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Kansas Family Group Sheet for B.F. (Benjamin Franklin HORN Family
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Submitted by: rod horn
Email address: rodhorn@rushmoreonline.com
Husband: B. F. [Benjamin Franklin] HORN
Birthdate: December 6, 1830
Birthplace: Wheeling, VA now W.VA
Death date: December 19, 1900
Place of death: Pierre, SD
Father: unknown
Mother: unknown
Marriage date: abt 1864
Marriage place: maybe Leavenworth County, KS or close by
Wife: Jane GRACE
Birthdate: abt 1845
Birthplace: Monroe County, KY
Death date: April 20, 1919
Place of death: Pierre, SD
Father: John GRACE
Mother: Kesiah THOMPSON or SIMS
CHILDREN
Child No. 1: Frank Horn
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1866
Birthplace: Kansas
Death date: unknown
Place of death: Pierre, SD
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: never married
Child No. 2: R. L. (Robert Lee) HORN
Sex: M
Birthdate: January 26, 1880
Birthplace: Ft. Lincoln, now ND
Death date: April 26, 1950
Place of death: Mobridge, SD
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: Mary Josephine WALSH
Child No. 3: Jack HORN
Sex: M
Birthdate: December 15, 1882
Birthplace: Pierre, now SD
Death date: December 9, 1958
Place of death: Martin, SD
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: Etta May Bowdish
Child No. 4: Harvey HORN
Sex: M
Birthdate: unknown
Birthplace: Pierre, SD
Death date: unknown
Place of death: Pierre, SD
Marriage date: none known
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: unknown
Child No. 5: Charles HORN
Sex:
Birthdate: unknown
Birthplace: Pierre, SD
Death date: unknown
Place of death: Pierre, SD
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: unknown
Child No. 6: Albert HORN
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1885
Birthplace: Pierre, now SD
Death date: April 19, 1919
Place of death: Pierre, SD
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: Pierre, SD
Spouse's name: #1=Mary Louise Narcelle; #2=Anna Froien
Documentation: Steamboat Captain B.F. (Benjamin Franklin) Horn listed in 1866
Leavenworth City Directory as "Captain of Steamship Emilie".
Wife, Jane Grace Horn listed in 1860 federal census as resident of Kickapoo Twp,
Leavenworth County, KS. Oldest child, Frank, born 1866 in Kansas.
According to obituary, Capt. Horn: "promoted to Captain & Pilot on the
Ohio River in 1855"; also "worked the southern rivers during the Civil
War"; stayed on the Missouri River until about early 1870s when he went
to work for a Railroad Co. as Captain of the Ferry Boat "Denver" at
Ft. Lincoln, now ND until spring 1881 when he took command of Ferry Boat, Jim
Leighton, at Pierre, SD. Family was moved to Pierre, SD in spring 1881. He
remained Capt. of the Jim Leighton until 1896. In fall 1896 He traveled
overland to Seattle, WA, took a boat to the mouth of the Yukon River, took
command of the Steamship Portus B. Weare and worked the Yukon
River for two years. Then returned to Pierre, SD and his family.
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