Woodbury County >> 1890 Index

History of the Counties of Woodbury and Plymouth, Iowa
Chicago: A. Warner & Co., 1890-91. 

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Biographies submitted by Dick Barton.

Mrs. S. J. HERRON, Le Mars, is a daughter of Peter and Catherine (Feyman) Gehlen, and was born in Jackson county, Iowa, her parents being among the pioneers of Le Mars. Her father was a farmer and miller in Jackson county and came to Le Mars in 1869, where he engaged in the milling business, which he continued until his death, which occurred in 1879. They had a family of eleven children, of whom nine are now living.

The subject of this sketch was married to John Herron in 1874, a gentleman prominently identified with Plymouth county, having been one of its officials, but he died in 1882, death terminating a successful business career. J. J., M. B. and M. W. are now associated as managers of the City Roller Mill, of which Mrs. Herron is the owner. The mill has a daily capacity of sixty barrels of flour and four car-loads of feed; it is fitted out with thirteen sets of rollers and one double set of feed rollers.