Augustus Horr

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Civil War Record
Name: Augustus E Horr ,
Residence: Waterford, Maine
Enlistment Date: 03 May 1861
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Maine
Unit Numbers: 1035 1035
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 03 May 1861 at the age of 23Enlisted in Company G, 1st Infantry Regiment Maine on 03 May 1861.Mustered out Company G, 1st Infantry Regiment Maine on 05 August 1861 in Portland, ME

Name: Augustus E Horr ,
Residence: Waterford, Maine
Enlistment Date: 04 April 1864
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Maine
Unit Numbers:1028 1028
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 04 April 1864 at the age of 25Enlisted in Company A, 14th Infantry Regiment Maine on 04 April 1864.Discharged Company A, 14th Infantry Regiment Maine on 17 July 1865

Name: Augustus E Horr ,
Residence: Waterford, Maine
Enlistment Date: 26 March 1864
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Maine
Unit Numbers: 1028 1028
Service Record: Sick at Washington, DC Hospl (1864) Enlisted as a Private on 26 March 1864 at the age of 25 Enlisted in Company H, 14th Infantry Regiment Maine on 26 March 1864. Discharged Company H, 14th Infantry Regiment Maine on 17 July 1865

From: History of Minnesota
Augustus E. Horr
The late Augustus E. Horr was one of the pioneer leaders in the lumber and logging industry in Minnesota, coming to St. Anthony in 1865, immediately after the close of the Civil war. He was a member of the old lumbering firm of Leavitt, Horr & Company until 1878, when an association with J. S. Pillsbury and others was formed under the name of the Gulf River Lumber Company, Mr. Horr serving as its treasurer. He also became interested, with his son-in-law, Mr. E. W. Backus, in what is now the Backus-Brooks Company, lumber manufacturers and merchants of Minneapolis. Mr. Horr was vice president of the latter organization at the time of his death. He died at his home in Minneapolis September 15, 1908, after an illness of more than two years. His high ideals, simplicity and straightforwardness of character in his everyday life made his name synonymous with business integrity for nearly fifty years in Minneapolis commercial circles. Augustus E. Horr was born at Waterford, Maine, in 1838. A native of the Pine Tree State, he possessed the rugged qualities of its hills and forests and came almost naturally into lumbering as a business, and it is a noteworthy fact that many of the ablest characters in not only the lumbering but other industrial lines of the Northwest have been from Maine and adjacent states of New England. In 1861 Augustus E. Horr enlisted in Company G, First Maine Volunteer Infantry, and saw active service with that regiment, contracting while in the service a malignant form of measles, which left his eyes in a very weak condition. However, immediately upon being released from the hospital he rejoined his regiment, and as a result, entirely lost the sight of one eye. He was an ardent patriot and for many years was identified with the Rawlins Post No. 126 of the Grand Army of the Republic at Minneapolis. For many years he was also a trustee of the First Congregational Church of Minneapolis. Mr. Horr's associates knew him to be a man with whom hard work was a native characteristic, straightforward in all his dealings, a keen and efficient business man of scrupulous honesty whose word was as good as his bond and the mere mention of his name in connection with any business or enterprise was sufficient guaranty of its worthiness. Mr. Horr is survived by his widow, Emily Leavitt Horr, a daughter of Josiah Leavitt, and by two children - a daughter, Mrs. E. W. Backus, and a son, Mr. Renselaer Leavitt Horr. Mrs. Horr still resides at the old homestead, No. 421 Fourth Street, S.E., Minneapolis, and her son, Mr. Renselaer L. Horr, resides at No. 419 Fourth Street, S. E., next door to the place where he was born. He has followed in his father's footsteps in the lumber business and is one of Minneapolis' progressive business men

Groom's Name: Augustus E. Horr
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Groom's Birthplace: Of Hennepin, Mn
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Bride's Name: Emily E. Levitt
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Marriage Date: 19 Jun 1869
Marriage Place: St. Anthony, Hennepin, Minnesota
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M73667-8
System Origin: Minnesota-EASy
Source Film Number: 1380420
Reference Number: bkE5 p239 cn239
Collection: Minnesota Marriages, 1849-1950

Name: Augustus E. Horr
Gender: Male
Burial Date: 17 Sep 1908
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Death Date: 15 Sep 1908
Death Place: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
Age: 70
Birth Date: 06 Mar 1838
Birthplace: Maine
Occupation: Lumberman
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
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Father's Name: Phillip Horr
Father's Birthplace: Maine
Mother's Name: Catherine Estes
Mother's Birthplace: Maine
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B07011-8
System Origin: Minnesota-EASy
Source Film Number: 1499042
Reference Number: cn 116
Collection: Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990

Augustus married Emily Leavitt on 19 Jun 1869 in St. Anthony, Hennepin Co, Minnesota, USA. Emily (daughter of Josiah Leavitt and Sallie Hill) was born on 16 Aug 1841 in Naples, Cumberland Co, Maine, USA; died on 15 Jul 1932 in , Hennepin Co, Minnesota, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Elizabeth Horr was born about 1862 in Maine, USA; died on 24 Nov 1956 in ; was buried in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, Minnesota, USA (Lakewood Cemetery).
2. Renselaer Horr was born on 15 Jun 1875 in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, Minnesota, USA; died on 17 Dec 1954 in , Kandiyohi Co, Minnesota, USA.

