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Name : Jacob Horr
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Death date : 20 Apr 1917
Death place : Mechanicsberg, Champaign, Ohio
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Estimated birth year : 1844
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Age at death : 73 years 1 month 7 days
Gender : Male
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Burial date : 22 Apr 1917
Burial place : Mechanicsberg, Champaign, Ohio
Cemetery name : Maple Grove
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Father name : Wm. Horr
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Mother name : Mary Come
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GSU film number : 1984010
Digital GS number : 4021562
Image number : 859
Certificate number : 23720
Collection : Ohio Deaths 1908-1953
Served in the Civil War
Jacob Horr, Company C, 134th Ohio Infantry. Corporal, Corporal, Union
1890 Veterans Schedules
Jacob Horr, Mechanicsburg, Champaign, Ohio,Corporal, May 2, 1864, Aug 31 1864
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Publication Number: T289
Publication Title: Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900.
Publisher: NARA
State: Ohio
Arm Of Service: Infantry
Regiment: 134
Company: C
Name: Horr, Jacob
Rank: [BLANK]
Date: 13-JAN-1926
State/arm Of Service: Ohio Inf.
Company/regiment: C,134
Roll Number: 430
Collection Title: Civil War Pensions
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JACOB HORR. An enterprise in Mechanicsburg which represents in its rapid growth a vast amount of well directed energy and pronounced business sagacity is the lumber and coal business of Jacob Horr, one of the well known citizens of the town. Owing to his honest and careful methods of dealing with the general public Mr. Horr finds himself the recipient of a patronage gratifying from both a personal and financial standpoint, and a continued demand fur his necessary commodities is a prediction justified by the success of the past. So nearly were his first business expectations realized that in 1889 he broadened his interests to the extent of operating a well equipped saw and planing mill, and the combination thus effected has materially augmented the output of the yards. With the exception of temporary absences. Mr. Horr has spent his entire life within the radius of his present surroundings, and he was born not far from Mechanicsburg, March 13, 1844. His parents, William and Mary (Coan) Horr, were born in Carthage, Jefferson county, New York, in which city thev were married, and from there removed to Goshen township, this county, in 1837. As early pioneers of their locality they contributed much to the agricultural prosperity, and their well tilled farm continued to be their home for the remainder of their lives. Not the least meritorious of their many claims to the consideration of the coniimunity was the rearing to lives usefulness of seven children, two of whom are now deceased. The children were taught the dignity and qutility of a model farming existence, and educationally were permitted every advantage at the disposal of their parents. With his brothers and sisters Jacob Horr attended the public schools of Mechanicsburg, and further qualified for the future by taking a course in the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, from which he graduated in the spring of 1866. His career at the university was interrupted in the spring of 1864. at which time he enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with the rank of corporal, and served until October of the same year. Although not a long service, he gained a fair knowledge of the horrors of war, and of the character of that grand and silent soldier, Grant, with whom he fought at and around Petersburg. Since the war he has been a member of the Stephen Baxter Post, No. 88, Grand Army of the Republic. After completing his education Mr. Horr taught school for about four vears, and then turned his attention to farming in the vicinity of Mechanicsburg until 1886. During that year he saw an opening for a live business in coal and lumber, and wisely devoted his energies to the building up of his present lucrative industry. A large measure of success he attributes to the assistance of his wife and helpmate, who was formerly Sarah Magruder. and whom he married in Mechanicsburg in 1871. Of this union there is one daughter, Nellie, who is now the wife of John B. Outram, of Lippincott. Ohio. Mr. Horr is a Republican in national politics, but has never desired or accepted official recognition. He is a member of and generous contributor to the Methodist Episcopal church. The farming and stock-raising enterprises to which he devoted several years of his life are still maintained on a large scale, but in other respects he is identified with the energetic and resourceful life of the town which has benefited to no slight degree by his admirable citizenship.
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[[The following census information was compiled and contributed by Joyce S.
Living with parnets in 1880.
1880 Census Place: Goshen, Champaign Co, Ohio
Jacob HORR Other M Male W 36 OH Farmer NY NY
Sarah HORR Other M Female W 36 OH Keeping House VA ---
Nellie HORR Other S Female W 5 OH OH OH
Living with Sarah's father in 1900.
1900 Census: Goshen, Mechanicsburg, Champaign Co, Ohio
James Magruder, head, Aug 1817, age 82, widow, bp VA, f's bp MD, m's bp VA, Harness Maker
Sarah Horr, dau, Mar 1844, age 56, 1 birth 1 living, bp OH, f's bp VA, m's bp PA
Jacob Horr, husband, Mar 1844, age 56, m 28 yrs, bp OH, p's bp NY, Coal & Lumber
1910 Census: Goshen twp, Champaign Co, Ohio
Jacob Horr, head, age 65, 2m 1 yr, bp OH, p's bp NY, owner of Lumber Yard
Mary E. Horr, wife, age 51, 2m 1 yr, 2 births 2 living, bp OH, f's bp Germany, m's bp OH
No others listed.
Next household Fannie A. Williams, age 71, bp OH
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