Beckham County, OK - Obits: L. E. Herring, 1912 17 Mar 2008 Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell) ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************ HERRING, L. E. (25 Apr 1912, Erick Altruist, Erick, Beckham Co, OK): L. E. Herring Dead. F. E. Herring received the sad intelligence yesterday that his nephew, L. E. Herring, died at Mineral Wells, Texas. L. E. was a son of the late J. F. Herring, formerly of this city and later a resident of Erick. L. E. was stricken with Brights disease about a year ago and was taken to the Springs hoping to benefit his health but without any perceptible benefit. This is the third death in the family in the last eighteen months. Mr. Herring died in June 1910, Mrs. Herring last winter and son L. E. makes the third death - Elk City Record. (Census, 1900, Texas, Hamilton Co, Pct 3, Hico (town), ED 84, pg 35B, #639/644 (T623-1641): Leonard Herring, age 20, b May 1880, Tx; f/m b Tx; Cook; Bettie Herring, wife, age 21, b Mar 1879, Tx; fb Ca; mb NY; married "0" years. Census, 1910, Oklahoma, Beckham Co, Erick Wd 3, ED 10, pg 11A, #169/169 (T624-1243): Leonard E. Herring, age 29, b Tx; f/m b Il; Real estate agent; married 9 years; Bessie, age 31, b Tx; f/m b Ca; married 9 years; 4 children born, 4 living; Fred Forest, son, age 9, b Tx; Smith E., son, age 5, b Tx; Bernice, daughter, age 4, b Tx; Leslie, son, age 2, b Tx; Richard A. Smith, father in law, age 64, b Ca; f/m Ca; widowed; Meat cutter.) ---------------------------------------------------------- Return to Beckham County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/beckham/beckham.htm