William married Sally Bartlett. [Group Sheet]

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Bride's Name: Hannah Harradon
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Marriage Date: 03 Sep 1757 [Marriage Intention]
Marriage Place: Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01079-4
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
Source Film Number: 2031210
Reference Number: item 1 p 32
Collection: Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910

Found in: "History of Waterford Maine 1775-1875" page 42
" ?..Sept. 8th, of the same year (1873), Philip Hor, originally from Taunton (Ma.), but last from Brookfield, Mass., came to examine a lot of land (Lot.5, Range 9.) which he had previously bought, about half a mile west of Joel Plummer's. The next June two of his sons came with him; they spent the summer clearing land. Late in the fall he returned to Brookfield (Ma.), leaving his sons to brave the severity of a long winter, or go to the older settlements. At that time there was considerable lumbering done in the coast towns. June, 1785, he came with his wife, who was from Norton, Mass. They suffered great hardships on the way. Their household goods were brought from Stevens Brook (Bridgton, Maine) on the backs of those who helped them in; for at this time the Scoggin trail, a mere bridle path, was the only road into Waterford.
They were disappointed in a house and provisions, which they had bargained for. So Mr. Hor built a hut of hemlock bark, and this was their only shelter for two years. They had not even a cow. Their nearest neighbors were three miles away, the Hamlins, who lived south of Tom pond. During six weeks of winter this family saw no human beings but themselves and no animal but a dog. When they wanted meal they had either to back the corn twelve miles to Stevens Brook, or go out and get a horse, which occupied a day, take the grist to mill, which occupied another, and the third day return the horse. Mrs. Hor was for some time the only woman in the plantation in full communion with the church." -

http://books.google.com/books?dq=%22Asa%20Johnson%22%20waterford%20Maine&q=asa%20johnson&id=Qwg1AAAAIAAJ&output=text&pg=PA257
Philip Horr married Hannah Harrington. Mr. Horr moved from Norton, Mass., to Brookfield, Mass., and thence to Waterford. His was the first family as such in town. Mrs. Horr was the first woman in town. They came here soon after the revolutionary war, and lived half a mile west of Joel S. Plummer.
Children:
Hannah, m. Asa Johnson.
Asa.
Isaac, m. Rebecca Heald.
John, m. 1st, Atherton; 2d, Anna Hobbs.
Abram, m. Mary Hall.
Abigail, m. Elijah Potter

Who was Philip's father?
Comments by Roz: MrsEdson(at)gmail.com
Norton T. Horr, in his book "A Record of Descendants of Hezekiah Hoar" (See page 9: https://archive.org/stream/recordofdescenda00horr#page/8/mode/2up ), states that Philip was son of either William or Isaac. It is my opinion that Philip was a son of Isaac.

Regarding Philip Hor/Horr, born 1734, married Hannah Harodon/Harrodon.

I feel that he (Philip) was most probably son of Isaac Hoar and Abigail Staples, and not son of William Hoar and Sarah Macomber. I would be most interested if anyone should ever find info. that would help my case. What I have so far:

Norton T. Horr (author of : A Record of Descendants of Hezekiah Hoar) says:
1. "Sarah Macomber was dau. of William Macomber". I feel, that although William Macomber (and wife, Sarah Holloway) did have a dau. named Sarah, being born 3-13-1709, she would not have been old enough to marry William Hoar in or around 1715.

2. The Macomber genealogy, pg. 91, says Sarah, dau. of John and Hannah (Bobbit/Babbit) Macomber m. William Hoar abt. 1715 and that this Sarah died 1757 as opposed to Norton's date of 1753.

3. As to the children of William Hoar and Sarah Macomber, Norton T. Horr says:
"A careful search of all known records fails to disclose the names of his (William Hoar's) children, except Anna. He [William Hoar] and his brother Isaac were the only ones of the name then in Taunton whose children are not known. There is strong evidence to believe that he had: Jacob, d. 1756, Ruth, Anna who married (Seth) Hodges; and Philip".

4. I think it has become accepted, by now, that Anna (who married Seth Hodges) was dau. of Jonathan Hoar and not William Hoar based on what the Macomber genealogy says on pg. 14: "Sept 8, 1735 Jonathan Hoar petitioned the court to appoint a guardian for his daughter Anna, who was then seven years old and had a claim on the estate of John Macomber through her mother".

5. I feel that Philip Hoar/Hor was a son of Isaac Hoar and Abigail Staples because this family also used surname Hor.
Philip Hoar/Hor m. Hannah Haradon/Harradon.
The Haradon/Harradon family was of Norton, Ma.
Philip Hoar/Hor was of Norton Ma. before moving to Maine.
Charity, dau. of Isaac Hoar and Abigail Staples m. John Harodon/Harrodon who was brother of Hannah Harodon/Harrodon who married Philip Hoar/Hor.

6. At the time of Norton's book he (Norton Horr) apparently did not know Philip's date of birth since it is not included. Philip was born 1734. This date fits better with Isaac Hoar/Hor's children then with m. date of 1715 for William and Sarah (Macomber) Hoar. (Philip would have been born 18/19 yrs. after their marriage...Possible but I think improbable.) Philip and Hannah (Harradon) Hoar/Hor named one son Isaac and named no son William. And since Norton says that William and Isaac Hoar were the only ones whose children were not known...I think it's a pretty good case, so far, for Philip to be son of Isaac Hoar/Hor and not William Hoar.

DAR Patriot Index - Centennial Edition - Part 2- page 1441. The info is as
follows: "Philip: b c 1732 MA d 11-14-1822 ME m Hannah Harraden Pvt MA."

Philip married Hannah Haradon about 1757 in Norton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA. Hannah (daughter of William Haradon and Abigail Gray) was born on 13 Feb 1734 in Norton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died in in . [Group Sheet]

John married Naoma York. Naoma was born about 1750 in Bethel, Oxford Co, Maine, USA. [Group Sheet]