H. N. Herrick
Horace Nelson Herrick was born in Lewis county, Kentucky, August 24, 1862. His father, George W. Herrick, was born in Vermont, and was of good old Puritan extraction Ms mother, Josephine Hendrickson, was of Irish descent.
In 1864 the family moved to Manchester, Ohio, and in 1865, on account of the father's failing health, to Wapella, Illinois.
When eighteen years of age, Professor Herrick taught a country school. He entered Eureka College in 1881 and graduated in '86. The two years following he was Professor of Mathematics in his Alma Mater. In 1888 he became a student at Harvard College, graduating there in 1890. Professor Herrick is a self-made man, the means used in procuring his education having been obtained by his own labor.
He was married July 29, 1890, to Miss Mary Musick, of Eureka Illinois. They have two sons.
In September, 1890, Professor Herrick took charge of the Greek department of Eureka College, which position he holds at present.
Source:
A History of Eureka College, St. Louis: Christian Publishing
Company, 1894.