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Allen Family History

 (last update 03 Oct 2003)

Fourth Generation

( GEORGE3, WILLIAM2, GEORGE1)

Children of George Horner and Jemima Russell

1. George Horner [1025] was born 1799 in Tennessee, and died 30 September 1862. He married his first cousin Harriet Elizabeth Russell about 1820 in Tennessee. She was born between 1800 and 1805 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, the daughter of Lewis R. Russell and Georges's aunt Esther Horner. Harriett died between 1870 and 1880 in Franklin County, Arkansas. They lived in Perry County, Tennessee in 1830 and in Franklin County, Arkansas in 1840. George was a farmer on the Big Mulberry Creek in Franklin County in 1841. On 4 May 1841 he was a founding member and the first pastor of the Enon Primitive Baptist Church in Franklin County. After George's death in 1862 Harriett moved in with her daughter Mary and son-in-law Craven Hamm. She lived with them the remainder of her life.

 

Children of George Horner and Harriett Russell are:

  1. JONATHAN RANDOLPH HORNER, b. 1823, Tennessee; d. 1860-1870 in Washington County, Arkansas; m. 1) SARAH A. TURNER, c1837 and 2) MARY LUCINDA MILTON/WALKER 1848, Ozark, Franklin County, Arkansas.

  2. ELIJAH WITT HORNER, b. 1826, Tennessee; d. Jun 1870, Cass, Franklin County, Arkansas; m. MARTHA ANDERSON, 1848. Franklin County, Arkansas

  3. MARY HORNER, b. 1830, Tennessee; m. CRAVEN HAMM.

  4. NEOMA HORNER, b. 1831, Tennessee.

  5. SPENCER G. HORNER, b. about 1836, Tennessee.

  6. PLEASANT W. HORNER, b. about 1842, Arkansas.

Bibliography:

  • 1830 Federal Census, Perry County, Tennessee

  • 1840 Federal Census, Franklin County, Arkansas

  • 1850 Federal Census, Franklin County, Arkansas

  • 1860 Federal Census, AR, Franklin County, White Rock Township, page 329, dwelling 625/603, Geo. Horner.

  • 1870 Federal Census, AR, Franklin County, Ozark, White Oak Township, page 95b, dwelling 78, Craven Hamm (Elizabeth)

4. Spencer Horner [623] was born 1807 in Dickson County, Tennessee, and died 02 Aug 1864 in near Catalpa, Johnson County, Arkansas. He married Permelia Turner 1828 in Perry County, Tennessee, daughter of JOHN TURNER and ISABELL BISHOP. She was born 11 Nov 1810 in Maury County, Tennessee, and died 09 Aug 1892 in Johnson County, Arkansas. In 1834 John Tuner, Permelia's brother, and John Curry were indicted for mayhem and Spencer Horner, along with Richard Murray made bond.  In 1835 Spencer owned land on the banks of the Buffalo River in Perry County, Tennessee. In 1836 he migrated to Franklin County, Arkansas. In 1843 he was a squatter on 80 acres of land owned by the Little Rock Railroad near the present community of Cass in Franklin County, Arkansas. He was permitted to remain there until the land came up for sale, at which time he could purchase it or abandon it. No purchase record has been found and the next land transaction for Spencer was in 1848 for 40 acres in Johnson County (about 15 miles west of Cass). It has been stated that in 1855 he moved to Barry County, Missouri but returned to Johnson County, Arkansas. No record of the move to Missouri has been found. He executed another land purchase in Johnson County in April 1957 for 160 acres of land from Co-Cha-Tubbee, representative of Cunne-Chubee, a Choctaw Indian, near the present day community of Ozone. 

