This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Herrington Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1787 Message Board Post: THE COUNCIL BLUFFS DAILY NONPAREIL. July 12, 1876.--Cyrus Herrington, a boy of sixteen, was accidentally shot at Bartlett, Iowa, on the morning of the 5th of July by a pistol in the hands of youthful companion. The fall entered about the elbow of the right arm, and lodged close to the wrist where it still remained as of the 7th.