Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....Horney, Andrew  December 20, 1835 - 
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Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884)

Clay Township
p. 386 & 387

Andrew Horney was born Dec. 20, 1835, in Wayne County, Ind., and is the third 
son of Stephen and Nancy (Williams) Horney who were natives of Guilford 
County, N. C. His father came to Wayne County about 1815, where he was married 
to Nancy Williams, who came to Richmond in 1807 with her parents. They reared 
a family of nine children---Rebecca, John (deceased), Absalom (deceased), 
Sarah, Andrew, Esther, Mary A., Jesse, and Martha (deceased). Stephen was a 
farmer by occupation, and died in Wayne County, aged eighty years. His wife is 
still living, aged eighty-one years. Andrew obtained a common-school 
education. He was reared a farmer, and has always followed that avocation, and 
at present owns a well-cultivated farm of 120 acres, with a first-class 
residence. He was married Sept. 5, 1858, to Sarah J., daughter of Robert and 
Lydia (Brown) Franklin, who were early settlers of Wayne County, where they 
reared six children---Clarissa (deceased),Elizabeth, Henry, Sarah, Samuel, and 
Robert (deceased). Mrs. Franklin died at the age of fifty years. Mr. Franklin 
is yet living, and is eighty-three years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Horney have 
eight children---Henry C., Emily J. (wife of Charles Linderman, of Wayne 
County), Matilda, Martha, Olive (wife of Robert Beeson, of Wayne County), 
Lydia, Sadie and Walter S. Mr. Horney and wife are members of the United 
Brethren church, and he has served his church as Trustee.



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