Robert Horr

1897 - 1978  (81 years)

• Name	Robert Horr
  Born	18 Jul 1897	Portsmouth, Scioto Co, Ohio, USA
  Gender	Male
  Census	1900 1920
  Died	27 Nov 1978	San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas, USA
  Buried	West Point, Orange Co, New York, USA (United States Military Academy Post Cemetery)
  Person ID	I23086	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	John Horr,   b. 19 May 1860, Ironton, Lawrence Co, Ohio, USA ,   d. 13 May 1947, Athens, Athens Co, Ohio, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Clara Johnson,   b. 16 Jun 1862, , Greenup Co, Kentucky, USA ,   d. 19 Nov 1954,  (Age 92 years)
  Married	20 Mar 1895
  Family ID	F4809	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Helen Robinson
  Married	Abt 1923
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2015
  Family ID	F12212	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Katherine Fielding,   b. Abt 1901, ,   d.
  Married	19 Sep 1925
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2015
  Family ID	F3726	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Madeleine Mulford,   b. 16 Oct 1903, , Essex Co, New Jersey, USA ,   d. 25 Dec 1987, Pinehurst, Moore Co, North Carolina, USA  (Age 84 years)
  Married	26 Aug 1936	Montclair, Essex Co, New Jersey, USA
  	Marriage announcement: Portsmouth Times, The (Ohio) Sunday, August 30, 1936
  Children	1. Living
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2015
  Family ID	F4865	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 4	Kathryn Lavanture,   b. 3 Jan 1913, Manila, Phillippines ,   d. 28 Apr 1997, San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas, USA  (Age 84 years)
  Married	22 Jul 1967	San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas, USA
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2015
  Family ID	F4870	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X662-PBY NY Times Newspaper - Published June 28, 1923 Detroit Girl Betrothed to New York Lawyer, Nephew ... Miss Helen Howard Robinson, to Robert Johnson Horr. son of Mr. and Mrs. John ... Mr. Horr was graduated from West Point in 1918 and served in the Field ... http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20B1FFE345B1B7B93C5AB1783D85F428385F9 Special to THE NEW' YORX o21,S,, August 27, 1936, Thursday Daughter of Vincent Mulford Becomes Bride of Robert J. Horr in Her Father's Home. COUPLE WILL RESIDE HERE He Graduated From West Poin Military Academy in 1918 and Is Member of Ohio Family, Name: Robert Johnson Horr Serial Number: First Lieutenant Race: W Residence: Portsmouth, O. Birth Place: Portsmouth, O. Birth Date / Age: 18 July 1897 Assigns Comment: Cadet United States Military Academy from 1 July 1915 to 12 June 1918; 2 Lieutenant Field Artillery 12 June 1918 from Regular Army; 1 Lieutenant Field Artillery United States Army 25 Oct 1918; 1 Lieutenant Field Artillery Regular Army 10 Aug 1919. School of Fire Fort Sill Okla to termination of WW. Fort Sill Okla. In Service Army Transport termination of WW. Volume #: 8 Obituary: USMA Class of 1918. He was the son of John Newton Horr and Clara Virginia Johnson Horr. His first wife was Madeline Mulford. He was born and raised in Portsmouth, Ohio, the son of John Newton Horr. He entered the United States Military Academy in 1915 and graduated on June 12, 1918 with a ranking of 41st in a class of 137. He was assigned to the Field Artillery. After attending the Field Artillery School at Fort Sill, he was selected to be an instructor, Department of Gunnery from 1918 to 1920. His next assignment was as Assistant Professor of Military Science and Tactics at Princeton University. In November 1922, he was honorably discharged and joined the Officers Reserve Corps with the rank of captain. In civilian life he joined the Guaranty Trust Co. of New York City from 1922 to 1931. From 1931 until 1942 he was an instructor at the Hunt School for boys, at Princeton. In 1936, he earned a Master of Arts degree in education at Columbia University. During World War II he served at various Field Artillery and Infantry replacement training centers in the United States until in 1946 he was honorably discharged as a colonel, Army of the United States. From 1950 to 1967, he resided in Palo Alto, California. On July 22, 1967 he married his wife, Kathryn in San Antonio, Texas. Survivors included his widow, Kathryn, a daughter from his first marriage of Sacramento, California and two grandsons. Source: United States Military Academy Association of Graduates memorial. Cemetery: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=horr&GSfn=robert&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=128699233&df=all&