Generation Name Birth and Death

1 G. Henrick Herrold Unknown - Unknown
....... 2 John Herrold 1748 - 1828
................ 3 Jacob Herrold 1776 -
................ 3 Christopher Herrold 1777 - 1823
.......................... 4 John Herrold 1798 - Unknown
................................... 5 John Herrold
.......................... 4 Daniel Herrold 1800 - Unknown
.......................... 4 Elizabeth Herrold 1802 - 1875
................................... 5 Washington Armitage 1821 - 1833
................................... 5 Joseph H. Armita 1842 - 1849
.......................... 4 Jacob Herrold 1804 - Unknown
.......................... 4 Barbary Herrold 1806 - Unknown
.......................... 4 Joseph Herrold 1809 - 1889
................................... 5 William Henry Herrold 1833 - Unknown
............................................ 6 Rosa Herrold
.......................... 4 Nancy Herrold 1811 - Unknown
.......................... 4 Henry Herrold 1813 - Unknown
.......................... 4 Polly Herrold 1815 - Unknown
.......................... 4 Amanda Herrold 1817 - Unknown
.......................... 4 William Herrold 1820 - 1895
................................... 5 Mary Herrold 1841 - 1852
................................... 5 John H. Herrold 1843 - 1923
............................................ 6 Stella Herrold
............................................ 6 Mary Herrold
............................................ 6 Daisy Herrold
............................................ 6 Rose Herrold
............................................ 6 John Herrold
............................................ 6 William Herrold
............................................ 6 Eugene Herrold
............................................ 6 Unknown Herrold
............................................ 6 Name Unknown Herrold
............................................ 6 Unknown Daughter Herrold
................................... 5 Rebecca Jane Herrold 1845 - 1891
............................................ 6 Irving Barker
............................................ 6 Shelby Barker
............................................ 6 Harry Barker
................................... 5 James H. Herrold 1847 - 1930
............................................ 6 Frank Guy Herrold
............................................ 6 Bessie Herrold
............................................ 6 Mary Herrold
............................................ 6 John Herrold
............................................ 6 Unknown Herrold
................................... 5 Martha Ann Herrold 1850 - 1929
............................................ 6 Orland Shaffer Unknown - Unknown
............................................ 6 Grace Shaffer Unknown - Unknown
................................... 5 Rachel Elizabeth Herrold 1853 - 1923
............................................ 6 Blanch Elizabeth Cripps Unknown - Unknown
................................... 5 Christopher J. Herrold 1855 - 1942
............................................ 6 Charles H. Herrold 1880 - Unknown
......................................................7 George W. Herrold
......................................................7 Ruth Herrold
........................................... 6 William C. Herrold 1881 - Unknown
......................................................7 Dorthea Herrold
......................................................7 Marjorie Herrold
......................................................7 Ellen Herrold
......................................................7 Donna Herrold
............................................ 6 Grace May Herrold 1886 - Unknown
......................................................7 John Larzelere
......................................................7 Ruth Larzelere
......................................................7 Lola Larzelere
......................................................7 Mary Larzelere
................................... 5 Amanda E. Herrold 1857 - 1858
................................... 5 William Hadley Herrold 1860 - 1943
............................................ 6 Russell Herrold 1894 - 1970
......................................................7 Russell Phillips Jr. Herrold 1924 -
............................................ 6 Gordon W. Herrold 1902 - 1968
......................................................7 Joann Herrold
......................................................7 Joyce Herrold
................................... 5 Alpareta (Alice) Herrold 1862 - 1958
............................................ 6 Mildred Herrold Bell 1898 - 1959
......................................................7 Frances Delores Guseman 1919 - 2000
......................................................7 Marion Eileen Guseman 1921 - 1970
......................................................7 Willard Ellwood Guseman 1923 - 1989
......................................................7 Norma Elaine Guseman 1925 -
......................................................7 LaFaunna Bell Guseman 1928 - 2001
......................................................7 James Lee Guseman 1935 -
......................................................7 Carlos Dean Guseman 1936 -
......................................................7 Mona Kay Guseman 1939 - 2000
............................................ 6 William Steuart Bell 1900 - 1970
......................................................7 Robert Duane Sr Bell 1927 - 1991
......................................................7 William Lee Bell 1932 - 1932
......................................................7 Ruth Ann Bell 1934 -
................ 3 Susanna Herrold 1778 -
................ 3 John Herrold 1781 -
................ 3 Daniel Herrold 1782 - Unknown
................ 3 Sarah Herrold 1783 -
................ 3 Joseph Herrold 1785 - 1785
................ 3 Joseph Herrold 1788 - 1859
.......................... 4 John Herrold Unknown - 1836
.......................... 4 Nancy Herrold
.......................... 4 Henry Herrold 1814 -
.......................... 4 David Herrold 1815 -
.......................... 4 Mary Ann Herrold 1817 -
.......................... 4 James Herrold
.......................... 4 Harriet Herrold 1821 -
.......................... 4 Caroline Herrold 1823 -
.......................... 4 Asbury Herrold
.......................... 4 Joseph S. Herrold 1836 -
.......................... 4 Nancy Herrold
.......................... 4 Martha B. Herrold 1832 -
.......................... 4 Almira Herrold 1835 -
.......................... 4 Daniel Herrold 1837 -
.......................... 4 Katherine Ann Herrold
.......................... 4 Wesley Love Herrold 1841 -
.......................... 4 Julia Herrold
................ 3 David Herrold 1791 - 1791
................ 3 John Henry Herrold 1793 -
................ 3 Elizabeth Herrold 1795 -
................ 3 Martha Herrold 1798 - Unknown
................ 3 Barbara Herrold 1800 -

The following is copied from the Evening Dispatch (Michigan City, Indiana) of Wednesday, September 7, 1910.

THE HERROLD FAMILY, Interesting article read at annual gathering:

Founder of American branch immigrated from Germany in 1752, locating in Pennsylvania.

At the third annual reunion of the Herrold Family in John W. Herrold's grove, one mile east of Pinhook, on Monday, the following paper, which was prepared by an Ohio member of the family, was read by Thomas W. Herrold of Midway and contains much interesting history of one of the Laporte County's best known families.

