Winfield Scott Horner (1854 - 1921)

Born 15 Aug 1854 in Overton County, Tennessee

Ancestors

Husband of Emily Elizabeth (Pierce) Horner — married 29 Jul 1880 (to about 1894) in Hamblen County, Tennessee

Husband of Mahulda Capurnia (Hutchins) Horner — married 9 Feb 1897 in Savoy, Fannin, Texas

Descendants

Died 30 May 1921 at age 66 in Temple, Cotton, Oklahoma

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Biography

Winfield Scott Horner was born on August 15, 1854 in Overton County, Tennessee to William Barton Horner and Harriet Jane Cobble.

Winfield married Emily Elizabeth Pierce on July 29, 1880 in Hamblen County, Tennessee. Winfield and Emily had five known children. Marion Curtis, Orlando Malone, Nannie Bertha, Mary Temmie and John Elmer. Four of the children were born in Tennessee by 1888, John Elmer was born in 1892 in Fannin County, Texas.

Winfield's first wife Emily passed away in 1894 near Caddo Mills, Texas while traveling north, returning home to Fannin, Texas. Her final resting place is an unknown location near Caddo Mills, Texas.

Winfield married a second time to a widow by the name of Mahulda Capurnia (Hutchins) Lowery on February 9, 1897 in Fannin County, Texas. Winfield and Mahulda had eight know children together. Ola Ethel, twin daughters/Arizona and Artinie, Moy Winfield, Theodore Roosevelt, Ross, Lillie Mae and Charles Herbert.

Winfield passed away on May 30, 1921 in Temple, Cotton County, Oklahoma and is buried at the Temple Masonic cemetery.

Research and Biography by Tony E Lacey (a Horner family descendent)

Sources

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8YQ-QCT : 30 December 2015), Winfield S Horner in entry for William Horner, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDC-C55 : 17 October 2014), Winfield Horner in household of William Horner, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 11, family 73, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,039.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD7Z-MH4 : 13 July 2016), Winford Horner in household of William Horner, Panther Springs, Hamblen, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 69, sheet 325C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1258; FHL microfilm 1,255,258.

• "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V54Y-KCY : 20 July 2016), Winfield S Horner and Emma E Pierce, 19 Jul 1880; citing Hamblen, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. 29, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,669,941.

• "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLX2-G8J : 14 July 2016), W S Horner and Hulda Lowrey, 09 Feb 1897; citing Fannin, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 1,293,832.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3G9-T15 : accessed 18 November 2016), Windfield S Homer, Justice Precinct 2 (excl. Savoy town), Fannin, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 64, sheet 14B, family 287, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,633.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML7C-QR4 : accessed 18 November 2016), Winfield S Horner, Texas, Comanche, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 64, sheet 9B, family 140, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1248; FHL microfilm 1,375,261.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN1H-379 : accessed 18 November 2016), W Scot Horner, Texas, Cotton, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 155, sheet 5A, line 1, family 59, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1459; FHL microfilm 1,821,459.

• 1921 Death certificate

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKP-QPXS : 13 December 2015), Winfield Scott Horner, 1921; Burial, Temple, Cotton, Oklahoma, United States of America, Temple Masonic Cemetery; citing record ID 45466438.

• Find A Grave Memorial