Editing David Herold (section)

=== Early Life ===
David E. Herold was born on June 16, 1842 and was the sixth of eleven children of Adam George Herold and Mary Ann Porter. As the only son to survive to adulthood, he and his family lived in a boarding brick house at 636 Eight Street in Washington D.C near the Washington Navy Yard. A student at the Conzaga College High School and Rittenhouse Academy, Herold worked as a pharmacist clerk for a doctor. A lifelong friend to Mary Surratt's son, John, since they first met in Charlotte Hall Military Academy in the 1850's, they met the famous actor and Confederate actor John Wilkes Booth.