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Dwight Horr

Male 1875 - 1942  (66 years)


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  • Name Dwight Horr 
    Born 4 Sep 1875  Mechanicsburg, Champaign Co, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census ~1880 1900 [1910] 1920 1930 
    Died 13 Mar 1942  Mechanicsburg, Champaign Co, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Mechanicsburg, Champaign Co, Ohio, USA (Maple Grove Cemetery) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3247  A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
    Last Modified 3 Feb 2013 

    Father Pierce Horr,   b. 27 Apr 1836, Denmark, Lewis Co, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Aug 1898, Mechanicsburg, Champaign Co, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Laura Baxter,   b. 5 Nov 1844, Denmark, Lewis Co, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Feb 1906, Mechanicsburg, Champaign Co, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Married 21 Feb 1871  , Champaign Co, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6530  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Malinda Kent,   b. 17 Nov 1880, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Aug 1965, Bellefontaine, Logan Co, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 1 Jul 1913  , Champaign Co, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2009 
    Family ID F1359  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • If you have corrections and/or updated information on this person please contact Roz Edson at MrsEdson@gmail.com

      Birth:
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      Name : Stephen Dwight Horr
      Titles :
      Death date : 13 Mar 1942
      Death place : Mechanicsburg, Champaign Co., Ohio
      Birth date : 04 Sep 1875
      Estimated birth year :
      Birth place : Champaign Co., Ohio
      Age at death : 66 years 6 months 9 days
      Gender : Male
      Marital status : Married
      Race or color : Caucasian
      Street address :
      Occupation :
      Residence :
      Burial date : 15 Mar 1942
      Burial place : Mechanicsburg, Ohio
      Cemetery name :
      Spouse name : Linda K. Horr
      Father name : Pierce Horr
      Father titles :
      Father birth place : Champaign Co., Oh
      Mother name : Laura E. Baxter
      Mother titles :
      Mother birth place : Champaign Co., Ohio
      GSU film number : 2023982
      Digital GS number : 4057885
      Image number : 2779
      Certificate number : fn 14347
      Collection : Ohio Deaths 1908-1953


      [[The following census information was compiled and contributed by Joyce S.

      Living with mother in 1900.
      1900 Census: Goshen, Champaign Co, Ohio
      Dwight S. Horr, son, Sept 1875, age 24, bp OH

      Could not find in 1910.

      No children in the 1920 census, seven yrs after marriage.
      1920 Census: Goshen, Mechanicsburg, Champaign Co, Ohio
      Dwight Horr, age 44, bp OH, p's bp OH, Lumberman- yard
      Lynda Horr wife, age 39, bp OH, p's bp OH
      No others listed in household.

      1930 Census: Goshen, Mechanicsburg, Champaign Co, Ohio
      S. Dwight Horr, age 54, bp OH, f's bp NY, m's bp OH, Manager- lumber yard
      Lynda L. Horr wife, age 49, bp OH, p's bp OH
      No others listed in household.

      Obituary:
      http://bigelowsociety.com/rod2001/kent2001.htm
      Obiturary for Dwight Horr Paper dated Mar.13, 1942 Urbana Daily Citizen
      Dwight Horr,66 died at 8:30 a.m., Friday at his home on South Main Street, Mechanicsburg. He had been ill for some time with a heart ailment, and had spent intervals in the last few months at Mt. Carmel hospital in Columbus. He was a native of Mechanicsburg and for 40 years was manager of the Mechanicsburg Lumber Company.
      Surviving besides his widow, Linda are two sisters, Mrs Lucy Gannon and Mrs. Laura Dickey, Mechanicsburg; and two brothers, Percy Horr, Urbana, and Bert Horr, Leesburg, Ohio.
      Services will be held Sunday at 3:00pm., From the residence. Rev. E.H.Dickey, assisted by Rev. Paul I. Wachs, will officiate. Davis and Byers will have charge of the services and interment will be made in the mausoleum at Maplegrove Cemetery.
      +++++2nd Obituary for Dwight Horr from paper dated March 16, 1942
      Burial services were held at 3p.m. Sunday for Dwight Horr, 66, who died Friday at 8:30 in his home on South Main street, Mechanicsburg, from a heart ailment. His death was not entirely unexpected.
      Mr. Horr had been manager of the Mechanicsburg Lumber Co. for more than 40 years and had resigned only a few weeks ago as he and Mrs. Horr were planning a trip to Florida in the interest of his health. He was a life-long resident of Mechanicsburg, the son of Mr. And Mrs. Pierce Horr. In addition to his widow, Mrs. Mrs. Linda Kent Horr, two brothers, Percy Horr, Urbana, and Bert Horr, Leesburg; and two sisters, Mrs. F. E. Gannon and Mrs. Harry Dickey Mechanicsburg, survive.
      Burial services were conducted by the Rev. Paul I. Wachs, pastor of the Trinity Methodist Church, Mechanicsburg. Burial was made in the mausoleum at Maple Grove Cemetery, Mechanicsburg. Mr. Horr was affiliated with Masonic Lodge, Masonic Chapter, The Knights Templar and the Modern Woodman Lodge.