Family History

 (last update 12 Jul 2006)

Sixth Generation

( JOHN TURNER⁵, SPENCER⁴, GEORGE³, WILLIAM², GEORGE¹)

1. Lewis Cass Horner [639] was born 22 September 1848 in Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas, and died 31 March 1923 in Tamaha, Haskell County, Oklahoma. Louis served the Union during the Civil War, enlisted as a Private in Company K of the 2nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment, under the command of Col. Boyles Stephernon, on 20 March 1864, nine days before his uncles Andrew and Pleasant Horner joined the same unit. His uncle Francis Acord joined that unit in 1861. His military papers describe him as being of average size, 5 feet 10 inches tall with black hair and brown eyes. Louis and his uncles all contracted measles at Lewisburg, Arkansas. His uncles all died of the disease but Louis survived. He was discharged on 24 August 1865 at Lewisburg Ridge, Arkansas. He went to Webster County, Missouri with the rest of the family and returned to Johnson County with his mother. He married Jemima Kasiah Melson on 25 June 1866 in Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas, daughter of Absolom Patton Melson and Bearbia Melita Uptain. She was born March 1846 in Arkansas. Louis and Jemima moved often. Shortly after his marriage they returned to Greenfield, Missouri then in 1878 to Cassville where his father lived. He applied for an invalid pension for his Civil War service in 1886. By 1894 they moved to the eastern part of Cherokee Nation 1894, then to Delaware County, Oklahoma, then two years in Arkolam, Missouri, and two years in McDonald County, Missouri. They were in Vian, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma in 1920, on 4 April 1921 they were in Tamaha, Haskell County, Oklahoma.

Children of Louis Horner and Jemima Melson are:

1. ALONZO RUSSELL HORNER.

2. FRANCES MARION HORNER, b. 28 September 1867, Cassville, Barry County, Missouri; d. 4 November 1887, Cassville, Barry County, Missouri.

3. JOHN C. HORNER, b. 18 December 1869.

4. ANDREW SPENCER HORNER, b. 25 April 1872.

5. FERBA S. HORNER, b. 11 February 1873.

6. RUSSELL W. HORNER, b. 18 September 1877.

7. LOUISA E. HORNER, b. 28 January 1880, Dade County, Missouri; d. Kansas, Delaware County, Oklahoma; m. TAYLOR HARRY.

8. OMA EFFIE HORNER, b. 5 June 1882, Dade County, Missouri; d. in Jay, Delaware County, Oklahoma; m. SAM RUSSELL, Kansas, Delaware County, Oklahoma.

9. LUTHER CLARENCE HORNER, b. 17 September 1887, Greenfield, Blaine County, Oklahoma; m. AHQUAS WILSON.

Bibliography

• 1850 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County

• 1860 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, Floyd Township, page 982, John T. Horner.

• 1870 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, Clarksville, Spadra Township, page: 103b Dwelling: 111, Lewis Horner.

• National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, "Electronic," Lewis C. Horner.

2. Mary Ellender Horner [640] was born 10 May 1850 in Johnson County, Arkansas and died 6 April 1936 in Cato, Barry County, Missouri. She married William Jesse Wilson on 5 July 1866 in Arkansas. He was born in 1845 in Arkansas and died 29 Nov 1928 in Aurora, Lawrence County, Missouri. Jesse fought for the Union during the Civil War enlisting as a Private in Company A of the 2nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment. He was in the posse that hunted down the bushwhackers who killed Spencer Horner, his father-in-law, and Spencer's son, William Riley Horner. Jesse Wilson didn't know that the war was over; when he found one of the bushwhackers hiding under his woman's skirt; he pulled him out and shot him, saying "The blood-thirsty rascal." William applied for an invalid's pension in 1890.

