MAN, WHOSE FATHER BROUGHT FIRST REAPER AND MOWER TO
OREGON DIES
Word has been received of the death of David A. Herren
at Spray, Oregon. Mr. Herren was a brother of George
Herren, a commission merchant of Portland. Mr. Herren
was born in April, 1849, on his father's ranch, four
miles east of Salem, and when a young man moved to
Eastern Oregon, of which section he was a pioneer
merchant and sheepman. His father, W.J. Herren, came to
Oregon in 1845, and was the first man to import the
reaper, mower and thresher into this state. Mr.
Herren is survived by four children, Mrs. Mabel Slaght,
Misses Wallah and Eva Herren and Claude Herren, all of
Heppner.
January 29, 1911 Morning Oregonian,
Portland Oregon
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