Joseph Heringer, (Second Generation) was the 2nd of five children born to John & Geertje in Holland. He was 7 years old when he sailed for America with his parents. He helped his dad on the Merritt Island dairy as a young boy and then as a teen on their new ranch in East Sacramento. Joseph married Martha at the age of 24 and farmed in East Sacramento until returning to Clarksburg in 1901 at the age of 38. He rented farm ground on Merritt Island until 1906 when he bought a farm in the Lisbon district just north of Clarksburg. There he farmed hay, grain, and some row crops until his death in 1912. Joseph was Michael W. Heringer's (great)2 grandfather. The name was Americanized in the late 1800's.