Clinton Horr

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Name: Clinton S. Horr
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 10 Jun 1876
Death Place: Wellington, Lorain, Ohio
Age: 5
Birth Date: 1871
Birthplace: Wellington, O
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Race: White
Marital Status: Single
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B05174-8
System Origin: Ohio-EASy
Source Film Number: 1294335
Reference Number: v 1 p 112 fn 2550
Collection: Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997

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He died just hours after his mother.
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From: Ohio Biographical Sketches, 1876
Name: Charles William Horr
Manufacturer, was born in Avon, Lorain county, Ohio, January 25th, 1837. He entered college at Oberlin, Ohio, in 1856, and in 1860 graduated from the Antioch College. He was then engaged for one year in teaching in the Union Schools of Vandalia, Illinois, and at the expiration of that time entered the army as Captain in the 35th Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He received his commission from the Governor of Illinois in 1861. At the close of a period of eighteen months he resigned his commission and commenced operating in stocks. About the termination of the rebellion he erected, in conjunction with his brother, the first cheese factory in northern Ohio. Since his entry into this business he has continued to sustain it with energy and success, and the house in which he is now a partner is at the present time the largest manufacturer of cheese and butter in the United States. His house is known under the style of Bramm & Horr. He is a Director of the Savings Bank of Elyria, and of the First National Bank of Wellington. Although admitted to the bar in Columbus in 1864 by the Supreme Court, he has never practised his profession, but devoted his time and attention entirely to his manufacturing business. By careful management he has accumulated considerable property, and gained a leading position by his unswerving integrity amid his fellow-townsmen. Politically, he is a liberal Republican. He was married in 1860 to Esther A. Lang, of Huntington, Ohio, daughter of Rev. Mr. Lang.

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ILLINOIS CIVIL WAR DETAIL REPORT
Name: HORR, CHARLES W
Rank: CPT
Company: B
Unit: 35 IL US INF
Residence: VANDALIA, FAYETTE CO, IL
Age: 24
Height: 5' 7 1/2
Hair: BROWN
Eyes: GRAY
Complexion: LIGHT
Marital Status: MARRIED
Occupation: TEACHER
Nativity: AVON, LORAINE CO, OH
Joined When: JUL 3, 1861
Joined Where: VANDALIA, IL
Joined By Whom: N/A
Period: 3 YRS
Muster In: AUG 28, 1861
Muster In Where: ST LOUIS, MO
Muster In By Whom: N/A
Muster Out: N/A
Muster Out Where: N/A
Muster Out By Whom: N/A
Remarks: RESIGNED OCT 20, 1862

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Medina County Gazette-October 3, 1894: the death of Charles W. Horr which occurred at his home in Wellington, Wednesday before noon of last week, is not only an imparable lose to that village, but will cause deep regret and sorrow through this section of northern Ohio.
He was a man very widely known of excellent business capabilities, and one who had made a remarkable success of life and all the undertakings with which he had been identified. He had a host of friends in Medina County, especially the western part. He is the brother to R G. Horr, the well-known political writer of the New York Tribune. The funeral was held on Friday afternoon and was attended by a large concourse of friends, including many from abroad.
Submitted by Beverly Sprowl Teibel

Charles married Esther Lang on 12 Aug 1860 in Huntington, Lorain Co, Ohio, USA. Esther (daughter of Reuel Lang and Amy Hart) was born on 13 Apr 1837 in Huntington, Lorain Co, Ohio, USA; died on 15 Apr 1928 in Wellington, Lorain Co, Ohio, USA; was buried in Wellington, Lorain Co, Ohio, USA (Greenwood Cemetery). [Group Sheet]

