallas County;
Eliza C., wife of Solomon B. Jones, a farmer of Texas; James T., a
farmer of Dallas County; Phoebe V., wife of L.F. Jones, merchant,
of Buffalo; Sarah C., wife of J.W.W. Thompson, farmer of Webster
County; Lougenia M., wife of A.J. Graves, a Methodist minister, now
on the Buffalo Circuit; Parthena, wife of S.B. Robertson, a black-
smith; and Alma, at home.  There was one who died, Mary R.  Mr. and
Mrs. Herd are members of the Missionary Baptist Church, and he is
a Democrat in his political views.
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