HORBARGER BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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HORNBARGER, J. E. A. - b: 1851 TN
source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - 
page: 709
residence: Big Creek Twp

J. E. A. Hornbarger, an extensive farmer and stock raiser of Big Creek township, is 
a native of Tennessee. He was born in 1851 and is a son of William M. and Mary J. 
(Lotspiech) Hornbarger, natives of Tennessee. William M. Hornbarger came to 
Henry County in 1854 and settled in Big Creek township, where he bought 120 
acres of land, which is now a part of J. E. A. Hornbarger's place. He remained here 
until 1880, when he went to Arkansas and settled near Alma, Crawford County. 
Later he sold that and moved to Paris, Arkansas, where he died. His wife died in 
Henry County. They were the parents of the following children: Josephine, 
deceased; J. E. A., the subject of this sketch; Roten L., deceased; Mrs. Fannie 
Millen, deceased; Maggie, deceased, and Mock, was in Oklahoma when last heard 
from. J. E. A. Hornbarger received his education in the pioneer schools of Henry 
County, attending school in the Victor district, which was then conducted on the 
subscription plan. The school building was a primitive log structure and he 
recalls his first teacher as being Miss Mollie Lotspiech, a sister of his mother. 
Samuel Victor, a Baptist preacher, was also one of the pioneer teachers in this 
district. Mr. Hornbarger was reared amidst the pioneer surroundings of Henry 
County and his early life was spent under conditions that develop self reliance, 
and he has made his own way in the world practically since boyhood. He began 
farming on his own account in Big Creek township in 1873. In 1877 he bought 
forty acres, which was the first land that he ever owned. He has added to that 
from time to time and now owns 240 acres of some of the most valuable and 
productive land in Henry County. All the improvements on this place have been 
placed there by Mr. Hornbarger. The farm is located two miles southeast of 
Maurine, and is crossed by the Frisco railroad. Mr. Hornbarger carries on general 
farming and is also quite extensively interested in stock raising. In 1875 Mr. 
Hornbarger was married to Exony Thomas, a daughter of Cornelius and Sally 
Thomas, Henry County pioneers, who settled in the vicinity of where Lewis 
Station now stands. To Mr. and Mrs. Hornbarger have been born the following 
children: Sally, married Charles Jagerman of Honey Creek township; Mrs. Pinkie 
Yount, deceased; Ruth, married Bud Harrington of Honey Creek township, and Ruby, 
married William Wolf of Honey Creek township. Mr. Hornbarger has seen Henry 
County pass through all the stages from the primitive pioneer days to its present 
high state of development. In the early days he broke prairie with ox teams with 
the old fashioned plow and later with the steel improved plow. He was here many 
years in advance of the corn planter and he recalls that the first corn planter 
owned in this vicinity was purchased by Elijah George in the early seventies. It 
was a wooden structure with the exception of the tires on the wheels. Mr. 
Hornbarger has contributed his part to all this development that has made Henry 
County the banner county of the State, and is entitled to classification as one of 
its honored pioneers. 

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