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Born 1846
From History of Fayette County : together with historic notes on the Northwest, and the State of Ohio, gleaned from early authors, old maps and manuscripts, private and official correspondence, and all oth (1881)
JOHN HORNEY.
John Horney, farmer, is a son of Jeiirey Horney, and was born in this township, January 7, 1846, where he was reared, educated, arrd married Miss Nettie Bush, daughter of Abraham Bush, September 21, 1871. Two children are the result of this marriage — Charles A. and Catharine, both living.
Mr. Horney is trustee of this township at present. He has a farm of two hundred and six and a half acres, situated four miles northwest of Jetfersonville. This is the farm where his parents located at an early day, and where they died.
As printed in History of Fayette County : together with historic notes on the Northwest, and the State of Ohio, gleaned from early authors, old maps and manuscripts, private and official correspondence, and all oth (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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