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Name : Ester A. Horr
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Death date : 15 Apr 1928
Death place : Wellington, Lorain, Ohio
Birth date : 13 Apr 1837
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Birth place : Huntington, Ohio
Age at death : 90 years 2 days
Gender : Female
Marital status : Widowed
Race or color : Caucasian
Street address : 5th. Main St.
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Burial date : 17 Apr 1928
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Cemetery name : Greenwood Cem.
Spouse name : Chas. W. Horr
Father name : Rhul Lang
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Father birth place : New Hampshire
Mother name : Amy Hart
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Mother birth place : Vermont
GSU film number : 1991207
Digital GS number : 4022088
Image number : 2606
Certificate number : cn 24448
Collection : Ohio Deaths 1908-1953

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Obituary of her brother:
Id#: 0197986
Name: Lang, Josiah B.
Published Date: April 12, 1904
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #049.
Notes: Lang-Josiah B., at residence of his son, W. W. Lang, No. 1383 Cedar ave., Sunday at 5:20 p. m, aged 80 years. Funeral at Wellington, O., Wednesday at 1 p. m. at the residence of his sister, Mrs. E. A. Horr.

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He was a blacksmith at Pomfret and Waitesfield, Vermont.

Name: Roswell Hoar
Gender: Male
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Birth Date: 13 Jan 1796
Birthplace: Pomfret, Windsor, Vermont
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Father's Name: John Hoar
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Mother's Name: Theodosia
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01573-6
System Origin: Vermont-EASy
Source Film Number: 28665
Reference Number: 24
Collection: Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908

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Roswell married Caroline Turner on 25 Oct 1829 in Waitsfield, Washington Co, Vermont, USA. Caroline (daughter of Ralph Turner and Lucy Carpenter) was born on 21 Jan 1805 in ; died on 3 Oct 1894 in Wellington, Lorain Co, Ohio, USA; was buried in Avon, Lorain Co, Ohio, USA (Avon Cemetery). [Group Sheet]

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Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio

