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Groom's Name: Ralph A. Horr
Groom's Birth Date: 1880
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Groom's Age: 29
Bride's Name: Beulah M. Johnson
Bride's Birth Date: 1882
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Bride's Age: 27
Marriage Date: 16 Oct 1909
Marriage Place: Cherokee, Cherokee, Iowa
Groom's Father's Name: Lewis H. Horr
Groom's Mother's Name: Emma Rock
Bride's Father's Name: Geo. A. Johnson
Bride's Mother's Name: Eliza Head
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I10291-6
System Origin: Iowa-EASy
Source Film Number: 1035292
Reference Number: p 221, 4299
Collection: Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992
Moved to Seattle WA in 1907.
He began his law practice in 1914, Seattle.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hornbeck-horter.html
Horr, Ralph Ashley (1884-1960) -- also known as Ralph A. Horr -- of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Illinois, 1884. Republican. U.S. Representative from Washington 1st District, 1931-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, 1940. Died in 1960. Cremated; ashes interred at Hillcrest Burial Park, Kent, Wash.
And...See also: congressional biography.
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000793
About and Photo:
Date: 1914-06-08;
Paper: Seattle Daily Times, pg 6
Photo:
Date: 1930-09-26;
Paper: Advocate, (Louisiana) pg 6
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Date: 1946-12-01;
Paper: Seattle Daily Times, pg 82
Obituary:
From the Seattle P-I, January 27, 1960, Page 21
Veteran Lawyer:
Ralph A. Horr, Ex-Member Of Congress, Dies Ralph Ashley Horr, 78, veteran Seattle lawyer and former Congressman, died yesterday in Veterans Hospital after a long illness. For many years a colorful and vital figure in legal and political circles here, Mr. Horr had lived in Seattle since 1907. He practiced law until illness forced his retirement in 1957. A longtime Republican leader, he represented Washington's First District in the United States Congress from 1931 to 1933. Mr. Horr was born in Saybrook, Illinois. He attended the University of Illinois in 1911. He was graduate manager of the UW from 1913 to 1914 and in this capacity took the first Washington varsity crew to the Poughkeepsie Regatta in 1913 and the UW baseball team to Japan in 1914.
HE BEGAN the practice of law here in 1914. Mr. Horr served numerous terms as chairman of the King County Republican Central Committee, beginning in 1914 and extending into the late 1930s. He was a former president of the King County Young Men's Republican Club. Mr. Horr was an unsuccessful canidate for mayor of Seattle in 1918 and again 30 years later in 1948. He also failed in a try for the U. S. Senate in 1934. He was a first lieutenant in the Army during World War I. He was a memeber of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity; Phi Delta Phi, law honorary; the University of Illinois and University of Washington Alumni associations, the Sons of the American Revolution; the American Legion; Elks Lodge 92 and the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. He was an hororary citizen of Boys Town, Neb. Survivors: His wife, Lenora M., 5127 Bangor St.; a daugter, Mrs. Lezern Ivers, Seattle; two sisters, Mrs. Blanche McClure, Tacoma, and Mrs. Bertha Fawver Santa Ana, Calif.; a brother, Roy Horr, Seattle, and three grandchildren. Services: 10 a. m. Saturday, Ploeger Mortuary; cremation.
http://labs.familysearch.org
Name : Ralph A. Horr
Death date : 26 Jan 1960
Death place : Seattle, King, Washington
Gender : Male
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Age at death : 75 years
Estimated birth year : 1885
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Father name : Lewis H. Horr
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Mother name : Emma Rock
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Film number : 2034003
Digital GS number : 4225246
Image number : 1473
Reference number : 859
Collection : Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960
Obituary with photo:
Date: 1960-01-27
Paper: Seattle Daily Times
Recordd twice in the 1920 census.
[[The following census information was compiled and contributed by Joyce S.
Living with parents in 1900.
1900 Census: Gibson, Drummer, Ford Co, Illinois
Ralph A. Horr, son, Aug 1879, age 20, bp IL, School Teacher
1910 Census: Kent Pct, King Co, Washington
Ralph Horr, age 28, m 0 yrs, bp IL, p's bp US, Banks
Beulah, age 27, 0 births, bp IA, p's bp CAN
1920 Census: Seattle, King Co, Washington
Ralph A. Horr, age 38, bp IL, p's bp IL, Lawyer- gen practice
Bulah Horr, wife, age 24, bp IA, p's bp IA
Delta V. Horr, dau, age 5, bp WA
1930 Census: Seattle, King Co, Washington
Ralph A. Horr, age 45, bp Il, p's bp IL, Lawyer- general practice
Lenora Horr, wife, age 39, bp MI, p's bp MI
Lezern Horr, dau, age 19, bp WA
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