Nelson Horr

1808 - 1872  (63 years)

• Name	Nelson Horr
  Born	15 Apr 1808	Prescott, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850 [1860] 1870
  Died	2 Mar 1872	Prescott, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA
  Buried	New Salem, Franklin Co, Massachusetts, USA (Mountain View Cemetery)
  Person ID	I240	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2015

  
  

  Father	Elihu Hoar,   b. 29 Jan 1770, New Salem, , Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 1842,  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Mary Haskins,   b. 16 May 1777, Prescott, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 18 Aug 1841, Prescott, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 64 years)
  Married
  Family ID	F19447	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Laura Lombard,   b. 14 Dec 1820, Belchertown, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 11 Jul 1887, Prescott, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 66 years)
  Married	5 Jan 1840	Prescott, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA
  Children	1. Merritt Horr,   b. 6 Jan 1842, Prescott, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 25 Feb 1937, Spencer, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 95 years)   2. Herbert Horr,   b. 24 Jul 1845, Prescott, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 7 Aug 1940, New Salem, Franklin Co, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 95 years)   3. Martha Horr,   b. 23 Jun 1851, Prescott, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 1 May 1857, Prescott, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 5 years)   4. John Horr,   b. 6 Aug 1859, Prescott, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 1933,  (Age 73 years)
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2009
  Family ID	F117	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Found his death and names of his parents at the Quabbin visitors center in Belchertown, Ma. From the book: Quabbin-The Lost Valley. Merritt N. Horr, the oldest son of Nelson and Laura Lombard Horr, was born in Prescott [Ma.] in 1841 and spent his early life there and in North Dana. He attended New Salem Academy and learned the carpenter trade, later owned and operated a lumber yard, and carried on a successful business as a building contractor for many years in Spencer [Ma.]. Mr. Horr married Mary Reed of Warren in 1881, and the couple occupied a handsome home in Spencer for fifty-six years. He was an ardent lover of good music, played the piano and organ, sang in the Spencer Congregational Church for a number of years, and at one time was a member of the Spencer band. Mr. Horr died February 25, 1937 in Spencer and was survived by his wife and three daughters, Mrs. Harry Stetson of Adams [Ma.], Mrs. Francis Spooner of Spencer, and Mrs. Howard Hathaway. There are a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Mrs. Horr died December 21, 1938 in Spencer. Mrs. Hathaway, the former Helen Horr, was the mother of four sons and one daughter. Her youngest son died at an early age, and she died in 1935. Mrs. Spooner was Olive Horr, and she has a step-son and lives in Spencer. Mrs. Stetson, the mother of six daughters, now all married, was the former Laura Horr. The daughters are: Marvis, Vera, Annis, Joyce, Zoe, and Sara May Hathaway. Mrs. Stetson now makes her home in Amenia, New York. The Hathaway children are: Franklin, Donald, Norton, and Eunice. Harlan died in boyhood. Herbert Lysander Horr was the second son of Nelson and Laura Lombard Horr and was born in Prescott [Ma.], July 24, 1845. He worked for many years in the Lyman Moore grist mill at Millington. He wed Emma Deane of Prescott on Jauary 1, 1873, and the couple made their home in the home of the new Mrs. Horr. The Horrs observed their silver and golden wedding anniversaries in the same home, and Mrs. Horr died in the home she was born in on January 7, 1934. Her husband died August 7, 1940, at the age of ninty-five. He lived one year less than his brother, Merritt. The couple left a daughter, May, who, with her father, lived with Mrs. Francis Spooner in Spencer until Mr. Horr's death. Died age 63yrs. 10mos. 16days of "inflamation of the lungs". Quabbin-The Lost Valley. Cemetery: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=horr&GSiman=1&GScid=91277&GRid=125850887&