James Herron

(Born: about 1809?? - Died: before 1874)

Born in Virginia (possibly about 1809???) Was still alive in 1845 (when last listed in Philadelphia directory) Published a map in 1847, still in Pennsylvania. There is some confusion here because an 1874 congressional petition details that he was appointed as a civil engineer in Pensacola, FL in 1842 and as late as 1854. He was one of several people granted some right for a railroad in Pensacola in 1856. He may have died in the Civil War, or the Yellow Fever plague in Florida in 1873. (The monument over his grave lists his name, his wife's name and the names of several children, but with no dates.) His name does not appear in the 1870 Federal Census, but neither does that of his son, unless he is the James S. Herron who was living in Kansas at the time.

Apparently married Fannie M. Byrne

Buried in St. Michaels Cemetery, Pensacola, FL. (Monument has no dates)

According to an 1850 Federal Census for Escambia, FL (dated November 29, 1850), James Herron is listed as a civil engineer for the U. S. N. His age is noted as 40 and the place of birth as Ireland. (His wife is listed as Frances M, age 30. A woman named Ann Herron, age 70, also born is Ireland is probably his mother.)

A son? James S. Herron, 1828-1915 (buried under the same monument) Dr. James S. Herron served as a surgeon for the Confederate Army. Based on his age in the census, he would have been born about 1836. The source of the 1828 date is uncertain.

A Practical Description of Herron's Patent Trellis Railway, Philadelphia, 1841.