Born, Greensburg, Ky., son of Archer Gray Herndon (1795-1867) and Rebecca Day Herndon (1790-1875)

Moved to Macon County, Ill.

Moved to Sangamon County, Ill.

Moved to Springfield, Ill.

Student, preparatory department, Illinois College, Jacksonville, Ill.

Married Mary J. Maxcy (1822-1861), the daughter of James Maxcy and Maria Cook Maxcy, with whom he would have six children

Admitted to bar and formed law partnership with Abraham Lincoln

Elected mayor of Springfield, Ill.

Married Anna Miles (1836-1893), the daughter of George Uriah Miles and Jane McCoy Miles, with whom he would have four children, three of whom lived to adulthood.

Inherited over 500 acres of farmland in Fancy Creek Township, Ill., after father's death. Herndon renamed the property Fairview.

Sold copies of his "Lincoln Record" to Ward Hill Lamon

Moved to Fairview after losing home in Springfield, Ill., due to debts. Herndon would be forced to sell most of his farm in the coming years.

Unsuccessful campaign for district attorney, Sangamon County, Ill.

Elected to school board, District 5, Township 17, Sangamon County, Ill.

Curator, Lincoln Memorial Collection, Chicago, Ill.

Coauthored with Jesse W. Weik Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life External(Chicago: Belford, Clarke. 3 vols.)

Died, Springfield, Ill., just hours after his son Willie died. Interred at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.

Tombstone dedicated at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.

Born, Greencastle, Ind., son of Louis Weik (1830-1898) and Catharine Schmidt Weik (1838-1881)

A.B., Indiana Asbury (now DePauw) University, Greencastle, Ind.

A.M., Indiana Asbury University, Greencastle, Ind.

Admitted to bar but never practiced

In response to Weik's request for an Abraham Lincoln autograph, William H. Herndon sent him a double-sided leaf from Lincoln's arithmetic or sum book (now part of the Herndon-Weik Collection of Lincolniana)

Agreement with Herndon to coauthor book on Abraham Lincoln

Coauthored with William H. Herndon Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life External(Chicago: Belford, Clarke. 3 vols.)

Married Frances Almaretta Hays (d. Mar. 19, 1911)

Published Abraham Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life External(New York: D. Appleton. 2 vols.), a revised edition of Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life (Chicago: Belford, Clarke. 3 vols.)

Published History of Putnam County External(B. F. Bowen & Company)

Published The Real Lincoln: A Portrait External (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company)

Moved to Larchmont, N.Y.

Died, Larchmont, N.Y. Interred Forest Hill Cemetery, Greencastle, Ind.