Lake County IN Archives Biographies.....Van Horne, Willard B. 1879 - 
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Author: T. H. Ball (1904)

WILLARD B. VAN HORNE.

    Among the enterprising and ambitious young men of Indiana Harbor who have
already attained creditable and gratifying success is Willard B. Van Horne, who
is engaged in the practice of law and has secured a clientage which many an
older practitioner at the bar might well envy. He is a native of Illinois, his
birth having occurred at his parents' home in Grant Park, on the 4th of June,
1879. He is a son of Dr. George Washington and Sarah (Mather) Van Horne, who
were also natives of Illinois. His paternal grandfather, Matthew Van Horne, born
in York state, was of Dutch descent and as a means of livelihood followed the
occupation of farming. He and his wife reached an advanced age and they reared a
large family. The maternal grandfather of Mr. Van Horne was Samuel Mather, who
was born in the state of New York and was of English lineage. He, too, followed
agricultural pursuits and had passed many milestones on life's journey ere he
was called to his final rest. He wedded Mary Snapp, for his second wife, and
they had three sons and two daughters, one of whom was Mrs. Sarah Van Horne. By
a former marriage he had one daughter.

    Dr. George Washington Van Horne is now engaged in the practice of medicine
and surgery at Grant Park, Illinois, where he has lived for many years, and he
has not only been a leader in his profession there but has also been an active
factor in community interests and has exerted considerable influence in molding
public policy, thought and opinion in his town. He has been mayor of the village
and was also township treasurer for several years. In 1886 he was called upon to
mourn the loss of his first wife, who died in March of that year, when
thirty-one years of age. She was a devoted member of the Methodist church. By
her marriage she had one son and two daughters: Mabel, the wife of George
McGoveny, of Mokena, Illinois; Willard B., of Indiana Harbor; and Delia. After
the death of his first wife Dr. Van Horne married Miss Cora Parish, of Kentucky,
and they had one son and two daughters: Robert R., now deceased: Agnes, who has
also passed away: and Zella Estelle.

    Willard B. Van Horne spent his boyhood days in his father's home, attending
the public schools there, and when he had completed his preliminary education he
entered Greer College at Hoopeston, Illinois. In 1897 he engaged in teaching
school and the following year resumed his studies in the Valparaiso College at
Valparaiso, Indiana, where he was graduated with the class of 1899, on the
completion of the scientific course. He was thus well equipped by a more
specifically literary training to enter upon the study of law, which be began in
the law department of the Valparaiso College, completing the course by
graduation in 1901. In June of that year he was admitted to the bar of the
supreme court of Indiana and also to the United States circuit court for Indiana
He then went to Chicago, where he accepted a position requiring his services
through the day, and in the evenings he pursued post-graduate work at the night
sessions of Kent College of Law, a department of Lake Forest University, being
graduated from that institution in June, 1902. He came to Indiana Harbor in the
following September, and has since been engaged in practice here. In December of
that year he was admitted to the bar of the state of Illinois. In his practice
he has won very gratifying success, having already gained a good clientage, and
his business is continually growing in volume and importance. He is a young man
of strong mentality, laudable ambition and firm determination, and his success
will undoubtedly increase as the years pass by. He belongs to the Knights of the
Maccabees, Knights of Pythias and Royal League, and in his political views is a
Republican.

    He married, April 27, 1904, Miss Laura E. Winslow, of Whiting, Indiana.


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ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF
Genealogy and Biography
OF
LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA,
WITH A COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY 
1834—1904

A Record of the Achievements of Its People in the Making of a Commonwealth and
the Founding of a Nation.

REV. T. H. BALL
OF CROWN POINT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO   NEW YORK
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1904


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