Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Severns, Horace H 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Severns, Horace H. - Morris is the home of a number of retired farmers who 
have selected the County Seat as a place of residence because they fully 
realize the advantages accruing from being connected with a place of this 
class. Here, amid urban surroundings, they can enjoy the comforts their former 
industry has produced. One of these substantial ex-agriculturalists of Grundy 
County is Horace H. Severns, born in Wauponsee Township, February 5, 1854, a 
son of Horace H. and Mary A. (Ader) Severns, natives of New York State and 
Germany, respectively. She came with her parents to the vicinity of Chicago, 
and later to Grundy County, arriving here in 1850. Mr. Severns came to this 
section about that date, and they met and married, settling at Morris. This 
city was their home for about four years, when they moved to Wauponsee 
Township. While living at Morris he had been foreman on the canal, but he 
bought a farm in Wauponsee Township and died upon it, in 1867.  His widow 
resides at Aurora, Ill., with her twin sister, the two having been born in 
1832.

Horace H. Severns, Jr., lived at home until his marriage, having attended the 
local school, and assisted his father.  After his marriage he moved to a farm 
of 120 acres in Wauponsee Township that he had bought, and operated it until 
the spring of 1910, when he rented his farm and moved to Morris. Mr. Severns 
bought what was Grace Park, now named Morris Amusement Pavilion, and is 
engaged in conducting it. On December 21, 1880, Mr. Severns was united in 
marriage with Laura A. Lattimer, born in Grundy County, daughter of Silas and 
Mary (Schroyer) Lattimer, who were farming people in Grundy County. Mr. 
Lattimer died in 1898, but his widow survives, living at Nickerson, Kas., aged 
eighty-three years.  Mr. and Mrs. Severns are the parents of the following 
children: Lottie A., who married William Alfred Thomas, a real estate dealer 
of Morris; Otto K., who is of Morris; and Altha M., who is at home. Mr. 
Severns is a Republican and served as a School Director for twelve years, 
Highway Commissioner for twelve years, and for six years was Supervisor. He 
belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America and the Odd Fellows.

pages 898-899

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Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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