|[ H. LANG. The Lang family, of k. I which this gentleman is a worthy \\Ji representative, and which was at one time quite numerous in Huntington, Lorain county, can trace their genealogy back to Plvmouth Rock. The earliest known member of the fam- ily was one Robert Lang, a seafaring man who came from Scotland as early as 1630. He built a house at Portsmouth, N. H., some time between 1635 and 1650, which is still standing in a very good condition. It was built or New Hampshire Pasture Oak. The walls are bricked up between the studs with brick broucrht from Eng- land, and the nails were hand made. This house was occupied by English soldiers during the King Philip war; was also oc- cupied by Governor Wentworth, and shel- tered General Washington when he visited New England. This is one of the oldest houses in the New England States, and relics of it are tiow in the possession of some of the younger members of this old family. The following line brings this family down to the present numerous gen- eration: First from Robert was John, then a sec- ond John, who was a Revolutionary soldier. Then Bickford, and a second Bickford, who was a captain of militia in the war of 1812. He was born in Rye, N. H., married Abi- gail Locke, and settled in Epsom, N. H., where he reared a numerous family. His eldest son William was the first to leave the parent nest, and go to what was then the '?W Far West." His brother Reuel soon followed, and both settled in Huntington, Lorain county, about the year 1821, being among the first settlers of that township. David, another son of Bickford, followed about 1835, and the father came in 1838, all of them settling in Huntington. An- O IT) other son, John, settled in Ashland, Ohio, where he was for a number of years a prosperous merchant and business man, and where he died in 1847. Benjamin, another son, graduated at Kenyon College, Gambler, Ohio, and was for some time a professor of that college; he died in Kansas in 1885. David spent the most of his life, after coming to Ohio, in Hunt- ington, a prosperous farmer, and died at the home of his son John in Rochester in 1884. Josiah Crosby, the youngest son of this family, enlisted in the war of the Rebellion, but was taken sick and died be- fore he had seen any active service, his death occurring in 1861. Of the two boys who first came to Ohio, Reuel was a cabinet maker, and worked at the trade of carpenter and joiner for many years; and many of the first frame structures of Lorain county show his handiwork. He was fen- many years a local preacher among the Methodists. The last years of his life he spent in Wellington, surrounded by many of his children, where he peacefully passed away in March, 1891, in the eighty- ninth year of his age. William, the eld- est son, is still living with his son John in Wasioja, Minn., in his ninety-sixth year. Bickford, Jr., was the only one of this numerous family who did not "go west." He remained in his native State, and is still living at Franklin, N. PI. There were four girls in this family: Maria, who married Dr. Babli, and died at Man- chester, N. H.; Lorenda, married to Kim- ball Prescott, and died at Marinette, AVis.; Sarah, who married Morrill Chesley, and still lives in New Hampshire, and Abigail, who married Milton Barker, and died at Oberlin, Ohio. Beyond this brief review, this history will have only to do with the later generation, and with those who have been more intimately connected with the history of Lorain county. Of the descendants of this family, only the children of Reuel settled in this county. Josiah Bickford, the eldest, married Lorena Chapman, and for a number of years lived in Huntington, where he fol- lowed the trade of carpenter; for more than twenty years he was engaged in the tin, stove and hardware trade in Welling- ton. He served a term as mayor of that village, and by his enterprise and counsel added much to its prosperity; for the last few years his home has been in Cleveland; he had four children ? -three eons and one daughter, viz.: Watson W. and Charles, both in business in Cleveland; Eva A., now the wife of George M. Cad- well, a business man in Cleveland ; the tirst-born son was killed when a cliild by the kick of a horse. The next son is Jesse H., the subject proper of this sketch, of whom further mention will presently be made. Cyrus Welcome, the third son, lived at home in Huntington till the age of twenty, when he visited his relatives in New Hampshire, where he died in his twentieth year. Louisa Maria, the eldest daughter, married Peter S. Wright, lived a short time in Huntington, a number of years in Oberlin, moved to Vermontville, Mich., where he accumulated some prop- erty, and about