Polly was born in 1825 in Chapman Township, Snyder County, PA, the daughter of Frederick and Susannah Stahl. Sometime before 1847 she married Joseph Hocker Herrold, who had grown up on a nearby farm.
She and Joseph had 8 children:
1. Savarow S. Herrold (1847-1919)
2. Catharine Herrold Heim (1849-1935)
3. Frederick Herrold (1852-1925)
4. Simon I. Herrold (1854-?)
5. William B. [Willoby?] Herrold (1857-1927)
6. Louisa Herrold Rine (1860-1948)
7. Minerva Herrold Kerstetter (1863-1949)
8. Ann Elizabeth Herrold Sechrist (1869-?)
After Joseph died in 1899, she lived with daughter Minerva and her husband, William H. Kerstetter, in Chapman Township, Snyder County, PA. Polly died in 1903 and was buried with Frederick in Saint John’s United Brethren Cemetery, Port Trevorton, Snyder County, Pennsylvania.
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4Z3-8N5 : accessed 23 December 2015), Polly Herrold in household of Joseph Herrold, Chapman, Union, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 67, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1860," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXRD-23H : accessed 23 December 2015), Polly Herrold in household of Joseph Herrold, Chapman Township, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 104, household ID 774, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 805,182.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZ2D-MKG : accessed 23 December 2015), Polly Herrold in household of Joseph Herrold, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 27, family 214, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,950.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWV8-4QZ : accessed 23 December 2015), Mary Herrold in household of Joseph H Herrold, Union, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 149, sheet 68B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1194; FHL microfilm 1,255,194.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M34M-GWL : accessed 23 December 2015), Mary Herrold in household of William H Kersttetter, ChapmanTowship, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 5B, family 104, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,481.
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