THE HERROLDS IN AMERICA

Much of the early history of the Herrold family is traditional. Since this is a fact, many circumstances respecting the early family history have been handed down from generation to generation regardless of any definite record or exact date. In searching for record of the earlier ancestors, the oldest record has been found at Harrisburg, Pa., on file at the office of the Secretary of State.
In a list of German immigrants who embarked from Hamburg on November 30, 1752, is found the name of G. Henrick Herrold. They came over in the ship "Queen of Denmark'', with George Parish as commander. This G. Henrick Herrold is supposed to be the ancestor of the Herrolds in America and the father of John Herrold, Sr.
John Herrold was born in Germany about the year 1748. There is nothing definite as to the time when he came to America, but probably when quite young. He settled in Indiana County, Pa. , and married a German girl named Barbary Gribbs, They were married on Sunday and on Monday started out in the woods to clear a place for a cabin and a corn field, both working in the clearing. This home was situated on the Conemaugh River, near Elder's ford, a few miles from Blairsville, Pa. Here they reared a large family and lived to a good old age, he dying in 1828, aged 60 years. They spoke the German language in their family and were members of the Methodist Church. Very little is known of the children.
Martha, a daughter, who married a man named Baker and settled in Pennsylvania, gives some information of the different members of the family. We learn through a descendant of this family of Bakers that three sons of John Herrold (Joseph, Daniel and Christopher), came west and settled in southeastern Ohio. Daniel and Joseph went still farther west Daniel dying in Evansville, Indiana, in the year 1830 and Joseph at Westville, Indiana.
Christopher Herrold, the son of John and Barbary Gribbs Herrold, was born near Elder's ford, a few miles from Blairsville, Pa., on the Conemaugh river, Indiana County, Pa., March 20, 1777. Martha Cable, the wife of Christopher Herrold was a daughter of Martin and Christina Repley Cable, and was born November 27, 1783. They were married August 8, 1797, in Indiana County, Pa. Christopher was then but 20 years old and his father believed in having boys stay at home and work for their parents until of age, so he refused to give him his time, so Christopher accompanied by his wife went into the fields and worked the required time. At the time of their marriage she was but 14 years of age, but owing to the fact that her parents were preparing to move from Indiana County, Christopher and Martha feared that if she went with them they might not meet again, so they decided to get married. In the year 1798 they began to work for themselves, clearing the woods and both working together.
In the spring of 1800 several families of Indiana County, Pa. immigrated to Ohio and settled on land known as the Ohio company purchase. Among them were George Wolf and wife and Christopher Herrold and family, consisting of his wife and two children, John aged 2 years and Daniel, a babe of six weeks, both having been born in Pennsylvania. Their possessions consisted of one ox - the mate having died during the winter - two cows, two sheep, a two-year old colt and a few household goods. They came by Pittsburgh down the Ohio river in a flat boat as far as Marietta, Ohio, which was founded in the year 1788. This was the first town west of the Alleghany mountains and the first permanent settlement in what is now the State of Ohio. The settlement was established by a few families under the auspicies of the Ohio company. This company controlled 2,300 square miles situated along the Ohio river from Marietta nearly to the extremity of the state and extending north to Hocking County, which is near the center of the State, and owing to the cheap lands and other inducements offered by the company attracted settlers to this portion of the northwest territory.
At Marietta they loaded a portion of their possessions, consisting of two barrels of flour and household goods, into two canoes. Wolf took one and Herrold the other, with John, his two-year old son, whom he tied with a bed cord to the canoe so he could not fall out. The women taking the other child and stock started across the country, then a wilderness, to Athens County, their future home. This trip was quite an undertaking for two women through an unbroken forest inhabited by wild animals, but having been reared on the border land of civilization, they were innured to the exposure and hardships of pioneer life. They did not hesitate, but started with determination on their long and tedious journey of fifty miles. They put a pack saddle on the back of the ox to carry some clothing, provisions and beds. Before reaching their destination their herd had been increased by the arrival of two calves and twin lambs. So far they had succeeded in getting along very well, the women taking turns riding the colt and carrying the baby while the other drove the stock.
With this accumulation of difficulties they found it necessary to devise some new plan before proceeding on their journey. Mrs. Herrold, the more resourceful of the two in overcoming difficulties, took a coverlet and sewed the calves up in it, leaving their heads out. This they threw over the back of the ox, placing the pack saddle on the back of the cow. She then took her husband's Sunday coat, sewed up the ends of the sleeves, and put a lamb in each sleeve, securing them so they could not get out. She then put them on the back of the other cow, and then proceeded on their journey, arriving in due time at their home. The men proceeded down the Ohio to the mouth of the Hocking river, then up this river to Federal creek, then up this creek to their destination.
As they came up the stream they stopped at the home of Silas Dean and inquired if he had seen any movers pass there. He said, "Yes, and a hell of a figure they cut, too. One woman was riding a two-year old colt, and carrying a 'young 'un' and the other woman was driving two sheep and two cows, one with a pack on its back and the other with two lambs sewed up in the sleeves of a coat and slung across her back, and an old ox with a coverlet with two calves sewed up in it and slung over its back." This proved to be the first tidings the men had had of their families since leaving Marietta. After a hearty laugh the men started on their journey and soon joined their families, who had arrived in safety with the first cargo of livestock. They settled on Federal creek, Ames Township, Athens County, Ohio.
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(This portion was not included in the Evening Dispatch article but was included in the 6 typewritten pages that were submitted to the Evening Dispatch, probably by W.H. Herrold, Christopher Herrold's grandson.)

Prior to moving from Pennsylvania the men had preceded their families, selected, and purchased adjoining tracts of land. A one room log cabin was built on each tract. The cabins contained but one door and one small window. The windows were holes cut through the logs without sash or glass. Wolves were numerous in that wild sparsely settled section and at times were very troublesome. As a result it was necessary to pen up all stock at night. The sheep and pigs were protected with "puncheon floors" in their pens. These consisted of broad slabs split from straight grained logs. Otherwise the wolves would dig under the log pens. It was not uncommon for wolves to gather near the cabins and stock pens at night, and howl for hours.
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On the record of the residence land of Ames township of 1807 is found the name of Christopher Herrold, 200 acres, range 12, township 6, section 36. The first election of township officers of Ames township was held June 1, 1802, at the home of Silvanus Ames; at this election Christopher Herrold and George Wolf were elected land appraisers. The first horse-mill was owned by Christopher Herrold. This was in 1800 or 1801.
We also found the people of that locality were interested in higher education and were the means of founding what is known as the Coon Skin library in the town of Ames. At a meeting of this association at the home of Christopher Herrold, February 2, 1804, the following articles were agreed upon as the rules of the society - the shares were $2.50 each and each member paid a tax of 25 cents a year. Among the original stockholders whose names were subscribed was that of Christopher Herrold. This is a correct account of the origin of this library.
Another record shows that in the year 1816, Christopher and Daniel Herrold furnished 27, 984 feet of first-class lumber at $1.12 per hundred to be delivered at the Ohio University at Athens to be used in the construction of one of the buildings of an educational institution, that now has a national reputation, and was the first university to be established west of the Alleghany mountains.
About the year 1815 Christopher moved to Dover Township near the present site of Beaumont, Ohio. He bought a mill near the river bridge at this point and followed this occupation until his death. The mill stone and the remains of the old dam may still be seen.
Their family consisted of 12 children, all who grew to maturity except Martha, who died in infancy. John Herrold, born March 11, 1798, in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, died in early manhood, leaving a wife, Clarissa Allen Herrold, and one son, named for his father.
Daniel Herrold, born in the spring of 1800, in Indiana County, Pa. was married to Fanny Pierce and moved to Victoria, Ill. Their descendants are not known at present.
Elizabeth was born in 1802 in Athens County, Ohio, and married John Armitage on July 19, 1819, and reared a family of 12 children, three of whom are now living. Jacob Herrold was born in 1804 in Athens County, Ohio and married Sarah Minturn. He moved to Laporte, Indiana. Their family consisted of 9 sons and one daughter. Barbary Herrold was born in Athens County, Ohio, in 1806 and married William Young April 14, 1825. Their family consisted of 9 children. Joseph's wife dying, he later married Orpha Baker.
Nancy Herrold was born in Athens County, Ohio in 1811 and married Thomas L. Mintun, January 14, 1830. Their children consisted of three sons and three daughters. All grew to maturity, four of whom are still living. Henry Herrold was born in 1813 in Athens County and married Phoebia Brown in 1831. Their family consisted of four daughters and six sons. Polly Herrold was born in Athens County in 1815. She married John Poston and moved to Westville, Indiana.
Amanda Herrold was born in 1817 in Athens County, Ohio and married Elias Poston and moved to Iowa. William Herrold was born in 1820 in Athens County, Ohio and married Sarah Blackwood in 1840. They were the parents of ten children, eight of whom grew to maturity. The wife dying in 1872, he later married Catherine Hushower.
Christopher Herrold died August 25, 1823, aged 46 years, 5 months, 18 days, and was buried at Wolf's Plains, near Athens, Ohio. After his death his wife, Martha Cable Herrold, married Capt. Silas Bingham, and one son, Hiram Bingham was born in 1825. Capt. Bingham dying in 1832, she afterwards married John Jackson. She died June 16, 1867 aged 83 years, 7 months, 19 days, and was laid to rest beside her first husband in the cemetery at Wolf's Plains.
When Grandmother Herrold passed away she left a long line of descendants. There were then living 210, as follows; 11 children, 86 grandchildren, 104 great grandchildren and 9 great-great grandchildren.
As stated yesterday, The Herrold Family union elected officers for the ensuing year as follows: President - Henry Herrold; Vice President -John Herrold; Secretary - Grover C. Herrold; Treasurer - Hiram B. Herrold.

