Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
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DAVID HERRING

David HERRING, a son of the Keystone State, who came to Iowa twenty-five years ago, and is now a respected citizen of Little Sioux Township, was born in Adams County, PA, Decembere 25, 1843. He is the son of Michael and Mary (RIFE) HERRING, both of whom are deceased, and who were natives of Pennsylvania. This worthy couple reared a family of nine children, our subject being the seventh child. His early life was spent in Pennsylvania, and his education received there in the common schools. The HERRING Family are of German dscent.

Our subject began working on a farm at his majority, and in February, 1864, at Chambersburg, PA, enlisted in Company B, Twenty-first Pennsylvania Cavalry, and took part in the Civil War. His company was sent to Washington, D.C., where they were dismounted and at once entered into active service. They took part in the battles of Cold Harbor, battle of the Wilderness, the siege and battle of Petersburg, and later on were mounted as cavalrymen and joined SHERIDAN's Cavalry Corps. After which they fought at Boynton's Plank Road, Stony Creek, Bellefield Raid, Hatchies Run, Davidson Courthouse, Amelia Springs, and Flat Creek, as well as Farmvale and wound up by helping capture Gen. Robert E. LEE, the leader of the Southern Confederacy, at Appomattox. Mr. HERRING was taken prisoner at Amelia Springs, April 5, 1865, and was with the Confederate army until LEE surrendered. He was discharged July 17, 1865, and returned home, where he remained a short time, spent two months in Clearfield County, PA, then returned home and remained until April, 1866, when he came to Harrison County, Iowa, and worked one year for H. HERRING, and then bought forty acres of timberland on section 3, of Little Sioux Township. He purchased his present farm in 1867, and now has one hundred and twenty acres of land, one-half of which is under cultivation.

He was married February 9, 1879, at Little Sioux, to Sarena RIFE, the daughter of David and Harriet (WOLFE) RIFE. In April, 1885, Mr. And Mrs. HERRING adopted a niece and nephew of Mrs. HERRING, their names being Bert and Kittie KELLEY, aged respectively twelve and nine years. They came from Harrisburg, PA.

Politically Mr. HERRING is identified with the Republican party, as are a great majority of the soldiers who fought in the Civil War.

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