 

The Civil War was devastating to the Horner family. All of Spencer's sons except young James and possibly his eldest, John, served in the Union Army. Several sons-in-law served the Confederacy. In 1862 son-in-law Jesse Boen, husband of Mary Ann Horner, died only four days after enlisted in the Confederate Army. Before 1864 daughter Oma passed away. In  March 1864 daughter Elizabeth died in her home of measles. Her husband, Francis Acord, was away in the Union Army with Spencer's sons. Francis' sister-in-law, Angeline Cook, wife of Calvin Acord, took in Elizabeth's two small sons to care for them while Elizabeth was ill. After Elizabeth died, Spencer went to Angeline's home and took custody of the boys. In July of that year, Francis succumbed to the measles while in the service, making the boys orphans. Within a week Spencer's sons Andrew and Pleasant also succumbed to disease in the service of the Union. After these deaths, son William came home, on either on leave or AWOL. John had gone out on the mountain to get some horses shod. While the family gathered for a chicken dinner bushwhackers approached the house. Spencer went out to talk to them and they shot him dead in his tracks. William made a break for the woods through the potato patch but they caught and pistol whipped him. William died 8 days later. William and Spencer are buried on top of a ceremonial Indian mound on the farm. William's tombstone inscription reads "Wm. R. Homer Born Aug. 1, 1834 Killed Aug. 10, 1864 by parties well known to his family." It is generally believed in the family that one of the Stewarts from Yale was among these bushwhackers. It may have been Henry Stewart who is buried in the Yale Cemetery.

 

Family lore states that after Spencer and William's death, all the buildings and fences were torn down and Permelia was unable to make repairs so she sold the property for a chunk of a mare and a old wagon. She loaded up the wagon and was seen leaving town, perhaps joining some of her family in Webster County, Missouri. It is not likely that Permelia could legally sell her deceased husband's land. Another account states that son John Turner Horner organized a wagon train and moved the remainder of the Horners along with other families to Webster County, Missouri. Permelia and some of the other Horners returned after the war. Spencer's estate was settled in 1865, John T. Horner, administrator. In 1870 Permelia was living with her daughter Sarah and son-in-law George W. Vaught in Mulberry Township. Johnson County, Arkansas. In 1879 she filed for federal pension on behalf of her sons Andrew and Pleasant.

 

Children of SPENCER HORNER and PERMELIA TURNER are:

  1. Dr. JOHN TURNER HORNER, b. 22 Sep 1829, Perry County, Tennessee; d. 20 Jun 1911, Cassville, Barry County, Missouri.

  2. ZILPHA HORNER, b. 14 Feb 1833, Perryville, Perry County, Tennessee; d. 18 Jul 1910, Madison County, Arkansas.

  3. WILLIAM RILEY HORNER, b. 1 Aug 1834, Perry County, Tennessee; d. 10 Aug 1864, near Catalpa, Johnson County, Arkansas.

  4. ELIZABETH HORNER, b. 10 Jul 1835, Perryville, Perry County, Tennessee; d. 1 Mar 1864, Friley, Johnson County, Arkansas.

  5. OMA HORNER, b. 1837, Franklin County, Arkansas.

  6. MARY ANN HORNER, b. 1839, Franklin County, Arkansas, m. Jesse Boen, son of William Monroe Boen and Narcissa Jane Farmer, 9 March 1856, Johnson County, Arkansas.

  7. ANDREW JACKSON HORNER, b. 1843, Franklin County, Arkansas. Enlisted in Company K, 7th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, CSA on 6 Jul 1863. Reported deserted on 20 July 1863. Enlisted in Co. K, 2nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment, USA on 29 Mar 1864. Died of measles in camp at Lewisburg Ridge (Morrilton), Conway County, Arkansas on 31 Jul 1864. His mother applied for a pension for his service in 1879.

  8. PLEASANT HORNER, b. 1845, Johnson County, Arkansas. Served the Union during the Civil War, enlisting as a Private in Co. K, 2nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment on 29 Mar 1864 in Clarksville, Arkansas at the age of 19. Died of measles in camp at Lewisburg Ridge (Morrilton), Conway County, Arkansas on  4 Aug 1864. His mother applied for a pension for his service in 1879.

