Judith Osborne Horn

Brief Life History of Judith Osborne

When Judith Osborne Horn was born in 1830, in Russell, Virginia, United States, her father, Pleasant Horn, was 55 and her mother, Hulda Osborne, was 42. She married Oliver Powers about 1845, in Wise, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Castlewood, Russell, Virginia, United States in 1870 and Castlewood District, Russell, Virginia, United States in 1880.

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Family Time Line

Oliver Powers
1819–
Judith Osborne Horn
1830–
Marriage: about 1845
Huldah Powers
1846–1924
Elizabeth Powers
1847–
Barr Jonas Powers
1849–
Mary Polly Alley Powers
1854–1922
Anthony Wayne Powers
1859–1885
George Washington Powers
1861–1952

Sources (16)

  • Judith Powers in household of Oliver Powers, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Judith Osborne Horn - birth: 1825; Russell, Virginia, United States
  • Julia in entry for Washington Powers, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1844 · Lumpkin's Jail

In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.

1861 · The Battle of Manassas

The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Hershel, Emanuel, Erez, Yehuda, Ayal, Danit, Doron, Dov, Elad, Elihu, Eran, Haim.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): altered form of Horn 5, originating under Russian influence, since Russian has no h and alters it to g in borrowed words and names. In Israel, the name has been reinterpreted by folk etymology as being from Hebrew goren ‘threshing floor’, which is in fact etymologically and semantically unrelated.

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

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