ten years ago returned to Wellington, where he still resides. Mr. Wright was famed as being one of the most ingenious mechanics in the country, He enlisted in the army and served with honor, and is now retired in broken health, on a small pension. They had three chil- dren, two of whom died in infancy, and the third, Grace, is now the wife of Utley AVedcre, and resides in Cleveland. Esther Abigail, the next daughter, married Charles W. Horr, a prosperous business man of Wellington; they had a family of four boys, the eldest of which is a lawyer in Cleveland, ai;d the rest still live in Well- ington. Charles, the fourth son, died at Huntington in the twentieth year of his age. Olive Amy, the youngest daughter, after graduating from Oberlin College, married Dr. Meriden B. Lukens, who practiced medicine for many years in Illi- nois, Wisconsin, and Cleveland, Ohio, and finally drifted to Dalton, Ga., where they now reside. George Locke, the next son in line, grew to sixteen years of age in Huntington; then went to Wisconsin and took a position in the store of his brother Jesse, and when the war broke out he en- listed in Company G, Twelfth Wisconsin Volunteers, in which he served gallantly and faithfully; was severely wounded at the siege of Atlanta, Ga., a minie ball being permanently left in his right lung; after he returned from the war he studied telegraphy, and has been engaged in that occupation ever since; he is now engaged in important work of this kind in the East, with a residence in Boston; he married Lizzie Viles, at Oberlin, and they have one daughter, now married and residing in Washington, D. C. Merrill Warner, the youngest of this family, also grew to man- hood in Huntington, married and settled in Wellington, where he now resides, an honored citizen. He has been many years a member of the village council, and has had much to do with the aflfairs of that village; he has one son. Burton Lang, who is married and lives in Cleveland. Five generations of Langs have lived and flourished in Lorain county ? Watson, the son of Josiah, having two children, and Bur- ton, the son of Merrill, having one. Bickford, of tlie first generation, died in Hunt- ington at the age of about ninety years, and Reuei, of tiie next in line, died in Wellington as before stated. Of David's family, Albert, the eldest, died in Hunt- ington; John, the second son, lives in Rochester; Lydia Ann, the oldest daugh- ter, is now the wife of Horatio Norton, and lives in Huntington; Henry, a younger son, entered the army, and was killed in action. The names mentioned above com- prise all or nearly all of this numerous family who have been identified with Lorain county. While this family has nut produced any great men, there never has been any stain on its moral character, none of them ever having been in either Con- gress or Penitentiary. Jesse Hart Lang, whose name opens this sketch, was born in Huntington townsiiip, Loraiti Co., Ohio, December 21, 1827, a sun of Reuel and Amy (Hart) Lang, na- tives respectively of New Hampshire and Vermont. He was named after his ma- ternal grandfather. Mr. Lang grew to manhood in his native town, attended school in Oberlin a number of years, and engaged in teaching and study from 1844 to 1848. On January 1, of the latter year, lie married Miss Mary E. Fitch, of Shef- field township, Lorain county, a daughter of Samuel B. and Dolly (Smith) Fitch, na- tives of Massachusetts and early settlers of Shefiield township, Lorain county. The first two years of our subject's married life were spent on a farm in Huntington town- ship, after which he removed to Olmsted Falls, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, where he was engaged in managing a woolen factory for five years. In 1856, with his young wife and one daughter, he went to Grand Kap- ids, Wis., where he was in the employ of the Government, and at the same time studied law. While there he was a candi- date for the Legislature, but was defeated, the District being largely Democratic. For ten years he was there engaged in the businesses of land surveyor, lawyer and merchant. Returning to Oberlin in 1870, he has here since resided, engaged in the profession of attorney and general busi- ness agency. He is a Republican, and cast his first vote for the Free-soil party. Socially he is a F. & A. M., and he and his wife are members of the Congrega- tional Church. They had si.x; children, all of whom died young, ttie youngest, Carrie, at the age of thirteen years. Mr. Lang published a work entitled ''Childrens' Pictorial Bible," containing twenty thou- sand illustrations (seven hundred of them being electro-plates) and a topical analysis. He spent twenty years on the work.

