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Name: Joseph Latshaw Horr
Titles & Terms:
Death Date: 19 Dec 1914
Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Gender: Male
Race (Original): W
Race (Standardized): White
Death Age: 76y 8m 6d
Estimated Birth Year:
Birth Date: 13 Apr 1838
Birthplace: Canada
Marital Status:
Spouse:
Spouse's Titles & Terms:
Father: Leonard Horr
Father's Titles & Terms:
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother: Harriett Latshaw
Mother's Titles & Terms:
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Occupation: Real estate dealer
Street Address: 4601 Beacon St
Residence: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Dubuque, Iowa
Burial Date: 22 Dec 1914
Funeral Home:
Informant:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 1239984
Digital Folder Number: 4004809
Image Number: 680
Reference Number: CN 32608
Collection: Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1922
Cemetery: http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=200498
Cemetery:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=12849778
[[The following census information was compiled and contributed by Joyce S.
Living with parents in 1860.
1860 Census: Dubuque, Dubuque Co, Iowa
Joseph Horr 22 1837 Canada Land Agent
Living with wife and his parents in 1870.
1870 Census: Ward 3 Dubuque, Dubuque Co, Iowa
Joseph L. Horr age 32, Captian USA, born in Canada West
Elizabeth R. age 27 born in Iowa
Joseph was married to Elizabeth Ogilby- Oglesby.
The Ogilby- Oglesby family were neighbors in 1860.
Transcribed as HORN, very faded image.
1880 Census Place: Dubuque, Dubuque Co, Iowa
Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Joseph L. HORR Self M Male W 42 CAN Stock Breeder NY OH
Elizabeth R. HORR Wife M Female W 39 IA Keeping House PA PA
Read HORR Son S Male W 9 IA At School CAN IA OR PA
Bessie HORR Dau S Female W 7 IA At School CAN PA
Irene HORR Dau S Female W 1 IA CAN PA
William S. CALLANAN Other S Male W 21 NY At Work On ... NY NY
Mary RILEY Other S Female W 19 IA Servant IRE LA
Lived in Montana with brother Henry Riddle Horr. The town Horr was named after them, 1889-1904
1900 Census: Julien, Dubuque Co, Iowa
L. Joseph Horr, Apr 1838, age 62, m 30 yrs, bp CAN, f's bp NY, m's bp OH, Real Estate
Reed Elizabeth Horr, wife, Apr 1841, age 59, 4 births 2 living, bp IA, p's bp PA
Elizabeth Horr, dau, July 1872, age 27, single, bp IA
Irene Horr, dau, Dec 1879, age 20, single, bp IA
1910 Census: 25-Wd Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois
Joseph Horr, age 72, 1m 39 yrs, bp CAN, f's bp NY, m's bp OH, own income
Elizabeth Horr, wife, age 69, 4 births 2 living, bp IA, p's bp PA
Elizabeth Horr, dau, age 37, single, bp IA, Stenographer- public
Irene Horr, dau, age 31, single, bp IA
Served in the Civil War as a Canadian. 13th US Inf.
http://www.geocities.com/cancivwar/USARMYREG.html
Captain and Brevet Major 1861 - 1872 U.S.A. 13th Infantry.
And in Montana see>
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/R&H/R&H-13IN.htm
First Sergeant, Company C, 13th United States Infantry(Regular Army), Civil War, nicknamed "First at Vicksburg".
"Lived in Dubuque, Iowa between 1852 and 1904 then moved to Chicago, Illinois."
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/special/family/latshaw10.txt
This article fails to mention he was in Montana with his brothers. He had travelled west while in the service as Captain and Brevet Major.
This sounds like Joseph Latshaw Horr but don't know who wife Ellen S. is--Roz
The Anaconda Standard newspaper (Anaconda, Montana) Nov. 4, 1901
Caption: Coal Land Sold
"A deed with a large consideration was filed with the county clerk and recorder this week. The grantors are Joseph L. Horr and wife Ellen S. Horr, while the Montana Coal and Coke company is the grantee.....400 acres of coal land at Horr, Park County, [Montana]."
MAJ. JOSEPH L. HORR, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 22; P.O. Dubuque; is a native of Ontario, Canada West, and was born in Dundas April 13, 1838; he came to Dubuque in August, 1852, and grew up to manhood here. When the war broke out, he enlisted in the regular service in the 13th Regt., U.S. Inf., Gen. Sherman's old regiment; after serving one year, he was promoted to Second Lieutenant, and after promoted to First Lieutenant, and in 1867, was again promoted and commissioned Captain; he was wounded at Vicksburg; was struck six times in the engagement May 19, 1863l he carries two bullets in his body yet; he served until the close of the war, and was then ordered on the frontier, and was in the Indian service. Maj. Horr was united in marriage, May 24, 1870, to Miss Elizabeth R. Ogilby, daughter of the late Joseph Ogilby, of the city of Dubuque. In December, 1870, Maj. Horr resigned his commission and returned to Dubuque, and since then has been engaged in stock-raising, and is interested in mining. Maj. Horr has a small farm well stocked with fruit, finely located, just outside of the city limits; he also owns a farm of 225 acres at Sand Springs, Delaware Co.; Maj. and Mrs. Horr have one son, Read, and two daughters- Bessie and Irene. pg.812-813
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