Lesley C Horn (1843 - 1911)

Born 4 Jan 1843 in Kentucky

Died 8 Dec 1911 at age 68 in Orlando, Orange, Florida

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Biography

Lesley was a son of William and Emily (Stubbs) Horn. During the Civil War he served in the 9th Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Infantry. After the war, he became a carpenter and, in 1871, married Harriet Louise Eveleth. By 1880 they were living in Monroe, Louisiana, but moved to Orange County, Florida, by 1885, where he found work as a mechanic. In 1900 they were living in Orlando, Florida, where they remained. In 1909 Lesley was the commander of the Confederate Veterans society, Orange County Camp No. 54. He and his wife are buried next to each other in the Confederate section of Greenwood Cemetery in Orlando.

Sources

1850 U.S. census, Harrison County, Kentucky, population schedule, District 2, p. 86 (penned) or folio 160-B, dwelling 623, family 628, Leslie C. Horn; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 January 2010); citing National Archives microfilm publication M432, roll 203.

1880 U.S. census, Ouachita County, Louisiana, population schedule, Monroe, enumeration district (ED) 61, page 1, dwelling 6, family 9, Leslie C. Horn; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 August 2010); citing National Archives microfilm publication T9, roll 464.

1900 U.S. census, Orange County, Florida, population schedule, Orlando, enumeration district (ED) 116, sheet 25-B, dwelling 609, family 645, Leslie C. Horn; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 June 2010); citing National Archives microfilm publication T623, roll 175.

Burtz' Orlando Directory 1909-1910: Comprising a Complete Directory of the Business Firms and Citizens 16 Years of Age and Over, Arranged Alphabetically. Miscellaneous Directory of County and City Officers, Churches, Societies, Banks, Corporations, Etc. (N.p.: Burtz Never Sleepsn.d.), 9; digital image, Central Florida Memory (http:///www.cfmemory.org : accessed 15 March 2010).

"Soldiers," database, National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System (www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/: accessed 23 November 2009), military service of Leslie C. Horn; citing National Archives.

Find A Grave memorial #13253511.[1]

"Soldiers," database, National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System (www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/: accessed 23 November 2009), military service of Leslie C. Horn; citing National Archives.

State of Florida Department of State, "Florida Confederate Pension Application Files," database, Florida Department of State, Florida Memory Project (http://www.floridamemory.com: viewed 8 May 2009), pension application; citing State Library and Archives of Florida.