Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . of Virginia and came to McDon-ough County in 1866. Six children have beenthe result of this union, as follows: Josephine(Mrs. Brinkley); Cei)has, who is engagedin farming in Walnut Grove Township:Sadie iMrs. Chipman) ; Ollle (Mrs. McKay);Charles, who is at home with his par-ents, and Earl, deceased. In politics,Mr. Hering is a supporter of the Demo-cratic party, and has rendered good service tothe people of his township in the office of SchoolDirector. He is a careful, energetic andmethodical farmer, and a public-spirited citizen,taking an intelligent
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . of Virginia and came to McDon-ough County in 1866. Six children have beenthe result of this union, as follows: Josephine(Mrs. Brinkley); Cei)has, who is engagedin farming in Walnut Grove Township:Sadie iMrs. Chipman) ; Ollle (Mrs. McKay);Charles, who is at home with his par-ents, and Earl, deceased. In politics,Mr. Hering is a supporter of the Demo-cratic party, and has rendered good service tothe people of his township in the office of SchoolDirector. He is a careful, energetic andmethodical farmer, and a public-spirited citizen,taking an intelligent and earnest interest inthe welfare of the community. HERNDON, Baxter D.—Born May 6, 1864, onthe place where he now lives, the subject ofthis sketch is one of the best known farmersand stock-raisers in Scotland Township. Mc-Donough County, 111. He is a son of MadisonHerndon, who was born near Richmond, Va.,and Margaret (Rexroat) Herndon, a native ofthe State of Kentucky. Her father, Peter Rex-roat, was also a Kentuckian. Madison Herndon. HISTORY OF iMcDONUUGH COUNTY. 907 and his wife moved to Macomb, 111., after thefirst marriage of their son. Baxter, and therethe father died in December. 1900. the motherhaving passed two weeks before. Mr. Herndon is the youngest of a family offive children who were the offspring of his fa-thers second marriage. In boyhood he at-tended the public school in his vicinity, andlived on the home farm until he was twenty-eight years old. Then he went to Adair. III.,where he was engaged in the general mercantilebusiness for six years. At the end of thatperiod he sold out and returned to the farm,which he has since conducted. This property,consisting of 190 acres, he purchased beforethe death of his parents. On September 1. 1SS4, Mr. Herndon was mar-ried to his first wife, who bore him two chil-dren: Charles and Bessie. The mother diedSeptember 12, 1890. and on November 1, Herndon married as his second wife LouisePointer, who was born a
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