Dr. Edward Horr

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College of Physicians and Surgeons Obituary Database
Edward F. Horr
Record #:Death Date:Graduating Year:
3354 February 21, 1955 P&S1894
Summary:
Expedition surgeon, died in Utica, NY at age 86. He served in Cuba during the Spanish-American War, and during the Philippine Insurrection was in charge of a base hospital on Mindanao. He later served for three years as surgeon of the South American expedition of the Peabody Museum of Harvard University, which studied unknown Indian tribes on three trips to the headwaters of the Amazon River. He was subsequently associated with Santos Tomas Hospital in Panama. In 1910 he returned to the United States and set up a practice in Barneveld, NY.
Citation(s):
Columbia Alumni News 46 (May 1955) P 29

The Peru Expedition:
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C06E5DF1E3AE733A2575BC1A9649D946797D6CF

Observer-Dispatch
This week in history
Sun, Feb 20, 2005
1955/50 years ago
Death claims 86-year-old Edward F. Horr, a doctor in the Barneveld area for nearly 50 years. For 20 years, he was health officer for the towns of Deerfield and Barneveld. Horr was an 1891 graduate of Yale University and received medical degrees at Yale and Columbia University. He was a member of the Unitarian Church in Barneveld and Remsen Lodge 677, F&AM.

More about him: (with photo)
http://fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html
Utica NY Observer 1948 - 2263.PDF http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%202/Utica%20NY%20Daily%20Observer/Utica%20NY%20Observer%201948.pdf/Utica%20NY%20Observer%201948%20-%202263.PDF

http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/resources/mvgw/bios/horr_edward.html
Edward Franklin Horr, physician and surgeon, was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on January 6, 1869, one of two sons born to William L. and Lucy (Henderson) Horr, the other son being Weston H. Horr. William L. Horr was engaged in manufacturing until he retired, his death occurring in 1900. On his father's side the subject of this sketch came from an old Massachusetts family dating back to 1639, while his mother was a native of Maine, who died in 1904.
Edward Franklin Horr was educated in the public and high school in Bridgeport, Connecticut, then entered Yale University, from which he was graduated in 1891, with the B. A. degree. He then entered Columbia University, graduating in 1894, with the degree of M. D. The following two years he served as interne in Bellevue Hospital, New York city, the Buffalo General Hospital in Buffalo, New York, and the Lying-In Hospital in New York city. Dr. Horr then started practicing in New York city, where he remained from 1896 to 1898. He enlisted in the Medical Corps as captain during the Spanish-American war, and was stationed in Cuba for three years. He then went to the Philippine Islands for two years and was honorably discharged upon his return to the United States in 1903. The following year Dr. Horr went to Panama in the Canal service as physician and surgeon, and remained two years. Upon his return he was appointed a member of the Harvard expedition to South America, exploring the upper Amazon river and tributaries in ethnological research and remained three years in this capacity. Upon his return in 1910 he established practice in Trenton, New York.
In 1910 Dr. Horr was united in marriage to Miss Mary Elizabeth Schumacher, and they have one child: William Edward Horr. Mrs. Horr is a member of Mappa Chapter, Eastern Star and the Civic Club of Utica, New York. Dr. Horr is health officer for the village of Trenton and the towns of Deerfield and Remsen. He is a member of the American, state and county medical associations, and the Spanish War Veterans. He is a Mason and member of Remsen Lodge, No. 677; Mohawk Consistory, and Ziyara Temple , both of Utica, and Sprig Chapter of Newport, New York. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Rebekahs. His social clubs include the University Club of Utica and Yale Club of Central New York. In politics Dr. Horr is an independent republican and his church associations are in the Unitarian church.

Obituary: http://fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html
Utica NY Observer 1955 - 1430.pdf http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%202/Utica%20NY%20Daily%20Observer/Utica%20NY%20Observer%201955%20pdf/Utica%20NY%20Observer%201955%20-%201430.PDF

Edward married Mary Schumacher on 7 Sep 1910 in , Bronx Co, New York, USA. Mary was born about 1869 in New York, USA; died on 6 Oct 1954 in Trenton, Burlington Co, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. William Horr was born on 23 Aug 1911 in New York, USA; died in in .