Reuel married Amy Hart about 1823. Amy (daughter of Jesse Hart) was born on 29 Jan 1805 in Wallingford Twp, Rutland Co, Vermont, USA; died on 22 Oct 1898 in Wellington, Lorain Co, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet]

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A blacksmith at Pomfret, Vermont.

Name: John Hoar
Gender: Male
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Birth Date: 21 Jul 1765
Birthplace: Pomfret, Windsor, Vermont
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Father's Name: Elijah Hoar
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Mother's Name: Anna
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01573-6
System Origin: Vermont-EASy
Source Film Number: 28665
Reference Number: 14
Collection: Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908

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Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio

THE HORR FAMILY. Among the pioneer families planted in Lorain county few have left more numer- ous descendants than the one now under consideration; and in no other instance have so many brothers risen to public note and business prominence. For several generations the Horr family had lived at Pomfret, Vt. The grandfather of the Horr brothers, now living in Ohio, was Deacon John Horr, and, back of him, the heads of the Horr family were a line of deacons; but this religious ardor has not been preserved in its orthodox purity to the present generation. The original emigrants of the Horr family to Ohio were Roswell Horr and his two sisters, Mary and Lucina. Mary Horr married Joseph B. Jainison, of Avon ; Lucina Ilorr married Samuel Robinson, formerly of Vermont. She died in Wisconsin without issue. Roswell Horr was born in Pomfret, Vt., January 13, 1796. He had but meager educational advantages in early life, atid he served an apprenticeship to the trade of blacksmith, which he made his chief vocation. In 1834 he emigrated to Ohio, and locateil in Avon township, Lorain county, where he bought and improved a farm, upon which he afterward erected, as the family home, what is now known as the Dr. Townsend residence, situated about one and a half miles cast of the village of French Creek. He also built a blacksmith shop on the farm, and there worked at his trade. Notwithstanding his limited edu- cation, and the fact that he lived only seven years after coming to Ohio ? his death having occurred April 25, 1841 ? he had laid an excellent foundation for his future. He had served his community as justice of the peace and postmaster in a creditable manner, and he left hia family a home of seventy odd acres unencum- bered, and fifty acres more that was nearly paid for. Common sense and strict in- tegrity marked his actions both public and private. For his first wife he married Miss Lucinda Wheeler, who bore him two daughters: Lucinda, who married Bai'low G. Carpenter, of Olmsted Falls, Ohio; she now resides in Chicago, 111., and has two children ? Harry H., of Chicago, HI., and Mrs. Lucena McNeil. Lucina, the second daughter of Roswell Horr, married William S. Carpenter, of Olmsted Falls; she now lives with her son, Newton H. Car- penter, of Chicago, 111., who is secretary of the Art Institute of that city. After the death of his first wife, lioswell Ilorr mar- ried, in Waitsfield, Vt., in 1829, Miss Caroline Turner, a native of Moretown, same State, born in 1805, who is still living, residing in Wellington. Mrs. Horr was a woman not only of great heart and brain qualities, but she secured a more than average early education, and before her marriage was for many years a school teacher. While engaged in this vocation she taught Senator Carpenter, of Wiscon- sin, the alphabet. Her mother was a Miss Carpenter, and a great-aunt of the Senator. Mrs. Horr had eight sons, all of whom reached maturity except Henry and Frank, who died in their " teens," while attend- ing school at Oberlin. The eldest of this fjjmily was but a little over ten years of age at the time of the death of the fatiier, Koswell Horr. In the rearing of this large family of boys Mrs. Horr had ample op- portunity to exercise all her ingenuity and moral courage. If the ambition of the boy is inspired by early lessons, or his genius quickened by early incentives, how well she has succeeded is best told in the lives of her sons. The first birth occurred November 26, 1830, and by this she bore two sons ? one now Hon. Rollin A. Horr, of Wellington; the- other Hon. Roswell O. Horr, of New York City. Hon. Kollin A. Horr received an ele- mentary education in the public schools, and commenced life as a clerk in a store in Huntington, Lorain county. He sub- sequently entered the cheese business and farming and stock dealing there, and made that his home for fifteen years. He as- sisted in the organization of the First Na- tional Bank of Wellincrton in 18()4, and the spring of the same year removed to Wellington, which he has since made his home. He was cashier of the First Na- tional Bank for twenty-seven years, since which time he has been its vice-president. He was for a time a member of the exten- sive lumber firm of W. R. Santly & Co., and besides being vice-president of the First National Bank is now secretary of the Clarksfield Stone Comjtany. He was nominated by the regular Republican