In memory of S. K. HerrAuthor of the memorial page is Cemetery Manager

Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Kendig Herr was born on July 10, 1842 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. In 1860 his family was living in Marietta, Pennsylvania, but by 1863 had re-located to Manchester, Maryland. Lieutenant Colonel Herr enlisted in West Chester, Pennsylvania on June 6, 1861, and was mustered into service in Baltimore on July 26, 1861 as a Private. Wounded in action (gunshot to left hip) on June 20, 1862 at the battle of Charles City Crossroads (a.k.a. Frayser's farm) and captured, he was confined at Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia. He received a parole on July 19, 1862 at City Point, Virginia. Cited for heroism, Private Herr was recommended for promotion by General John F. Reynolds. Herr re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer and on June 5, 1864, transferred to Company I, 191st Pennsylvania Infantry as a First Lieutenant and was promoted again, this time to Captain, on September 10, 1864. He was brevetted a Lieutenant Colonel and detached to the staff of the Third Division of the Fifth Corps as aide-de-camp to General Samuel W. Crawford. Lieutenant Colonel Herr was honorably discharged from the army on July 6, 1865. Following his wartime service, Herr enrolled in Millersville Normal School in Lancaster County but dropped out due to service-related health issues. He moved to Westminster where he and his brother developed a very successful carriage building business. He married Emily Ann Gorsuch Buckingham, the widow of fellow Westminster Civil War veteran Henry Furlong Test Buckingham on February 10, 1886. They had no children. Herr was appointed Postmaster of Westminster, Maryland in 1907. He was a member of Westminster's Burns Post No. 13, Grand Army of the Republic. Herr died on February 14, 1910.