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Charles C. Herring is a proper representative of the energetic and successful young business men of Johnsville, and considering the fact that he began life for himself with but little means, his career has been more than ordinarily successful, and he seems to have a natural aptitude for the business of general merchandising to which he is now giving his attention. He was born in Tipton County, Tenn., in September, 1850, and is a son of William Herring and Cordelia (Gehen) Herring who were born in North Carolina and Kentucky, in 1826 and 1827 respectively. The father was taken to Tennessee by his parents, when a child and there he was reared and married, and afterward worked at the mechanic’s trade, but died at Swan Lake, Ark., in 1875, still survived by his widow, who makes her home with her son Charles C., the immediate subject of this biography. Six of their nine children are still living, of whom Charles is the eldest. He received the most of his rearing in Union County, Ark., whither his parents emigrated in 1851, but owing to the breaking out of the Rebellion, his school-days were cut short, which deficiency he has since remedied by contact with business life and by reading. In 1872 he became an employee in a mercantile establishment at Moro Bay, Ark., acting as manager and book-keeper after 1881, but previous to that served in the capacity of clerk, and in 1888, he determined to start an establishment of his own and did so at Johnsville, his stock being valued at about $4,000. His store is well appointed, and he is receiving a liberal share of public favor. He has 220 acres of his 500 acre farm under cultivation, and he and his mother make their home together. He is a Democrat in politics, has served as justice of the peace, and socially is a member of the K. of H. and the Masonic fraternity, having joined the latter organization in 1876.