HORNER, Died 1905

HORNER, STILLWELL, GANDY

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Date: 9/14/2016 at 16:00:50

JOHN P. HORNER

John P. Horner was born in Preble county, Ohio, in 1825, and died at Selma, Iowa, February 21, 1905, aged nearly 80 years.

He was married to Frances Stillwell November, 1846, and to this union were born eight children, four sons and four daughters; but one of whom - Mrs. Grandy of Bloomfield, Iowa, was present at the funeral.

In 1859 he came to Iowa with is family and settled on a farm near the Shunem church in Davis couty(sp), where he followed the business of a farmer for forty-one years living on the same farm.

He removed to Selma in 1902, where he died. He was the last of a family of eight children to depart this life. He united with the Christian church, when he was 20 years old and always held firmly to that faith. He was much respected by all who knew him and was noted for the honesty and uprightness of his dealings with his neighbors. He was gentlemanly in his conduct, kind and obliging and his death is much regretted by the people of Selma because in his death an estimable and worthy man has been taken from among us.

The funeral services were held at the residence at 9 a.m. Feb. 23, and were conducted by B.F. Shane assisted by Rev. Kias, of the M.P. church, after which the remains were taken to the Rowe cemetery 4 1/2 miles east of Bloomfield where they were laid to rest until the resurrection morning.

The bereaved wife and family have the heartfelt sympathy of all in their sorrow.

**Handwritten: St. Line Dem. Wed. 8 March 1905.

**Note: "1902" in the 4th paragraph is what is published.

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Obituary Book G, Page 195, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA