Elijah Horr

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Name : Elijah Albert Horr
Titles :
Death date : 25 Apr 1937
Death place : Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Birth date : 11 Feb 1883
Estimated birth year :
Birth place : Carthag, New York
Age at death : 54 years 2 months 14 days
Gender : Male
Marital status : Married
Race or color : Caucasian
Street address : 6612 Belvedier
Occupation : Laborer
Residence :
Burial date : 27 Apr 1937
Burial place : Mechanicsburg, O
Cemetery name :
Spouse name : Blanch Horr
Father name : Albert V. Horr
Father titles :
Father birth place : U.S.
Mother name : Imo Cheney
Mother titles :
Mother birth place : Ohio
GSU film number : 2023495
Digital GS number : 4020738
Image number : 912
Certificate number : fn 24469
Collection : Ohio Deaths 1908-1953


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Transcribed as Hoss.
1900 Census: Goshen, Champaign Co, Ohio
Eliga Horr, Feb 1887, age 23, m 2 yrs, bp NY, f's bp NY, m's bp OH, Farmer
Myrtle Horr, wife, May 1888, age 21, 1 births 0 living, bp OH, p's bp OH
Myrtle Ferrganson, servant, age 18, bp OH
[Note the birth years and ages do not match for 1900.]

Written as Eligah
1910 Census: Goshen Twp, Champaign Co, Ohio
Eligah A. Horr, age 33, m 11 yrs, bp NY, f's bp NY, m's bp OH, Salesman- grocery
Myrtle J. Horr, wife, age 30, 4 births 3 living, bp OH, p's bp OH
Charles A. Horr, son, age 9, bp OH
Elijah Horr, son, age 8, bp OH
Howard M. Horr, son, age 4, bp OH

1920 census: Mechanicsburg, Champaign Co, Ohio
Elijah Horr, age 41, Bp: Ohio [note it says Ohio but he was born in NY]
Myrtle Horr, age 40, Bp: Ohio
Charles Horr, age 19, Bp: Ohio
Elijah Horr, age 17, Bp: Ohio
Howard Horr, age 14, Bp: Ohio
Eliane Horr, age 6, Bp: Ohio

1930 census: PO Goshen, Mechanicsburg, Champaign Co, Ohio
Myrtle Horr, age 50, Bp: Ohio, divorced, head of household
D. Elaine Horr, age 16, Ohio, daughter

Elijah married Myrtle Miller on 21 Dec 1897 in Marysville, Union Co, Ohio, USA. Myrtle (daughter of Jeremiah Miller and Molly Cluggage) was born on 23 May 1879 in Marysville, Union Co, Ohio, USA; died on 29 Mar 1965 in Marysville, Union Co, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007
Name: Myrtle Miller Horr
[Myrtle Miller Miller] SSN: 274169696 Gender: Female Race: White Birth Date: 23 May 1879 Birth Place: Marysville, Ohio Father Name: Jeremiah Miller Mother Name: Molly Cluggage Type of Claim: Original SSN. Notes: Aug 1938: Name listed as MYRTLE MILLER HORR

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1860 Census: Wilna, Jefferson Co, New York
living in the household of Joseph Root, brother to Nancy Root who was Albert's sister-in-law.

1870 Census: St Joesph Ward 2, Buchanan Co, Missouri
Living his brothers, John Wesley and Charles Abner Horr
John W. Horr, age 39, Bp: NY
Nancy M. Horr, age 38, Bp: NY
Albert V. Horr, age 27, Bp: NY
Charles A. Horr, age 19, Bp: NY
All returned to New York.

