Herndon, Richard

Born: 1803-XX-XX Scott County, Kentucky

Died: 1854-07-23 Springfield, Illinois

Flourished: 1845-1850 Sangamon County, Illinois

Richard Herndon married Mary Wiggs in Woodford, Kentucky, in 1833. He moved his family to Springfield, Illinois in 1843, where he engaged in a general mercantile business for many years. In 1847 and 1848, Herndon served as a juror in at least six cases in which Abraham Lincoln was counsel. In 1850, Herndon owned $2,000 in real property.

History of Sangamon County, Illinois (Chicago: Inter-State, 1881), 675; Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, 19 November 1833, Woodford County (Lehi, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, 2016); For cases that Herndon served as a juror, search, "Herndon, William," Martha L. Benner and Cullom Davis et al., eds., The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln: Complete Documentary Edition, 2d edition (Springfield: Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, 2009), http://www.lawpracticeofabrahamlincoln.org; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Springfield, Sangamon County, IL, 70; Gravestone, Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL; Illinois Daily Journal (Springfield), 24 July 1854, 4:2.