  9. KESIAH HORNER, b. 1848, Franklin County, Arkansas.

  10. JAMES S. HORNER, b. 1850, Johnson County, Arkansas; d. 31 Oct 1924, Fallsville, Newton County, Arkansas; m. (1) LUCY RHEA; d. Unknown; m. (2) ELIZABETH MOONEY, 24 Mar 1867, Newton County, Arkansas.

  11. SARAH ANN HORNER, b. 15 Mar 1853, Johnson County, Arkansas; d. 24 Nov 1929, Catalpa, Johnson County, Arkansas.

Bibliography:

  • 1830 Federal Census, Perry County, Tennessee

  • 1850 Federal Census, Johnson County, Arkansas, Mulberry Township, page 130b, Spencer Horner

  • 1856 Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, compiler, Arkansas Marriages, 1851-1900, ([database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001.), "Electronic." Mary Horner and Jesse Boen

  • 1860 Federal Census, Johnson County, Arkansas

  • 1865 Probate Records of Johnson County, Milken (Spencer Horner)

  • 1865 Union Civil War Pension Application, William E. Horner by his wife.

  • 1870 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, Mulberry Township, page 51, Geo. W. Vaught.

  • 1879 Union Civil War Pension Application, Andrew Horner by his mother

  • 1879 Union Civil War Pension Application, Pleasant Horner by his mother

  • 1893 Union Civil War Pension Application, John T. Horner, Denied

  • Desmond Walls, Second Arkansas Union Infantry, (ISBN 0-941765-21-0)

  • National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, "Electronic," Andrew Horner, Pleasant Horner, Wm. R. Horner.

Research Notes: Elizabeth Horner stated in census records that she was born in Arkansas about 1837. It is more likely that she was born in Perry County, Tennessee. Her birth date of 10 July 1935 has been stated by other researchers.

6. Zilpha Horner [1028] was born 1808 in Tennessee. She married Richard D. Murray in 1826 in Hickman County, Tennessee. He was born about 1807 in Barren County, Kentucky.

 

Child of ZILPHA HORNER and RICHARD MURRAY is:

  1. SPENCER HORNER MURRAY, b. 1832, Tennessee.

7. Mary Lydia Horner [1030] was born 1809 in Perryville, Perry County, Tennessee, and died 1859. She married Timothy Cude in 1832.

Child of MARY HORNER and TIMOTHY CUDE is:

  1. MARY CUDE, b. about 1840, Arkansas.

8. Lewis W. Horner  [1027] was born 1810 in Dickson County, Tennessee, and died before 29 July 1846 in Perry County, Tennessee. He married Mary Ann Curry, daughter of David and Elizabeth, about 1826 in Hickman County, Tennessee. She was born about 1810 in Georgia, and died 31 October 1884 in probably Perry County, Tennessee. Lewis was a farmer.

 

Children of Lewis Horner and Mary Curry are:

  1. Elias Witt Horner, born 25 August 1828, Perry County, Tennessee; died 30 October 1888, Gibson County, Tennessee; married Mary Adaline Cage, 1852, Perry County, Tennessee.

  2. Levi Kirkland Horner, born 26 December 1829, Perry County, Tennessee; died 23 Apr 1907; married Malinda E. Jackson.

  3. Ellen K. Horner, born  about 1830, Tennessee.

  4. + Mary Jane Horner, born about 1831, Perry County, Tennessee; married Willis Whitwell, 1847, Tennessee.

  5.  John H. Horner, born about 1832, Perry County, Tennessee.

  6. Sarah E. Horner, born 25 May 1834; died 15 Oct 1898. She married [first name unknown] Craig.

  7. Lewis Horner, b.  about1836, Perry County, Tennessee.

  8. Elizabeth Ann Horner, born 4 October 1836, Perry County, Tennessee; died 16 February 1890; m. John Wesley Dickerson, 1858, Perry County, Tennessee.

