Delia Brown, daughter of Sylvanus and Eliza Brown, was born in Bergen (Genesee County), New York, ca. 1840. She married Henry Herbert (1832-1906), ca. 1855, and the couple would have two children. On October 29, 1861, Henry E. Herbert enlisted as a private in Battery M, 1st New York Light Artillery. He was promoted to corporal the following February. He reenlisted on February 6, 1864, but was reduced to ranks on April 29. Herbert mustered out with the battery at Rochester, New York, on June 23, 1865. Following his military service, Henry returned to Bergen, and the family continues to be listed as town residents through the 1880 census, with Henry Herbert working as a farmer. By 1900, Delia Herbert was living in the Carlton (Orleans County), New York, home of her daughter and son-in-law, Albert "Headstead" [Hadstead], while Henry Herbert was living in the New York State Soldiers and Sailors Home in Steuben (Bath County). The 1905 New York state census shows Delia Herbert living with her son William and family in Byron (Genesee County). Delia Brown Herbert died in Albion, New York on November 17, 1907.