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Elizabeth Horr
Abt 1862 - 1956 (94 years)1. Elizabeth Horr was born about 1862 in Maine, USA (daughter of Augustus Horr and Emily Leavitt); died on 24 Nov 1956 in ; was buried in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, Minnesota, USA (Lakewood Cemetery). Other Events:
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Elizabeth married Edward Wellington Backus in
Children:. Edward (son of Abel Backus and Anna Anderson) was born on 1 Dec 1860 in Jamestown, Chautauqua Co, New York, USA; died on 29 Oct 1934 in New York, USA. [Group Sheet] - Edward Raymond Backus was born about 1891; died on 26 Aug 1912 in International Falls, Koochiching Co, Minnesota, USA.
- Seymour Wellington Backus was born on 1 Oct 1895 in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, Minnesota, USA; died on 30 Jun 1936 in Miami Beach, Dade Co, Florida, USA; was buried in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, Minnesota, USA.
2. Augustus Horr was born on 6 Mar 1838 in Waterford, Oxford Co, Maine, USA (son of Philip Horr and Catherine Estes); died on 15 Sep 1908 in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, Minnesota, USA; was buried in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, Minnesota, USA (Lakewood Cemetery). Other Events:
- Census: 1850 [1860] 1870 1880 [1900]
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Civil War Record
Name: Augustus E Horr ,
Residence: Waterford, Maine
Enlistment Date: 03 May 1861
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Maine
Unit Numbers: 1035 1035
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 03 May 1861 at the age of 23Enlisted in Company G, 1st Infantry Regiment Maine on 03 May 1861.Mustered out Company G, 1st Infantry Regiment Maine on 05 August 1861 in Portland, ME
Name: Augustus E Horr ,
Residence: Waterford, Maine
Enlistment Date: 04 April 1864
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Maine
Unit Numbers:1028 1028
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 04 April 1864 at the age of 25Enlisted in Company A, 14th Infantry Regiment Maine on 04 April 1864.Discharged Company A, 14th Infantry Regiment Maine on 17 July 1865
Name: Augustus E Horr ,
Residence: Waterford, Maine
Enlistment Date: 26 March 1864
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Maine
Unit Numbers: 1028 1028
Service Record: Sick at Washington, DC Hospl (1864) Enlisted as a Private on 26 March 1864 at the age of 25 Enlisted in Company H, 14th Infantry Regiment Maine on 26 March 1864. Discharged Company H, 14th Infantry Regiment Maine on 17 July 1865
From: History of Minnesota
Augustus E. Horr
The late Augustus E. Horr was one of the pioneer leaders in the lumber and logging industry in Minnesota, coming to St. Anthony in 1865, immediately after the close of the Civil war. He was a member of the old lumbering firm of Leavitt, Horr & Company until 1878, when an association with J. S. Pillsbury and others was formed under the name of the Gulf River Lumber Company, Mr. Horr serving as its treasurer. He also became interested, with his son-in-law, Mr. E. W. Backus, in what is now the Backus-Brooks Company, lumber manufacturers and merchants of Minneapolis. Mr. Horr was vice president of the latter organization at the time of his death. He died at his home in Minneapolis September 15, 1908, after an illness of more than two years. His high ideals, simplicity and straightforwardness of character in his everyday life made his name synonymous with business integrity for nearly fifty years in Minneapolis commercial circles. Augustus E. Horr was born at Waterford, Maine, in 1838. A native of the Pine Tree State, he possessed the rugged qualities of its hills and forests and came almost naturally into lumbering as a business, and it is a noteworthy fact that many of the ablest characters in not only the lumbering but other industrial lines of the Northwest have been from Maine and adjacent states of New England. In 1861 Augustus E. Horr enlisted in Company G, First Maine Volunteer Infantry, and saw active service with that regiment, contracting while in the service a malignant form of measles, which left his eyes in a very weak condition. However, immediately upon being released from the hospital he rejoined his regiment, and as a result, entirely lost the sight of one eye. He was an ardent patriot and for many years was identified with the Rawlins Post No. 126 of the Grand Army of the Republic at Minneapolis. For many years he was also a trustee of the First Congregational Church of Minneapolis. Mr. Horr's associates knew him to be a man with whom hard work was a native characteristic, straightforward in all his dealings, a keen and efficient business man of scrupulous honesty whose word was as good as his bond and the mere mention of his name in connection with any business or enterprise was sufficient guaranty of its worthiness. Mr. Horr is survived by his widow, Emily Leavitt Horr, a daughter of Josiah Leavitt, and by two children - a daughter, Mrs. E. W. Backus, and a son, Mr. Renselaer Leavitt Horr. Mrs. Horr still resides at the old homestead, No. 421 Fourth Street, S.E., Minneapolis, and her son, Mr. Renselaer L. Horr, resides at No. 419 Fourth Street, S. E., next door to the place where he was born. He has followed in his father's footsteps in the lumber business and is one of Minneapolis' progressive business men
