The Manassas Journal, Manassas, Virginia
20 July 1917 (page 1, column 1e)
JOHN R. HORNBAKER DEAD
John R. Hornbaker, eighty-five years old, died at noon today at his home on West street, after a long illness. Funeral service will be held at three o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Presbyterian Church, of which he was a member, and interment will be in the Manassas cemetery. Rev. Alford Kelley will officiate.
Mr. Hornbaker is survived by his wife, two daughters, Mrs. C. J. Meetze and Mrs. G. D. Baker; a son, Mr. Edward L. Hornbaker, and ten grandchildren, Mrs. G. A. Parker and Miss Mabel Hornbaker, White Fish, Mont; Harry Hornbaker, Protection, Kans.; Miss Olive Hornbaker and Walter Hornbaker of Bristow; Messrs. Willis and Clarence Meetze, little Misses Christine Meetze and Beulah Baker and Garland Baker, all of Manassas.
-- transcribed by L. K. Perry (#47129998) -----
Ronald R. Turner has transcribed this article.
Manassas Journal, Manassas, Virginia
27 July 1917
Funeral services for John R. Hornbaker, whose death on Friday was recorded in last week's issue, took place Sunday afternoon at the Presbyterian Church, which he helped to build and of which he had been a trustee for a period of twenty-seven years. His body was laid to rest in the Manassas cemetery.
Rev. Alford Kelly, pastor of the church, officiated. The pallbearers were Messrs. J. P. Leachman, C. E. Nash, M. C. Hazen, L. Frank Pattie, E. R. Conner, L. J. Bushong, S. T. Weir and J. H. Dodge.
Mr. Hornbaker was born eighty-five years ago at Brass Castle Mills, Washington, N. J. The old Mill which was operated by his father at the time of his birth is still in operation. Mr. Hornbaker came to this county as a boy of seventeen and in 1868 started Milford Mills. He hewed and sawed the timber at Bradley and hauled it to the present site of the mill on Broad Run.
He had been an elder of the Presbyterian church for many years and a stockholder of the National Bank of Manassas since its inception in 1896.
He married Miss Elizabeth Hazen Hixson, daughter of Noah and Mary Hixson, who survives him. Other members of the family are his two daughters, Mattie Estelle (Mrs. C. J. Meetze) and Daisy Merritt (Mrs. G. D. Baker); one son, Mr. Edwin Latimer Hornbaker; eleven grandchildren and one brother, Mr. Levi J. Hornbaker.
20 July 1917 (page 1, column 1e)
JOHN R. HORNBAKER DEAD
John R. Hornbaker, eighty-five years old, died at noon today at his home on West street, after a long illness. Funeral service will be held at three o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Presbyterian Church, of which he was a member, and interment will be in the Manassas cemetery. Rev. Alford Kelley will officiate.
Mr. Hornbaker is survived by his wife, two daughters, Mrs. C. J. Meetze and Mrs. G. D. Baker; a son, Mr. Edward L. Hornbaker, and ten grandchildren, Mrs. G. A. Parker and Miss Mabel Hornbaker, White Fish, Mont; Harry Hornbaker, Protection, Kans.; Miss Olive Hornbaker and Walter Hornbaker of Bristow; Messrs. Willis and Clarence Meetze, little Misses Christine Meetze and Beulah Baker and Garland Baker, all of Manassas.
-- transcribed by L. K. Perry (#47129998) -----
Ronald R. Turner has transcribed this article.
Manassas Journal, Manassas, Virginia
27 July 1917
Funeral services for John R. Hornbaker, whose death on Friday was recorded in last week's issue, took place Sunday afternoon at the Presbyterian Church, which he helped to build and of which he had been a trustee for a period of twenty-seven years. His body was laid to rest in the Manassas cemetery.
Rev. Alford Kelly, pastor of the church, officiated. The pallbearers were Messrs. J. P. Leachman, C. E. Nash, M. C. Hazen, L. Frank Pattie, E. R. Conner, L. J. Bushong, S. T. Weir and J. H. Dodge.
Mr. Hornbaker was born eighty-five years ago at Brass Castle Mills, Washington, N. J. The old Mill which was operated by his father at the time of his birth is still in operation. Mr. Hornbaker came to this county as a boy of seventeen and in 1868 started Milford Mills. He hewed and sawed the timber at Bradley and hauled it to the present site of the mill on Broad Run.
He had been an elder of the Presbyterian church for many years and a stockholder of the National Bank of Manassas since its inception in 1896.
He married Miss Elizabeth Hazen Hixson, daughter of Noah and Mary Hixson, who survives him. Other members of the family are his two daughters, Mattie Estelle (Mrs. C. J. Meetze) and Daisy Merritt (Mrs. G. D. Baker); one son, Mr. Edwin Latimer Hornbaker; eleven grandchildren and one brother, Mr. Levi J. Hornbaker.