  9. William P. Horner, born about 1840, Tennessee; died 1868; married Nancy Malam.

  10. George W. Horner, born 1844; married Nancy [last name unknown] about 1865.

Bibliography:

  • 1830 Federal Census, Perry County, Tennessee

  • 1850 Federal Census, TN, Perry County, page 173b, Mary A. Horner.

  • 1887 History of Gibson County, Tennessee, Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1887 (Levi)

11. Pleasant Horner [1029] was born about 1816 in Tennessee, and died 3 June 1879 in Perry County, Tennessee. He married (1) Nancy Ann Woods before 1840 in Tennessee. He married (2) Lucinda Martha James in 1852, daughter of William R. James. She was born 1817. He married (3) Malinda Harper in before 1860 in Tennessee. She was born 1832 in Tennessee. Pleasant is buried in DePreist Bend Cemetery, Perry County, Tennessee.

Children of PLEASANT HORNER and MALINDA HARPER are:

  1. ELIZABETH HORNER, b. 1853, Perry County, Tennessee, d. Perry County, Tennessee; m. A. B. SHELTON, 17 Sep 1870, Perry County, Tennessee; b. 1850.
  2. GEORGE WASHINGTON HORNER, b. Aug 1854, Perry County, Tennessee; d. 17 Apr 1921, Hickman County, Tennessee.
  3. SARAH JANE HORNER, b. 20 Aug 1858, Perry County, Tennessee; d. 20 Apr 1915, Perry County, Tennessee; m. GUSTAVAS DEPRIEST; b. 16 Sep 1857, Perry County, Tennessee; d. 30 Sep 1919, Perry County, Tennessee.
  4. JAMES A. T. HORNER, b. 1859, Perry County, Tennessee; d. Perry County, Tennessee.

Children of PLEASANT HORNER and NANCY WOODS are:

  1. JOSIAH PLEAS HORNER, b. 27 Dec 1864, Perry County, Tennessee; d. 6 Feb 1940, Hickman County, Tennessee; m. ELIZA AGNES ROBERTSON, 10 Jan 1883, Perry County, Tennessee; b. 22 Jan 1866, Perry County, Tennessee.
  2. WILLIAM ALONZO HORNER, b. 17 May 1867, Perry County, Tennessee; d. 3 Mar 1950, Tennessee; m. LEONA A. ROBERTSON, 3 Feb 1889, Perry County, Tennessee; b. 8 Sep 1871, Dickson County, Tennessee; d. 4 Jul 1927, Hickman County, Tennessee.
  3. MARY ANN 'MOLLIE' HORNER, b. 8 Aug 1870, Perry County, Tennessee; d. 20 Nov 1942, Lewis County, Tennessee; m. ALEXANDER LYNCH 20 Nov 1884, Perry County, Tennessee.
  4. ROBERT SPENCER HORNER, b. 21 Dec 1872, Perry County, Tennessee; d. 29 Feb 1928, Gibson County, Tennessee; m. (1) H. E. DEPRIEST, 11 Jan 1890, Perry County, Tennessee; m. (2) ANNA OLIVIA BRISCOE, 12 Dec 1896, Perry County, Tennessee; b. 25 Dec 1875, Hardin County, Tennessee; d. 5 Aug 1954, Gibson County, Tennessee.
  5. THOMAS LEGRAND HORNER, b. 24 Feb 1875, Perry County, Tennessee; d. 19 Feb 1944, Beardstown, Perry County, Tennessee; m. ELIZABETH BELL BATES, 29 May 1898, Perry County, Tennessee; b. 12 Jul 1879, Hill County, Texas; d. 15 May 1924, Perry County, Tennessee.

Bibliography

  • 1850 Federal Census, TN, Perry County, Pleasant Horner.
  • 1860 Federal Census, TN, Perry County, Linden, page 343a, Pleasant Horner.

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