Walter Horr

1833 - 1895  (61 years)

• Name	Walter Horr
  Born	26 Oct 1833	Carthage, Jefferson Co, New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850 1860 1870 1880
  Education	Carthage Academy
  Died	3 Feb 1895
  Buried	Wilna, Jefferson Co, New York, USA (Fairview Cemetery)
  Person ID	I24680	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2011

  
  

  Father	Elijah Horr, Sr.,   b. 24 Nov 1804, Carthage, Jefferson Co, New York, USA ,   d. 27 Dec 1880, Carthage, Jefferson Co, New York, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Gertrude Vedder,   b. 26 Aug 1808, Denmark, Lewis Co, New York, USA ,   d. 1 Oct 1887, Wilna, Jefferson Co, New York, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Married	18 Nov 1827	Denmark, Lewis Co, New York, USA
  Family ID	F5891	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lovina Ware,   b. Apr 1835, New York, USA ,   d. 24 Aug 1899,  (Age 64 years)
  Married	27 Feb 1857	Carthage, Jefferson Co, New York, USA
  Children	1. Jennie Horr,   b. 8 Jun 1858, ,   d. 30 Oct 1892, New York, USA  (Age 34 years)   2. Flora Horr,   b. Cal 11 Nov 1860, ,   d. 22 Dec 1879, Great Bend, Jefferson Co, New York, USA  (Age 19 years)
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2009
  Family ID	F10078	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  If you have corrections and/or updated information on this person please contact Roz Edson at MrsEdson@gmail.com [[The following census information was compiled and contributed by Joyce S. 1860 Census: Wilna, Jefferson Co, New York Walter A Horr, age 26, New York Lovina Horr, age 25, New York Jenny Horr, age 2 New York 1870 Census: Wilna, Jefferson Co, New York Walter A Horr, age 36, bp NY, Drey Goods Merchant Lovina Horr, age 5, bp NY Jennie Horr, age 12, bp NY Flora Horr, age 10, bp NY Same page as father, following page to sis Gertrude. 1880 Census Place: Great Bend, Jefferson Co, New York Household: Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace Walter A. HORR Self M Male W 46 NY Merchant NY NY Lovana W. HORR Wife M Female W 45 NY Keeping House MA NY Jennie G. HORR Dau S Female W 21 NY NY NY Wallace W. SWEET Other S Male W 23 NY Clerk In Store NY NY Civil War Soldiers Buried in the Town of Wilna CHAMPION CIVIL WAR VETS FROM 1890 CENSUS MRD 1857 CO D 10TH NY C.W. 8/5/62 to 12/20/64 08/18/62 to 06/23/65 POSTMASTER---DATE OF APPOINTMENT, GREAT BEND 13643 Walter A Horr 18 Sept 1882 Walter A Horr C 3 Dec 1889 ( M O 4 April 1892 ) HORR, WALTER A. (Great Bend) postmaster, h and lot. CHILD'S BUSINESS DIRECTORY, 1890, TOWN OF CHAMPION (Postoffice in parentheses) Horr & Thayer (Great Bend) (Walter A. H. and Truman A. T.) general merchants. Note that his business partner is his son-in-law. Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 05 August 1862 at the age of 28, Union> Company D, 10th Heavy Artillery Regiment New York on 15 August 1862. Promoted to Full Lieutenant 2nd Class on 11 September 1862. Discharged on 09 December 1864. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/hadwiln.htm WALTER ASHLEY HORR. was the second son, born October 26, 1833. He was educated at the district school and the Carthage Academy, and for several seasons taught in Wilna, LeRay and Carthage. He spent some time in 1854-5 in Chicago and Michigan, suffering then and subsequently from fever and ague, he returned to Carthage, in greatly impaired health. After the partial recovery of his health, he assisted his father for a time in his store; and later, for several years, he was associated with Noyes Tuttle in milling and in the sale of flour and feed, and was engaged in this business at the time of the breaking out of the war. He was inclined to enlist in the beginning of the conflict, for he was, from the first, alive to its serious and critical character, but was dissuaded, for a time, on account of the claims of his young family; and it was urged that as two brothers had already gone into the army, it was his duty to remain at home. But, finally, in the summer of 1862, while serving as a member of a war committee, appointed by Gov. Morgan for Jefferson and Lewis counties, for raising a new contingent of troops, he enlisted as a private in the 10th N. Y. Artillery, and shared the fortunes of that regiment, in which so many Carthage boys and those of contiguous towns had enlisted, until broken health compelled him to resign in the winter of 1864. He was elected lieutenant upon the organization of the company, and acted in that capacity during his period of service. No one ever doubted but that he enlisted purely from motives of patriotism. He had from boyhood taken a deep interest in the anti-slavery struggles, and in his deepest heart believed that this was God's battle, and that the future salvation and prosperity of the country depended upon its right settlement; clearly discerning the magnitude and issues of the conflict, he was ready to contribute his part to its solution. He has always been a man less controlled by impulse than by fixed principle and steady purpose. There is no part of his life that he looked back upon with so much satisfaction as his army experiences. They cost him more than most persons, for he had scarcely known a well day since he left the service. While he had never held political office, he was ever an active politician. He has been a conscientious Republican, almost since the organization of the party; gladly contributing his time and means to further its measures. It was characteristic of him to give his whole energies to whatever he believed to be right, in principle, and expedient in policy; he never believed in, or advocated half-way measures. He was married in 1857 to Miss Lovania Ware, of Champion. They had two children, Jennie G., who was married to Truman A. Thayer, and who died in 1872, and Flora M., who died in 1879. He has been, for some years, a resident of Great Bend, where he was a merchant and postmaster for many years. He died there suddenly February 6, 1895, much regretted. His widow survives him.