Census Place: Carthage, Jefferson Co, New York 1880
Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Albert V. HORR Self M Male W 37 NY Retail Grocer NY NY
Imo C. HORR Wife M Female W 27 OH Keeps House OH OH
Elijah HORR Son S Male W 3 NY At Home NY OH
Mary L. RAUHE Other S Female W 26 NY Servant PRUSSIA PRUSSIA
Note Charles Albert is not on the 1880 census. Only one child reached adulthood.
Next household to sister Sarah Horr FULLER and to brother Charles Abner HORR.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/hadwiln.htm
ALBERT VEDDER HORR was the fourth son, born February 18, 1843. He was a sturdy, mischievous boy of an unusually happy disposition. In boyhood he was little inclined "to take account of stock" before engaging in any of the expeditions and escapades so often characteristic of enterprising boys in a country village. He was a recognized leader, though inclined, in his early days, to be somewhat reckless of consequences, still he was always fertile in resources, and if his thoughtless daring sometimes led his young companions into scrapes his steady bravery and persistence always helped to extricate them. He attained his growth very early, and with it seemed to have unusual maturity of judgment. He enlisted in his brother Wesley's company at the age of 17 and when the regiment was disbanded, after nine months of service, he was an orderly sergeant. He remained in Washington for several months in the service of the government, and then returned to Carthage, where he remained for part of a year, when he began to recruit a company for the 20th New York Cavalry. He was commissioned a second lieutenant, and when the regiment went into camp at Sackets Harbor was promoted to a first lieutenancy before it left the State. When the regiment first went to the front it was employed in several long cavalry raids, which tested the quality, pluck and endurance of the men and hardened them for the service that was to follow. The rare executive ability of Captain Horr was soon recognized, and during much of the time that he was connected with the 20th Regiment, he was on detached service, acting as assistant provost marshal of Eastern Virginia, with headquarters at Great Bridge, and as aide-de-camp on the staff of different generals in the Army of the James. In this capacity he was among the first white men of our army who entered Richmond, being on the staff of General Kautz, who was in command of the colored troops on that eventful morning. On the next day he was one of the escort of President Lincoln on his visit to the captured city, but a few days before his assassination. He remained in the army until the close of the war. Soon after, he removed to St. Joseph, Mo., where for ten years he engaged in mercantile pursuits, in company with his brother. In 1876 he returned to Carthage and engaged in business until his death, July 26, 1882. Capt. Horr was twice married--in 1863 to Miss Emma D. VanNess, of Carthage, who died in 1864, and in 1872 to Miss Imo Cheney, of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, who survived him a few years, dying July 6, 1891. An only son, Elijah, survives the family. This young man is now away, a student in school.
Albert had the happy faculty of making strong friends and holding them. He was a man of unusual energy of character and executive ability. He readily won the respect and easily held the confidence of associates, whether in business or army life. Quick of perception and fertile in resources, he was fitted to lead and command men by the confidence with which he inspired them. The old soldiers who knew him in camp and field loved and honored him. He is buried in the Carthage cemetery in sight of the home of his childhood.
" From The Growth of a Century , by JOHN A. HADDOCK, 1895

Civil War Record
Name: Albert V Horr ,
Enlistment Date: 24 July 1863
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: New York
Unit Numbers: 1307 1307
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 24 July 1863 at the age of 21Transfered on 03 September 1863 from company I to company APromoted to Full Lieutenant 2nd Class on 03 September 1863 (As of Co. A. Not commissioned)Enlisted in Company I, 20th Cavalry Regiment New York on 08 October 1863.Promoted to Full Lieutenant 1st Class on 19 October 1863 effective 29 February 1864Promoted to Full Adjutant on 01 April 1865 effective 01 July 1865Promoted to Full Captain on 01 June 1865 effective 22 July 1865Mustered out Company I, 20th Cavalry Regiment New York on 31 July 1865 in Manchester, VA

Name: Albert V Horr ,
Enlistment Date: 06 September 1861
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: New York
Unit Numbers: 1325 1325
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 06 September 1861 at the age of 19Enlisted in Company E, 7th Cavalry Regiment New York on 20 September 1861.Mustered out Company E, 7th Cavalry Regiment New York on 31 March 1862 in Washington, DC

