John Herron (abt. 1748 - 1815)

Born about 25 Jun 1748 in Cumberland (Now Franklin) Pennsylvania

Husband of Polly Jack — married about 16 Nov 1772 in Middle Spring Church, Greensburgh, Pennsylvania

Descendants

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Biography

Birth

Birth:

Date: Bet 25 Jun 1748 and 1749

Place: Cumberland (Now Franklin) Pennsylvania

Death

Death:

Date: 2 Oct 1815

Burial

Burial:

Date: Unknown

Place: Middle Spring Church, Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Marriage

Husband: John Herron

Wife: Polly Jack

Date: Bet 16 Nov 1772 and 1773

Place: Middle Spring Church, Greensburgh, Pennsylvania

Research Notes

J.V. Thompson Journal Vol. 1, p. 185 (Will of James Jack) ; Vol. 2, p.

47, 123-126, 159-160; vol. 3, p. 42, 44

Theresa Smith, Yankeehaven@aol.com email 5 Jan 2002 sends t ombstone

records she made at Middle SpringPA cemetery. He r record gives John

Herron's second wife. Also note that John Herron's death date is given

as 9 Oct 1815 on the tombs tone. "part of my family is decended from the

Herron's an d this past Nov. I had the chance to go to visit the Middl e

Spring PA., church and cemetaries....The graves weren't t he exact branch

I was looking for but does turn out to be h is relations...My family

comes down the James Herron born i n Ireland...Anyway...we spent some

time cleaning the grave s and transcribing the tombstones of John

Herron...his tw o wifes...and a James Herron and Margaret. And I thought

yo u might like the info off of them...

Upper Middle Spring Cemetery(which is part of the church ya rd), has a

monument to soldiers that fought in the Rev. War ...James Herron is

listed on it as serving....

The graves are inscribed:

The one to the left of John:

In Memory of Ane Herron wife of John Herron, Esq.' who depa rted this

life the 5th day October 1815 in the 55th year o f her age

The middle one:

In Memory of John Herron Esq. who departed this life on 9t hOct. 1815 In

66th year of his age

The right one:

Sacred to the memory of Mary Herron daughter of James & Jan e Jack. &

wife of John Herron who departedthis life Jan. 2 8, 1808 Aged 55 years

Lower Middle Spring Cemetary:

Left grave:

In Memory Of James Herron, sen. r(the r was slightly raise d and was

underlined) who departed this life on the 24th o f April 1829 Aged 75

years

The grave on his right:

In Memory Of Margaret Herron consort of James Herron whode parted this

life on the 16 Sept. 1801 Aged 38 years

Also in the upper cemetary there were a few Jacks buried... .I took a

photo of Cynthia Jack....I didn't write down thou gh what was written on

the head stone ....although shewa s from Big Spring....

All five of the Herron graves are very large slabs of stone ...the one's

with John are about a foot and a half raised o n brickwork... James and

Margaret though are only about tw o bricks height off the ground....all

are in pretty sad sha pe...alot of the headstones are on there

sides...Mary's sla b is broken and a little rocky."

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