caucus, and elected to the State Senate from the Twenty-seventh and Twenty- ninth Senatorial Districts in 1879, serving during the sessions of 1880-81 and 1882- 83; was subsequently the Republican nominee from the Fourteenth Congres- sional District. On October 8, 1891, he was appointed special employe of the United States Treasury Department by Secretary Foster, and served in that capac- ity until June 1, 1898, when he was re- moved by the Democratic administration. Mr. Ilorr is a man of medium height, but large proportions. He has the natural, easy, pleasant bearing of a man long accus- tomed to do business with the public. He was married in 1853 to Miss Sarah A. Ames, from which union were born seven children, of whom one died in infancy; those living are: Abbie C, married to H. B. Hamlin; IloUin C, who was educated in Cornell University, and is now in the stone business in Philadelphia, Peiin. (he is servini^ his third term as member of the city council of Philadelpliia); Walter Scott, who graduated from Wellino'ton nio;h School, now a stenographer and book- keeper by profession, and residing in IJii- luth, Minn.; Warner M., also a graduate of Welliniiton Ilirrh School, now a book- keeper, residing in San Francisco, Cal.; Charles P., wiio was for iive years book- keeper in the First National Bank at Wellington, and is now a paving con- tractor of Philadelphia, Penn.; Nellie, a graduate of AVellington High School, and still at home. Hon. Roswell G. Horr is the other of the twin brothers. He is of national reputation as a politician and lecturer. He tirst attended the public schools, tlien took a partial course in Oberlin College, after which he attended Antioch College, and in 1857 graduated under Horace Maun. Returning to his native county, he v;a8 elected clerk of the court of com- mon pleas in the fall of 1857, and re- elected in 1800. While acting as clerk of the court he read law, and upon stepping out of the office was admitted to the bar, becoming a partner with Judge J. C. Hale, and pursuing the practice of law in Elyria for two years. In the spring of 1866 he removed to southeastern Missouri, engaged in mining business, and while there was the Republican nominee for the State Legislature. In the spring of 1872 he removed to East Saginaw, Mich., and was elected from the Eighth Congressional District, serving in the XLVI., XLVII. and XLVIII. Congresses of the United States of America. He is at present tariff editor of the New York WeeJclij aiul Semi- Weckhj Tribune. AVhen in Congress he participated in the leading debates and legislation of the day. He has perliaps made more political speeches than any otiiei' man living, Ijesides having prepared and delivered a number of lectures on literary and scientific subjects, which have given him a national reputation as a public lecturer. Mr. Horr was married in 1859 to Miss C. M. Pinney, and has four living children ? ^two sons and two daughters, viz.: Flora M., wife of Frederick Hebard, of Plain- field, N. J.; Frank, a merchant of Ithaca, Mich, (he was educated at East Saginaw and Orchard Lake State Military Acad- emy); Katherine, at home, engaged in literary work; and Rollin A., residing in Saginaw, Michigan. James C. Horr, the third cliild of Ros- well and Caroline (Turner) Horr, was born January 25, 1832. He received iiis edu- cation in the common schools of liis native place, which he supplemented with a course of study at Oberlin University. At the age of twenty-one years he went to Australia, remaining there fourteen years, at the end of which time he returned to, Lorain county, and there remained four years. His ne.xt trip was to California, and after spending si\\ years there he located permanently in the city of Olym- pia, now the capital of the State of Wash- ington. He served a term in the Terri- torial Legislature, and was for four years special agent of the United States Ti-easury Department during the GartieldArthur administration. He has served as mayor of Olympia, and is now a member of the State Senate of the State of Washington. He was for a time engaged in the furniture trade, but now operates a wholesale and retail feed and forwarding store, and real- estate business. He was married in Aus- tralia to Miss Lizzie Upton; has no living children. John Horr, born June 2, 1833, in Ver- mont, is the last of these children born in Vermont. He went to Australia with his brother, and subsequently to New Zealand, where he now resides. He married in Aus- tralia, and has one daughter. But little is known of his personal history. Rulph Turner Horr was born June 2, 1835. He was a harness maker by trade, which he followed in earlier life. Swbse- qiieutly he engaged with the American Express Company, and finally entered the United States Mail service. He died a few years since. He married a Miss Martha Barker, and left two sons: George, agent of the Merchants Despatch Transpor- tation Company, Chicago, 111. ; and Howard, in the employ of the Troy Laundry Manu- facturing Company, Chicago, Illinois. C. W. HoRK, leading business man and capitalist of Wellington, is a native of Lorain county, Ohio, born in Avon, Janu- ary 25, 1837. He was reared on the farm, during the brief winter months attending the schools of the locality till he was about sixteen years old, when he went to Cleve- land, with