HORN, William Howard, D. V. S. - 1914

HORN, UNGER, BIRD

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Date: 7/6/2009 at 01:46:26

HISTORY OF
Cherokee County
IOWA
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1914
by Thomas McCulla

WILLIAM HOWARD HORN, D. V. S.

Dr. William Howard Horn, an enterprising and prosperous young citizen of Cherokee, is here engaged in practice as a veterinary surgeon and is meeting with well deserved success in this connection. His birth occurred in Carroll, Carroll county, Iowa, on the 16th of March, 1888, his parents being Clinton L. and Elmira A. (Unger) Horn, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania. Clinton L. Horn came west to Iowa about 1878, locating near Quimby, Cherokee county, where he followed farming for three years. On the expiration of that period he removed to Carroll and was there engaged in the cement business for three or four years, while subsequently he followed the grocery trade until called to his final rest on the 26th of February, 1906. He was a republican in his political views and his religious faith was that of the Methodist Episcopal church, while fraternally he was identified with the Woodmen. His widow still survives and makes her home with our subject. In their family were three children, namely: William Howard, of this review; Edna, who gave her hand in marriage to Merl Bird, of Cherokee, Iowa; and Clinton L., deceased.

After leaving the Carroll high school, William H. Horn entered the Grand Rapids Veterinary College at Grand Rapids, Michigan, and was graduated from that institution with the class of 1912. He began practice in Coon Rapids, Iowa, but came to Cherokee on the 25th of June, 1912, and has here remained continuously since, having already won a gratifying measure of success as a representative of his chosen calling.

Since age conferred upon him the right of franchise, Dr. Horn has supported the men and measures of the republican party, while his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Methodist Episcopal church. His fraternal relations are with the Woodmen. While his residence in Cherokee covers but a brief period, he has already gained a wide circle of friends, his social qualities being such as make him popular among those with whom he is brought in contact.