1. G. Henrick1 Herrold (birth and death unknown) arrived in America from Hamburg, Germany on November 30, 1752 on the ship Queen of Denmark.

Child of G. Henrick Herrold is:
+ 2 i. John2 Herrold, born 1748 in Germany; died 1828.

2. John2 Herrold (G. Henrick1) was born 1748 in Germany, and died 1828. He married Barbary Gribbs (birth and death unknown).

Children of John Herrold and Barbary Gribbs are:
+3 i. Christopher3 Herrold, born March 20, 1777.
4 ii. Martha Herrold
5 iii. Joseph Herrold
6 iv. Daniel Herrold

3. Christopher3 Herrold (John2, G. Henrick1) was born March 20, 1777 in Elder's Ford near Blairsville, Pennsylvania, and died August 25, 1823 in Athens County, Ohio. He is buried at Wolf's Plains, Ohio. He married Martha MagdalenaCable August 8, 1797 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, daughter of Martin Cable and Christina Repley. She was born November 27, 1783, and died June 16, 1867. She is buried at Wolf's Plains, Ohio beside her first husband. According to the W.E. Peters Cemetery Guide for Wolf's Plains Cemetery (Ohio University Archives), Christopher and Martha are buried in the southeast corner of the cemetery, section 24, farm lot 112, range 14, town 9 but there are no markers to indicate their exact location (W.E. Peters, Wolf's Plains Cemetery Records, pg. 24, July 10, 1941).

Children of Christopher Herrold and Martha Cable are:
+ 7 i. John4 Herrold, born March 11, 1798 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
8 ii. Daniel Herrold, born 1800, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. Married Fanny Pierce.
+ 9 iii. Elizabeth Herrold, born March 2, 1802 in Athens County, Ohio; died February 7,
1875.
10 iv. Jacob Herrold, born 1804 in Athens County, Ohio. He married Sarah Minturn.
Moved to Laport, Indiana; nine sons, one daughter (no further information known).
11 v. Barbary Herrold, born 1806 in Athens County, Ohio. She married William Young
April 14, 1825. They had nine children (no further information known).
+12 vi. Joseph Herrold, born 1809 in Athens County, Ohio.
13 vii. Nancy Herrold, born 1811 in Athens County, Ohio. She married Thomas L. Mintum
June 14, 1830. They had three sons and three daughters, all of whom grew to
maturity (no further information known).
14 viii. Henry Herrold, born 1813 in Athens County, Ohio. He married Phoebia Brown
1831. They had four daughters and six sons (no further information known).
15 ix. Polly Herrold, born 1815 in Athens County, Ohio. She married John Poston. They
moved to Westville, Indiana. There is no information on any children.
16 x. Amanda Herrold, born 1817 in Athens County, Ohio. She married Elias Poston.
Elias and Amanda moved to Iowa. No further information known.
+17 xi. William Herrold, born October 6, 1820, Amesville, Ohio; died November 24, 1895.

From the autobiography of Thomas Ewing in History of Athens County, Ohio, by C.M. Walker, Robert Clarke & Co., Cincinnati, publishers (1869), p. 397:

We of course had no mills. The nearest was on Wolf Creek, about 14 miles distant; from this we brought our first summer's supply of breadstuffs. After we gathered our first crop of corn my father instituted a hand mill, which as a kind of common property supplied the neighborhood after we had neighbors, for several years, until Christopher Herrold set up a horse mill on the ridge and Henry Barrows a water mill near the mouth of Federal Creek. Page 399: Our next neighbors were Ephraim Cutler, Silvanus Ames, William Brown, a married son of the Capt.; and four or five miles distant, Nathan Woodbury, George Wolf and Christopher Herrold.

From the book, History of Athens County, Ohio, page 340:

In 1815, the success of the university was thought to be so far assured, and the necessity for increased facilities was so apparent, that the trustees resolved to erect a new college building. June 4th, 1816, a committee, consisting of Jacob Lindley, Eliphaz Perkins, and J. Lawrence Lewis, appointed in September previous, reported to the board that, after due advertisement and consultation with an architect, they had contracted with William T. Dean for 370,000 bricks at $4.50 a thousand; with Christopher and Daniel Herrold for 27,964 feet of lumber, to be delivered and piled up during the summer, at $1.12 per hundred feet; with Messrs. Bingham and White for stone; with Pilcher & Francis for laying the foundation for the rough stone and making the window and door sills, and with Wm. and James Wier for digging the cellar - which last was already completed. The corner stone of the building, now known as the center college, was laid in the summer of this year. The work was pushed forward as rapidly as the condition of the treasury would permit, and the building was completed in 1817. The two wing buildings were built in 1836.

From the Herrold family history compiled by W.H. Herrold and Irene Herrold, pg. 6 (of 6 typewritten pages.)

From 1824 until her death in 1867 Grandmother Herrold resided in the frame house at the junction of the two roads on south side of the Hocking River which is now known as "Herrold Place". This is one of the very old houses in Athens County, and is still in a good state of preservation. When grandmother Herrold passed away she left a long line of descendents. There were then living 210, as follows: 11 children, 86 grandchildren, 184 great grandchildren and 9 great-great grandchildren.

See section on The Binghams and Salama (Aunt Sarah) Weiss for more information on Martha Cable.

7. John4 Herrold (Christopher3, John2, G. Henrick1) was born March 11, 1798 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. He married Clarissa Allen and died in early manhood.

Child of John Herrold and Clarissa Allen is:
18 i. John5 Herrold. John grew to manhood, married, and was the father of six
daughters, one of whom was the late Mrs. Sarah Poston of Athens. Another was the first wife of the late Fred L. Preston. She was the mother of John H. Preston of Athens. This Herrold family home was near Nelsonville, Ohio where Green Lawn Cemetery is now located. (Taken from the family history compiled by W.H. Herrold, page 5 of 6 typewritten pages.)

9. Elizabeth4 Herrold (Christopher3, John2, G. Henrick1) was born March 2, 1802 in Athens County, Ohio, and died February 7, 1875. She married John Armitage July 19, 1819. He was born July 24, 1798, and died August 11, 1843 with burial in Wolf's Plains Cemetery, Athens County, Ohio. They had 12 children (further information not known).
Children of Elizabeth Herrold and John Armitage are:
19 i. Washington Armitage, born April 2, 1821; died October 21, 1833 and is buried in
Wolf's Plains Cemetery, Athens County, Ohio.
20 ii. Joseph H.5 Armitage, born January 31, 1842; died October 18, 1849 and is buried in
Wolf's Plains Cemetery, Athens County, Ohio.

12. Joseph4 Herrold (Christopher3, John2, G. Henrick1) was born February 23, 1809 in Athens County, Ohio; died November 14, 1889, buried in West Union St. Cemetery. He married (1) Elizabeth Barker 1830. She was born September 11, 1805 and died 1849 from injuries received from a falling from a bridge near Pomeroy, Ohio. He married (2) Orpha Baker, December, 1849. She was born January 30, 1814; died August 31, 1891.

Children of Joseph Herrold and Elizabeth Barker: Joseph and Elizabeth had eleven children. All grew to maturity except George W. who died in infancy.

+21 i. William Henry5 Herrold, born April 18, 1833 in Near Athens, Ohio.
ii. Elizabeth Herrold, born July 22, 1840; died November 18, 1868
iii. George W. Herrold, born May 1, 1842; died 1842
iv. Josephine (no other information known)
v. Joseph (no other information known)
vi. Amy Herrold, born September 19, 1846
No further information known on remaining children of Joseph and Elizabeth Herrold.

