DARKE COUNTY OHIO - BIOS: HORNEY, JAMES H. (A.W. Bowen & Co., 1894)
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A PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF DELAWARE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES, IND.
A.W. Bowen & Co., 1894  - Page 1368-1369

        JAMES H. HORNEY, one of the firm of Ross & Horney, carriage
manufacturers, Union City, Randolph county, Ind., is a son of John and Mary
F. (Fahnestock) Horney, and was born in Darke county, Ohio, in 1860. The
father, John Horney, was killed when James H. was about six months old, and
in 1865 the mother moved to Union City. James H. was educated at the public
schools of Union City until he was fifteen years old, and was then
apprenticed for three years to Ross & Knapp, at carriage trimming; he next
worked as journeyman and at contract work for the Union City Carriage
company for six years, hiring all the help in his department, and having
entire management of it; later, contracted with George W. Ross for doing
all his work for three years. In 1891 he formed a partnership with Mr.
Ross, under the firm name of Ross & Horney, in the manufacture of
carriages, at the corner of Union and Pearl streets, but on June 27, 1893,
fire destroyed the premises, causing a loss of $5,000, of which $3,000 was
on stock, the finished work alone being saved. The firm now occupy the
Bowers and other buildings, on Columbia and Oak streets, employ ten hands,
and turn out all kinds of modern stylish, high-class vehicles, that
represent the progressive experience of twenty-five years in this
particular line.
        The grandparents of Mr. Horney were among the pioneers of Ohio, and
his parents were both natives of Darke county. When his father was
accidentally killed he was but twenty-two years of age, and left behind two
children, viz.: Minnie, now wife of William Morrow, of Union City, and
James H. The marriage of James H. Horney took place in 1885 to Miss Emma
Harlan, of Union City, and resulted in the birth of four children, who are
named May, Herschel, Howard and Gertrude. Mr. Horney is a member of the
I.O.O.F., holds the respect of his fellow citizens and is recognized as an
industrious, skillful workman and courteous gentleman. In politics he is a
republican.


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