Albert married Imo Cheney on 22 Oct 1872 in , Champaign Co, Ohio, USA. Imo (daughter of James Cheney and Clare Baxter) was born in Mar 1853 in Mechanicsburg, Champaign Co, Ohio, USA; died on 6 Jul 1891 in Wilna, Jefferson Co, New York, USA; was buried in Wilna, Jefferson Co, New York, USA (Fairview Cemetery). [Group Sheet]

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Marriage to Brook:
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Jeremiah married Molly Cluggage. [Group Sheet]

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• Education: Lowville Academy

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50th Wedding Anniversary: http://www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html
Newspaper Watertown NY Daily Times 1877-1878 - 0383.PDF http://www.fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%20Disk3/Watertown%20Times/Watertown%20NY%20Daily%20Times%201877-1878.pdf/Newspaper%20Watertown%20NY%20Daily%20Times%201877-1878%20-%200383.PDF

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NORTHERN NEW YORK BUSINESS DIRECTORY 1867-68
CARTHAGE (Jefferson County)
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/buswiln1.htm
Horr & Francis, dry goods, groceries, &c.

ELIJAH HORR.- Few men have lived in Carthage and been more closely identified with its business interests for so many consecutive years as the subject of this sketch. He came to the village in 1831, when only 27 years of age, and all his subsequent life was wrought into its growth and prosperity. The progenitors of the family--the name until the last two generations was spelled "Hoar"--came from England to Massachusetts in the 17th century. The Massachusetts branch have always adhered to the original orthography, and as is well known, have been prominent in the history of the old Bay State and of the nation for many years, Hon. George F. Hoar being the senior Senator of the Commonwealth today, and one of the most eminent men in the councils of the Nation.
Elijah Horr's branch of the family came into Northern New York in the latter part of the last century, and settled in Denmark, Lewis county. Here Elijah was born November 24, 1804, and was reared like farmer's boys of the period, attending, for a brief time during the winter, a common school, and laboring the balance of the year upon the farm. He was a steady, ambitious boy, attaining his physical growth very early. He led his father's men in the hay and harvest field when he was 15 years of age, and as a consequence, before he was 18, his health became almost completely broken for the time, and he had entailed upon his constitution infirmities from which he ever afterward suffered. Not being sufficiently robust for a farmer, he attended, for several terms, Lowville Academy, securing by this change a better education than was usual to most of the young men of that section at that time. Upon his return from school he entered the store of Mr. Norton.
At the age of 23 years he married Miss Gertrude Vedder, who was descended, through the Vedders and Van Vlecks, from the old Knickerbocker stock of New York. Soon after, he moved to Carthage, then nothing but a hamlet upon the Long Falls of Black river. After a short time he opened a general store, and continued in the business of a merchant, at brief intervals, on account of impaired health, for more than 30 years. Subsequently, for some years, in company with Orlin Holcomb, he carried on a general banking business until his 70th year, when a stroke of partial paralysis closed his active business career. He lived for six years after this, attending to his private business until his death, December 27, 1880.
In early life Mr. Horr identified himself with the Methodist Episcopal Church. For more than 40 years he was an official member of the Carthage church, attending scrupulously its services and contributing largely of his means for its general expenses, and towards the building of two church edifices. He believed steadfastly in the doctrines and discipline of that church, but was wholly free from bigotry, and rejoiced in the prosperity of the churches of all names. He was a man of very positive convictions in both religious and political affairs, but was charitable towards the opinions of others. As a business man he was universally respected and honored. He was indefatigable in his devotion to his business interests, never allowing anything but the claims of his religious life to engross his time or claim his attention, giving himself almost no recreation, but finding his pleasures in his work. He was a man of unusual balance of faculties, his judgments seldom needing revision. During the more than 40 years of his active business life, he passed through three serious financial panics, with untarnished honor and unweakened credit. He never took any active part in politics, other than to do his simple duty as a citizen. From the organization of the Republican party, he was identified with its interests, and thoroughly believed in, and endeavored to promote its policies. The evening twilight of his long and useful life was calm and beautiful. He rested in the border-land, quietly and in hope, after the unremitting toils of a busy life. His last words, as his soul went out into the unknown, were: "Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me." The family consisted of nine children, all living until the youngest was over 21 years of age, viz: John Wesley, who died March 31, 1875; Walter Ashley, of Great Bend; Hannah, wife of C. E. Francis, of Carthage; Sarah, widow of Rev. Spencer R. Fuller, who died September 16, 1870; Rev. Elijah, D.D., of Worcester, Mass.; Albert Vedder, who died July 26, 1882; Gertrude, wife of John T. Connell, of Grand Island, Neb.; Louise Stewart, who died March 10, 1872, and Charles Abner, who resides at Carthage.

