Jacob William Horner

Male1 January 1824–25 September 1885

Brief Life History of Jacob William

When Jacob William Horner was born on 1 January 1824, in Berkeley, West Virginia, United States, his father, John Horner, was 26 and his mother, Mary Cox, was 30. He married Margaret A. Cox on 15 November 1850, in Washington, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Falling Waters, Berkeley, West Virginia, United States in 1880. He died on 25 September 1885, in Berkeley, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Harmony, Jefferson, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jacob William Horner
1824–1885
Margaret A. Cox
1832–1886
Marriage: 15 November 1850
Mary Catrow Horner
1849–
Mary Catrow Horner
1878–1976
George William Horner
1852–1910
John Thomas Horner
1860–1913
Annie Elizabeth Horner
1865–1929

Sources (27)

  • William Horner, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Jacob W Haner, "Maryland County Marriages, 1658-1940"
  • Jacob William Horner, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    15 November 1850Washington, Maryland, United States
  • Children (5)

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    Siblings (6)

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    World Events (7)

    1825 · The Crimes Act

    Age 1

    The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

    1830 · The Second Great Awakening

    Age 6

    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.

    1846

    Age 22

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

    Name Meaning

    English (North Yorkshire) and German: from Horn 1 with the agent suffix -er; used either as an occupational name for someone who made or sold small articles made of horn (Middle English hornere), a metonymic occupational name for someone who played a musical instrument made from the horn of an animal, or a topographic name for someone who lived at a ‘horn’ of land. In the Middle Ages whole horns were used for many purposes: as drinking vessels, as containers, as wind instruments for sounding an alarm and for signalling to others (e.g. when hunting). Pieces of horn were used to make spoons, buttons, combs, handles, decorative tips for rods, and other things. The horner's craft could include making musical horns as well as sheets of translucent horn for windows and for covering books. For example, Thomas Hornar of Petergate in York was paid for ‘hornyng et naillyng’ the superscribed covers of books in York Minster library in 1421.

    German (also Hörner): from any of various places called Horn, referring to their location at a spur of land, at a horn shaped piece of land.

    Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Horn 5.

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

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