Bryant Herring & Percy Herring
Bryant Herring b. abt 1800 d. ?
Wife: Percy/Pearcy X b. 1806
CHILDREN
Echobode Herring b. 1825 TN d. 1866 Danville, Yell Co., AR Civil War Buried: Moss Creek Cemetery, Yell Co., AR
Wife: Elimpa X b. 1831 AL
Martha Herring b. 22 Aug 1826 TN d. 10 Jan 1910 Buried: Moss Creek Cemetery, Yell Co., AR 1st marriage: 9 Jul 1848 2nd marriage: 1863
1st Husband: George D. Ball b. 1819 KY
2nd Husband: Gabriel Cannon
Camellia Herring b. 22 Sep 1828 Haywood Co., TN d. 9 Nov 1913 Danville, Yell Co., AR. Married: 9 Aug 1846, Yell Co., AR. Buried: Moss Creek Cemetery, Yell Co., AR
Husband: Daniel Laymon Denton b. 30 Apr 1815 Lexington, KY d. 29 Feb 1880 Danville, Yell Co., AR Buried: Moss Creek Cemetery, Yell Co., AR George Denton Mother: Hester "Hettie" Laymon
Betsy Ann Herring Buried: Moss Creek Cemetery, Yell Co., AR
1st Husband: X Hunt
2nd Husband: George Willis
Mary Mollie Herring b. 22 Apr 1843 TN d. 1894-1904 Married: 1860 at Dutch Creek. Buried: Vernon, Wilbarger Co., TX
Husband: Joseph "Joe" Morton Brown b. 5 Aug 1841 d. 1907 Buried: Delhi, Beckham Co., OK
John Herring b. 24 Sep 1845 Dutch Creek, Yell Co., AR d. 26 Sep 1920 Buried: Danville Cemetery, Danville, Yell County, AR
1st Wife: Hannah Spillers
2nd Wife: Louisa Denton b. 7 Jul 1851 d. 14 Dec 1906 Buried: Moss Creek Cemetery, Yell Co., AR
3rd Wife: Belle Huckaby
4th Wife: Ann White
George Herring b. ? d. suicide in California Buried: OK? Married: 8 Jan 1873 Davis Co., IA
Wife: Sylvia Olivia Johnson b. N.Y.
Louisa Herring b. 7 Jul 1851 d. 14 Dec 1906 Buried: Moss Creek Cemetery, Yell Co., AR
Isabelle Herring b. 1852 Dutch Creek, Yell Co., AR d. 21 Dec 1884 Buried: Moss Creek Cemetery, Yell Co., AR Married: 12 Jan 1871 Yell Co., AR
Husband: James David Hunt b. 15 Nov 1851 d. 28 Oct 1906 Buried: Moss Creek Cemetery, Yell Co., AR
1870 Census of Dutch Creek Township:
Pearcy Herring, 64, f, NC
Isabella Herring, 17, f, AR
George Herring experienced years of battling depression due to failing enterprises and attempted suicide. One attempt was to run his horse off the edge of a cliff.
George travelled to California to make his fortune in the gold fields but his dream died with no gold found. He bought land with a dairy next. He encouraged his nephew, John Ball, to come from Arkansas to California. But was unable to kept the dairy running and had to sell out after 7 to 8 years.
George, being unable to overcome his emotional depth of depression took his life.
Sylvia Herring corresponded with Sylvia Ball, her namesake. A golden wedding ring was passed to Sylvia Ball from Sylvia Herring, then to Mary Mauline Allinder.
Some information provided by Marla Powers Thompson, Jeffrey G. Harmon and Rich Herring family. From Yell County, marriage records in Danville, Yell Co., AR courthouse and library.
From the Masonic Dead in Arkansas, Echobode Herring was listed as a Mason.
Echobode Herring & Elimpa Herring
Martha Herring & George D. Ball
Camellia Herring & Daniel Denton
Mary Mollie Denton & Joseph Morton Brown
Isabelle Herring & James David Hunt
Betsy Herring & X Hunt
John Ball & Margarette Crosby
Jesse Ball & Cleo Wilson
Sarah Sallie Ball & X Hearn
Yell County, Arkansas Denton's