From The Athens Homecoming, "Men of Athens" section:

Joseph Herrold was born in Ames Township (then Washington County), February 23, 1809. His father's death required him to be self-supporting at the early age of thirteen, at which time he worked as a farm hand at $8.00 per month. He worked on the Ohio Canal, and in 1834 built a flat-boat and ran it to Cairo, Ill., on the Ohio River, for Captain Bingham. In 1836 he began work as a bridge builder and continued at this until 1849. He purchased and rebuilt the mill known as "Herrold's Mill." He went to California in 1850. In 1854 he built the woolen mills at Athens, and in 1858, purchasing a large tract of coal land at the mouth of Monday Creek, he engaged extensively in shipping coal. In 1860 he purchased the Ballard Salt Works and manufactured salt until 1880. Later he went to California the second time. He was industrious, active, had a mind to plan and a will to execute. It was such men as Joseph Herrold who made their lives and labors a great benefit to the community in which they lived. He died November 14, 1889.

From History of Hocking Valley, p. 351:

Joseph Herrold, a farmer and mill owner of Athens Township, was born in Ames Township, Athens County (then Washington County), Feb. 2, 1809. He is the son of Christopher and Martha (Cable) Herrold, who came to Washington County in 1798. His father dying when our subject was only thirteen years of age he began to support himself at that age by working as a farm hand at $8 per month. In 1833 he worked, under a contractor, on the Ohio Canal for $24 per month. In the latter part of that year he returned to Athens County and worked for Captain Bingham for $20 per month, and while with him, in 1834, built a flat-boat and ran it to Cairo for him. In 1836 he began to work as a bridge-builder and continued so until 1849. Many of the bridges built by him are still standing. In 1840 he purchased the mills now known as Herrold's Mill, on Hocking River, which he rebuilt in 1858 with a run of five pairs of burrs.
In 1850 he went to California for his health, accompanied by C.H.Armitage, Issac Deshler and Isaiah Baker. While in California they established a mercantile house in a mining district, and he was to receive a percentage of their profits for the first 18 months. He then cruised on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, and returned home the latter part of 1850. In 1854 he built the Woolen Mills at Athens, which he ran until l873. In 1858 he purchased 400 ares of coal land at the mouth of Monday Creek in York township, and opened up the Herrold coal mines, employing many miners and shipping his coal to various places on the Hocking Valley Canal up to 1873. In 1860 he purchased the Ballard Salt works, Athens county which he enlarged and worked until 1880. In 1857 he again went to California, having been appointed administrator of the estate of C.H. Armitage, who was murdered at Virginia Bay, on the Pacific Coast, when on a return trip to Athens; and while there, prospected on the North Fork of the American River and return to Athens in 1858.
He has been twice married. His first wife was Elizabeth Barker whom he married in 1830 and died in 1849, from injuries received from a falling bridge near Pomeroy. They had 11 children, five of whom are still living. He married his second wife, Orpha Baker in December 1849. In 1871 he built his present residence near Athens, it being one of the finest in Athens County. He is a Master, Royal Arch and Knight Templar Mason and member of the lodge, chapter and commandery at Athens. He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church since 1837 and an exhorter for many years.

From The Harris History, pp. 25-27:
Once Famous Home and Mills of Herrolds Stood at the Western Edge of Athens
Not many persons now living can recall Herrold Place at the west Hocking River crossing in Athens, as it appeared in 1875. But many Athens Countians, remember the fine brick home, a huge brick mansion with a mansard roof, with landscaped grounds all about it. The home was that of Joseph Herrold, member of a real pioneer family of Athens County, who operated the mill at Herrold Place and had many other business interests in the Hocking Valley. He was made famous for his business enterprise, and widely known for his industries.
This home was wrecked in one of the serious floods of 30 years ago or more when the rushing waters of Margaret Creek broke through the river bank behind the mansion creating a huge channel and cutting away the rear of the structure. But for half a century and more it was a show place and indicated the prosperity of the man who built it. The B&O railroad bridge in the rear was a covered structure 80 years ago and the river bridge in front was a two-way wooden covered structure.
In 1871, when the Herrold mansion was built, Joseph Herrold was a man of substance. He was the son of Christopher and Martha Cable Herrold who came to Athens County (then Washington County) in 1798 to settle in what is now Ames Township. The Herrold home was in the hill wilderness of northern Ames, where Christopher Herrold died in 1811, when his son, Joseph, was only 13 years old. The youth began to work as a farm hand for $8 a month and in 1833 went to work on the Hocking Canal for $24 a month, at the age of 24. The same year he went to work for Captain Silas Bingham, who built the west mill in 1816, with the dam. The Bingham home stood at the junction of State Routes 56 and 682 just across the river. (The first mill in Athens County was built on Margaret Creek in 1800, not far from the present west mill).
Herrold took a pay cut when he went into the mill for $20 a month, but he soon did better for himself, building a huge flatboat for Captain Bingham and taking it to Cairo, Ill. Three years; later, in 1836, he became a bridge builder and stayed with this work for 13 years. Many of his bridges stood for years in this part of the state. While building bridges he started a new sideline, pur-chasing the Bingham mill in 1840 when he was 30 years old, and rebuild-ing it a few years later. In 1850, when he was 40 years old, he went to the California gold fields with C. H. Armitage, Isaac Deshler and Isaiah Baker, fellow Athenians to start a store in the mining fields. He returned the same year to Athens and, in 1854, built a wooden mill which stood at the terminal of the Hocking Canal in the flat just below The Messenger Building on W. Union St., which he operated for 20 years. In 1860 he bought the Ballard salt works at Armitage junction just north of Athens and operated this plant for 20 years. During these years he again went to California to settle the estate of his townsman, C. H. Armitage, who had been robbed and murdered on the Pacific Coast while enroute back to Athens.
The Herrold mansion was built 80 years ago and was said to be one of the finest in the lower Hocking Valley.
17. William4 Herrold (Christopher3, John2, G. Henrick1) was born October 6, 1820 in Amesville, Ohio, and died November 24, 1895. He married (1) Sarah Blackwood April 2, 1840, daughter of William Blackwood and Rebecca Boileau. She was born August 28, 1818 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and died December 14, 1871 in Near Athens, Ohio. She is buried in Union Cemetery. Sarah had a twin sister, Mary. He married (2) Catherine Hushower June 6, 1873.

Children of William Herrold and Sarah Blackwood are:
22 i. Mary5 Herrold, born April 11, 1841; died 1852.
+23 ii. John H. Herrold, born January 13, 1843 in Athens County, Ohio; died February 18,
1923.
+24 iii. Rebecca Jane Herrold, born March 30, 1845; died January 22, 1891.
+25 iv. James H. Herrold, born February 8, 1847; died March 18, 1930.
+26 v. Martha Ann Herrold, born May 18, 1850 in Athens County, Ohio; died October 31,
1929.
+27 vi. Rachel Elizabeth Herrold, born January 29, 1853 in Athens County, Ohio; died
January 4, 1923.
+28 vii. Christopher J. Herrold, born July 9, 1855; died 1942.
29 viii. Amanda E. Herrold, born August 18, 1857; died 1858. She died in infancy, aged
about one year. (As told by W.H. Herrold, June 25, 1937)
+30 ix. William H. Herrold, born March 15, 1860; died February 27, 1943
+31 x. Alpharetta Herrold, born September 12, 1863 in Athens County, Ohio; died October
1958 in Athens, Ohio.

