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From: "Kim Myers" <>
Subject: [GABIBB] Hiram Herrington
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 22:20:59 -0000
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Seeking information on the ancestors, siblings, and descenants of
Hiram Herbert Herrington (1818-1887)

H.H. Herrington was born in New England. His family moved to Harpers
Ferry probably in the 1820s since his father was a forger for John
Hall's Rifle Works during that time. The young Herrington became a
second-generation employee at the U.S. Armory and rose to the position
of foreman of machinists in 1854 after the position was vacated by
none other than James H. Burton. In April 1861, he assisted in packing
and shipping all of the musket machinery to Richmond from Harpers
Ferry. He also helped in packing, shipping, and re-erecting all of the
rifle machinery from Harpers Ferry to Fayetteville, North Carolina. He
held the position of master machinist at the Fayetteville Armory.
Burton recruited him further south to Macon and made Herrington master
machinist at the C.S. Armory at Macon, Georgia. After the war,
Herrington remained in Macon, Georgia and worked as a machinist for
the remainder of his life.

For a picture of Hiram and more on this subject see:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/1880/spiller/page3.html

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