Thomas Blakely Horn (1882 - 1955)

Born 11 Apr 1882 in Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lucile Savannah (Harris) Horn — married 3 Nov 1943 in Clay, Alabama, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Nov 1955 at age 73 in Casper, Natrona, Wyoming, United States

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Biography

Blake was born in 1882. He was the son of James Horn and Lucinda Steed. He passed away in 1955.

According to his daughter Margaret and his niece Myrtle Horn, Blake ran away from home in his teens to "ride the rails" west to the home of his uncle Thomas Smith Steed in Wyoming. He is listed in his parents' home in Clay County, Alabama on the 1900 census when he was 17.^[1] On the 1910 census he is listed in Bessemer, Natrona, Wyoming on the Tobin ranch as a worker.^[2] He is using the name "Blake Horn". He told his family the name "Tom Horn" was so notorious in Wyoming that he dropped "Thomas" and used the name "Blake" for the rest of his life. During this period he became a successful rodeo rider. Later he was also a predator bounty hunter.

Blake acquired a homestead claim that he proved up in 1922.^[3]. He acquired an adjacent larger tract in 1926.

He passed away in Wyoming in 1955, and was buried in Alabama. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls
2. ↑ NARA. - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Census Place: Bessemer, Natrona, Wyoming;
3. ↑ https://glorecords.blm.gov/results/default.aspx?searchCriteria=type=patent|st=WY|cty=025|ln=Horn|fn=Blake|sp=true|sw=true|sadv=false
4. ↑ Casper Star-Tribune. Casper, Wyoming 10 Nov 1955, Thurs, Page 2. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56540652/blake-thomas-horn-b-1852-alabama-d/

Name: Blakely Thomas Horn Maiden Name: Event Type: Burial Event Date: 1955 Event Place: Millerville, Clay, Alabama, United States of America Photograph Included: Y Birth Date: 11 Apr 1883 Death Date: 08 Nov 1955 Affiliate Record Identifier: 88639727 Cemetery: Marvins Chapel

Citing this Record: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLW-W7QH : 13 December 2015), Blakely Thomas Horn, 1955; Burial, Millville, Clay, Alabama, United States of America, Marvins Chapel; citing record ID 88639727, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Name: Thomas Blakely Horn Event Type: Draft Registration Event Date: 1917-1918 Event Place: Natrona County, Wyoming, United States Gender: Male Nationality: United States Birth Date: 11 Apr 1882 Birthplace: , , United States Affiliate Publication Number: M1509 Affiliate Publication Title: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards GS Film Number: 002022242 Digital Folder Number: 005245829 Image Number: 02488

Citing this Record: "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K687-X13 : 12 December 2014), Thomas Blakely Horn, 1917-1918; citing Natrona County, Wyoming, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 2,022,242.

Name Thomas Blakely Horn Gender Male Event Type Marriage Event Date 03 Nov 1943 Event Place Clay, Alabama, United States Age 56 Birth Year (Estimated) 1887 Father's Name Wesley Horn Mother's Name Lucinda Steed Spouse's Name Lucile Harris Spouse's Gender Female Spouse's Father's Name Nate Harris Page 304 Citation "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QKMY-WYQN : 17 October 2017), Thomas Blakely Horn and Lucile Harris, 03 Nov 1943; citing Clay, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,853,691.