but a few dollars in his pocket, there to seek employment, a total stranger in the place, with solely himself to rely upon. Casting liis eye on the sign of a leading hack and omnibus line office, and understanding something of horses, he im- mediately applied for and found employ- ment as an omnibus driver. Falling into no dissipation, and allowing himself no in- dulgencies of any kind, he succeeded in saving some money, and at the end of five motiths he found himself in a financial position sufiicieiit to enable him to take a term at Oberlin College, which he did. He then taught school at Pittsfield Center, Lorain county. At the age of eighteen, with barely enough money to pay expenses, he took stage coach from Louisville to Nashville, Tenn., near which city he se- cured a position as teacher in Zion Semin- ary. In 1858 he became principal of the public schools of Napoleon, Ohio. In 1857 Mr. Horr entered Antioch (Ohio) College, graduating from there in 1860. On August 12, of the same year, he mar- ried Esther A. Lang of Huntington, Ohio, who has proved the kindest and wisest of wives and mothers. Indeed, Mr. Horr and all of his iTitimate friends would agree in regardintr his marriage as the most for- tunate event of his life. In the fall of 1860, with his wife as assistant, he became principal of the public schools of Vandalia, III. In that town he became a leading o local agitator in the cause of the Union, delivering many eloquent and patriotic speeches, and finally he organized Com- pany B, Thirty-fifth' O. V. I., of which he was made captain. With his command he did duly in Missouri, and served under Fremont, Halleck, Curtis, Jefferson C. Davis, and other leaders of the movement in Missouri. During the larger part of his service, he was employed as forage master or as brigade comniissary of sub- sistence, and during the latter part of his sei'vice he was attached to Gen. Buell's army. At the commencement of the war he was a Douglas Democrat. After he left the army, he returned to Lorain county, and in company with his brother, J. C. Horr, commenced the development of the cheese industry, building in Huntington township the first cheese factory in Lorain county. The firm of J. C Horr & Co. was succeeded by Starr & Horr, and at the end of a year that firm was succeeded by the i)resent cheese and butter firm of Horr, Warner & Co. Of this firm Mr. C. W. Horr has always been the recognized head, and its great success is largely due to his ability as a business man, and to his saga- city as a financier. Mr. Horr is also a memljer of the firm of Weati, Horr, Warner & Co., the most extensive onion and celery growers in Ohio, and probably the greatest onion growers in the world. He is also president of the well-known Wellington Milling Company, and has for years been a stockholder and director in the First National Bank of Wellington, Ohio, and also of the Savings Banking Company of Elyi-ia, Oiiio. Mr. Horr owns an extensive tract of land in Lorain and Medina counties, and is to a large extent engaged in the breeding of fine Holstein-Friesian cattle. In 1892 he was president of the National Holstein- Friesian Association, and he has recently >been elected president of the National Dairy Union. LORAIif COUNTY, OHIO. 651 In his earlier days Mr. Horr read law, and was admitted to the bar, and his knowl- edge of both law and general business has been of invalnal)ie service, not only to him- pelf but also to friends and others who frequently consult him on matters of im- portance and difficulty. In politics he is a Republican, and few campaigns have taken place since the war in which he has not taken a more or less active part, as he is a forcible public speaker, and keeps well posted on all political and public questions. He is also a writer of ability, a master of the English language, and an accomplished rhetorician. Although deeply immersed in his many business enterprises, Mr. Horr still finds time for the study of literature in the quiet of liis home, where he is sur- rounded by every comfort and finds the purest and greatest enjoyment of his life. In the very prime of manhood, he is a man of tine physique, and of great physical and mental energy. He is by no means the meekest of men; he is positive in his views and aggressive in his methods, and his power and influence have been felt in many political contests. Mr. and Mrs. Horr have had live sons, viz.: Norton T., a graduate of Cornell University, and member of the law firm of Boynton & Horr, of Cleveland, Ohio; Charles W., Jr., a graduate of Cornell University, now engaged in various busi- ness enterprises with his father; Clinton (deceased); Alfred E.., at present a member of the junior class of Cornell University, and Harley M., who still resides with his parents.

John married Theodosia Durkee on 7 Sep 1786 in Pomfret, Windsor Co, Vermont, USA. Theodosia (daughter of Bartholomew Durkee and Ruth Keyes) was born on 19 Feb 1764 in Pomfret, Windham Co, Connecticut, USA; died on 2 May 1827 in Woodstock, Windsor Co, Vermont, USA; was buried in Woodstock, Windsor Co, Vermont, USA (Cushing Cemetery). [Group Sheet]

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Ralph married Lucy Carpenter. Lucy was born on 27 Dec 1783 in Coventry, Tolland Co, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet]