Brief Life History of John William Herschel
When John William Herschel Horn was born on 12 September 1878, in Glenwood Township, Schuyler, Missouri, United States, his father, John Carnahan Horn, was 28 and his mother, Jennie Elizabeth Wallace, was 23. He married Bernadena Thoman in 1904. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Trinidad, Las Animas, Colorado, United States in 1910 and Election Precinct 1, Prowers, Colorado, United States in 1940. He died on 15 May 1952, in Lamar, Prowers, Colorado, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Lamar, Prowers, Colorado, United States.
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- Herschel Horn, "United States Census, 1910"
- Herschel Horn, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- John William "Herschel" Horn, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1886
Historical Boundaries: 1886: Bent, Colorado, United States 1889: Prowers, Colorado, United States
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
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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