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Kraus Family History

(last update 16 Aug 2003)

Fifth Generation

( PLEASANT⁴, WILLIAM³, WILLIAM², GEORGE¹)

Children of Pleasant Horner and Rebecca Haun

7. Joseph Marion Horner [14340] was born 1 September 1844 in Jefferson County, Tennessee. He married Mary A. Potter on 31 October 1867 in Hawkins County, Tennessee. She was born about 1843 in Tennessee.

Children of Joseph Horner and Mary Potter are:

Ellie F. Horner, born about 1868 in Tennessee.
William C. Horner, born about 1870 in Tennessee.
Elizabeth R. Horner, born about 1872 in Tennessee.
John Pleasant Horner, born 13 July 1874 in Texas. Registered for the WWI draft on 12 September 1918 in Caldwell County, Texas. He was a farmer.
Sallie Horner, born about 1877 in Texas.
Nancy M. Horner, born about 1879 in Texas.

Bibliography

1850 Federal Census, TN, Jefferson County, page 341b.

1860 Federal Census, TN, Jefferson County, page 387b, Pleasant Horner.

1867 Marriage Records of Hawkins County, Tennessee.

1880 Federal Census, TX, Caldwell County, page 193a.

1918 World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Caldwell County, Texas, John Pleasant Horner.

8. Pleasant Woodson Horner [14426] was born 26 February 1846 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, and died 14 March 1912. He married Martha M. Phillips on 14 October 1866 in Hawkins County, Tennessee. She was born 9 February 1845, and died 20 March 1926. Pleasant and Rebecca are buried in Bent Creek Cemetery, Hamblen County, Tennessee.

Children of Pleasant Horner and Martha Phillips are:

Mollie L. Horner, born 29 April 1869; died 24 May 1870. Burial: Bent Creek Cemetery, Whitesburg, Hamblen County, Tennessee.
Thomas J. Horner, born 24 April 1871, Jefferson County, Tennessee; died 24 October 1871, Jefferson County, Tennessee. Burial: Bent Creek Cemetery, Whitesburg, Hamblen County, Tennessee.
Maggie Horner, born April 1872, Hawkins County, Tennessee.
James Deadrick Horner, born 18 October 1874, Hawkins County, Tennessee; died 7 February 1937; married Lucy V. [last name unknown]; born 26 November 1886; died 16 December 1965. Both buried in Bent Creek Cemetery, Whitesburg, Hamblen County, Tennessee.
John P. Horner, born 14 September 1877, Hawkins County, Tennessee; d. 27 August 1926; buried Bent Creek Cemetery, Hamblen County, Tennessee.
Jessie Horner, born February 1882.
Venay(?) Horner, born September 1888, Hawkins County, Tennessee.

Bibliography

1850 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee

1860 Federal Census, TN, Jefferson County, page 387b, Pleasant Horner.

1866: Marriage Records of Hawkins County, Tennessee (Pleasant and Martha)

1900 Federal Census, Hawkins County, Tennessee, page 15a

Grave Markers, Bent Creek Cemetery, Hamblen County, Tennessee

13. Thomas Newton Horner [14462] was born 22 March 1856 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, and died 1 December 1929. He married Katie A. McCarver. She was born 30 July 1857, and died 6 December 1924. Both are buried in Bethesda Cemetery, Whitesburg, Hamblem County, Tennessee.

Child of Thomas Horner and Katie McCarver is:

Rebecca Mae Horner, born 26 September 1883; died 15 July 1926. Burial: Bethesda Cemetery, Whitesburg, Hamblem County, Tennessee.

Bibliography

1850 Federal Census, TN, Jefferson County, page 341b.

1860 Federal Census, TN, Jefferson County, page 387b, Pleasant Horner.

1880 Federal Census, TN, Hamblen County, page 382a.

1900 Federal Census, TN, Hamblen County, 12th District, page 131a, Thomas Horner.