James Jefferson Horner (1829 - 1912)

Born 16 Jul 1829 in Perry, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Son of John Brown Horner Jr. and Sarah (Sparks) Horner

Husband of Sarah Myra (Patterson) Horner — married about 27 Dec 1849 in Perry County, Tennessee, USA

Husband of Frances Jane (Angel) Horner — married about 1 Jun 1869 in Arkansas, USA

Descendants

Died 21 Apr 1912 at age 82 in Brown, Texas, United States

Biography

James Jefferson Horner was born on 16 July 1829 in Tennessee. He was the seventh of eleven children and son of John Horner and Sarah (Sparks) Horner. On 27 Dec 1849 James married Sara Patterson in Perry, Tennessee. Between 1850 and 1867 Sara gave birth to their seven children. The 1860 census shows James and Sara raising their children in Perry, Tennessee where John is farming.

Then James served in the 42nd Regiment for the Confederacy. He and Sara had two more children after the census had passed, then she died in 1869. On 01 June 1869 James married Frances Jane Angel in Marion, Arkansas. Between 1871 and 1880 Francis gave birth to their six children. The 1870 census^[1] shows James still farming and raising his growing family now in Prairie Township, Boone, Arkansas.

James Jefferson Horner passed away on 21 April 1912 in Brown County, Texas. He is buried^[2] at Zephyr Cemetery, Zephyr, Brown County, Texas next to Frances.

Research Notes

Arkansas, U.S., Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908, James J. Horner, land office: Harrison, total acres: 120, issue date 03/20/1877.

U.S., General Land Office Records, 1776-2015, James J. Horner, issue date 03/20/1877 in Marion, Arkansas, Land office, Harrison.

42nd TN Infantry, CSA

U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865, James J. Horner, side: Confederate, Company G, 42nd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, rank in: Private, rank out: Private.

U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865, James J. Horner, Private, age 32, birth year abt. 1829, enlistment date: 11/09/1861, enlistment place: Camp Cheatham, military unit: Forty-Second Infantry.

U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865, James J. Horner, imprisonment date: 12/21/1864, imprisonment place: Columbia, Tennessee, side of war: Confederate.

Tennessee, U.S., Civil War Confederate Pension Application Index, J. Horner, 42nd Infantry, state served: Tennessee, application type: soldier, application location: Perry, Tennessee.

Alabama, Texas and Virginia, Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958, James J. Horner, application date: 11/11/1930, application place: Brown, spouse: Mrs. Francis J. Horner, married on 06/01/1869 in Marion, Arkansas, death date 04/22/1912 in Brown, Texas, application type: widow.

1850 United States Census, Perry, Tennessee, James J. Horner, male, white, age 21, birth year abt. 1829, birthplace: Tennessee, occupation: farmer, household members: James J. Horner age 21, Sarah M. Horner age 17.

U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880, J.J. Horner, enumeration date 1860, place: Perry, Tennessee, schedule type: agriculture.

1860 United States Census, Perry, Tennessee, John J. Horner, age 30, birth year abt. 1830, male, white, birthplace: Tennessee, occupation: farmer, household members: John J. Horner age 30, Mirah Horner age 25, Nancy Horner age 10, Sarah Horner age 8, Carson Horner age 6, John Horner age 4, Jessa Horner age 2.

1870 United States Census, Prairie, Boone, Arkansas, Jas. J. Horner, age 41, birth date abt. 1829, birthplace: Tennessee, white, male, occupation: farmer, household members: James J. Horner age 41, Robert C. Horner age 16, Frances J. Horner age 36, John D. Horner age 14, Jesse F. Horner age 12, William E. Horner age 10, Nathan E. Horner age 3, R.R. Carson age 37, Nancy Carson, John W. Carson age 3, Sarah M. Carson age 2 months.

1900 United States Census, Justice Precinct 1, Comanche, Texas, household members: James J. Horner age 70, Francis J. Horner age 56, Ella Horner age 22, Eli J. Horner, Jr., age 22, L.O. Horner age 22, Mira J. Horner age 10, Wm. E. Horner age 2, Allie S. Horner age 4 months.

1910 United States Census, Justice Precinct 4, Brown, Texas, household members: James J. Horner age 80, Francis E. Horner age 65.

Geneanet Community Trees Index, James Jefferson Horner, male, birth date 07/16/1829, birthplace: Perry, Tennessee, married on 06/01/1869 in Marion, Arkansas, death date 04/21/1912, death place: Zephyr, Brown, Texas, Father: John Horner, Mother: Sarah Sparks, spouse: Frances Jane Angel, children: Thomas Jefferson, Eli, James Russell, Levi Homer, Martha Ann and Mary Jane Horner.

Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982, James J. Horner, died in Zephyr, Brown County, Texas, on 04/21/1912, date of birth 07/29/1829, male, white, married, occupation: farming, Father: John Horner, Mother: Sarah Sparks.

Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000, James J. Horner, death date 04/21/1912, death county, Brown.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNH1-SKR : 28 May 2021), Jas J Homer, 1870.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7442487/james-jefferson-horner: accessed 02 August 2023), memorial page for James Jefferson Horner (16 Jul 1829–21 Apr 1912), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7442487, citing Zephyr Cemetery, Zephyr, Brown County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Patti Mauldin (contributor 46480590).

• <Demetrius Burnett>
• Ancestry.com: 1850, 1860, 1870, 1900, and 1910 United States Census.
• Ancestry.com: U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880.
  • 1870 Boone County Ark. Federal Census - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-65V9-KMV?i=16&cc=1438024
• Ancestry.com: Geneanet Community Trees Index.
• Ancestry.com: Arkansas, U.S., Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908.
• Ancestry.com: U.S., General Land Office Records, 1776-2015.
• Ancestry.com: U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865.
• Ancestry.com: U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865.
• Ancestry.com: U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865.
• Alabama, Texas and Virginia, Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958.
• Ancestry.com: Tennessee, U.S., Civil War Confederate Pension Applications Index.
• Widow's Application for confederate pension https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/47661424
• Ancestry.com: Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982.
• Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #7442487
• https://www.gengophers.com/book.html#/book/8241?page=351&given=Georgia&exactGiven=false&surname=Thompson&exactSurname=false&place=Tennessee,%20United%20States&exactRels=false
• Robert Dunagan. Irvin Munn research
• Paternal relationship is confirmed by 3 matching segments between Devon Mays GEDmatch T594642 and his fourth cousin Linda Horner GEDmatch A056098 . Descendants of John Horner Jr., 4th cousins.
• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on MyHeritage consisting of Georgia Bailey, Demetrius Mays, and Scott Kidd, who share a 17.9 cM segment on chromosome 1 from 160266349 – 174824488. Georgia and Demetrius are 4C1R; Georgia and Scott are 5C; Demetrius and Scott are 2C1R. The MRCAs of Georgia and Demetrius are John B. Horner, Jr. and [[Sparks-2439|Sarah Sparks], the 3rd great grandparents of Demetrius and 4th great grandparents of Georgia. The MRCAs of Scott and Georgia, and of Demetrius and Georgia are John B. Horner, Jr. and Sarah Sparks, the 4th great grandparents of Scott and Georgia, and the 3rd great grandparents of Demetrius.

See Also

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KT32-F2H
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7442487/james-jefferson-horner