Portrait & Biographical Record of Madison and Hamilton Counties Indiana

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JOSEPH A. HORN.

This well known and prominent attorney of Mount Pulaski is one of the ablest lawyers practicing at the Logan county bar. A man of sound judgment, he manages his cases with masterly skill and tact; is a logical reasoner and has a ready command of English. Mr. Horn was born in Graham, Alamance county. North Carolina. May 13. 1848. and on the paternal side is of Scotch descent. The first of the Horn family to come to America was his great-grandfather, who was a native of Scotland. His grandfather, William Horn, was born in that part of Orange county North Carolina, which was set off and called Alamance county, and he married lane Faddis. a native of England.

David T. Horn, the father of our subject, was born July 5. 1814. on the farm in Alamance county. North Carolina, where the birth of Joseph A. also occurred. After reaching manhood he served for twelve years in the state militia as first lieutenant in the company commanded by his brother, Anderson Horn,well known in Mount Pulaski.

In 1861, at the outbreak of the Civil war, both were offered commissions in the Confederate army by Governor Vance, of North Carolina. In 1836 David T. Horn married Miss Jane Thomas, who was born in the same locality, November 2, 1813, and was a daughter of William and Millie (Stevens) Thomas, and a cousin of General Lorenzo Thomas. In March, i860, he brought his family to Illinois and located in Logan county, but in 1867 removed to Brookfield, Missouri, where he made his home upon a farm until called to his final rest three years later. His widow subsequently returned to this county and died in Mount Pulaski, in April, 1899.

Our subject came with his family to this state, and also accompanied them on their removal to Missouri. During his boyhood and youth he acquired a good practical education. For seven years he was connected with railroads in different capacities, carrying a chain for a surveyor of the Kansas Pacific Railroad and others, including a part of the Union Pacific, from Denver to Cheyenne, and later, after "being admitted to the bar, he was claim attorney for one division of the Chicago Burlington &• Quincy Railroad in Missouri, with office at Brookfield, this being his first work in the legal field.

In 1897 Mr. Horn commenced the study of law with S. P. Huston, of Brook-field. Missouri, and in June, 1880, was admitted to the bar, after which he engaged in practice at that place. In 1888 he re-turned to Logan county, Illinois, and has since made his home in Mount Pulaski,. where he is successfully engaged in general practice, he is also local attorney for both lines of the Illinois Central Railroad, having been appointed to that position in January, 1901.

Mr. Horn was married in 1891 to Mrs. Sarah E. Starnes, who was born in Ma- comb, Illinois, in 1844, and is a daughter of George W. Starnes and a widow of George Starnes. Fraternally Mr. Horn is a member of the Knights of Pythias of Mount Pulaski, and a member of the advisory board of the Knights of Equity of St. Louis. In his political views he is an ardent Republican, and has taken a very active and influential part in political affairs. In 1896 he was elected to the thirty-second general assembly from the thirty-second district, comprising Logan, Menard, Cass and Mason counties, and most creditably and satisfactorily did he fill that position. He was a member of several important committees. including those on judicial affairs, banking and charities. He was also a member of the extra session called in 1897-8. He served as city attorney of Mount Pulaski for six years, from 1881, and later for two years. He is thoroughly versed in the law, is a man of deep research and careful investigation, and his skill and ability have won him a lucrative practice.