The Manassas Journal, Manassas, Virginia
20 July 1917 (page 1, column 1e)
JOHN R. HORNBAKER DEAD
John R. Hornbaker, eighty-five years old, died at noon today at his home on West street, after a long illness. Funeral service will be held at three o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Presbyterian Church, of which he was a member, and interment will be in the Manassas cemetery. Rev. Alford Kelley will officiate.
Mr. Hornbaker is survived by his wife, two daughters, Mrs. C. J. Meetze and Mrs. G. D. Baker; a son, Mr. Edward L. Hornbaker, and ten grandchildren, Mrs. G. A. Parker and Miss Mabel Hornbaker, White Fish, Mont; Harry Hornbaker, Protection, Kans.; Miss Olive Hornbaker and Walter Hornbaker of Bristow; Messrs. Willis and Clarence Meetze, little Misses Christine Meetze and Beulah Baker and Garland Baker, all of Manassas.
-- transcribed by L. K. Perry (#47129998) -----
Ronald R. Turner has transcribed this article.
Manassas Journal, Manassas, Virginia
27 July 1917
Funeral services for John R. Hornbaker, whose death on Friday was recorded in last week's issue, took place Sunday afternoon at the Presbyterian Church, which he helped to build and of which he had been a trustee for a period of twenty-seven years. His body was laid to rest in the Manassas cemetery.
Rev. Alford Kelly, pastor of the church, officiated. The pallbearers were Messrs. J. P. Leachman, C. E. Nash, M. C. Hazen, L. Frank Pattie, E. R. Conner, L. J. Bushong, S. T. Weir and J. H. Dodge.
Mr. Hornbaker was born eighty-five years ago at Brass Castle Mills, Washington, N. J. The old Mill which was operated by his father at the time of his birth is still in operation. Mr. Hornbaker came to this county as a boy of seventeen and in 1868 started Milford Mills. He hewed and sawed the timber at Bradley and hauled it to the present site of the mill on Broad Run.
He had been an elder of the Presbyterian church for many years and a stockholder of the National Bank of Manassas since its inception in 1896.
He married Miss Elizabeth Hazen Hixson, daughter of Noah and Mary Hixson, who survives him. Other members of the family are his two daughters, Mattie Estelle (Mrs. C. J. Meetze) and Daisy Merritt (Mrs. G. D. Baker); one son, Mr. Edwin Latimer Hornbaker; eleven grandchildren and one brother, Mr. Levi J. Hornbaker.
20 July 1917 (page 1, column 1e)
JOHN R. HORNBAKER DEAD
John R. Hornbaker, eighty-five years old, died at noon today at his home on West street, after a long illness. Funeral service will be held at three o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Presbyterian Church, of which he was a member, and interment will be in the Manassas cemetery. Rev. Alford Kelley will officiate.
Mr. Hornbaker is survived by his wife, two daughters, Mrs. C. J. Meetze and Mrs. G. D. Baker; a son, Mr. Edward L. Hornbaker, and ten grandchildren, Mrs. G. A. Parker and Miss Mabel Hornbaker, White Fish, Mont; Harry Hornbaker, Protection, Kans.; Miss Olive Hornbaker and Walter Hornbaker of Bristow; Messrs. Willis and Clarence Meetze, little Misses Christine Meetze and Beulah Baker and Garland Baker, all of Manassas.
-- transcribed by L. K. Perry (#47129998) -----
Ronald R. Turner has transcribed this article.
Manassas Journal, Manassas, Virginia
27 July 1917
Funeral services for John R. Hornbaker, whose death on Friday was recorded in last week's issue, took place Sunday afternoon at the Presbyterian Church, which he helped to build and of which he had been a trustee for a period of twenty-seven years. His body was laid to rest in the Manassas cemetery.
Rev. Alford Kelly, pastor of the church, officiated. The pallbearers were Messrs. J. P. Leachman, C. E. Nash, M. C. Hazen, L. Frank Pattie, E. R. Conner, L. J. Bushong, S. T. Weir and J. H. Dodge.
Mr. Hornbaker was born eighty-five years ago at Brass Castle Mills, Washington, N. J. The old Mill which was operated by his father at the time of his birth is still in operation. Mr. Hornbaker came to this county as a boy of seventeen and in 1868 started Milford Mills. He hewed and sawed the timber at Bradley and hauled it to the present site of the mill on Broad Run.
He had been an elder of the Presbyterian church for many years and a stockholder of the National Bank of Manassas since its inception in 1896.
He married Miss Elizabeth Hazen Hixson, daughter of Noah and Mary Hixson, who survives him. Other members of the family are his two daughters, Mattie Estelle (Mrs. C. J. Meetze) and Daisy Merritt (Mrs. G. D. Baker); one son, Mr. Edwin Latimer Hornbaker; eleven grandchildren and one brother, Mr. Levi J. Hornbaker.
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