HORNBY

       Thomas Hornby was born Feb. 13, 1857 in Canada, and died March 13, 1947. His parents were James and Jane (Spence) Hornby. He came to Iowa in the early 1860's. He broke prairie west of Elliott. On Nov. 29, 1883, at Stratton Church, he married Hannah Elizabeth Packard. They were the parents of eleven children: Laura Hornby Brick, Effie Hornby Morgan, Minnie Hornby Moore, Clarence Hornby, Bertha Hornby Jones, Bert Hornby, Granville Hornby, Harry Hornby, Beulah Hornby Saint, Lester Hornby