Horn, James W

From Lane Co Oregon

James W. Horn was born in Ohio on December 11, 1838 to Moses D. Horn and wife. He served in the Civil War and was in several battles, including that of Gettysburg and was later in Belle Isle prison.

Returning from the war, Mr. Horn was married in 1866 to Nancy Ann Pope. In 1887 they came to Lane County, taking a homestead near Noti, where they lived for twenty years. They moved to Elmira where Nancy Ann died on September 25th, 1926.

James and Nancy were blessed with three sons: John C, of Elmira, Marion of Veneta, and Harvey of Noti.

James W. Horn died January 15, 1934 in Elmira. The funeral home Branstetter-Simon Chapel of Eugene took him in. It was John C. Horn that reported his death. He was buried in Inman Cemetery near his wife.