William A. Herron (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, court clerk and entrepreneur)
b. 1819?
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, court clerk and entrepreneur. Pennsylvania native. Marries to Louisa Herron. Father of John H. Herron and James Herron. Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions for Allegheny County in 1860 and 1865. President of the Pittsburgh & Minersville Railroad Co. in 1865. President of the Pittsburgh Glass Manufacturing Co. in 1865.
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- White
Bibliography
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedule, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Ward 13, p. 77; Directory of Pittsburgh and Allegheny Cities, the Adjoining Boroughs and Villages, also, Parts of the Adjacent Townships, for 1865-'66 (Pittsburgh: George H. Thurston, 1865), p. 164; KYR-0001-007-0388.
Citation
Herron, William A.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212574 (February 11, 2026).
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