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Isaac Herring entered the first land in what became Herrin on 4 November 1816, two years before Illinois became a state. He paid $2 an acre for the 160 acres (65 ha). At the time he lived to the west in Jackson County , the land entry was the northeast quarter off Section 30, Township 8 South, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian . [ 5 ]
People born in, from, or otherwise associated with Herrin, Illinois Pages in category "People from Herrin, Illinois" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
Violet De Mars Trovillion (1890–1979) and Hal W. Trovillion (1879–1967) were publishers based in Herrin, Illinois who operated local newspapers and a private press known as Trovillion Private Press at the Sign of the Silver Horse or simply Trovillion Press.
The lynching of Isaac Vancil took place on April 22, 1872, near Herrin's Prairie in Williamson County, Illinois. The first reports said that "Vancil was an old man of 72, quite wealthy, and the outrage creates great excitement in the country." [4] [5] Vancil was first cousin to Illinois Lieutenant-Governor John Dougherty. [6]
Herrin may refer to: Herrin (surname) Herrin, Illinois, a city, United States; Herrin, Nord, a commune of the Nord (département), in France;
Three of his children, William Joseph, John Paul, and Caleb Thomas currently live in Southern Illinois. John Paul was born aboard a 3 mast sailing ship and may be the only current resident of Southern Illinois to have been born on a sailing ship. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.135.194.134 04:26, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
WJPF (1340 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Herrin, Illinois, United States, the station serves the Marion-Carbondale area.The station is currently owned by Max Media, licensed to MRR License LLC, and features programming from ABC Radio.
The Herrin massacre took place on June 21–22, 1922 in Herrin, Illinois, in a coal mining area during a nationwide strike by the United Mineworkers of America (UMWA). ). Although the owner of the mine originally agreed with the union to observe the strike, when the price of coal went up, he hired non-union workers to produce and ship out coal, as he had high debt in start-