Union County, Ohio Biographies Project - L. D. Herr
L. D. HERR
L. D. Herr, proprietor of the Richwood Temperance Billiard Parlors,
Richwood, Ohio, was born in Wayne County, Ohio, May 9, 1857, and is a
son of Henry and Sarah E. (Elgin) Herr. His father was a school
teacher in early life, and later acted as traveling salesman for an
extensive nursery company. Our subject graduated at the high
school in West Salem, where his parents resided, in 1874, and chose the
occupation of an engineer. He operated a stationary engine at
Richwood for four years, and then entered the employ of Camp, Randall
& Co., in their warehouse at Richwood, remaining with them eight
years. He now conducts a billiard room on strictly moral
principles, allowing no swearing, gambling, drinking, or other bad
order, and giving the youth of the village opportunity for indulging in
a very pleasant pastime without being brought under the pernicious
influence of liquor drinking. The room is a bright, airy
apartment, comfortably furnished, and with a full complement of five
tables, and is presided over by the proprietor in person. He is a
young man of strictly moral principles, a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and a worker in the Sabbath School. In 1881, he
married Flora Belle Farris, a native of Delaware County, by whom he has
one child-Elmo Leon. Mr. Herr is a Republican in politics.