Mary's mother, Susannah Boen, lived with them, and sat in her little rocker and told them Civil War stories. Mary told how, during the Civil War, bushwhackers pulled the earrings out of her pierced ears because they were gold. She also said that they hung one of the brothers, probably Louis Cass Horner, up on a limb and burned his feet to make him tell where the family treasures were hid. Mary was an excellent nurse. Although not formally trained, she had worked by her father's side before the war. She was fearless, and would close the eyes of those who died, no matter where or who they were. She continued nursing after she married, and people called on her whenever someone was sick. After William's death Mary applied for a widow's pension in 1929. Mary and Jesse are both buried in Stubblefield Cemetery, Barry County, Missouri.

Children of Jesse Wilson and Mary Horner are:

1. Martha Isabell Wilson, born 22 April 1867 in Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas; died 31 July 1932 in Aurora, Lawrence County, Missouri.
2. Sarah Susannah Wilson, born 20 November 1870 in Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas; died 23 June 1954.
3. John Wilson, born 11 February 1873 in Johnson County, Arkansas; died before 1880.
4. Rebecca Wilson, born about 1874 in Arkansas.
5. Ellen Wilson, born 11 June 1879 in Flat Creek. Barry County, Missouri; died before 1915 in Barry County, Missouri.

Bibliography

• 1850 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, Index #270, Family #22.

• 1860 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, Floyd Township, page 982, John T. Horner.

• Desmond Walls Allen, Second Arkansas Union Infantry, Arkansas Research, Conway, Arkansas, 1987
• Grave markers, Stubblefield Cemetery, Barry County, Missouri.

3. SPENCER P. HORNER [1127] was born 20 September 1852 in Johnson County, Arkansas, and died 22 May 1923 in Hope, Stephens County, Arkansas. He married AMANDA LUCINDA BRYANT about 1870 probably in Barry County, Missouri. She was born 5 July 1853 in Arkansas, and died 5 October 1925 in Hope, Stephens County, Oklahoma. They are both buried in Tidwell Cemetery, Tidwell, Stephens County, Oklahoma.

Children of SPENCER HORNER and AMANDA BRYANT are:

1. IDA A. HORNER, b. about 1871, Missouri; d. about 1889 in Indian Territory; m. [first name unknown] PIERCE.

2. LEWIS T. HORNER, b. Dec 1872, Cassville, Barry County, Missouri; m. M. A. [last name unkno0wn] 1895, Oklahoma.

3. JOHN LORENZO DOW HORNER, b. 12 Jan 1875, Barry County, Missouri; d. 18 Oct 1956, California; m. POLLY EULAH JACKSON, 25 Apr 1895, Texanna, McIntosh County, Oklahoma; b. 29 Jun 1884, Texanna, McIntosh County, Oklahoma; d. 25 Jan 1917, Tussy, Carter County, Oklahoma.

4. RUSSELL HORNER, b. 8 Jan 1876, Butterfield, Barry County, Missouri; d. 3 Feb 1927, Friona, Palmer County, Texas; m. ADA BELLE BOYDSTON.

5. ELIZA HORNER, b. Abt. 1879, Cassville, Barry County, Missouri.

6. LELA MAUDE HORNER, b. 7 May 1881, Cassville, Barry County, Missouri; d. 16 Aug 1969, Childress, Childress County, Texas; m. WILLIAM VIRGIL BOYDSTON, son of Robert Boydston and Elizabeth Bryant; b. 1877, d. 1943. Both buried in Tidwell Cemetery, Stephens County, Oklahoma.

7. RICHARD HORNER, b. abt. 1882, Cassville, Barry County, Missouri.

8. MINNIE BELLE HORNER, b. 20 Jun 1883, Cassville, Barry County, Missouri; d. 14 Aug 1949, Gridley, Butte County, California; m. RUDOLPH F. CLARK, 26 Jul 1902, Luther, Oklahoma Territory.

9. JOEL HARRISON HORNER, b. 20 Sep 1886, Cassville, Barry County, Missouri; d. 16 Sep 1956, Coolidge, Pinal County, Arizona; m. NANCY ANN CLARK, 10 Apr 1907, Checotah, McIntosh County, Oklahoma.

10. HOMER HORNER, b. 1889, Cassville, Barry County, Missouri; d. 1907..

11. AUDEY A. HORNER, b. Feb 1890, Indian Territory.

12. BERT BALLARD. HORNER, b. 26 Dec 1892, Indian Territory; d. Jan 1964; m. ETHEL MAE BEDFORD, 19 Oct 1913, Fawn, McIntosh County, Oklahoma.