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Lived in Wilna, Jefferson Co NY
Listed in the 1850 Fed.Census of Wilna, Jefferson Co NY.
Horr Elijah 45 m Farmer NY
Horr Gertrude 41 f NY
Horr Walter 16 m Laborer NY
Horr Hannah 13 f NY
Horr Sarah 11 f NY
Horr Elijah 9 m NY
Horr Albert 7 m NY
Horr Gertrude 4 f NY
Horr Louisa 2 f NY
Anderson Thomas 31 m Laborer NY
Castler Betsey 20 f NY

1860 census: Wilna, Jefferson Co, New York
Elijah Horr, age 55, Bp: New York
Gertrude Horr, age 51 , Bp: New York
Hannah L Horr, age 23, Bp: New York
Sarah L Horr, age 21, Bp: New York
Elijah Horr, age 19, Bp: New York
Gertrude Horr, age 14, Bp: New York
Louisa Horr, age 12, Bp: New York
Charles A Horr, age 9, Bp: New York
Note John, Walter and Albert were not living in the household.

Transcribed as HARE.
1870 Census: PO Carthage, Wilna, Jefferson Co, New York
Elijah Horr, age 65, Banker, bp NY
Gertrrude Horr, age 61, bp NY
Louisa Horr, age 21, bp NY
Mary Maran, age 15, Domestic, bp NY
Same page as son Walter, following page to dau Gertrude.

1880 Census Place: Carthage, Jefferson, Co New York
Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Elijah HORR Self M Male W 75 NY Retired Merchant MA MA
Gertrude HORR Wife M Female W 71 NY Keeps House NY NY
Gertrude CONNELL Dau M Female W 34 NY Dry Goods Merchant NY NY
John L. CONNELL SonL M Male W 46 NY Traveling Salesman - Dry Goods NY NY
Mary S. RYAN Other M Female W 24 NY Servant CAN FRA

Elijah married Gertrude Vedder on 18 Nov 1827 in Denmark, Lewis Co, New York, USA. Gertrude (daughter of Adam A. Vedder and Nancy Van Vleck) was born on 26 Aug 1808 in Denmark, Lewis Co, New York, USA; died on 1 Oct 1887 in Wilna, Jefferson Co, New York, USA; was buried in Wilna, Jefferson Co, New York, USA (Fairview Cemetery). [Group Sheet]

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"Descendant of the Vedders and Van Vlecks, from the old Knickerbocker stock of New York."

50th Wedding Anniversary: http://www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html
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James married Clare Baxter. Clare (daughter of Stephen Baxter and Nancy Couch) was born about 1824 in New York, USA. [Group Sheet]

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1870 census: PO Woodstock, Goshen twp, Champaign Co, Ohio
Clarie Cheney, age 45, Bp: New York, keeping house
Imo Cheney, age 17, Ohio, in school
Nancy Baxter, age, 85, Connecticut, "lives with daughter"
Cook, ??, age 23, male, farm laborer