Harrison Horr

1842 - 1876  (34 years)

• Name	Harrison Horr
  Born	21 Mar 1842	Pelham, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850 1860 1870
  Died	28 Sep 1876	Pelham, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA
  Person ID	I5643	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	19 Jan 2013

  
  

  Father	Harmon Horr,   b. 29 Jan 1799, Pelham, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 10 Jan 1860, Pelham, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Martha Hawley,   b. 20 May 1809, Amherst, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 23 Sep 1882, Pelham, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Married	28 Nov 1832	Amherst, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA
  Family ID	F6033	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Smith,   b. 20 Jan 1842, Pelham, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 1927,  (Age 84 years)
  Married	2 May 1867	Shutesbury, Franklin Co, Massachusetts, USA
  Last Modified	9 May 2010
  Family ID	F2498	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  If you have corrections and/or updated information on this person please contact Roz Edson at MrsEdson@gmail.com Groom's Name: Harrison Z. Horr Groom's Birth Date: Groom's Birthplace: Pelham Groom's Age: 25 Bride's Name: Hannah M. Smith Bride's Birth Date: Bride's Birthplace: ...M Bride's Age: 25 Marriage Date: 02 May 1867 Marriage Place: Shutesbury, Massachusetts Groom's Father's Name: Hawasa P. Horr Groom's Mother's Name: Martha Horr Bride's Father's Name: Smith Bride's Mother's Name: Smith Groom's Race: White Groom's Marital Status: Single Groom's Previous Wife's Name: Bride's Race: White Bride's Marital Status: Single Bride's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M01376-6 System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy Source Film Number: 1863562 Reference Number: Item 11, Pg. 153 Collection: Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910 Name: Harrison Z Hoar Gender: Male Burial Date: Burial Place: Death Date: 28 Sep 1876 Death Place: Pelham, Massachusetts Age: 34 Birth Date: 1842 Birthplace: Pelham Occupation: Farmer Race: Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Father's Name: Harmon P Hoar Father's Birthplace: Mother's Name: Martha Hoar Mother's Birthplace: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B06742-3 System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy Source Film Number: 960210 Reference Number: v 284 p 24 Collection: Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910 [[The following census information was compiled and contributed by Joyce S. Living with parents in 1850. Harrison T. age 8, bp MA Living with mother in 1860. 1860 Census: Pelham, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Harrison Z. Horr, 18, Massachusetts Transcribed as Harrison L. 1870 Census: Pelham, Hampshire, MA, PO Belchertown Harrison Z. Horr, age 28, bp Massachusetts, Farmer Hannah Horr, age 28, bp Massachusetts Martha Smith, age 56, no occupation Next household sisters, next sister and mother. Service Record: Name: Harrison Z Horr , Residence: Pelham, Massachusetts Occupation: Farmer Enlistment Date: 04 November 1861 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Union State Served: Massachusetts Unit Numbers: 935 935 Service Record: Promoted to Full CorporalEnlisted as a Private on 04 November 1861 at the age of 19Enlisted in Company F, 31st Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 19 February 1862.Mustered out Company F, 31st Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 20 December 1864 From the HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE October 10, 1876 Pelham, Ma. Harrison Z. Horr committed suicide last Thursday morning, by shooting himself. Mr. Horr had been a little unsettled in his mind since Spring, yet not enough to be noticed except by his own family or intimate friends. On Thursday morning he told his wife that he had a mind to go up in the bushes a short distance and see if he could find some partridges; he accordingly took his double-barreled shot-gun and started. Not long after his wife heard the report of a gun, and not feeling easy about him, went to the next door neighbor's, Mr. Stratton's, and they, not thinking there was anything wrong, delayed going in search of Mr. H. for some time, but on going in the direction from which the report of the gun came, found him in the bushes near the roadside, dead. He had discharged both barrels of his gun by tying a string to a bush, connecting the string to the trigger, and placing the muzzles against his heart, leaned back and the contents of both barrels entered his heart, causing instant death without any doubt. Mr. Horr was 34 years of age, and leaves a family. As told by Robert Lord Keyes, Pelham Library, in a letter dated April 30, 2004: Harrison Z. Horr [1842-1876] is a real story. He was in Civil War service in Louisiana with his brother Charles Henry Horr [1835-1864] in 1864. One evening the Confederates attacked, or threatened to. The Massachusetts unit split into two to probe the lines. Each unit came upon other soldiers in the dark and, thinking them the enemy, engaged. But it was the other unit. Harrison was with one group and Charles was with the other-and Charles was killed in the subsequent firefight. Later, it was said that Harrison blamed himself for his brother's death and was "insane.' On Sept. 28, 1876, he shot himself with a gunshot near his house on Pelham Hollow Road, dying instantly. We have his widow's pension papers which documents this these facts. It is an extraordinary set of papers to read. Harrison had no children and his wife, Hannah M. Smith Horr [1842-1927], never remarried.