From papers written by W.H. Herrold, June 25, 1937:

William was the son of Christopher and Martha Cable Herrold who immigrated from Pennsylvania in the Spring of 1800 and settled in that portion of Northwest Territory that in 1803 became the State of Ohio. They were Pennsylvania Dutch, the name by which Germans in western Pennsylvania were known at that period. He was the youngest of a family of twelve children. His father died in 1823 when William was less than three years old.
In 1824 his mother married Captain Silas Bingham, a Connecticut Yankee, who had served as a soldier in the War of the Revolution. Later in life he was commissioned as Captain in the War of 1812. Captain Bingham was one of the prominent and first settlers of Athens, Ohio. When Athens County was established in 1805 he was the first sheriff. His brother, Alvin Bingham was a judge in the county court. His stepson, William Herrold, often spoke of him in after years as a just and good stepfather.
From the age of four he lived in the home of Captain Bingham and his mother until he arrived at the age of 20 years when he married Sarah Blackwood in 1840. She was born in Pennsylvania and when a young girl, came with her parents to Athens County. She was one of twins, both girls. They were of Irish and French descent. The Blackwoods were Protestant Irish whose ancestors came from Ireland. The maiden name of her mother was Boileau, of French ancestry.
They were the parents of ten children, four sons and six daughters. Her death occurred in 1871. He later married Catherine Hushower of Nelsonville, Ohio. There were no children by this second marriage.
William Herrold Sr. and his wife, who was a devoted homemaker and sincere helpmate, lived almost their entire lives in Athens County, engaged in their chosen vocation - farming. They were of the sturdy yeomanry that brought this beautiful and bounteous country out of the wilderness that it was three quarters of a century ago. They endured the hardships and privations of pioneer life for those they loved. He was a faithful, kind and generous husband to a loving devoted wife and mother.
The happiness, welfare and love for their children was their first thought and most sincere interest. The key to their lives was love of home and family. Their children were constantly taught and exhorted to be honest, industrious and truthful and at all times to abstain from drinking and gambling, and have an abundance of pride of character in the thought - that reputation is what people think you are - but character is what you really are. At the time of his death, November 24, 1895, there were then living, seven children and thirty-one grandchildren.

21. William Henry5 Herrold (Joseph4, Christopher3, John2, G. Henrick1) was born April 18, 1833 in Near Athens, Ohio. He married Orpha Reynolds June 16, 1862.

Child of William Herrold and Orpha Reynolds is:
32 i. Rosa6 Herrold

From the History of Hocking Valley, p. 352:

William Henry Herrold, proprietor of Herrold's Mills, is the son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Barker) Herrold, and was born near Athens, April 8, 1833, where he was reared, and received a common-school education. When seventeen years of age he commenced to assist his father in his extensive coal mining, milling and salt manufacturing business. He worked for his father till 1876, when he became associated with him in the milling business. In 1880 his father gave him two thirds of the mill as his share of the estate and sold him the remaining third. Mr. Herrold is a practical business man, having received a business education in boyhood, and entered upon a business career before reaching manhood. He was married June 16, 1862, to Orpha Reynolds, of Athens. They have one daughter - Rosa.

23. John H.5 Herrold (William4, Christopher3, John2, G. Henrick1) was born January 13, 1843 in Athens County, Ohio, and died February 18, 1923. He married Katharyn Katzenbach September 27, 1877 in Athens County, Ohio. She died January 26, 1931.

Children of John Herrold and Katharyn Katzenbach are:
33 i. Stella6 Herrold. Stella Herrold Allen died in early womanhood.
(As told by W.H. Herrold, June 25, 1937)
34 ii. Mary Herrold. Mary Herrold Stires died in early womanhood.
(As told by W.H. Herrold, June 25, 1937)
35 iii. Daisy Herrold
36 iv. Rose Herrold
37 v. John Herrold
38 vi. William Herrold
39 vii. Eugene Herrold
40 viii. Name Unknown Herrold
41 ix. Name Unknown Herrold.
42 x. Name Unknown Daughter Herrold

Obituary (undated - about February 1923)

John Henry Herrold, son of William H. and Sarah Blackwood Herrold passed away at his home near Nelsonville, February 18, 1923 aged 80 years, one month and five days. His parents were among the pioneers of Athens county and he is survived by three brothers and two sisters: Mrs. James Bell, Athens, Ohio; Mrs. William Shaffer, Etna, Ohio; Mr. William H. Herrold, of Athens; Mr. C.J. Herrold, Lafayette, Indiana and Mr. James Herrold, Newark, Ohio. He leaves to mourn their loss a wife and nine children: Mrs. John A. Tracy, Elk City, Oklahoma; Mrs. Tom Stiers, Alexandria, O.; Mrs. S. Chute, Logan, O.; Mr. Eugene Herrold, Detroit, Mich.; Rose Herrold, New York City; Mrs. Stacy Sharp, John A., Daisy I., and William H. Herrold of this city. He was a man of highest integrity, upright character and one more than willing to go out of his way to help others. He enjoyed his friendships and counted everyone a friend. As a member of his community he will be greatly missed, because of his sympathetic interest in the health and welfare of his many friends and neighbors. He loved life and was actively interested in all phases of it up until the few days preceding his death. He bore his illness uncomplainingly and passed tranquility into the life eternal.

24. Rebecca Jane5 Herrold (William4, Christopher3, John2, G. Henrick1) was born March 30, 1845, and died January 22, 1891. She married Charles Barker March 18, 1866.

Children of Rebecca Herrold and Charles Barker: There were eight children. Two sons, Irving and Shelby died in infancy. One son, Harry, died in early manhood. One daughter, Mrs. Charles Griswold, died in early womanhood. There is no information on the other four children. (As told by W.H. Herrold, June 25, 1937)

43 i. Irving6 Barker
44 ii. Shelby Barker
45 iii. Harry Barker

25. James H.5 Herrold (William4, Christopher3, John2, G. Henrick1) was born February 08, 1847, and died March 18, 1930. He married Irene Martin April 11, 1872. She was born in Zaleska, Ohio, and died September 05, 1931.

Children of James Herrold and Irene Martin: James and Irene had five children. One daughter (name unknown) died in infancy. One son, Frank Guy, died at the age of 15 yeras. Two daughters, Bessie and Mary, and son John grew to maturity. (As told by W.H. Herrold, June 25, 1937)

46 i. Frank Guy6 Herrold
47 ii. Bessie Herrold
48 iii. Mary Herrold
49 iv. John Herrold
50 v. Unknown Herrold

26. Martha Ann5 Herrold (William4, Christopher3, John2, G. Henrick1) was born May 18, 1850 in Athens County, Ohio, and died October 31, 1929. She married William H. Shaffer October 19, 1876 in Athens County, Ohio.

Children of Martha Herrold and William Shaffer: Five children, three sons and two daughters. All grew to maturity except Orland who died in childhood. Grace Shaffer Leech, a daughter died in young womanhood. (As told by W.H. Herrold, June 25, 1937)

51 i. Orland6 Shaffer
52 ii. Grace Shaffer

27. Rachel Elizabeth5 Herrold (William4, Christopher3, John2, G. Henrick1) was born January 29, 1853 in Athens County, Ohio, and died January 04, 1923. She married John M. Cripps October 29, 1876. John Cripps died a few years prior to his wife. (As told by W.H. Herrold, June 25, 1937)

Children of Rachel Herrold and John Cripps: Five children, three daughters and two sons. All grew to maturity except Blanch Elizabeth who died in infancy. (As told by W.H. Herrold, June 25, 1937)

53 i. Blanch Elizabeth6 Cripps

28. Christopher J.5 Herrold (William4, Christopher3, John2, G. Henrick1) was born July 9, 1855, and died 1942. He married Louisa Katzenbach April 16, 1879, daughter of Jacob Katzenbach and Katherine Katzenbach. She was born 1858, and died March 17, 1935.

Children of Christopher Herrold and Louisa Katzenbach: Three children, two boys and one girl. All grew to maturity. (As told by W.H. Herrold, June 25, 1937)

+54 i. Charles H.6 Herrold, born January 20, 1880, Athens Co.; died Nov. 17, 1950
+55 ii. William C. Herrold, born April 16, 1881 in Athens Co.
+56 iii. Grace May Herrold, born March 31, 1886.

30. William Hadley5 Herrold (William4, Christopher3, John2, G. Henrick1) was born March 15, 1860 and died February, 27, 1943, and is buried in West Union Street Cemetery, section 12, Athens, Ohio. He married Mary E. Phillips October 11, 1893. She was born March 15, 1868, and died February 5, 1918 of pericarditis.

Children of William Herrold and Mary Phillips are:
+57 i. Russell6 Herrold, born October 28, 1894, died June 12, 1970
+58 ii. Gordon W. Herrold

Letter written by Will to his sister, Alice (see handwritten copy on pages 59-60):

Athens, March 30, 1941
Alice,
I, and all of us have heard Pa remark that he and Ma were married in 1840. But that was all, no date of month and any record whatever. Except that he was married in his 20th year, and that his guardian had to buy his license for him as he was under age. So I went down to the Court House yesterday, found the record of their marriage and copied it. Here it is as recorded.
Herrold-Blackwood: This certifies that William Herrold and Sarah Blackwood were duly joined together in holy wedlock on the 2nd day of April, A. D. 1840. Just 101 years ago today.
The preacher was Daniel Y. Ostrom, Protestant Methodist Church. He was born October 6, 1820, therefore his age was 19 years, 5 months and 2 days old when he and ma walked out of town on their toes, April 2nd, 1840. He had but $2.00 and gave that to Dan Ostrom and took home a wife that didn't know how to play bridge, drink beer or smoke cigarettes, But did know how to work and be a good housekeeper. Ma was about 2 years older than he. She was born in 1818.
I did have a list of the births, marriages and deaths of the Blackwood family. I have mislaid or lost it. I think I sent a copy to you. Please enclose it in this envelope and send it to me. I'll make a copy then return it to you. I hope you are all well. I am real well. I wrote Will a long letter asking how Criss was as well as the rest. I have had no reply. Please send me the list in question. It should not now be long until spring. Take care of yourselves.
Yours truly, Will

Obituary (Feb. 28, 1943)
W.H. Herrold Funeral To Be Held Monday
William H. Herrold, age 82, member of one of the pioneer families of the Hocking Valley and a lifelong resident of Athens and vicinity, died Saturday in Sheltering Arms Hospital following a long period of failing health. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at two o'clock at the Jagers Funeral Home and interment will be made in the West Union Street Cemetery.
Mr. Herrold was in the railway mail service for more than 30 years, retiring in 1927. For a time after retiring from this work, he operated a small store on Court St. in Athens. The family home has been at 25 N. Congress St. for many years.
Surviving Mr. Herrold are two sons, Russell P. Herrold, of Zanesville and Gordon W. Herrold of Connellsville, Pa., and a sister, Mrs. James Bell, The Plains. Three grandchildren also survive, Joan and Joyce Herrold, of Connellsville, and Russell P. Herrold, Jr., Zanesville, who is now in the Army Air Force. Mrs. Herrold, who was Miss Mary Phillips, for some years an Athens school teacher, died in 1918. Friends may call at the Jagers Funeral Home at any time.

Newspaper article (undated)
Visits to Little-Known District Spots by C.H. Harris
The late Will H. Herold, of Athens, before his death collected a great deal of data about the Herrold and Bingham families who came to Athens County with the first settlers. Silas Bingham married for his second wife Martha Cable Herrold, the grandmother of Will Herrold, and his household was a large one. Captain Bingham had 12 children, as did his second wife, and they also reared the child of Timothy Goodrich and Candace Bingham Goodrich, whose first husband was Timothy Wilkins, Athens County's "Enoch Arden." Martha Cable Herrold was married when she was 14 years old.
The Herrolds, Christopher and his wife, and the Wolf brothers, George and Christopher, arrived from Pennsylvania in Athens County in 1800. Their possessions consisted of two cows, two sheep, a colt and a few household goods. The men loaded canoes with flour and household goods at Marietta and came up the Hocking River and Federal Creek to what became Ames Township, Athens County. One child was tied in the canoe so he could not fall out. The women, Mrs. Herrold and Mrs. George Wolf, started to walk through the wilderness with the other children in the party, and the livestock. Their path laid through nearly 50 miles of woods to the place they were to meet the men of the expedition.
A pack saddle was placed on one cow to carry some of their goods. Before the trip ended their livestock was increased by the arrival of two lambs and two calves. Until then the women and children had taken turns riding the colt and carrying a baby. They sewed the calves into a bed comfort and slunt it over one of the cows and then too Mr. Herrold's "Sunday" coat and placed the lambs in its sleeves, placing it on the back of the colt. Upon arrival of the men at the home of Silas Bean on Federal Creek they learned that the women and children and live stock had already passed by and that the strange procession had caused the Ames settlers much amusement.
Silas Bingham, according to Will Herrold, was a soldier in the War of the Revolution and a captain in the War of 1812. His stories of these wars were family tradition in the Herrold family, stories of Continental soldiers being killed on outposts by Indians, of a raid into Canada, of Ethan Allen and Fort Ticonderoga and of early days in Athens and Athens County.
One of Captain Bingham's men acted as a spy during the Revolutionary days and with others stole horses from the Tories of New England on the pretext that they were for Colonel Tarlton, the famous British general.
These stories were told about a great log fire in the Bingham home at West Mill Place during winter evenings and in turn were related to Will Herrold whose father was reared in this home. Nearby was the grist mill which had been erected by Captain Bingham, who also built the mill dam.
There was no bridge then at this point and boats were used to cross the river to and from Athens. Just to the north was a ferry for travelers who passed through Athens and were forced to cross the Hocking River at this point.
Christopher died in 1823, leaving his widow, Martha Cable Herrold. The widow married Captain Silas Bingham. After his death she married John Jackson. At the time of her death in 1867, she left 210 descendants, 11 children, 86 grandchildren, 104 great-grandchildren and nine great-great-grandchildren. Today the only survivor of this family, born to the name and living in this immediate area is Mrs. Alpharetta Herrold Bell, widow of James B. Bell, late of Lower Plains. She is a sister of the late Will Herrold, of Athens, and resides at 29 N. McKinley Ave., Athens.

Mary E. Phillips Obituary (undated)
Mrs. Herrold Passes Away in Columbus
Mrs. William H. Herrold, of North Congress street, died at 8 o'clock this morning at Grant Hospital, Columbus, from pericarditis. The funeral party will arrive in Athens this evening and the body will be taken to the family home. Funeral arrangements will be made known later.
Several weeks ago Mrs. Herrold went to Columbus where she underwent a severe surgical operation. It appeared that she was making a good recovery, until Sunday when complications developed, and death resulted this morning. Her husband was with her at the time of her death, as well as her only siter, Mrs. E.T. Rose of East State street. Mrs. Herrold's father, Thomas Philips, died late last summer. She leaves two sons, Gordon, of this city, and Russell, who is in business in Pittsburg.
Mrs. Herrold was one of the best known and most highly respected women of the city. Before her marriage she taught for some years in the Athens schools. She had been a member of the Pallas Club for years, having served as its president, was prominent in the work of the church, and identified with all activities for civic betterment. News of her death came as a severe shock today to hundreds of Athens people.

From a hand-written letter by W.H. Herrold:

Athens, O., March 15, 1940

Cousin Raymond,

On March 15th, eighty years ago today, the church bells out around "Section Farm," I presume, rang out the tiding that a new boy baby had arrived in the neighborhood down at "The Boileau Place." At first the neighbors could not figure the cause of the celebration. Some advanced the question that perhaps Paul Revere had made another momentous ride. But Joe Homes said no, that was in 1775 and if now living his horse would be to old to undergo such a strenuous trip unless someone would put a chestnut burr under his tail.

Then the idea was advanced that perhaps Cornwallis had surrendered but Dan Thompson who was a historian said, "Oh shucks, that occurred on October 19, 1781 after Washington had shelled all his corn off."

Then runners were sent out to ascertain the cause. They rode fast horses and even that was misunderstood. Several conceived the idea that Van Fossell was going to give another big dinner in honor of the birthday of his daughter, Katarina and the riders were distributing the invitations for the occasion at the Van Fossell house at "Sleepy Hollow." Some of them got that wrong and thought the dinner was to be at "Spoon Hollow" near Roys Run. Finally it was learned that the celebration was due to the birth of a boy, "a red blooded young republican" down at the Herrold Home which was sure enough the Boileau place. Then the neighbor women came streaming in and of all the complimentary of "did you ever see such a sweet little dear." Well! Then and there I began to suspicion the sincerity of complimentary remarks made by the women in the days of hoop skirts.

