A memorial notice appearing in the Boone County journal of 27 May 1875 gives the following additional information concerning Mrs. Herndon:
I From letter to JGH dated 13 October 1937 from Louis C. Yager, of Indianapolis, Ind.
192 The Herndons of the American Revolution
" The parents were strict Christians, of the Presbyterian faith; the children were all baptised in their infancy. The strong mind and retentive memory which so characterized the deceased in her old age was made manifest in early years. . . . At the age of twelve the family moved via Pittsburg and the present site of Cincinnati to Harrison near Brookville, Ind., then an unbroken wilderness. In the journey across the mountains her father and brothers walked while she drove the four-horse team. They arrived safely at Pittsburg where they took flats for Cincinnati which was then a cornfield with three log cabins for a city. Here they landed and started through the wilderness looking for a suitable place to settle; finally they arrived at the present site at Brookville where they took possession of a quarter section of land and located themselves. They built a rude log cabin with a hole in the roof for a chimney, and a blanket hung in front of a small opening for a door. At night the wolves would come around the door and fight over the bones that were thrown from the tables.... She leaves 23 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren."
Esther Halberstadt 