13. AMOS SPENCER HORNER, b. 17 Apr 1896, Indian Territory; d. 4 May 1975, San Diego, San Diego County, California; m. EDNA BELL WAINSCOTT, 12 Apr 1914, Doyle, Stephens County, Oklahoma

Bibliography:

• 1860 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, Floyd Township, page 982, John T. Horner.

• 1880 Federal Census, Spadra Township, Johnson County, Arkansas, Page 194.

4. Martha Isabell 'Belle' Horner [1130] was born 15 June 1856 in Johnson County, Arkansas, and died 15 February 1922 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska. She married (1) [first name unknown] Stockton. She married (2) George Wilson on 11 July 1876 in Johnson County. She married (3) David N. McClure.

Child of MARTHA HORNER and GEORGE WILSON is:

1. Isadora Quami Wilson, born c1876, Johnson County, Arkansas.

2. Mary Elizabeth Wilson, born about 1874, Johnson County, Arkansas, died 20 January 1938, McDonald, Berry County, Missouri; married Henry Franklin Fare about 1892, born 2 December 1868, died 9 September 1956. Both buried in Stubblefield Cemetery, Barry County, Missouri.

3. James R. Wilson, born about 1979, Johnson County, Arkansas.

4. Talitha A. Wilson, born February 1880, Johnson County, Arkansas.

Bibliography

• 1860 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, Floyd Township, page 982, John T. Horner.

• 1880 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, Spadra Township, page 330a, dwelling 502, George W. Wilson.

5. RUSSELL CARTER 'BUD; HORNER [1131] was born 20 October 1858 in Johnson County, Arkansas, and died 15 September 1942 in Hatch, Dona Ana County, New Mexico. He married Cora Ellen Shafter on 25 December 1879 in Barry County, Missouri. She was born 27 November 1861 in Illinois, and died May 1916 in Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma.

Children of Russell Horner and Cora Shafter are:

1. Louis Allen Horner, born 8 December 1881 in Cassville, Missouri; died 13 January 1962 in Portales County, New Mexico.
2. Sarah Elizabeth Horner, born 23 January 1883 in Illinois.
3. James Thomas Horner, born 12 September 1887 in Barry County, Missouri.
4. Alta Maybell Horner, born 17 May 1889 in Cassville, Missouri.
5. Peter Amos Horner, born 08 January 1894 in Cassville, Missouri.

Bibliography

• 1860 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, Floyd Township, page 982, John T. Horner.

• 1880 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, Spadra Township, dwelling 194

6. Prof. John Turner Horner [1134] was born 26 July 1866 in Webster County, Missouri, and died 15 September 1942 in Neosha, Newton County, Missouri. He married (1) Martha Ellen Jesse. She was born 19 March 1868 in Missouri, and died 2 August 1927 in Neosha, Newton County, Missouri. Martha owned and operated a millinery store; she made and sold hats. Her mother was Elizabeth Hilton and her father was [first name unknown] Jesse, who was killed by a runaway team of horses on the road between Washburn and Cassville, Missouri near the Seeburn Johnson farm. The child, Henry Jesse, had died on the road from Stone County Missouri or through Arkansas to Texas. The father had also died enroute. The widow was traveling with a couple in another covered wagon. She was driving a team to her covered wagon, on her way home to her Hilton relatives in Missouri, when the accident occurred. Elizabeth Jesse gave Seburn Johnson the care of her three daughters, Fannie Jesse, age 10, Martha Jesse, age 6, and Tressie Jesse, age 3. Seburn Johnson was highly recommended as a fine upstanding citizen. Martha Jane Jesse grew up in the home of Johnson's daughter, Mary Moore, in Washburn, Missouri. The old two-story brick house of Moore s still stands on the highway in Washburn, Barry County, Missouri. Later Martha went to school with Prof. N. L. Maiden in Cassville, Barry County, Missouri; there she met John Turner Horner. Martha is buried in Neosho IOOF Cemetery, Newton County, Missouri.