Well, finally Aunt Mary Holmes arrived to look me over with the remark "Well, I don't see anything so remarkable about him - Even if he is Sallie's baby. He don't begin to compare with my Ottie." Well that was in 1860 just about a year prior to the date when Fort Sumpter was fired on and attacked by the Confederate States. My arrival at that time was advantageous as I arrived just in time to enlist and serve in the "infantry" during the Civil War.

My object in writing this letter was this. We missed the birth and death date of Uncle James. He was born April 22, 1823, died March 5, 1865. Age 42 yrs. 10 m. 13 days. James never married. He was between Rachel and Abram. I wrote it between the two names.

I am leaving for Zanesville in a.m., am invited to a birthday dance where the caller sings, "circle to the left, circle to the right, grab a young girl and hug her tight.

Very truly,

W.H. Herrold

31. Alpharetta5 (Alice) Herrold (William4, Christopher3, John2, G. Henrick1) was born September 12, 1862 in Athens County, Ohio, and died October 1958 in Athens, Ohio with burial in West Union Street Cemetery, Athens, Ohio. She was known to her family and friends as Alice. She married James Benson Bell April 22, 1897 in Athens County, Ohio, son of William Bell and Fanny Brown. He was born August 2, 1866 in Athens County, Ohio, and died September 1947 in Athens, Ohio. (Note: Herrold Family History as written by W.H. Herrold and the Herrold family Bible states Alpharetta's birthdate as September 12, 1862; however, her gravestone shows her birth year as 1863.)

Children of Alpharetta Herrold and James Bell are:
+59 i. Mildred Herrold6 Bell, born October 11, 1898 in The Plains, Ohio; died March 27,
1959 in Athens, Ohio.
+60 ii. William Steuart Bell, born July 18, 1900; died October 1970.

Newspaper article (undated - about April 1897)
Bell-Herrold
Mr. James Bell and Miss Alice Herrold were quietly married by Rev. Cyrus Rose last Thursday beginning at 8:30 o'clock at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Rose on College Street. The young people are among the best and most esteemed of our city and have the congratulations of hosts of friends; The Gazette joins in wishing them happiness and prosperity. Mr. and Mrs. Bell will make their home in Athens.

Newspaper article (undated - about April 1897)
Mr. James B. Bell and Miss Alice Herrold were married Thursday evening at eight o'clock at the residence of Rev. Cyrus Rose. The bride is the sister of Mr. W.H. Herrold and is well known in this city. Mr. Bell is an enterprising young man and is engaged in Roach Bros' flouring mill. Their marriage came in the nature of a surprise as the ceremony had been set for a later date. Mr. and Mrs. Bell will be at home to their friends on Mill Street.

Newspaper article (undated - about April, 1947)
To Observe 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. James B. Bell, 101 Elmwood Place, are celebrating their Golden Wedding anniversary Sunday, April 20. All their friends are invited to an open house between the hours of two and five, Sunday.

Newspaper article (undated)
Friends Give Surprise Party for Mrs. Alice Bell
Ferns and white lillies showed to their best advantage at the birthday anniversary of Mrs. Alice Bell given by her daughter, Miss Mildred, Saturday evening, Sept. 10th, the occasion being a surprise party which her friends gave. A bounteous three course supper was served and at a late hour served cake and ice cream. The table decorations were pink dallias and white lillies. Music was furnished by Miss Maud Thompson and George Gabriel.
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. H.B. Finney, Mrs. Lyde Pidcock, Miss Cale Welling, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schmidt, Mr. and Mrs. George Gabriel and children, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lash and grandson, Mrs. Harry Slayback, Miss Maude Thompson, Mrs. M.O. Bryson and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. D. Cooper and son, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Coon and son, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hawk and children, Mrs. Elizabeth Hawk, Mrs. Emma Hawk and children, Grant Mickles, Mrs. Sarah McHarg, Mr. and Mrs. James Bell, Steuart and Mildred Bell.

Newspaper article (undated)
Athens Grandmother Observes 95th Birthday Anniversary
The home at 44 N. Shafer St., Athens, was the scence of an enjoyable and heartwarming party Sunday, Sept. 15, hosted by Mrs. Mildred Guseman of that address and her brother, W. Stewart Bell of Columbus in celebration of the 95th birthday of their mother, Mrs. Alice Bell. The presence of her two children, many of her 10 grandchildren and of her 13 great-grandchildren, and a host of nephews and nieces with their families made it a day of enjoyment and immeasurable excitement for this fine, alert lady of so many meaningful years, and she took every moment of it in stride. This was but the climax
of a month-long stream of well-wishers who have been "dropping in" from far and near. These callers included her grandson, Bill Guseman and family of Florida; William Herrold and wife of Detroit; Mrs. Bessie Burrel and daughter Mrs. Frances Bloom of Newark; John Herrold and wife of Maringo; Ray C. Chute and family of Logan; Dr. Charles H. Herrold of Dayton; Mabel Leach of Youngstown; and Dr. W.C. Herrold and wife of Columbus.
Mrs. Bell's grandfather (Christopher Herrold) and grandmother with George Wolf and his wife came from Indiana County, Pennsylvania, in 1800 to what is now Athens County, and settled on land not far from the present limits of the city of Athens. In order to bring some household necessities the men traveled by river boat and later by canoe while the women, little more than 20 years of age, in true pioneer fashion braved the overland trek through the Indian infested wilderness to bring a few animals as foundation stock for their prospective homesteads.
Her father was William H. Herrold and her mother Sarah Blackwood Herrold. Mrs. Bell was born just west of Athens, near what is now Grosvenor Junction, and has lived her entire 95 years within the confines of Athens County. She is the widow of James Bell.
Mrs. Bell's grandfather and grand-uncle bearing the names Herrold and Bingham had an active part in shaping the pioneer history of Athens County such as furnishing the lumber and helping with the construction of the early buildings on the campus of Ohio University; the establishment of Herrold's Mill (now White's Mill); and developing salt wells and flour mills near the present site of Chauncey. One uncle, Silas Bingham, was the first sheriff of Athens County in 1805.
Mrs. Bell is the only living member of the family (there were 10 in all) of William H. and Sarah Blackwood Herrold.

Newspaper article (undated - about October 1958)
We wish to express our deep appreciation for the many acts of kindness and thoughtful expressions shown us during the illness and death of our beloved Mother and Grandmother, Alice Bell. Our sincere thanks to friends, neighbors, Dr. Jividen, and the Jager and Sons funeral home, Rev. James Charnley and his consoling words and the beautiful floral offerings. - Mrs. Mildred Guseman and family, Steuart Bell and family.

54. Charles H.6 Herrold (Christopher J.5, William4, Christopher3, John2, G. Henrick1) was born January 20, 1880 in Athens County, Ohio. He married Maude B. Woodard June 20, 1906 in Hocking County, Ohio. She died November 17, 1950.

Children of Charles Herrold and Maude Woodard are:
61 i. George W.7 Herrold
62 ii. Ruth Herrold

55. William C.6 Herrold (Christopher J.5, William4, Christopher3, John2, G. Henrick1) was born April 16, 1881 in Athens County, Ohio. He married Mabel F. Inghram September 6, 1910. She was born in Omaha, Nebraska.

Children of William Herrold and Mabel Inghram are:
63 i. Dorthea7 Herrold
64 ii. Marjorie Herrold
65 iii. Ellen Herrold
66 iv. Donna Herrold

56. Grace May6 Herrold (Christopher J.5, William4, Christopher3, John2, G. Henrick1) was born March 31, 1886. She married William E. Larzelere. He was born in Roseville, Ohio.

