Johann Jakob Horning

1821 Feb 16: Born to Anthony and Katherine Margaret Horning in Spachbrucken Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany. (1)

1830: Emigrated to Chambersburgh, Pennsylvania. (1)

1833: Desiring to be a farmer, at age 12 he worked on a farm of George Hoffman. (1)

1842: Franklin Co., OH. (1)

1850 Oct 3: Jacob Horning marries Anna Good. (1,6)

  1851 Jul  9: Catharine
  1852 Jul 29: John
  1853 Nov 23: Abraham
  1855 Apr 30: Lydia
  1856 Dec 19: Samuel
  1858 Sep 13: Jacob
  1860 Apr 25: Anna
  1862 Jan 13: Isaac
  1862 Jan 13: Leah
  1864 May  1: Joseph
  1866 Nov 24: Henry
  1870 Dec 28: Sarah Elizabeth

1851 Jul 23: Their first child Catherine dies after living for only 14 days. She is buried at the Mennonite Cemetery in Madison Twp. of Franklin Co. OH. (9,10) (11 p464)

1853: Bought a farm. (1)

1858: Move to Allen Co., OH, a few miles from Lima. (1)

1864 Sep 15: Come by covered wagon to Page Co., IA and settle south of Shambaugh, IA near what is now highway 71. (1, 2)

1864: Jacob voted in November for the re-election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the USA. (1, 2)

Mennonite.

Anna Good Horning (5,6) "... an interesting note on Anna ..., her grt-grandson went with someone into the house where they had lived in Shambaugh, IA, about in the 1920's+. He was shown where Anna would sit in the corner of the parlor and smoke her pipe." (5)

1873 Mar 25: Jacob dies. Buried in Butler Cemetery. (1,6) Obituary. (8)

1897 Jan 17: Anna dies near Shambaugh, IA. Buried at Butler Cemetery. (1) Obituary. (7)