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Thomas Hord Herndon Sr.

Birth
Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
Death
24 May 1843 (aged 48–49)
Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Hale County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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Thomas Hord Herndon married first to his cousin Elizabeth Brock, by whom he had one child, Joseph, who died an infant.
He went to Alabama about 1819 where he married his second wife on 2 May 1822 in St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Eutaw, Greene County, Alabama: Emma Sarah Toulmin, daughter of Hon. Harry Toulmin, first President of Transylvania University in Kentucky, first Secretary of State of Kentucky, and first federal judge of Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama.

In 1828 they lived at Erie, then Greene County but now in Hale County.

1840 US Census, Greene Co, AL, page 130, Thomas H. Herndon. Males 5-10, 1, 10-15, 2, 20-30, 1, 40-50, 1 (Thomas), Females under 5, 2, 5-10, 1, 10-15, 1, 30-40, 1 (Emma).

Mrs. Emma Herndon married (2) on 1 Dec 1846 at the Herndon home, Erie, Greene, AL, John H. Copp from Boston, born c1808 in MA.

Thomas Hord Herndon Sr. was a third cousin of Dr. Willis Roberts of Mobile who was a son of Mary Herndon and helped select the site of the first Alabama state capitol at Cahawba, Dallas County, Alabama.
Thomas Hord Herndon married first to his cousin Elizabeth Brock, by whom he had one child, Joseph, who died an infant.
He went to Alabama about 1819 where he married his second wife on 2 May 1822 in St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Eutaw, Greene County, Alabama: Emma Sarah Toulmin, daughter of Hon. Harry Toulmin, first President of Transylvania University in Kentucky, first Secretary of State of Kentucky, and first federal judge of Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama.

In 1828 they lived at Erie, then Greene County but now in Hale County.

1840 US Census, Greene Co, AL, page 130, Thomas H. Herndon. Males 5-10, 1, 10-15, 2, 20-30, 1, 40-50, 1 (Thomas), Females under 5, 2, 5-10, 1, 10-15, 1, 30-40, 1 (Emma).

Mrs. Emma Herndon married (2) on 1 Dec 1846 at the Herndon home, Erie, Greene, AL, John H. Copp from Boston, born c1808 in MA.

Thomas Hord Herndon Sr. was a third cousin of Dr. Willis Roberts of Mobile who was a son of Mary Herndon and helped select the site of the first Alabama state capitol at Cahawba, Dallas County, Alabama.

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Sacred to the memory of Thomas H Herndon who departed this life at Pascagoula Bay on the 24th of May 1843, aged 48 years and 6 months. The integrity of the upright shall guide them.

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