U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Hornbeck, Benjamin (b. 1832) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 481 BENJAMIN HORNBECK, born November 20, 1832, in Harrison County, son of Moses Hornbeck, who was born in 1785 and died in 1873. His mother was Mary Light the daughter of John Light. He is a farmer and owns forty-one acres on Gum Run, Upshur County. He and his family are members of the M. E. Church and those who can vote are affiliated with the Republican party. In 1855 he married Mary Lanham, the daughter of Jerry Lanham and Fanny Woodford and the granddaughter of Jerry Lanham of Virginia. Children: Matilda, born July 5, 1856; George, born August 21, 1858; E. I., born January 28, 1865; Esta Ida, born February 2, 1868. Matilda married Isaac Gooden and Patrick Phillips; George married Emerly Brooks; E. I. married Deemy Reed; Esta Ida married P. S. Hinkle. The Hornbecks are of German descent. The subject of this sketch was a private in Company E of the 1st regiment of the West Virginia Cavalry, after July 20, 1863 and until March 6, 1864. Mr. Hornbeck has thirty grandchildren. ------------------------------------------------------------------- (wife of Benjamin Hornbeck) From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #2198 FULL-NAME: Mary Hornbeck BIRTH-DATE: April 17, 1832 BIRTH-PLACE: Queens DEATH-DATE: November 20, 1917 at age 85y-7m-3d DEATH-PLACE: Kedron, Washington District, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widow OCCUPATION: Farmer's widow FATHER: Jas Lanham (born in Queens) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Influenza ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------