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Marriage Date: 19 Jun 1869
Marriage Place: St. Anthony, Hennepin, Minnesota
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M73667-8
System Origin: Minnesota-EASy
Source Film Number: 1380420
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Collection: Minnesota Marriages, 1849-1950
Name: Augustus E. Horr
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Death Date: 15 Sep 1908
Death Place: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
Age: 70
Birth Date: 06 Mar 1838
Birthplace: Maine
Occupation: Lumberman
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Father's Name: Phillip Horr
Father's Birthplace: Maine
Mother's Name: Catherine Estes
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B07011-8
System Origin: Minnesota-EASy
Source Film Number: 1499042
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Collection: Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990Augustus married Emily Leavitt on 19 Jun 1869 in St. Anthony, Hennepin Co, Minnesota, USA. Emily (daughter of Josiah Leavitt and Sallie Hill) was born on 16 Aug 1841 in Naples, Cumberland Co, Maine, USA; died on 15 Jul 1932 in , Hennepin Co, Minnesota, USA. [Group Sheet]
3. Emily Leavitt was born on 16 Aug 1841 in Naples, Cumberland Co, Maine, USA (daughter of Josiah Leavitt and Sallie Hill); died on 15 Jul 1932 in , Hennepin Co, Minnesota, USA. Other Events:
- Census: 1870 1880 [1900] 1910 [1920] 1930
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M73667-8
System Origin: Minnesota-EASy
Source Film Number: 1380420
Reference Number: bkE5 p239 cn239
Collection: Minnesota Marriages, 1849-1950Children:
- 1. Elizabeth Horr was born about 1862 in Maine, USA; died on 24 Nov 1956 in
; was buried in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, Minnesota, USA (Lakewood Cemetery). - Renselaer Horr was born on 15 Jun 1875 in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, Minnesota, USA; died on 17 Dec 1954 in , Kandiyohi Co, Minnesota, USA.
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4. Philip Horr was born on 17 Apr 1812 in Waterford, Oxford Co, Maine, USA (son of Abraham Horr and Mary Hall); died on 29 Oct 1877 in ; was buried in South Waterford, Oxford Co, Maine, USA (Elm Vale Cemetery). Other Events:
- Census: 1850 [1860] 1870
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M52146-1
System Origin: Maine-ODM
Source Film Number: 12625
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Collection: Maine Marriages, 1771-1907
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https://www.familysearch.org/search/recordDetails/show?uri=https://api.familysearch.org/records/pal:/MM9.1.r/9JN2-CJQ/p1
Nov 13, 2009
Cemetery info was kindly contributed by Jeremy Hersey: jeremyhersey(at)yahoo.com
Cemetery:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=horr&GSiman=1&GScid=1966242&GRid=92295723&Philip married Catherine Estes on 8 Mar 1834 in Waterford, Oxford Co, Maine, USA. Catherine (daughter of William Estes and Sally Bartlett) was born on 19 Jul 1814 in
; died on 13 Jun 1839 in ; was buried in South Waterford, Oxford Co, Maine, USA (Elm Vale Cemetery). [Group Sheet] 5. Catherine Estes was born on 19 Jul 1814 in (daughter of William Estes and Sally Bartlett); died on 13 Jun 1839 in ; was buried in South Waterford, Oxford Co, Maine, USA (Elm Vale Cemetery). Notes:
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M52146-1
System Origin: Maine-ODM
Source Film Number: 12625
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Collection: Maine Marriages, 1771-1907
Nov 13, 2009
Cemetery info was kindly contributed by Jeremy Hersey: jeremyhersey(at)yahoo.com
Cemetery:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=92295794Children:
- Charles Horr was born on 28 Jan 1835 in Waterford, Oxford Co, Maine, USA; died on 19 Mar 1909 in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, Minnesota, USA.
- 2. Augustus Horr was born on 6 Mar 1838 in Waterford, Oxford Co, Maine, USA; died on 15 Sep 1908 in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, Minnesota, USA; was buried in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, Minnesota, USA (Lakewood Cemetery).
6. Josiah Leavitt was born about 1808 in Maine, USA; died on 4 Jan 1895 in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, Minnesota, USA. Notes:
From: History of Minnesota
Josiah Leavitt.
