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Major Joseph Horr

Male 1838 - 1914  (76 years)


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  • Name Joseph Horr 
    Prefix Major 
    Born 13 Apr 1838  Dundee, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census [1850] 1860 1870 1880 1900 1910 
    Died 19 Dec 1914  Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Dubuque, Dubuque Co, Iowa, USA (Linwood Cemetery) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6266  A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
    Last Modified 12 Jun 2015 

    Father Capt. Leonard Horr,   b. 26 Jul 1815, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Oct 1869, Sand Springs, Dubuque Co, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Mother Harriet Latshaw,   b. Abt 1808, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Nov 1893, St. Paul, Ramsey Co, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 85 years) 
    Married 19 Jan 1837  Paris, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2633  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Ogilby,   b. Apr 1843, Dubuque, Dubuque Co, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Dec 1915, Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years) 
    Married 24 May 1870  Dubuque, Dubuque Co, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Read Horr,   b. 1 Feb 1871, Dubuque, Dubuque Co, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jun 1881, Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 10 years)
     2. Elizabeth Horr,   b. 13 Jul 1872, Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Nov 1943, Ashland, Ashland Co, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     3. Irene Horr,   b. 10 Dec 1878, Dubuque, Dubuque Co, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Dora Horr,   b. 12 Mar 1881, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Aug 1884  (Age 3 years)
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2009 
    Family ID F2779  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

      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