BIO: Edward R. Herr, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, historical editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, York Borough, Pg 24-25

EDWARD R. HERR was born in Baltimore, Md., July 16, 1846, and is a son of John 
and Elizabeth (Reinicker) Herr.  Mr. Herr's father, a native of Lancaster 
County, was born January 19, 1806, his mother was born in Baltimore, Md., about 
1816.  The father of our subject removed to Baltimore at an early age, and 
engaged in commission business, in which he continued until 1846, when he came 
to York and was elected president of what was then the York & Cumberland 
Railway.  He remained in active railway life until 1860 when he retired from 
business.  He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and one of the 
most popular railway men of York County.  His death occurred February 3, 1876.  
At fifteen years of age Mr. Herr enlisted in Company I, Eighty-seventh 
Pennsylvania Volunteers.  He was at the battle of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, 
Cold Harbor, Winchester, etc., and was taken prisoner near Bunker Hill, Va., on 
the retreat from Winchester to Harper's Ferry, and for a short time was in Libby 
prison also at Belle Isle.  He was discharged at York, October 13, 1864.  He was 
married December 20, 1881, to Miss Emma Laudes, a native of York.  To this 
marriage has been born one child, viz.:  Reinicker.  The maternal grandfather of 
our subject was George Reinicker, who was born April 31, (sic) 1785, and who 
died September 10, 1805.  Mr. Herr is a member of the G. A. R.