The Horn/Shelby Family

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Created 02/10/2008
Updated 12/16/2019

The information on the Horn Family probably came from JD Ridenour

Other Horn information came from the Adams Family.

Shelby Family information came from Wallace2 Family Tree at Ancestry.com

 

SHELBY FAMILY

Phillip Shelby (1650 Wales - ) married Margaretta Alexander
(Paul's 8th great grandparents)
Children:

Maria Shelby 1682 – 
Ellinora Shelby 1683 – 
Evan Shelby, Sr. 1690 – 1750
Rees Shelby 1693 – 
Elizabeth Shelby 1696 – 
Rowland Shelby 1697 – 1736

Evan Shelby, Sr. (1690 Tregaron, Cardigan, Wales - 1751 Frederick, MD) married Catherine Davies Morgan in 1716
(Paul's 7th great grandparents)
Children:

Evan Shelby, Jr. 1719 – 1794
Patriot, Brigadier General of the militia of the Washington District of North Carolina, 1786

John Shelby 1723 – 1794
Rees Shelby 1724 – 1811 - descendent Carroll Hall Shelby (1923 - 2012) "Shelby Mustang"
(Cousin and Bryan Adams High 1979 grad Carole Welch Womack also descends from Reese)
Thomas Shelby 1725 – 1776
Moses Shelby 1728 – 1776  (Carole, I descend from Moses - Paul Ridenour)
Eleanor Shelby 1730 – 1803
David Shelby 1732 – 1799
Mary Shelby 1735 – 1813

Moses Shelby (5/5/1728 Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Wales - 10/13/1776 NC) married Isabella Alexander
(Paul's 6th great grandparents)
Patriot, Mecklenburg Militia, North Carolina
Children:

Mary Shelby 1746 – 1822
Evan Shelby 1748 – 1825 married Susan Polk Alexander [Same family as President James Knox Polk]
Patriot, Sumpter's Brigade, probably as a surgeon, North Carolina
Thomas Shelby 1752 – 1799
Eleanor Shelby 1755 – 
William Shelby 1760 – 1787
Moses Jr Shelby 1761 – 1823
John Shelby 1762 – 1811
Catherine Shelby 1763 – 1820
Rachael Shelby 1768 – 1855
Margaret Dorcas Shelby 1772 – 1844
Isabella Shelby 1775 – 1827

Evan Shelby 1748 – 1825 married Susan Polk Alexander
(Paul's 5th great grandparents)
Patriot, Sumpter's Brigade, probably as a surgeon, North Carolina
Children:

Sarah Shelby 1778 – 1856
Susanna Shelby 1783 – 1853
Moses Shelby 1784 – 1826
William Alexander Shelby 1786 – 1856
Dorcas Shelby 1791 – 1869
Thomas Shelby 1797 – 1856
Evan Shelby 1799 – 
Harriet Shelby 1806 - 1856
John Milton Shelby 1806 – 1872

Moses Shelby (1784 - 1826) married Mary Ann Knox
(Paul's 4th great grandparents)
Children:

Winfield Moses Shelby 1804 – 1881
John Rufus Shelby 1810 – 1878
Smith Shelby 1811 – 1860
James Madison Shelby 1814 – 1889
David Daniel Shelby 1816 – 1896

|Eleanor Ann Selina Shelby 1817 – 1900

Samuel Norton Shelby 1821 – 1881
Joseph F Shelby 1823 – 1853
Thomas Alexander Shelby 1825 – 1862

James Madison Shelby married Amanda Ann Henderson

(Paul's 3rd great grandparents)
The Shelby's came to East Texas from Alabama in a convoy of covered wagons.
Children:

James Adam Shelby 1843 – 1886

Mary Ellen Shelby 1844 – 1899

Jane Eliza Shelby 1846 – 1902

Martha Selina Shelby 1855 – 1925

Margaret Amanda "Maggie" Shelby 1858 – 1912

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HORN FAMILY

Lawrence Larry Horn (1779 - circa 1829) married Mary Uln (1790 - )
[Paul's 4th great grandparents]
Children:

Benjamin Columbus Horn 1814 – 1891
James M Horn 1816 – 1864
Harriet Jane Horn 1818 – 1880
Joshua Lawrence Horn 1820 – 1886
Daniel Green Horn 1822 – 1892
Alfred Jackson Horn, Sr. 1825 – 1876
Early Horn 1826 – 

Alfred Jackson Horn, Sr. (1825 Emanuel, GA - 1876 Russell, AL) married Rebecca Mary Veal
[Paul's 3rd great grandparents]
Children:

Jane Horn 1846 – 
Lewis Horn 1848 – 
Alfred Jackson Horn, Jr 1852 – 1902
Jourdan J Horn 1854 –  |
David M Horn 1856 – 
Mary Molly Horn 1859 – 1936
Jefferson Decal Horn 1861 – 1932
James H Horn 1867 – 

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HORN-SHELBY FAMILY

Alfred Jackson Horn, Jr. (5/9/1852 Russell, AL - 1902 Bradshaw, TX) married Rachel Lenora Shelby (1853 Perry, AL – 1927 TX) on 1/11/1876

