Lovina (Sperry) Herrington (abt. 1838)

Born about 1838 in New York

Descendants

Biography

Research Notes

In the 1880 US Census, Lovina's parents are listed as being from New York. In the 1850 US Census, Merrit and Polly Sperry from Connecticut are listed as having a bunch of children who were born in New York. An appropriately aged Lovina Sperry is among them. Are they her parents and she simply didn't know that they were from Connecticut? Did she know, but they were in a hurry to fill out the 1880 Census so they didn't care about accuracy? I don't know.

However, the odds seem pretty good based on the 1855 Census: Israel Herrington (John Herrington's father) is the neighbor of Merrit and Polly Sperry. Then there is a random family in the Census, followed by John and Lovina Herrington, being visited by a brother-in-law Sperry.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCT2-X34 : 9 November 2014), Lovina Sperry in household of Merrit Sperry, Mentz, Cayuga, New York, United States; citing family 1631, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6SR-HNK : 19 November 2014), Lovina Herrington in household of John Herrington, Bolivar, Allegany, New York, United States; count clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 501,952.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC7L-GZZ : 30 December 2015), Lavinia Herrington in entry for John Herrington, 1860.
• "New York State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNF-KPBQ : accessed 25 March 2017), Lovina Herrington in household of John Herrington, , , , New York, United States; citing source p. 25, line 21, household ID 186, county clerk, board of supervisors and surrogate court offices from various counties. Utica and East Hampton Public Libraries, New York; FHL microfilm 501,955.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8JK-BV3 : 17 October 2014), Lovina Herrington in household of John Herrington, New York, United States; citing p. 10, family 91, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,404.
• "New York State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNVM-82S : 16 November 2014), Lovina Harington in household of John Harington, Scio, Allegany, New York, United States; citing p. 22, line 11, State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 501,957.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWNX-NJ7 : 10 August 2016), Lavinia Harrington in household of John Harrington, Duke Center, McKean, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 86, sheet 225D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1154; FHL microfilm 1,255,154.
• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8WS-GFV : 8 December 2014), Lovinia Sperry in entry for L. A. Harrington and Mary Urban, 07 Jun 1902; citing Hancock, Ohio, United States, reference cn 161; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 1,299,109.
• "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6Q9-B2F : 8 December 2014), Lovina Sperry in entry for Irving Washington Herrington, 28 Mar 1933; citing Liberty, Hancock, Ohio, reference fn 16347; FHL microfilm 1,992,870.