He married (2) Lucille Brazile after 1893. John owned the Horner Institute in Rocky Comfort, McDonald County, Missouri from 1900 to 1911. Later he started a school at Stella, Newton County, Missouri in 1912 and then in Pierce City, Lawrence County, Missouri. He also built a school at Fairview, Missouri in 1913 that was named after him. A Normal Institute was organized by Professor Maiden at Cassville, Barry County, Missouri. John was one of the first teachers enlisted. Later he owned, and was President of the school. He later he went to Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma as a teacher. While at Tulsa he started the Teachers Credit Union for teachers and students. Dallas Leroy Horner, Elbert Horner and many other relatives attended the Horner Institute at Rocky Comfort, Missouri. John taught once at the Loomis School near White Rock, Carroll County, Missouri.

Children of John Horner and Martha Jesse are:

1. Eva May Horner, born 29 September 1889 in Pineville, McDonald County, Missouri; died May 1975 in Tahlequah, Cherokee County, Oklahoma. She never married. She was a Teacher and Naturalist. She was the first woman to receive an award for Wildlife Conservationist of the Year in Oklahoma and was cited for her work obtaining the Spear-Hawk Mountain Primitive Area. It consists of 685 acres on the Illinois River which was later named Sparrow-Hawk. In 1942 she lived in Woodward, Woodward County, Oklahoma. Her obituary was published on 23 May 1975 in the The Star Citizen, Tahlequah, Cherokee County, Oklahoma
2. Frank Raymond Horner, born 13 November 1891 in Pineville, McDonald County, Missouri; died after 1975. He lived in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin,
3. Lawrence Horner, born April 1893 in Pineville, McDonald County, Missouri; died 1966 in Branson, Las Animas County, Colorado. He lived in Oklahoma in 1942.

Bibliography

• 1870 Federal Census, MO, Barry County, Cassville, White River Township, page 783a, dwelling 109.

• 1880 Federal Census, MO, Dade County, page 157b, Robert F. Poindexter (John T. Horner).

• 1900 Federal Census, MO, McDonald County, Richwood Township, page 141b, John T. Horner.

9. Ollie Elizabeth Horner [1138] was born 23 May 1873 in Cassville, Barry County, Missouri, and died 24 August 1946 in Rocky Comfort, McDonald County, Missouri. She married James Mathew 'Matt' Sears. He was born March 1871 in Illinois and died in 1957. They lived their entire lives in McDonald County, Missouri. They are both  buried in Rocky Comfort Cemetery, McDonald County, Missouri.

Children of Ollie Horner and James Sears are:

1. Fannie Fay Sears, born about 1900 McDonald County, Missouri; died 1928; m. Robert Dodson.

2. Mamie Sears, born October 1892, McDonald County, Missouri; died 5 May 1995; m. (1) [first name unknown Cloud; m. (2) Elmer Arnett.

3. + Jesse O. Sears, born 4 June 1903, McDonald County, Missouri; died 25 May 1966; married (1) Clarice Stipp; married (2) Coma Faye Thornton.

4. Milburn J. Spears, born about 1906, McDonald County, Missouri,

5. Lawrence Spears.

Bibliography

• 1900 Federal Census, MO, McDonald County, White Rock Township, page 6a, James M. Sears.

• 1910 Federal Census, MO, McDonald County, Richwood Township, page 3a, James M. Sears.

• 1920 Federal Census, MO, McDonald County, Richwood Township, page 3b, Matt J. Sears.

• 1930 Federal Census, MO, McDonald County, Rocky Comfort, page 2a, J. Mat Sears.

10. William Albert Horner [11418] was born 11 January 1874 in Barry County, Missouri, and died 29 February 1936 in Decatur, Wise County, Texas. He married Minnie Abigail Young, daughter of James Young and Leona Bookout. She was born 10 February 1879 in McDonald County, Missouri, and died 29 May 1957 in Decatur, Wise County, Texas. William registered for the WWI draft in September 1918 in Decatur, Wise County, Texas. He was a farmer. William and Minnie are buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Wise County, Texas.