[Paul's 2nd great grandparents]
Children:

    James Alfred Horn (1879 - 1955) married Louiza Blanche Grace McLindon [went by Grace] on 4/30/1907
    Children:

        Jessie Alfred Horn married Francis E, Baxter on 12/24/1925
        Children:

            Virginia Francis Horn married S. P. Beauchamp on 6/10/1947
            Children:

                David Beauchamp
                Keith Beauchamp

            Dorthy Joyce Horn married Laurence Patton on 12/27/1954
            Children:

                Douglas Lynn Patton
                Lyndith Lazette Patton              

            Helen Ruth Horn married Melvin Mills on 6/13/1951
            Children:

                Melinda Sue Mills
                James William Mills
                Dwight Mills
                Rus Mills

        Shelby McLindon Horn married Doris Bowman on 5/20/1957

        Mary Lenora Horn married Alois D. Heirman [went by Pat] on 12/30/1947
        Children:

            Lenora Alois Heirman married R. V. Hargrove and Wayne Winifred Herman
            Children:

                Margaret Lenora Hargrove
                Thomas Preston Hargrove

            Edith Beth Heirman married Clarence Allen Grubaugh
            Children:

Wanda Ruth Grubaugh

            Freda Jean Heirman married Arthur Wayne Megginson
            Annie Louiza Heirman
   
    Annie Mabel Horn (1881 - 1907) married J. A. Stephens
    Children:

        J. Alton Stephens
        Gladys Stephens married Howze

    Dee Burton Horn (1883 - 1968) married Martha Ann Mayhew "Mattie" (1884 - 1960) in 1903
    Mattied was very musical and all of her children played one or more instruments.
    Children:

        Alfred Burton Horn (1904 - 1984) married Lola Belle Crooks Boyer (1907 - 1907) in 1930
        Children:

            Lola Marie Horn married Brady Mills
            Dee Allen Horn
            Wanda Pearl Horn married Jack Rapp

        Jewel B. Horn (1904-1914) - thrown off a horse and was killed

        Floy Lily Horn (1909 - 1999) married Ralph Hardesty Ranson in 1929.  Floy was a teacher and taught piano.
        Children:

            Ralph Lynn Ranson married Patricia Clements
            Martha Ann Ranson married John Dale Lewis
            Linda Jean Ranson married Brent Lasater

        James Horn (1911-1911)

        Victor Monroe Horn (1915 - 2010) married Hazel Estelle Smith (1921 - 2005) in 1939.  Victor played the guitar and banjo
        Children:

            Ronda Beth Horn married Kim Espy
            David Horn married Linda
            Vickie Lee Horn email married Gary Holcomb ( - 1998) and then married David R. Beeson in 2000
            Children:

                Rachel Lenora Holcomb (1980 - ) married Shane Brian in 2009
                Children:

                    Alexander Brian
                    Shane Brian

            Douglas Horn

        Clifford Leon Horn (1917 - 2008) married Jackie Holt in 1941.  Cliff was a band director, played coronet and clarinet.

        Myrla Beth Horn (1920 - 2002) married Eugene W. Neighbors (1920 - 1990) in 1944. Beth taught piano.
        Children:

            Paul Eugene Neighbors (1948 - ) married Catherine E. Vanderhoof in 1971
            Phillip Arthur Neighbors (1952 - ) married Susan Lynn Hall in 1974
            Douglas Edward Neighbors (1958 - )

    Mary Eva Horan (1886 - 1886)

    Clara Lela Horn (1/2/1887 - 1/25/1952) married Errol Thurlow Ridenour [Earl Ridenour] (8/9/1876 - 4/20/1961 CA)
    on 4/21/1907 in Athens, TX [Paul's great grandparents] - see Ridenour Family

    Infant son Horn (1888 - 1888)

    Ruby S Horn (1889 - 1895)

    Jefferson Lee Horn, Sr. (1892 - 1932) married Ethel Alston
    Children:

        Jefferson Lee Horn Jr. married Martha
        Children:

            Chrissie Horn
            Sharie Horn

        Lula C. Horn married E. R. Tanner

    Robert Ira Horn (1894 - 1896)

    Zula Horn (1897 - 1949) married Chester Dee and Jones
    Children:

        Janice Lou Jones married White

    Bessie Lou Horn (1900 - 1954) married Marvin L. O'Quin
    Children:

        William O'Quin married Bonnie
        Eloise O'Quin married W. Baer
 

Errol Thurlow Ridenour

Earl and Clara Lela Horn Ridenour

Moses "Will"

Clara Lela Horn Ridenour with sisters Zula Horn and Bessie Horn

Rachel Lenora Shelby Horn

Rachel Lenora Shelby Horn

Rachel Lenora Shelby Horn

Alfred Jackson Horn, Jr. and Rachel Lenora Shelby Horn

James Madison Shelby and wife Amanda Ann Henderson
The markers above were cleaned by me in 2014 and the photos are on Findagrave.com.

Moses Shelby, my 6th great grandfather