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JOHN HERR, Trustee of Carter Township and dealer in boots and shoes, was born February 2, 1849, in Germany, and is one of five children born to the marriage of John Herr and Agnes Lohr. The father dying in the old country in 1855, the mother, together with her children, immigrated to the United States in 1859, locating first at Newburgh, Ind., where the mother died in May, 1881. John Herr, Jr., the subject of this sketch, remained with his mother until fourteen years old, and during this time received his youthful education. In 1863 he began the shoe-maker’s trade serving his first two and a half years with J. Moog at Newburgh. He then went to Huntingburgh, but in 1871 removed to Dale, where he has since resided, busily engaged in working at his trade and dealing generally in boots and shoes. June 30, 1872, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Peter and Margaret, (Klein) Poth, and seven children have been born to them as follows: William, John, Jacob, Ida, Nora, Eddie and Peter Theodore. The mother was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, February 17, 1850, and is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Herr is a Catholic, has served as a constable four years, deputy tax collector of the county two years, and is now serving his second term as township Trustee.