James A Herring enlisted in Co. E. 4th Tennessee Infantry Regiment,
CSA under Captain James Dean. Both he and his wife Nannie Bondurant
Herring are buried in the Liberty Baptist Church Cemetary.  The
following was copied from "Kentucky Historical Sketches": James A.
Herring was born March 23, 1844, in Fulton County, Kentucky. In 1861
he entered the army (CSA) where he served as lieutenant. In 1847 he
removed to Obion County, Tennessee, where he remained until 1884, when
he returned to Fulton County, where he at present resides. His father,
Marcus L. Herring, a native of Rutherford County, Tennessee, was born
in 1810 and is still living. He is the son of Abraham Herring, a
native of North Carolina. Marcus L. married Margaret A., daughter of
Archibald Brown of Fulton County, Ky., and from this union sprang
Fannie, Abraham, Admiral B., Maria L. (Crawford), (this) subject,
William T., Winfield S., Marcus L. Jr., Sarah D., Lycurgus, Claudius
and Robert A. In youth, the subject procured a good English education.
Hewas married, Feb 7, 1867 to Miss Nancy E., daughter of William and
Sarah (Mayes) Bondurant, of Fulton County, Ky., and to them have been
born William L., Edward W., and Una L. Subject is a farmer, having
ninety-two acres of very productive land, which he is sucessfully
cultivating. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. In religion he
is a Methodist and in politics an old-line Whig.