George Hornback (1901)
BENNETT, GOE, HORNBACK
Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 9/28/2009 at 08:58:43
The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, May 23, 1901
Page 1George Hornbeck is Dead
Geo. Hornbeck, an old resident of Winterset, died very suddenly last Sunday evening at the home of his sister, Mrs. Derrick Bennett. He had been in rather poor health of late, but during the day he was feeling well and was in the best of spirits. He was sitting on the front porch at the Bennett home conversing with Miss Leona Thayer, who boards with the Bennett family, when he was stricken with heart failure. He said, “I am dying,” and fell from his seat and expired.
Mr. Hornbeck was born in Carroll county, Indiana, November 18, 1828; died May 19, 1901. In 1853 he came to Winterset and engaged in business with his father in the sale of general merchandise. In 1854 he married Eliza Jane Goe, who died in 1886. Three children were born to them, Ernest Hornbeck, of Rock Rapids, being the only survivor. He also leaves two brothers and three sisters. Funeral services were held from the Bennett home Tuesday afternoon conducted by Rev. L. E. Follansbee.
________________________The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Friday, May 24, 1901
Page 1, Column 2GEORGE HORNBACK DIES
Old Citizen of Winterset Falls Dead Sunday, Knew He Was Dying
George Hornback, one of the oldest citizens of Winterset, was sitting on the porch of the Derrick Bennett home, Sunday evening, with Miss Thayer, who makes her home with Mr. and Mrs. Bennett. Mr. Hornback was telling a story to Miss Thayer and was laughing about it when all at once he ceased talking. Miss Thayer turned toward him and noticed a strange look in his eyes. “I am gone” he said, and a moment after “I am dying.” Miss Thayer sprang to his assistance. With the words “I am dead” he fell to the floor, and when Miss Thayer summoned Mr. Bennett, who was down at the barn, he was dead.
Mr. Hornback was one of the oldest citizens of the city. He came to Winterset with his father about 1853 and helped build the first brick building in Winterset—the store room now occupied by Smith’s grocery. He and his father ran the Tremont House several years before the war. He was in business in Winterset many years, but recently has been living with his sister, Mrs. Bennett. He spent the past winter with his son, Earnest, in Rock Rapids. His wife died many years ago. The funeral occurred Tuesday afternoon.
________________________Winterset Reporter
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, May 23, 1901
Page 3Mr. George Hornback Drops Dead
Last Sunday evening while sitting in the yard at the home of Derrick Bennett in the north part of town, engaged in a conversation with Miss Thayer, Mr. Hornback said to the young lady “I am dying.” He had been in apparently good health and the young lady did not pay much attention to his remark, when all of a sudden he pitched forward out of the chair onto the ground and upon examination it was found that he was dead.
Mr. Hornback was born in Carroll county, Indiana, November 18, 1828 and died May 19, 1901. He came to Winterset in May, 1853, where he and his father engaged in the mercantile business in a small building standing where the store of Westerfield & Gilbert now stands. In 1854 they erected the building now occupied by J. E. Smith where they were in business for several years. In 1854 at the Goe Hotel which stood on the lot where Bare & Son’s grocery now stands he was married to Miss Anna Eliza Goe who died in 1886. He leaves one son, who resides in Rock Rapids, Ia., and several brothers and sisters. The funeral occurred at the home of Derrick Bennett conducted by Rev. Follansbee, after which he was interred in the Rock City cemetery.
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