For a little more than thirty years, until his death a Minneapolis, January 4, 1895, Josiah Leavitt was one of the principal figures in the lumber and logging industry, associated with his son, Rensselaer C., and with his son-in-law, Augustus E. Horr, and with other notable pioneer lumbermen, including the Pillburys, Chases, the Havens and others. Josiah Leavitt was born in the State of Maine in 1808 and at the time of his death was eighty-seven years of age. He grew up in the Pine Tree State, and when he came to the Northwest as a pioneer brought with him long and successful experience as a Maine lumberman. He was married in 1831 to Miss Sallie Hill of Waterboro, Maine, and soon afterwards began his active operations as a logger and lumberman. His business operations in that field were continued for over thirty years. In 1864 Josiah Leavitt came to St. Anthony, Minnesota, to visit his son, R. C. Leavitt, and his daughter, Mrs. Augustus E. Horr, who had located here about a year before. So impressed was the veteran lumberman with St. Anthony that he soon returned East, wound up his business affairs there, and in 1865 began a residence and business activity in Minneapolis which were only terminated by his death. In connection with his son and Mr. Augustus E. Horr he engaged in the lumber business and bought the sawmill of Todd & Haven. Jonathan Chase was soon admitted to the firm, which went under the name of Leavitt, Chase & Company. In 1876 this partnership was dissolved and a new firm known as Chase, Pillsbury & Company was formed, with Mr. Leavitt, his son and son-in-law, as partners. Three years later was organized the still larger corporation, the Gulf River Lumber Company was formed, with Mr. Leavitt had a holding interest until his death. Mrs. Leavitt died in 1877 and his remaining years were spent with his children and grandchildren. At the time of his death there was a great-grandchild, a son of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Backus, four years of age. Josiah Leavitt, though more than ordinarily successful as a business man, was devoted to his home, and was proud of his children and particularly of his little great-grandson. Almost until the last he retained the vigor of mind and body which had been his chief asset in the successful accomplishments of his business career. His is one of the name that will always deserve recognition among the pioneer business men of Minnesota.Josiah married Sallie Hill in 1831. Sallie died in 1877. [Group Sheet]
7. Sallie Hill died in 1877. Children:
- Rensselaer C. Leavitt was born on 5 May 1835 in Naples, Cumberland Co, Maine, USA; died on 3 Dec 1897 in San Diego, San Diego Co, California, USA.
- 3. Emily Leavitt was born on 16 Aug 1841 in Naples, Cumberland Co, Maine, USA; died on 15 Jul 1932 in , Hennepin Co, Minnesota, USA.
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8. Abraham Horr was born about 1769 in Norton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA (son of (Probable Son) Philip Horr and Hannah Haradon); died in Aug 1849 in . Other Events:
- Baptism: 20 Aug 1769, Norton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M52146-1
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Collection: Maine Marriages, 1771-1907Abraham married Mary Hall on 7 Feb 1803 in Standish, Cumberland Co, Maine, USA. Mary (daughter of John Hall and Naoma York) was born on 5 Nov 1781 in Standish, Cumberland Co, Maine, USA; died on 12 Dec 1844 in
; was buried in South Waterford, Oxford Co, Maine, USA (Elm Vale Cemetery). [Group Sheet] 9. Mary Hall was born on 5 Nov 1781 in Standish, Cumberland Co, Maine, USA (daughter of John Hall and Naoma York); died on 12 Dec 1844 in ; was buried in South Waterford, Oxford Co, Maine, USA (Elm Vale Cemetery). Notes:
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M52146-1
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Collection: Maine Marriages, 1771-1907
Nov 13, 2009
Cemetery info was kindly contributed by Jeremy Hersey: jeremyhersey(at)yahoo.com
Died age 64.
Cemetery:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=91693763Children:
- Eleanor Horr was born about 1803 in Waterford, Oxford Co, Maine, USA; died in 1885 in
. - Hannah Horr was born on 11 Jul 1805 in Waterford, Oxford Co, Maine, USA.
- Dr. William Horr was born on 5 May 1807 in Waterford, Oxford Co, Maine, USA; died in 1885 in Waterford, Oxford Co, Maine, USA; was buried in South Waterford, Oxford Co, Maine, USA (Elm Vale Cemetery).
- Daniel Horr was born on 31 Jul 1809 in Waterford, Oxford Co, Maine, USA; died on 29 Sep 1843; was buried in South Waterford, Oxford Co, Maine, USA (Elm Vale Cemetery).
- 4. Philip Horr was born on 17 Apr 1812 in Waterford, Oxford Co, Maine, USA; died on 29 Oct 1877 in
; was buried in South Waterford, Oxford Co, Maine, USA (Elm Vale Cemetery). - Sarah Horr was born on 20 Feb 1815 in Waterford, Oxford Co, Maine, USA; died in in
. - Frederick Horr was born on 3 Jul 1817 in Waterford, Oxford Co, Maine, USA; died on 10 Jun 1836 in
; was buried in South Waterford, Oxford Co, Maine, USA (Elm Vale Cemetery). - Elizabeth Horr was born on 7 Sep 1819 in Waterford, Oxford Co, Maine, USA.
- Eleanor Horr was born about 1803 in Waterford, Oxford Co, Maine, USA; died in 1885 in
10. William Estes William married Sally Bartlett. [Group Sheet]
11. Sally Bartlett Children:
- Louisa Estes was born on 18 Jun 1811 in Bethel, Oxford Co, Maine, USA; died in in
. - 5. Catherine Estes was born on 19 Jul 1814 in
; died on 13 Jun 1839 in ; was buried in South Waterford, Oxford Co, Maine, USA (Elm Vale Cemetery).
- Louisa Estes was born on 18 Jun 1811 in Bethel, Oxford Co, Maine, USA; died in in