Children of William Horner and Minnie Young are:

1. Cecil Guy Horner, born 16 September 1897 in Missouri; died 23 February 1976 in Decatur, Wise County, Texas. He married Clara Margaret Cunningham; born 13 December 1896; died 23 April 1940. Both buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Wise County, Texas
2. Gladys Joy Horner, born 23 June 1902 in Decatur, Wise County, Texas; died 11 May 1907 in Decatur, Wise County, Texas. Gladys is buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Wise County, Texas.
3. J. T. Horner, born 13 July 1909; died 28 February 1989 in Decatur, Wise County, Texas.

Bibliography

• 1918 World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Wise County, Texas, William Albert Horner.
• 1920 Federal Census, TX, Wise County, Precinct 1, page 35a, William A. Horner.

11. Zora Catherine Horner [1139] was born 28 May 1876 in Cassville, Missouri, and died 8 June 1944 in Jane, McDonald County, Missouri. She married Willie Carlisle Russell on 20 January 1893 in Jane, McDonald County, Missouri, son of Carlisle Russell and Alvira Davenport. He was born 4 October 1869 in Newtonia, Newton, Missouri, and died 03 March 1958 in Jane, McDonald County, Missouri. Zora and Willie were married in the Baptist Church in Jane, McDonald County, Missouri. Her brother, J. Turner Horner, Jr. performed the ceremony. Willie was a twin to Wiley Ross Russell they were born 4 Oct 1869 in Newtonia, Newton, Missouri. Zora designed and made hats for her millinery shop in Jane. In 1942 they lived in Wheaton, Barry County, Missouri. Willie was a farmer and Town Constable of Jane, McDonald County, Missouri. Zora and Willie are buried in Jane Cemetery, Jane, McDonald County, Missouri.

Children of Zora Horner and Willie Russell are:

1. John Turner Russell, born 26 June 1894 in Jane, McDonald County, Missouri; died Aft. 1944 in Bella Vista, Benton County, Arkansas; m. Vaun Doss, 29 December 1914, b. in Jane, d. in Belle Vista, Benton County, Arkansas.
2. Bess Ollia Russell, born 3 September 1896 in Jane, McDonald County, Missouri; died 07 August 1994 in a nursing home in Springdale, Washington County, Arkansas; m. E. E. Matteson; both buried in Jane Cemetery, Jane, McDonald County, Missouri.
3. Bertha Grace Russell, born 04 March 1898 in Jane, McDonald County, Missouri; died 26 April 1944 in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri; m. Noah Lamb, 17 Jul 1913, b. 09 May 1896, Jane, McDonald County, Missouri, d. 30 December 1955 at his home near Pineville, McDonald County, Missouri; both buried in Jane Cemetery, Jane, McDonald County, Missouri.
4. Mary Elvira Russell, born 12 April 1901 in Jane, McDonald County, Missouri; died 1917 of the flu in St. Joseph, Missouri. She married Mack Doss 24 December 1915. They had one sun. Mary is buried in Jane Cemetery, Jane, McDonald County, Missouri.
5. Eva May Russell, born 6 May 1904 in Jane, McDonald County, Missouri; died 27 October 1957 in University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas; m. Herman Robert Ketchum, b. 21 December 1901, Greene County, Missouri, d. 06 June 1975, Jane, McDonald County, Missouri. Eva is buried in Jane Cemetery, Jane, McDonald County, Missouri. Herman is buried in Polly, McDonald County, Missouri.
6. Jay Glenn 'Pete' Russell, born 27 June 1908 in Jane, McDonald County, Missouri; died 3 October 1993 in Bates Memorial Hospital, Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas; m. Virginia Rogers. Jay is buried in Jane Cemetery, Jane, McDonald County, Missouri.
7. Edith Estelle Russell, born 02 December 1912 in Jane, McDonald County, Missouri; died 21 September 1978; m. John J. O'Brien. Both are buried in O'Brien Cemetery, Lanagan, McDonald County, Missouri.