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- 304 James Ave. S. E.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
August 28, 1942
Mr. E. Q. Starr
107 Franklin Street
Delaware, Ohio
Dear Sir:
Your name has been sent to me as that of one who has Horr
ancestry. Having searched so many years in an effort to prove
my own line of this name, without success, I am writing to ask
if you can assist me.
My great grandmother was Olive Horr b. 5-17-1800 near Bel-
fast, Me.; d. 9-28-1881 Cardington, Ohio. According to a letter
written by her daughter, Phoebe (Buck) Russell, Troy, Ohio, in
1912 states that the mother of Olive Horr was Lucy Powers. That
mentions that she did not know her grandfather, Mr. Horr
Evidently he must have died early in life; Phoebe (above)
was born in 1833.
According to Probate records in Morrow Co., O. "Josiah
Horr late of Cardington, Morrow Co. bequeathed all of his estate
to his wife, Sophronia Horr. At her death the remainder to go to
his adopted daughter, Almeda White." Will dated 10-16-1877.
Death record - Josiah Horr d. 8-16-1886. married, aged 84 yrs.
11m. 14d. Died Cardington, O. Born Belfast, Me.
He would have been born at a time to be a brother of Olive.
but I have no proof that he was. However the time and place of
birth of both make it seem probable they were brother & sister.
There may have been other children.
The Powers Genealogy states that Lucy Powers b. 3-13-1779
married -- Hoar & went to Maine. Lucy Powers was d. of Francis
(Peter, Daniel, Walter) of Hollis, N.H.
History of Morrow Co., by W. H. Perrin (1880) pg. 494:- "In
1816 Jonas Vining, Joseph Powers, Sam'l Page, Joseph Horr & Pe-
leg Sherman appeared & began to make homes in the woods. All ex-
cept Peleg Sherman (a wagon maker) were farmers & settled near
bennington Township."
(Page 2)
The obituary of Olive Horr states that she was "b. near Bel-
fast, Me., removed with her parents to Ohio when she was 14 yrs.
of age." She was married to Andrew Buck in 1817.
The letter mentioned on preeeding page (from Phoebe (Buck)
russell) states that Lucy (Powers) Horr) Cool, mother of Olive
(Horr) Buck was nearly 84 yrs old when she died. If she was
the Lucy Powers (which I think) she would have died about 1863.
If your mother. Olive Horr, was of this line and you have
any data which would be helpful to me I would greatly appre-
ciate it.
No doubt you know the name Horr was originally Hoar, and
has been changed to Hobart, and to Homer in some branches of
the family in Massachuetts.
Olive (Horr) Buck named one of her daughters, Sophronia, and
her (Olive's) daughter Lucy (Buck) Baughman, my grandmother, was
instrumental in having me named Sophronia. You will have noted
that the wife of Josiah Horr was named Sophronia.
Hoping that this is of interest to you I am,
Sincerely yours,
(signed) S. Goldie B. Welsh
Mrs. C. S. Welsh
(Jan 2015 - The above was copied, with permission, from Timothy Peterman: tepeter100(at)aol.com, who has the original letter.)
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1876 - 1943 (67 years)