Children of Grace Herrold and William Larzelere are:
67 i. John7 Larzelere
68 ii. Ruth Larzelere
69 iii. Lola Larzelere
70 iv. Mary Larzelere

57. Russell6 Phillips Herrold (William H.5, William4, Christopher3, John2, G. Henrick1) was born October 28, 1894; died June 12, 1970. He graduated from Ohio University in 1916 and from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. He married Wilma Lane, born March 13, 1893; died August 7, 1985.

Child of Russell Herrold is:
71 i. Russell P.7 Herrold Jr., born March 17, 1924; married Marcia Lucille Rafn, born
1927. Children: Russell Phillips Herrold III, born 1954; Nancy E. Herrold, born
1956; Richard E. Herrold, born 1958

58. Gordon W.6 Herrold (William H.5, William4, Christopher3, John2, G. Henrick1) was born April 19, 1902 in Athens, Ohio; died June 27, 1968 in Columbus, Ohio, buried in Lancaster, Ohio. He married Lucille Nazor. She was born 1901, and died May 10, 1997 in Sarasota, Florida. Gordon was a corporate vice president of engineering and research for Anchor Hocking Corporation. He was instrumental in getting a branch of Ohio University established in Lancaster, Ohio. In 1976 a building on campus was named Herrold Hall in his honor.

Children of Gordon Herrold and Lucille Nazor are:
72 i. Joann7 Herrold Wood
73 ii. Joyce Herrold

Obituary (hand dated May 13, 1997)
Lucille Herrold
Lancaster - Lucille Nazor Herrold, 96, of Lancaster, died Saturday, May 10, 1997, at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Fla. Mrs. Herrold was a graduate of Ohio University, where she was a president of Pi Beta Phi Fraternity. She was also a member of Mortar Board, and was president of the Women's League. She was also a member of the Trustees Academy of Ohio University. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Lancaster, the Lancaster Country Club, the Daughters of the American Revolution, and was former board member for the Lancaster-Fairfield Hospital. She is survived by two daughters, Joan H. Wood of Sarasota, Fla, and Dr. Joyce N. Herrold of Santa Monica, Calif., and a sister, Doris N. Alexander of Holland, Mich. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gordon W. Herrold. Services will be Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster, with the Rev. William C. Schram officiating. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery. Friends may call today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the residence, 232 N. High Street, Lancaster, and Wednesday one hour prior to services at the church. Arrangements are by the Frank E. Smith Funeral Home in Lancaster.

59. Mildred Herrold6 Bell (Alpharetta5 Herrold, William4, Christopher3, John2, G. Henrick1) was born October 11, 1898 in The Plains, Ohio, and died March 27, 1959 in Athens, Ohio with burial in the West Union Street Cemetery, Athens, Ohio. She married Earl Marion Guseman June 15, 1918 in Parkersburg, West Virginia, son of Williard Guseman and Anetta Coats. He was born June 19, 1898 in Lancaster (or Nelsonville), Ohio, and died November 29, 1955 in Los Angeles, California. He is buried in Forest Rose Cemetery, Lancaster, Ohio.

Children of Mildred Bell and Earl Guseman are:
+74 i. Frances Delores7 Guseman, born May 1, 1919.
+75 ii. Marion Eileen Guseman, born January 21, 1921 in Athens County, Ohio; died
September 3, 1970 in Dayton, Ohio.
+76 iii. Willard Ellwood Guseman, born May 12, 1923; died October 7, 1989 in Bradenton,
Florida.
+77 iv. Norma Elaine Guseman, born January 31, 1925 in Athens County, Ohio.
+78 v. LaFaunna Bell Guseman, born September 10, 1928 in Athens, Ohio; died July 6, 2001; burial in West Union Street Cemetery, Athens, Ohio.
+79 vi. James Lee Guseman, born June 3, 1935 in Athens, Ohio.
+80 vii. Carlos Dean Guseman, born August 1, 1936 in The Plains, Ohio.
+81 viii. Mona Kay Guseman, born January 17, 1939; died March 9, 2000 in New York;
cremated March 10, 2000.

Obituary, The Athens Messenger, March 27, 1959:

Rest Home Operator Dies
Mrs. Mildred Guseman, 60, operator of a rest home at 34 N. Shafer St. for a number of years, died there Thursday after a long illness. Daughter of the late James and Alice Herrold Bell, she was a member of the Methodist church. Her mother died last October at age 96. Her husband, Earl, died two years ago.
Mrs. Guseman is survived by five daughters: Mrs. Mona Kay Green, at home; Mrs. Norma Ford, Sandusky; Mrs. Marion Stewart, Dayton; Mrs. LaFaunna France, Tallahassee, Fla., and Mrs. Betty Rudolph, Clementon, N.J. and three sons, James, in the Air Force; Willard, of Tampa, Fla., and Carl, in the Navy. Also surviving are 12 grandchildren and a brother, Steuart Bell, Columbus.
Friends may call after Saturday noon at the Jagers and Sons funeral home, where services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Sunday by the Rev. James Charnley. Burial will be in West Union Street Cemetery.

60. William Steuart6 Bell (Alpharetta5 Herrold, William4, Christopher3, John2, G. Henrick1) was born July 18, 1900, and died October 1970 with burial in the West Union Street Cemetery, Athens, Ohio. He married Florence Ruth June 17, 1926. She was born November 23, 1902. She is buried in the West Union Street Cemetery, Athens, Ohio

Children of William Bell and Florence Ruth are:
+82 i. Robert Duane7 Bell, born August 7, 1927.
83 ii. William Lee Bell, born September 13, 1932; died in infancy and is buried in the
West Union Street Cemetery, Athens, Ohio.
84 iii. Ruth Anne Bell, born April 19, 1934.

Handwritten notes by Florence Bell (Steuart's wife):
William Steuart Bell was in Washington DC with Senator Day from Chillicothe, Ohio and visited Arlington Cemetery. He happened to see his name on a tombstone but didn't know until weeks later when he told his father, James B. Bell, that he saw a similar name at Arlington. His father then told him it was his grandfather. At the time the younger Bell was in his 30's but knew little of his father's background except that when the elder Bell remarried and went to Washington DC, young James was not happy there and hitched a ride on a freight train and came to Nelsonville, Ohio to a family by the name of Six near Kimberly who owned a dairy. Bell's mother operated a large boarding house at Happy Hollow not too far from the Six Farm. James stayed at the Six Farm until he married Alice Bell.

Obituary - October 3, 1970
William S. Bell
William Steuart Bell, 70, Harper Street, The Plains, died Saturday morning in University Hospital in Columbus after being admitted Friday evening. He became ill while working for Roger J. Au and Son, Inc., at Wall Lake, Mich. He had been employed as a superintendent at the firm for 11 years. Born in Athens County, he was the son of the late James and Alice Herrold Bell. He was a 25 year member of Progress Lodge No. 932, F&AM, Louisville, Ky. He is survived by his wife, Florence Ruth Bell; by a son, R. Duane Bell Sr., Royal Oak, Mich.; by two daughters, Mrs. Betty Schall and Ruth Ann Bell, both of Columbus; by four grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Jagers and Sons Funeral Home, with the Rev. D. M. Bryson officiating. Burial will be in the West Union Street cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Sunday.

Obituary (undated)
Bell Services
Athens - Services for Mrs. Florence Ruth Bell, 72, Columbus, will be Thursday, 2 p.m., in the Jagers and Sons Funeral Home. The Rev. Donald Clarke will officiate and burial will be in West Union Street Cemetery. Mrs. Bell died Tuesday morning in Riverside Methodist Hospital. She was a former resident of Athens and The Plains and had attended high school at Jerseyville (Shade) and attended Ohio University. Mrs. Bell had worked as a telephone operator. She was a member of The Plains United Methodist Church and the Naomi Bible Class. She is survived by a daughter, Ruth Ann Bell, Columbus; a son, R. Duane Bell, Royal Oak, Mich.; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Steuart Bell in 1970, a daughter, Mrs. Betty Schall. Friends may call at the funeral home today from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.

Documentation in the possession of LaFaunna Bell Guseman France: