Henry W HERNDON

Male 1825 - 1878  (52 years)


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  • Name Henry W HERNDON  [1
    Born 21 Jun 1825  [2
    Gender Male 
    Occupation
    • Physician
    Occupation
    • Minister
    Died 12 Apr 1878  [3
    Person ID I12255  An Armstrong & A Heffernan
    Last Modified 17 Dec 2016 

    Family Martha Ann Celia PILAND,   b. 22 Nov 1830, , Hertford, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Deceased 
    Married 2 Dec 1847 
    Children 
     1. Macy HERNDON,   b. 24 Jan 1854, , Ozark, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Mar 1926, Lowry City, St. Clair, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
    Last Modified 6 Dec 2008 
    Family ID F4701  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 705 Henry W. Herndon - 21 June 1825 - was married 2 Dec. 1847 to Martha A. C. Piland (born 22 Nov. 1830 in Hertford County, N. C.) and had six sons and three daughters. He was a practicing physician and surgeon many years, but later was ordained to the ministry and became a missionary for the Baptist Church. He left Ozark County as a young man and established his home near Osceola, Mo. In April 1878 he started to ride a pony to Ozark County to visit his relatives there. On the trip he was taken ill and died April 12 shortly after arriving at the home of his brother, Stephen C. Herndon, near Almartha.
      http://thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org/lochist/periodicals/wrv/V4/N10/ w72b.htm

      HERNDON, Mc.
      source: 1883 History of St. Clair County MO, National Historical Co., pg: 1086 --- Mc. HERNDON was born April 22, 1852, in Ozark County, Missouri, his parents being Rev. H. W. and Martha A. C. (Piland) Herndon, who were married December 2, 1847. The former, a physician and surgeon by profession, was born in East Tennessee, while the latter, a daughter of Samuel and Martha Piland, was born November 21,1830, in Hartford County, North Carolina. To them were born six sons and three daughters. One son, Joseph S., who was born September 28 ,1848, was an honored student of the Medical College at Salem, Oregon, and graduated at the head of a class of 100 pupils, taking the prize offered that year. He engaged in the practice of medicine at Salem, and is now the principal physician and surgeon at the penitentiary in Olympia, Washington Territory, and is also the surgeon of the Northern Pacific Railroad. He married Miss Mary E. Turner, of Linn County, Oregon. One daughter, Mary A., born August 15, 1850, married L. H. Gist, of this county. Mc. married Miss Mary E. Bair, of Jasper County, Missouri, January 10, 1875, and by this union there are three daughters: Celia L., born November 5, 1875; Nora, born April 26, 1878, and Lillie A., born November 12, 1880. The next daughter, Macy, who was born January 24, 1854, married Charles C. Disney, of Oliver, born March 4, 1856, died August 21 of the same year. Martha J., born June 11, 1857, married William Cleveland. Jasper N., born March 30,1859, married Lydia J. McConnell. Samuel F. and James H. were born October 9, 1865. The Rev. H. W. Herndon died several years ago. His widow now resides with one of her sons. Mc. lives not far from the old homestead, and is actively engaged in farming and the raising of stock. Politically, he is a Greenbacker. He is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church.

  • Sources 
    1. [S78] 1883 History of St. Clair Co, MO, National Historical Co, pg 1130.
      Henry W Herndon

    2. [S530] Some Cemetery Records In Ozark Co, MO, Wallace, Dean, Henry W Herndon.
      6 Jun 1825

    3. [S530] Some Cemetery Records In Ozark Co, MO, Wallace, Dean, Henry W Herndon.
      8 Apr 1878


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