IRVING HERRINGTON, Esq.
SURNAMES: HAZELTON, JONES, BASCOM
a Justive of the Peace of Santa Clara , was born at Santa Clara, July
9, 1859. He is the oldest of four sons , and one of six children
of the Hon Dennis W. and Mary H. (Hazelton) Herrington.
He graduated at the public High School of Santa Clara in the class of
1876, and then took a higher course at "Franklin French Academy," at
Santa Clara, under Prof. Q. C. Collins. At the age of eighteen he
began the study of law with his father , and continued three years, but
as yet has not appriled for admittance ot he Bar. In 1884 he was
elected A Justice of the Peace of Santa Clara, and reelected in 1886.
July 29, 1885, he ws married, at Santa Clara, to Mattie M. Bascom,
daughter of Dr. J. C. and Fannie M. (Jones)Bascom. She is a
native of Kentucky, and came to Satna Clara with her parents in
1883. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,. Mr.
Herrington is an Odd Felow and member of Santa Clara Lodge, No. 52, I.
O. O. F.
SOURCE:
Pen Pictures From The Garden of the World or
Santa Clara County, California, Illustrated. - Edited by H. S. Foote.-
Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1888. page 288
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