Background
Herr, Hiero Benjamin was born on November 12, 1842 in Lancaster Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Benjamin G. and Mary Emma (Witmer) Herr.
Herr, Hiero Benjamin was born on November 12, 1842 in Lancaster Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Benjamin G. and Mary Emma (Witmer) Herr.
Graduated from the United States Military Academy, 1866.
Second Lieutenant and First lieutenant, United States Artillery. Resigned May 15, 1870. In charge mathematics, et cetera, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1870-1874.
Superintendent silver mines in Colorado, 1874-1878.
In charge engineering parties in Mississippi, for United States Government, 1879-1882. Made survey for location Mississippi and Illinois Canal, 1882.
In charge department civil engineering, University of California, 1883-1884. Engineering business, Chicago, as Hiero B. Herr & Company, 1884-1895.
President Chicago Star Construction Company, 1895-1900.
Cons, mining engineer, since 1911.
Married Martha A. Shenk, June 25, 1868.