Norton Horr

1862 - 1917  (54 years)

• Name	Norton Horr
  Born	26 Apr 1862	Huntington, Lorain Co, Ohio, USA
  Gender	Male
  Census	1870 1880 [1900]
  Died	13 Apr 1917	Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, Ohio, USA
  Buried	Wellington, Lorain Co, Ohio, USA (Greenwood Cemetery)
  Person ID	I8232	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	3 Jun 2015

  
  

  Father	Charles Horr, Sr.,   b. 25 Jan 1837, Avon, Lorain Co, Ohio, USA ,   d. 3 Oct 1894, Wellington, Lorain Co, Ohio, USA  (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Esther Lang,   b. 13 Apr 1837, Huntington, Lorain Co, Ohio, USA ,   d. 15 Apr 1928, Wellington, Lorain Co, Ohio, USA  (Age 91 years)
  Married	12 Aug 1860	Huntington, Lorain Co, Ohio, USA
  Family ID	F2727	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Margarite Bernard,   b. Abt 1864, New York, USA ,   d.
  Married	6 Sep 1884	Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, Ohio, USA
  Children	1. Elsa Horr,   b. 8 Oct 1885, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, Ohio, USA ,   d. 19 Oct 1937, Colebrook River, Connecticut, USA  (Age 52 years)
  Last Modified	31 May 2010
  Family ID	F3687	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Martha Umbstaetter,   b. 16 Jul 1858, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, Ohio, USA ,   d. 10 Nov 1934,  (Age 76 years)
  Married	27 Nov 1889	Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, Ohio, USA
  Children	1. Amy Horr,   b. 5 Aug 1891, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, Ohio, USA ,   d. 11 Sep 1958  (Age 67 years)   2. Edward Horr,   b. 15 May 1894, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, Ohio, USA ,   d. 11 Jul 1973, Hickory, Catawba Co, North Carolina, USA  (Age 79 years)   3. Ruth Horr,   b. 7 Mar 1902, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, Ohio, USA ,   d. 1 May 1990, Ohio, USA  (Age 88 years)
  Last Modified	31 May 2010
  Family ID	F3688	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  His Book: A Record of Descendants of Hezekhiah Hoar of Taunton, Massachusetts : with an historical introduction, compiled by Norton T. Horr http://archive.org/details/recordofdescenda00horr and... Same book, text only: http://archive.org/stream/recordofdescenda00horr/recordofdescenda00horr_djvu.txt B. S. Cornell University, 1882. Admitted to the bar in Ohio, 1884. Practicing attorney at Cleveland, Ohio. Author of: A Record of the Descendants of Hezekiah Hoar 1st Marriage: https://www.familysearch.org/search/recordDetails/show?uri=https://api.familysearch.org/records/pal:/MM9.1.r/93W4-Y1W/p4 Published in the New York Times March 30, 1888 Fights to get his daughter back: http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9806E3DC1138E533A25753C3A9659C94699FD7CF 2nd Marriage: Marriage: https://www.familysearch.org/search/recordDetails/show?uri=https://api.familysearch.org/records/pal:/MM9.1.r/MXH7-X11/p4 Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century. Addenda page lii HORR, NORTON TOWNSHEND, lawyer, author, was born April 26, 1862, in Huntington, Ohio. He is the author of Municipal Police Ordinances; and compiled Bibliography of Card-Games and of the History of Playing Cards. Obituary: Id#: 0153596 Name: Horr, Norton T. Published Date: April 15, 1917 Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #039. Notes: Horr-Norton T., at his residence, 2106 E. 93d st, at 9:30 a. m., Friday, April 13, in his 55th year, brother of Charles W. of Wellington, O., and Alfred R. of New York City, survived by his wife Martha (nee Umbstaeter) Horr and children, Elsie, Edward, Amy and Ruth. Funeral from late residence at 3 p. m., Sunday, April 15. Kindly omit flowers. 4/13/1917. age 54. Cleveland Crematory Cleveland, Ohio. http://dspace.library.cornell.edu/bitstream/1813/3534/6/019_35.pdf CORNELL ALUMNI NEWS VOL. XIX., No. 35 JUNE 7, 1917 Norton T. Horr '82 Norton Townsend Horr died at his home in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 13, 1917, in his 55th year. He was the eldest son of Charles William and Esther A. Horr. Two brothers survive him, Charles W. Horr '87, and Alfred Horr '95. All the brothers were members of the Delta Upsilon fraternity. Mr. Horr was born in Huntington, Ohio, but spent his boyhood in Wellington. After his graduation from Cornell with the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1882 he graduated from the Columbia Law School with the class of 1884 and entered the law office of Boynton & Hale in Cleveland. For the rest of his life he practiced in that city, where he was regarded as one of the most scholarly men at the bar and had a host of friends. At the time of his death he was vicepresident and general manager of the Cleveland Realization Company. His wife, three daughters, and one son survive him. In his senior year Mr. Horr was one of the editors of the Sun. From 1879 till 1882 he held the university championship in the 100-yard dash. He founded the Cleveland Whist Club and was the author of "A Bibliography of Playing Cards" (1891). For many years he had been the very efficient secretary of the Class of 1882. Name : Norton Townshed Horr Titles : Death date : 13 Apr 1917 Death place : Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio Birth date : 26 Apr 1862 Estimated birth year : Birth place : Huntington, Ohio Age at death : 54 years 11 months 18 days Gender : Male Marital status : Married Race or color : Caucasian Street address : 2106 East 93rd St. Occupation : Attorney Residence : Cleveland, Ohio Burial date : 15 Apr 1917 Burial place : Cemetery name : Cleveland Crematory Spouse name : Father name : Charles Wm. Horr Father titles : Father birth place : Avon, Ohio Mother name : Esther Abagail Lang Mother titles : Mother birth place : Huntington, Ohio GSU film number : 1984010 Digital GS number : 4021562 Image number : 1750 Certificate number : 24515 Collection : Ohio Deaths 1908-1953 Cemetery: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=horr&GSiman=1&GScid=41203&GRid=61598297&