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Groom's Name: William L. Horr
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Bride's Name: Lucy W. Henderson
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Marriage Date: 08 May 1862
Marriage Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Groom's Father's Name: Luther
Groom's Mother's Name: Ruth
Bride's Father's Name: Thomas
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I00869-1
System Origin: Massachusetts-ODM
Source Film Number: 817613
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Collection: Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910

Death Notice:
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A0DE5D61E39E333A25757C0A96F9C946196D6CF

William married Lucy Henderson on 8 May 1862 in Boston, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts, USA. Lucy (daughter of Thomas Henderson) was born in Sep 1840 in Massachusetts, USA (Maine, USA?); died in in . [Group Sheet]

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1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Luther Horr
Home in 1880: Needham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Age: 79
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1801
Birthplace: Vermont
Relation to head-of-household: Head
Spouse's name: Ruth
Father's birthplace: MA
Mother's birthplace: MA
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Luther Horr 79
Ruth Horr 78
Elisabeth Horr 37
Jennie Sargison

Name: Luther Horr
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Death Date: 07 May 1885
Death Place: Wellesley, Massachusetts
Age: 84
Birth Date: 1801
Birthplace: Chester, Vt.
Occupation: Housebuilder
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
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Father's Name: Joseph Horr
Father's Birthplace: Littleton, Mass.
Mother's Name: Sophia Bigelow
Mother's Birthplace: Worcester
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B06793-7
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
Source Film Number: 960229
Reference Number: v 365 p 300
Collection: Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910

Cemetery:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Horr&GSiman=1&GScid=2202574&GRid=52139377&

Luther married Ruth Rhodes on 10 Sep 1826. Ruth (daughter of Thomas Rhodes and Ruth Marston) was born on 4 May 1802 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 27 Sep 1886 in Needham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Wellesley, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts, USA (Wellesley Congregational Church Cemetery). [Group Sheet]

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Name: Ruth Rhodes Horr
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Death Date: 27 Sep 1880
Death Place: Needham, Massachusetts
Age: 78
Birth Date: 1802
Birthplace: Lynn, Mass
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Father's Name: Thomas
Father's Birthplace: Lynn
Mother's Name: Ruth
Mother's Birthplace: Marblehead
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B06750-9
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
Source Film Number: 960218
Reference Number: v 320 p 241
Collection: Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910

Cemetery:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=52139556

Notes:

SOURCE: New England Puritan, published Boston
TRANSCRIBER: Marilyn Labbe
OBITUARIES
THURSDAY, MAR. 4, 1852
Mr. Joseph Hoar
Died in Chester, VT, Feb. 21st, Mr. Joseph Hoar, aged 84.--A native of Concord, Massachusetts Bro. H. was a godly man; for more than fifty years he sustained the character of a sincere, devoted, and humble Christian. Of a family of thirteen children, all but one have given evidence of their attachment to their father's God "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints."

http://books.google.com/books?id=Cfe5F5wSs74C&pg=RA2-PA381&dq=%22Joseph+Hoar%22+bigelow&lr=&ei=dxemR4SoCI3WzASYkMSrBg
History of the Town of Berlin, Worcester County, Mass., from 1784-to 1895 - Page 381 by William Addison Houghton - Berlin (Mass.)
HOAR.
Two of this name were occupants of a tract of land
northwest of the Sanderson Carter place, about 1790 ;
the land is still known by that name. Joseph Hoar
m. Sophia Bigelow, dau. of Augustus, Aug. 18,
1790; David Hoar m. Lucy Whitcomb in 1794;
m., 2d, Nancy Moore in 1802; by her had Sanford,
Anna and Eliza.

Death:
https://www.familysearch.org/search/recordDetails/show?uri=https://api.familysearch.org/records/pal:/MM9.1.r/1G3Z-43M/p1

Cemetery:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=hoar&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=49&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=9456761&df=all&

Joseph married Sophia Bigelow on 18 Aug 1790 in Berlin, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA. Sophia (daughter of Daniel Bigelow and Mary Robbins) was born on 12 Dec 1773 in Worcester, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 11 Jun 1851 in Chester, Windsor Co, Vermont, USA; was buried in Chester, Windsor Co, Vermont, USA (Brookside Cemetery). [Group Sheet]

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Death:
https://www.familysearch.org/search/recordDetails/show?uri=https://api.familysearch.org/records/pal:/MM9.1.r/1G3Z-WPT/p1

Cemetery:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9456728

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Living with his daughter Ruth in the 1850 census, age 72, born Ma.

Thomas married Ruth Marston on 26 May 1801. Ruth was born in in Marblehead, Essex Co, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet]