Samuel Hayes Horn

Brief Life History of Samuel Hayes

When Samuel Hayes Horn was born on 9 September 1828, in Madison, Kentucky, United States, his father, Nathaniel Horn, was 29 and his mother, Catherine Hayes, was 20. He married Isabelle Hopkins Kirk on 2 December 1854, in Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Kentucky, United States in 1870. He died on 23 February 1900, in Daviess, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in South Hampton Church, Daviess, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Hayes Horn
1828–1900
Isabelle Hopkins Kirk
1836–1904
Marriage: 2 December 1854
Lucy Elizabeth Horn
1855–1942
Mayo Horn
1856–1860
Joeann "Joan" Horn
1857–1893
Idell P. Horn
1859–1941
James Buckner Horn
1862–1946
Mary Catherine Horn
1865–1945
William N. Horn
1866–1928
Franklin Peyton Horn
1868–1926
Susan "Belle" Horn
1872–1959

Sources (22)

  • Samuel Horn, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Samuel H. Horn, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865

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.

1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens

The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.

1850 · 8th Most Populated State

According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.

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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