Horatio G. Herrick

Horatio Gates Herrick
Sheriff of Essex County, Massachusetts[1]
In office
1866–1893
Preceded by James Cary
Succeeded by Samuel A. Johnson
Personal details
Born October 28, 1824[1]
Alfred, Maine
Died April 18, 1904 (aged 79)
Lawrence, Massachusetts
Spouse(s) Isabella Sewell Paine (1848–1857; her death)
Alma mater Bowdoin College, A.B. 1844[1]
Occupation Lawyer[1]
Sheriff
Politician
Religion Methodist Episcopalian
Military service
Allegiance United States of America
Union
Service/branch Union Army
Years of service May 1863[1] to October 1, 1865 [2]
Rank Provost Marshal
Unit

6th District of Massachusetts

American Civil War

Horatio Gates Herrick (October 28, 1824 – April 18, 1904) was an American lawyer who served[1] as sheriff of Essex County, Massachusetts.[1]

Early life

Herrick was born on October 28, 1824 in Alfred, Maine to Benjamin J. and Mary (Conant) Herrick. His uncle was Joshua Herrick.[1][3]

Legal career

Herrick graduated from Bowdoin College in 1844. In 1847 he was admitted to the bar and began a law practice in North Berwick, Maine. Later that year he moved to Saugus, Massachusetts and practiced law in Boston.[1]

Civil War

In 1862, Herrick was appointed Draft Commissioner for Essex County by Governor John Albion Andrew. In May 1863 he was commissioned Captain and Provost Marshall for the Sixth District of Massachusetts by United States Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. He was mustered out on October 15, 1865.[2]

Political career

In November 1865, Herrick was elected Sheriff of Essex County. He was reelected to nine consecutive thee-year terms. In 1892 Herrick refused renomination. From 1871 to 1873 he was also a member of the Massachusetts Board of Prison Commissioners.[2]

On January 1, 1866, Herrick moved to Lawrence, Massachusetts. There he served as a member of the School Board. He was also the founding president of the Industrial School for Boys and a trustee of the Lawrence Savings Bank.[2]

Personal life and death

Herrick married Isabella Sewell Paine, daughter of John Treat Paine and Mary E. Rice (Goodwin) Paine on August 23, 1848. They had three children, Frederick St. Clair Herrick (1850–1884), John St. Clair Herrick (1855–1855), and Alice Bigelow Herrick (1856–1856). Paine died on January 12, 1857 in Saugus at the age of 26.[2]

Herrick was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and served a president of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Saugus Centre's Sunday school.[2] In Lawrence he was an active member of the Haverhill Street Church.[3]

In his later years, Herrick resided with Isabel J. (Ball) Herrick, the widow of his son, Frederick St. Clair Herrick. He died on April 18, 1904 at their home in Lawrence.[3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Herrick, Jedediah (1885), Herrick genealogy: A Genealogical Register of the Name and Family of Herrick from the Settlement of Henerie Hericke, in Salem, Massachusetts, 1629 to 1846, with a concise notice of their English ancestry, Columbus, Ohio: Privately printed, p. 163.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Herrick, Jedediah (1885), Herrick genealogy: A Genealogical Register of the Name and Family of Herrick from the Settlement of Henerie Hericke, in Salem, Massachusetts, 1629 to 1846, with a concise notice of their English ancestry, Columbus, Ohio: Privately printed, p. 164.
  3. 1 2 3 "A Christian Gentleman". Zion's Herald. April 27, 1904.
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