Jonathan Herndon 
Jonathan was born on June 13th, 1853 in Platte County, Missouri. Jonathan's father was Frazier Duerson Herndon and his mother was Mary Preston. His paternal grandparents were Thomas Herndon and Susannah Beverley Stubblefield; his maternal grandparents were Francis Preston and Elizabeth B Stubblefield. He had seven brothers and three sisters, named Barnard, James, Joseph, Ned, David, Benjamin, Alfred, Sarah, Frances and Susannah. He died in Harper County, Oklahoma.General Notes
Jonathan was is David B.'s twin.
In 1880, they lived near his parents in Walnut twp, Bates County, Missouri.
"Grandfather Herndon came to Oklahoma from Strasbourgh, Missouri, I think. He was a twin, and the youngest of a fairly large family. The story was told that of two older brothers, one fought for the Union and one for the Confederacy. Missouri and Kentucky were border states, and were subject to raids by lawless band of men who looted, killed, and took advantage of the unsettled state of the country.
"Alpha and I knew one of Grandpa's brothers in Kansas City -- Great Uncle Ned who was a doctor. He was a dear, gentle old man, and was cared for by a devoted niece, Bessie Quinn.
"Grandpa (Jonathan) Herndon married Retta Hume. Both were of Scottish descent -- probably of those who came to America in the early 1800's, settled in the southern Tidelands, and gradually moved westward into Kentucky, Missouri, and Oklahoma.
"Retta Hume had one brother, Granville, who we all knew and loved. He had two sons, Benjamin and Stewart. Uncle Granville Herndon was named for him -- two beautiful, gentle men.
"Grandpa and Grandma had four sons and one daughter. The oldest son, Hume, died when a lad, probably from appendicitis. Mary Thomas was next in age. When she was born Grandpa said, "I don't care what you name her, I'm going to call her "Pinkie, " and that is the name she always went by.
"Her parents moved to Oklahoma Territory, probably soon after the Cherokee Strip was opened to settlers. Their farm was near the small town of Pond Creek, the first county seat of Grant County."
Lois
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.Mar 1678 in St. Stephens Parish, New Kent County, Virginia d.09 Mar 1758 in Caroline County, Virginia
- b.1702 in King and Queen County, Virginia d.Oct 1759 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
- b.23 May 1674 in Newport, Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England d.1727 in Caroline County, Virginia
- b.~ 1729 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia d.1799 in Berkeley Parish, Spotsylvania County, Virginia
- b.~ 1675 in Gloucester, Virginia d.> 1715 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
- b.~ 1700 in King and Queen County, Virginia d.>04 Oct 1743 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
- b.~ 1676 in Virginia d.1715
- b.1765 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia d.1808 in Fayette County, Kentucky
- d.03 Mar 1742
- b.~ 1733
- b.11 Nov 1680 in Chester, Cheshire, England d.03 Mar 1742 in St. George, Spotsylvania County, Virginia
- b.~ 1716 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia d.1753
- b.~11 Mar 1681 d.~ 1769
- b.1808 in Kentucky
- b.~ 1675 in Gloucester, Virginia d.> 1715 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
- b.~ 1705 in Gloucester, Virginia d.11 Sep 1751 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
- b.~ 1676 in Virginia d.1715
- b.1740 in Virginia d.> 1800 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
- b.1669 in Middlesex County, Virginia d.1730 in Newlands plantation, Spotsylvania County, Virginia
- b.07 Dec 1708 in Middlesex County, Virginia d.14 Apr 1778 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
- b.1678 in Brandon plantation, Middlesex County, Virginia d.06 Aug 1720 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
- b.~ 1769 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia d.< 1839 in Fayette County, Kentucky
- b.~ 1740
- b.13 Jun 1853 in Platte County, Missouri d. in Harper County, Oklahoma
- b.13 Jan 1727 in Saint Johns Parish, Baltimore, Maryland d.14 Oct 1794 in Harford County, Maryland
- b.23 Apr 1754 in Preston's Chance, Harford County, Maryland d.1802 in Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky
- b. in Somerset, Maryland
- b.28 Mar 1720 in St. George's Parish, Harford County, Maryland
- b.03 Aug 1778 in Harford County, Maryland d.30 Apr 1874 in Mason County, Kentucky
- b.~ 1726 in Yorkshire, England d.26 Mar 1814 in Fayette County, Kentucky
- b.1758 in Harford County, Maryland d.1793 in Mason County, Kentucky
- d.Oct 1782 in Harford County, Maryland
- b.~ 1729 d.> 1782 in Harford County, Maryland
- b.15 Nov 1812 in Mason County, Kentucky d.24 Dec 1897
- b.~ 1675 in Gloucester, Virginia d.> 1715 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
- b.~ 1705 in Gloucester, Virginia d.11 Sep 1751 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
- b.~ 1676 in Virginia d.1715
- b.~ 1749 in St. George, Spotsylvania County, Virginia d.~ 1815 in Mason County, Kentucky
- b.1669 in Middlesex County, Virginia d.1730 in Newlands plantation, Spotsylvania County, Virginia
- b.07 Dec 1708 in Middlesex County, Virginia d.14 Apr 1778 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
- b.1678 in Brandon plantation, Middlesex County, Virginia d.06 Aug 1720 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
- b.30 Apr 1781 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia d.02 May 1852 in Mason County, Kentucky
- b. in Spotsylvania County, Virginia d.12 Mar 1797 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
- b. in Spotsylvania County, Virginia d. in Mason County, Kentucky
- b.~ 1701 in Essex County, Virginia d.~ 1751 in Orange County, Virginia
- b.~ 1727 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia d.1778 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
- b.15 Nov 1706 in Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, Virginia d.Jul 1778 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
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Details of Jonathan's family with Alpharetta (Retta) Hume
Sources/Citations
1880 Census of Walnut Twp, Bates Co, Missouri, HERNDON Family of, 1910 Census of Little Twp, Harper Co, Oklahoma, 1860 Federal Census, Missouri, Platte County, Weston Township
1880 Census of Walnut Twp, Bates Co, Missouri, HERNDON Family of, 1910 Census of Little Twp, Harper Co, Oklahoma, 1860 Federal Census, Missouri, Platte County, Weston Township