Cyrus A. Hornbeek Biography - Grant County Wisconsin

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Submitted by David W. Taft, dtaft @ cowtown.net

History of Grant County Wisconsin
Western Historical Publishing, Chicago, July 1881
Town of Paris, Biographical Sketches, Page 1034

CYRUS A. HORNBEEK, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Dickeyville; son of Isaac and 
Elizabeth (Mitts) Hornbeek, was born in Carroll Co., Ind., Feb. 28, 1842. His 
father moved to Paris, Wis., in 1844, and bought a farm of 160 acres on Sec. 21, 
Town 2, Range 2 west, where he still resides. Cyrus enlisted in Co. I, 25th W. 
V. I., Aug. 6, 1862; served through the war, and received his discharge June 7, 
1865. He was in the Army of the Tennessee. He was married, Feb. 1,1870, to Miss 
Mary Shinoe, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Preston) Shinoe, of Paris, Wis.  
They have four children - Melvin, Albert, Orville and George.  His farm contains 
210 acres.  He also owns the ferry across the Platte River.  Mr. H. has held the 
office of Town Assessor, also that of Constable for several years.