Horner Researchers: I also have a NJ HORNER that is my HORNER dead-end. John Henry HORNER was born October 12, 1812, in either Burlington County or Monmouth County, New Jersey. It is believed (not confirmed) that John's father was Charles HORNER and that his mother was Alice ---?---. Possible siblings of John Henry HORNER include Elizabeth, Anthony, Sarah, Charity, Barzellai, Caleb, Lucretia, Ann, Stillwell, and Mary. On July 11, 1835, John Henry HORNER married Elizabeth FORD in Burlington County, New Jersey. To this union the following five children were born: 1. Amos J. HORNER, born circa 1836 in New Jersey; married Sarah R. HICKS March 5, 1863, in Lake County, Indiana; died 1904 and buried in Kimball Cemetery, Liberty Township, Porter County, Indiana 2. Samuel HORNER, born February 21, 1839, in Burlington County, New Jersey; married Hannah HENRY June 12, 1862, in Porter County, Indiana; died July 12, 1909, in Center Township, Porter County, Indiana 3. Alice HORNER, born circa 1840 in New Jersey; married William Nathan KIPLING November 21, 1858, in Porter County, Indiana; died while giving birth on June 16, 1863, in Porter County, Indiana 4. Berzillia HORNER, born January 13, 1842, near Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana; married Margaret J. COULTER March 24, 1892; died March 9, 1897, in Center Township, Porter County, Indiana 5. Mary Elizabeth HORNER, born 1852 in Porter County, Indiana; married Charles Edwin WEBB February 12, 1873; died 1894 in Porter County, Indiana. Elizabeth (FORD) HORNER died in 1852 in Porter County, Indiana. John Henry HORNER then married Sarah McNUTT on February 6, 1853, in Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana. No children were born to this marriage and Sarah (McNutt) HORNER died in 1855 in Porter County, Indiana. John Henry HORNER's third wife was Sarah Ann ENGLISH, whom he married on November 3, 1855, in Marshall County, Indiana. Sarah was a widow, her first husband being John Malsbury FORD. There is probably a connection between John Malsbury FORD and John Henry HORNER's first wife Elizabeth FORD. John Henry and Sarah Ann (ENGLISH) HORNER had no children. It is believed that they divorced soon after their marriage - Sarah Ann (ENGLISH) HORNER then married a John RUNYON. John Henry HORNER's fourth and final wife wife Martha M. LEGGETT, whom he married on December 28, 1856, in Niles, Berrien County, Michigan. To this union the following three children were born: 1. Patience HORNER, born circa 1860 in Wisconsin; married Charles L. RAY July 2, 1883, in Porter County, Indiana (later married a McCOY sometime after Charles L. RAY died); died sometime after 1921. 2. Rose Anna HORNER, born August 2, 1865, in Porter County, Indiana; married Harry H. SALES December 9, 1889, in Cook County, Illinois; died February 4, 1928, in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 3. Sophronia Florence HORNER, born September 24, 1841, in Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; married Dr. John Clifton BIRD July 1, 1897, in Kenosha County, Wisconsin; died January 30, 1937, in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois John Henry HORNER died on February 9, 1894, in Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana, and is buried in Maplewood Cemetery in Valapraiso. I would like to communicate with anyone having connections to any person listed in this message. Also, I would very much like to communicate with anyone with FORD connections in New Jersey. Best regards, Steve Shook Moscow, Idaho