Lydia was the infant daughter of Philip and Dorcas Horney.
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Biographical sketch of her father:
HORNEY PHILIP, Farmer and Fine Stock Breeder;
See. 34; P. O. Cameron;
born in North Carolina, May 4,1808;
came to this Co. in 1835; Dem: owns 460 acres,
valued at $30,000; left North Carolina in 1826;
came to Schuyler Co., Ill., and then to Warren Co.;
there was only one school district in Coldbrook
township when he came here; has always voted
the Democratic ticket;
married Dorcas McKee, Aug. 10,1834;
has seven children, four boys and three girls,
William, Jeffrey, Joel T., James H.,
Elizabeth, Mary and Valeria;
has been Justice of the Peace, Supervisor,
Overseer of the Poor, School Trustee, and held
every other township office except Town Clerk;
was Sergeant in the Black Hawk war.
Source: The Past and Present of Warren County, Illinois ~ Chicago ~ 1877 ~ Coldbrook Township ~ p. 302
Website source: http://books.google.com/books?pg=PA302&lpg=PA302&dq=%22Grace,+James+W.%22,
+Cameron,Illinois&sig=6XTqfZfhNV2GPm70KqFq2sryP4M&ei
=BwvzUoPHBKTCywGLsoHwDA&id=WtTVAAAAMAAJ&ots
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Lydia was the infant daughter of Philip and Dorcas Horney.
* * *
Biographical sketch of her father:
HORNEY PHILIP, Farmer and Fine Stock Breeder;
See. 34; P. O. Cameron;
born in North Carolina, May 4,1808;
came to this Co. in 1835; Dem: owns 460 acres,
valued at $30,000; left North Carolina in 1826;
came to Schuyler Co., Ill., and then to Warren Co.;
there was only one school district in Coldbrook
township when he came here; has always voted
the Democratic ticket;
married Dorcas McKee, Aug. 10,1834;
has seven children, four boys and three girls,
William, Jeffrey, Joel T., James H.,
Elizabeth, Mary and Valeria;
has been Justice of the Peace, Supervisor,
Overseer of the Poor, School Trustee, and held
every other township office except Town Clerk;
was Sergeant in the Black Hawk war.
Source: The Past and Present of Warren County, Illinois ~ Chicago ~ 1877 ~ Coldbrook Township ~ p. 302
Website source: http://books.google.com/books?pg=PA302&lpg=PA302&dq=%22Grace,+James+W.%22,
+Cameron,Illinois&sig=6XTqfZfhNV2GPm70KqFq2sryP4M&ei
=BwvzUoPHBKTCywGLsoHwDA&id=WtTVAAAAMAAJ&ots
=YPbTRp7Ktm&output=text
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Infant Daughter of P. & D. Horney
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