Chattahoochee County GaArchives History .....Van Horn Family Data 1933 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 November 9, 2004, 5:59 pm VAN HORN This family traces its ancestry to the Van Horns from Holland who settled in New York. Cornelius Jassen Van Horn b. Aug. 3, 1642, d. 1692, m. Anna Maria Jans Oct. 1, 1659; of this large family one, Cornelus J. Baptized Jan. 31, 1667, will be mentioned. He m. Eltie Van Santrout; their son Christian m. Elizabeth Buskirk; his will mestions 4 ch., oldest Aaron who m. Mary Stebbins; their son Aaron b. Oct. 2 1775, m. Mary Hubbard April 10, 1778. at Lowden, Mass. Of their 9 ch. record here only of Aaron b. 1781, d. Sept. 19, 1839: m. Sarah Huntley; 4 ch. viz. Jane b. June 1, 1811, d. 1885, m. Jacob Walley Oct. 10, 1825; Hubbard b. Sept. 20, 1818. d. Dec. 13,. 1884, m. Nancy Emily Christian Feb. 20, 1840; Elizabeth m. Robert Mac Farland, Henrietta m. ______ Smith. Ch. of Hubbard and N. Emily C. Van Horn: Frances C. b. Feb. 27, 1884, d. Sept. 4, 1928, m. Geo. G. Gordy Nov. 5, 1867; Mary Jane b. March 28, 1847. d. Nov. 10, 1922, m. J. H. Lester June 6, 1906; James Thomas b. Oct. 18, 1849, d. Oct. 7, 1919, m. Addie Spence Nov. 1875. William Irving b. Tune 18, 1857, d. July 29, 1929, m. Fredonia Harp Oct. 23, 1898; Lucy b. Oct. 25. 1859, d. Feb. 9, 1925. Ch. of Wm. I. and Fredonia H. Van Horn: (1) Emily m. Marlin R. Hollis Dec. 27, 1925; (2) Alva Hubbard m. Mattie Rheuark Oct. 31, 1919, one ch. Eugesia; (3) William Frederick; (4) Juliette m. R. Eli atterson June 4, 1930, 2 sons, Robert E. Jr., and William Van Horn Patterson; (5) James Thomas Van Horn. Mrs. A. H. Van Horn's sister, Mrs. Nelle Rheuark Price and her children Evelyn. Jane and Harold, have lived in this county for several years. Mrs. Price is principal of the Mt. Zion school. Their brother, Charles Albert Rheuark (dec'd) and his wife lived at Hurley, three miles from Ochillee for about fifteen years. Another brother, Thomas Arthur Rheuark, and his family lived in Cusseta 1919-20. After the fire which destroyed several frame buildings used by merchants for many year, he returned to S. C. of which state this Rheuark family are natives. Their parents, Mary Jane Hicks and George De Leslie Rheuark, reared a family of five sons and five daughters who are now numbered among the estimable citizens of our country. Additional Comments: From: HISTORY OF CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY, GEORGIA By N. K. Rogers Dedicated to KASIHITA CHAPTER U. D. C. and all worthy descendants of the County's first settlers. Copyright 1933 by N. K. ROGERS PRINTED BY COLUMBUS OFFICE SUPPLY CO. COLUMBUS, GA. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/chattahoochee/history/other/gms531vanhornf.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 3.1 Kb