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- Groom's Name: Benjamin W. Horr
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Bride's Name: Angeline F. Bowley
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Marriage Date: 20 Feb 1868
Marriage Place: Anamosa, Jones, Iowa
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M02575-6
System Origin: Iowa-EASy
Source Film Number: 1255500
Reference Number: bk B p 370
Collection: Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992
Book Title:
A Pioneer History of Becker County Minnesota, by Alvin H. Wilcox
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Horr, B. F., 628.
Horr, Mrs. B. F., 628.
* Photograph is in the book
Chapter XXXVI.
History of Osage Township.
BY J. F. SIEGFORD.
...and during the next winter, that of 1880-81, there were about eighty families there....There was much actual suffering upon the prairies during that long, cold winter; provisions were short , and the mystery has always been how some of the settlers managed to live. A number owe their lives to the fact that Frank Horr, who had come upon the prairies in the fall, had brought a load of ordinary and rather a poor grade of wheat bran; when the snow became so deep that an attempt to obtain supplies at Verndale, the nearest railroad station, was not to be thought of, the bran was used by the settlers, who converted it into bread, gruel, cakes, etc., and were thereby enabled to sustain life. Since that time there have been years of hardship, but there has been no such genuine suffering.
Chapter XXXIX.
HISTORY OF CARSONVILLE TOWNSHIP.
By MRS. MARY E. DEZELL
(with photos of Mr. and Mrs. Horr)
....... Early in the spring of 1880, B. F. Horr and Emmett Kelly left Verndale bound for Shell Prairies in Becker County. They brought two wagons, one loaded with household furniture, the other loaded with horse-feed, pork, flour and groceries.
There were no settlers on Third Prairie at that time, except the Indians; they were quite numerous, but they had their homes on White Earth Reservation which lay in the immediate vicinity.
Before Mr. Horr left Verndale, Mr. George Carson, who had been up to Third Prairie the previous summer, selected land and built a log cabin thereon, kindly gave him permission to store his goods in the cabin. After selecting land, Mr. Horr taking the southeast quarter Section 11, township 140, Range 37, Mr. Kelly taking the southwest quarter of Section I I, this being railroad land, they erected the body of a log house, I2XI4 feet.
They then returned to Verndale to get Mrs. Horr and her daughter Mamie, a child of eight years. Arriving at that place, they loaded the remainder of their household goods and all started on their journey to the new home in the wilderness, happy with the thought that they would be prosperous in the goodly land where they had chosen their future home. Tidings of the beautiful Shell Prairies had been borne to southern Minnesota, and northern Iowa, and many families were preparing to move to that favored spot. So it was evident that they would not be long without neighbors.
After traveling three days through marshes, snow and cold weather, they arrived at the end of their journey on the 23rd day of April, 1880, about 5 o'clock p. m.
During the day they had met a man at Mantor, an Indian trading post, kept by Jarvis Howard, which place is now Hubbard, Hubbard County, who had told them that the goods that they had stored in Mr. Carson's house had accidentally caught fire and burned. This was sad news indeed. Nevertheless, they kept bravely on determined to make the best of the situation.
Such pluck and perseverance as was displayed by this family was characteristic of the early settlers of Carsonville. Many were the hardships and deprivations they endured during the first few years of their residence here. As all their provisions had been destroyed by fire, it was necessary to go to Verndale to obtain another supply.
The house they had built had no cover, so to provide a shelter for Mrs. Horr and Mamie the sideboards of the wagon box were propped against the inside wall in such a way as to form a covering. Three or four inches of snow fell, but she managed to live through the trying ordeal and in due time relief came. They lived for a few days without a cover to the house, but finally a roof of "shakes" was put on. They lived all summer without a floor. The bedsteads were poles fastened in the walls.
Mrs. Horr was the first white woman in Carsonville. Mr. and Mrs. Horr conclude the narrative of their pioneer days with these words:
"We improved our home and made fast friends during our stay in that vicinity, and enjoyed many good dinners and social gatherings in that log house, as much as in any place we have ever been."
In 1888, Mr. Horr obtained a position as railway mail clerk. The family moved to Minneapolis. A few years later they removed to Pembina, N. D., where they still reside. Mr. Horr being still in the service of Uncle Sam as railway mail clerk.
Name: Benjamin F. Horr
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Death Date: 06 Jul 1936
Death Place: Edina, Hennepin, Minnesota
Age: 87
Birth Date: 1849
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Spouse's Name: Angeline
Father's Name: Paul Horr
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I09571-7
System Origin: Minnesota-EASy
Source Film Number: 2242378
Reference Number: cn 5484
Collection: Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990
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