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SAMUEL HERRON, farmer, post office White Ash, is a native of County Down, Ireland, born in Donaghadee, Jan. 16, 1836. His parents, John and Sarah (McKnight) Herron, were of Scotch and English blood, respectively, and both were born in the year 1802. The father was a shoemaker and farmer, and came with his family to America about 1852. For some time he owned and operated a farm in West Deer, but returned to Penn township, where he first located in America, and died in 1884. His widow now resides in Pittsburgh. Their eldest child, John, was killed while a corporal in the British army. James, the fourth, died in Australia. The others, in order of age, are Robert, Margaret (deceased), Nancy (Frazier), Samuel, David, Mary (Stoner), Sarah (Bennett) and Eliza (Griffith). Samuel Herron received an ordinary education in Ireland, and on his arrival in Pennsylvania began work in a rolling-mill at $2.25 a week. For two years he worked at his father’s trade, and for a like period at gardening. Thereafter he followed farming, and purchased his present home in 1879. The house was built in 1811 by W. W. Wilson. The farm includes thirty acres, and is devoted chiefly to fruit-culture. Mr. Herron is a republican. In 1861 he married Christina, daughter of Michael and Margaret Engel, of Germany, Mrs. Herron was born in Sumach, N. Y., and reared in this county. Her maternal grandmother died here in 1884, aged ninety-three. Mr. Herron is a member of the Orange association.