Horn, Martin L. bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 952, Woodland Township
Martin L. Horn, was born in Penn. in 1811; his father, Daniel Horn, was a native of Washington Co., Penn.; was a cabinet-maker by occupation, following farming, however, to a considerable extent; he married Polly Simmons, of Penn., by whom he had 5 sons and 4 daughters; Martin, the 4th son, grew to manhood in Penn.; where he married Julia Ann Oller, by whom he had 9 children: 8 are living. Mr. H. emigrated to Fulton county, where he has 172 acres of land; 9 years after his arrival Mrs. Horn died; one year later Mr. H. married Mary J. Kelly, who survived her marriage 6 years; in 1868 Mr. H. married Mrs. Martha Severns, relict of Martin Severns, of Ohio. Mr. Horn now owns over 200 acres, nearly all tillable land.