Horner, John 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 951-952, Woodland Township
John Horner, deceased, was born in 1812; his parents were born in Pennsylvania, where they followed farming; Mr. H. died, and Mrs. H. moved to Ohio and thence to Fulton county, where she died at an advanced age. John grew to manhood in Pennsylvania where he was united in marriage to Miss Barbara Brillhard, by whom he had 10 children: 9 are living, - Henry, Wm., Daniel, Elizabeth, Maria, Sarah, Barbara, Hannah and Louisa; with the exception of Maria, all the children reside in Illinois; in 1855 Mr. H. came to Fulton county, where he purchased a quarter section of land; he became quite successful on his western farm in this township, where he died in 1871. Mrs. H., who is a native of Pennsylvania, still survives. Daniel Horner, from whom this sketch is obtained, was born in Pennsylvania in 1848; was but six years of age when his parents landed in Fulton county; April 27, 1876, he married Miss Mary E. _____, who died soon afterward; Mr. H. has gained considerable local fame as a writer and correspondent.
Note: Daniel W. Horner married Mary E. Parr April 27, 1876 in Fulton County, Illinois, Book E, page 40, License #112