HERR-William T. - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

William T. HERR, farmer, Attica, was born in Logan township, December 1, 1847. His father, Samuel HERR, emigrated from Maryland to this place in 1843, and lived here two years; he then returned to that state, where his wife died, and in 1847 he came again to Indiana, taking up his home a second time in Logan township, and here he married Maria Jane TAYLOR, mother of the subject of this notice. She had come here from Ohio in 1830. Both parents are now dead; the father having deceased in 1851, and the mother in 1875. Mr. HERR enlisted in Co. B, 135th Ind. Vols., for 100 days, in March, and was mustered in at Indianapolis April 30, 1864. He did garrison and guard duty mostly at Stevenson and Bridgeport, Alabama, and was mustered out at Indianapolis September 21, 1864. He was married February 17, 1870, to Miss Nancy Jane HAYS. They have two children: Kittie Belle, born August 4, 1875, and Arthur Garfield, May 9, 1880. During the years 1872, 1873 and 1874 Mr. HERR was living in Grant township, Vermilion county, Illinois. He has the old homestead of ninety acres, valued at $5,500. He is a republican.