James M Horn

Brief Life History of James M

When James M Horn was born in 1834, in Alabama, United States, his father, Henry Horn, was 30 and his mother, Martha Darling Griffin, was 26. He married Mary H Reid on 10 December 1857, in Lauderdale, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Lauderdale, Alabama, United States in 1870 and Election Precinct 10 Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States in 1880. He died on 26 April 1900, in Jonesboro, Jefferson, Alabama, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Bessemer, Jefferson, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

James M Horn
1834–1900
Mary H Reid
1841–
Marriage: 10 December 1857
Lillian Letha Horn
1858–1935
James Manasses Horn
1861–1939
Margaret Horn
1868–1956
Rose Horn
1869–
Mary Elizabeth Horn
1874–
Thomas Clarence Horn
1878–1932
John Torrey Horne Sr
1882–1935

Sources (9)

  • I M Horn, "United States Census, 1870"
  • James M. Horne, "Find A Grave Index"
  • James Horn in entry for William Joy and Maggie Horn, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

German (Hören): habitational name from Höri, a peninsula in Lake Constance.

Altered form of German and Dutch Horn .

Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Horn .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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