Calvin Auburn Horr (1818 - 1873)

Born 9 Aug 1818 in Denmark, Lewis, New York, United States

Ancestors

Died 21 Jan 1873 at age 54 in Springfield Township, Clark, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Calvin was born in 1818. He was the son of Jacob Horr and Hannah Pierce. Calvin was apparently named after his sister Sarah's husband Calvin Auborn. He married Mazey Owen in 1835 who died in 1842. The couple's children include:

1. Lavenia 1838-1909
2. Llewelleyn 1839-1904
3. Elijah (died at birth)

Calvin then married Elizabeth Morgan in 1845. Children of the second marriage include:

1. Louisa H 1846-1893
2. Laura 1848-1932
3. Lucien William 1851-1932
4. Lilia Mary 1852-1856
5. Lilian G 1858-1891

His occupation in 1860 was listed as a Rail Road secretary & treasurer. By 1873, he was a partner in Horr & Bacon wholesale grocers. He passed away in 1873.

Research Notes

May have been born in either Middleboro Massachusetts or Denmark New York. The family seems to have moved from the first to second anout 1812.

Horr, Calvin Auburn Calvin Auburn Horr was for many years a prominent factor in business circles of Springfield and at his death he left to his family not only the splendid financial result of his labors but also an untarnished name. Everywhere in our land are found men who have worked their own way from humble beginnings to leadership in the commerce, the great productive industries, the aranagement of financial affairs, and in controlling the veins and arteries of the traffic and exchanges of the country. It is one of the glories of our nation that it is so. It should be the strongest incentive and encouragement to the youth of the country that it is so. Prominent among the self-made men of Ohio was the subject of this sketch, a man honored, respected and esteemed wherever known and most of all where he was best known.

Mr. Horr was born in Denmark, New York, August 9, 1818. and was a son of Jacob Horr, of Scotch descent. The schoolhouse which he attended was three miles from his home. He had limited opportunity for acquiring an education for his services were needed upon the home farm. He was the youngest in a family of nine children and with one exception all were sons. At the age of fourteen years he went to Mechanicsburg, Ohio, living with his brother, Dr. Obed Horr, until he went to Jeffersonville, where he engaged in the drygoods business for a time and then returned to Mechanicsburg, where he again became a drygoods merchant in partnership with his brother, Dr. Horr. He came to Springfield to purchase the right of way for the Springfield, Mount Vernon & Pittsburg Railroad Company, of which he was the secretary and treasurer. His association with that company continued for a number of years and in its behalf he went to Europe, where he spent five months, purchasing railroad iron for the construction of the road. On the expiration of that period he returned to his native land in the month of March, 1861, but sold his interest in the road in the same year. The following year Mr. Horr became a member of the firm of Wright, Horr & Bacon, wholesale grocers, and continued in that business up to the time of his death, which occurred January 21, 1873. He was a very successful business man and conducted a number of enterprises. For years he devoted his entire time and concentrated all his energies toward the supervision of the active details of his business and his was the heart to resolve, the understanding to direct, and the hand to execute all its various transactions. He also became the owner of considerable city real estate.

Mr. Horr was twice married. He first wedded Mazey Ann Owens and they became the parents of three children: Luvenia Llewellyn, who is living in Oklahoma; and Elijah, who died in childhood. On the 11th of December, 1845, Mr. Horr was again married, his second union being with Miss Elizabeth Morgan, a most estimable lady, who was to him a faithful companion and helpmate on life's journey and who still survives him. She was a native of the city of London and in 1832, when twelve years of age, was a passenger on a westward bound sailing vessel, which dropped anchor in the harbor of New York, after a voyage of seven weeks. She came with her parents, Thomas and Mary Morgan. Unto the second marriage five children were born: Louise, who is now the wife of L. C. Smith, of Saginaw, Michigan; Laura, who because the wife of Jonathan Harshman and now lives with her mother, her husband having died in 1874; Lucien, who is married and has five children, and lives in Ogden City, Utah; Mary L., who was at home; and Lillian, the widow of Edward C. Leffel. She also resides with her mother and has lost her only only son, James, who died at the age of eighteen years.

Mr. Horr possessed many admirable qualities. His record was that of a man who by his own unaided efforts worked his way upward to a position of affluence. His life was one of industry and perseverance and the honorable and systematic business methods which he followed won him the esteem and confidence of many. Without the aid of influence or wealth he rose to a leading position in Clark county and his native genius and unremitting diligence formed the stepping-stone on which he mounted.

From "A Biographical Record of Clark County Ohio," S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1902

Sources

• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDPH-XMG : 29 September 2021), Calvin A. Hor and Mazey Ann Owens, 1835.
• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKNY-P1CF : 24 September 2021), Calvin Hor and Elizabeth Morgan, 1845.
• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKNY-P1CF : 24 September 2021), Calvin Hor and Elizabeth Morgan, 1845.
• 1840 US Census Champaign Ohio 1840 Goshen Township, Roll 382, Volume 3, Pages 305-315
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCGF-CCD : 18 February 2021), Calvin A Horr, 1860.
• "United States City and Business Directories, ca. 1749 - ca. 1990", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZN9-LQW1 : 29 April 2021), Calvin A Horr, 1871-1872.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #47498285