"History of Southern Oregon, Comprising Jackson, Josephine, Douglas, Curry and
Coos Counties.  Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources."  A. G. Walling,
Publisher.  Portland, OR.  1884.  pg. 530.

HON. BINGER HERMAN

     Mr. Herman was born in Lonaconing, Pennsylvania, in 1843.  The son of that
Dr. Henry Herman, who, as narrated elsewhere in this work, founded the colony of
Baltimore immigrants on the headwaters of the Coquille.  the son received a
suitable education at various country schools, and at the Irving college in
Winchester, Md., graduating from the latter institution at the age of seventeen.
In 1859 the Hermans set out with about twenty other families, like themselves of
German descent, and after a long voyage came to Port Orford, and eventually
found their way to the fertile and beautiful country about the south fork of the
Coquille, and there located permanently, colonizing the region and doing their
utmost to bring out its capabilities.  Binger Herman, in 1860, being then
eighteen years old, opened a school for the instruction of the neighboring
youth, it being the first ever established in the Coquille valley.  A short time
later we find him pursuing his profession of teaching in Yoncalla valley, and in
Canyonville.  Successful as a teacher, he was not satisfied with the inducements
the pursuit offered, and in 1865 he turned to the profession of the law and
began preparation for that arduous yet successful career which he has since
followed.  In 1866,he was admitted to the bar, and in the same year received his
first civic honor in being elected to the lower branch of the legislature of
Oregon.  Shortly after, Mr. Herman proceeded to San Francisco and entered the
law office of Hon. John B. Felton, the great civil lawyer, and continued there
his studies in jurisprudence, with the greatest profit.  In 1868 he was elected
joint senator for Douglas, Coos and Curry counties, and three years later was
appointed by the president Receiver of the Roseburg land office.  This position
he held for two years, relinquishing it to enter upon the practice of the law at
Roseburg, which he has since pursued with success and an increasing reputation.
Mr. Herman was married in Douglas county in 1868, to Miss Flora Tibbetts.  The
have four children:  Cyrus, Schiller, Milton and Mabel. 

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in July 2005 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.