Individual Details

Col. Leonidas Leandor Horney

(4 Sep 1817 - 16 May 1863)



Records of Marks & Brands in Schuyler Co, IL, by Lavina Walton & Edna Renner
977.3475 R2w, Family History Library
p. 5
Philip Horney - crop left ear, swallow fork right ear, 24 Mar 1832
Jonathan Horney - crop slit underbit left ear, upperbit right ear, 7 Jan 1833

1838 Taxpayers in Schuyler Co: Leonidas Horney, Jonathan Horney.

Listed in the 1840 Schuyler Co Census by himself - 1m between 20-30 - he was 23.

Schuyler Co IL Early Land Records, 1841, Schuyler Co Historical Museum
From Assessor's Books
Congressional Lands, 1841
Littleton Township, Twp 3 N, Range 2 W
Jonathan Horney, NW quarter of Section 6

Commanding 1st Regt Mo Vol in the Civil War. Died in battle.
Service Record: Enlisted as a Lieutenant Colonel.
Commission in Company S, 10th Infantry Regiment Missouri.
Killed Company S, 10th Infantry Regiment Missouri on 16 May 1863 at Champion Hills, MS.

Wife Jane applied for his pension.

Events

Birth4 Sep 1817North Carolina
Marriage2 Sep 1841Schuyler County, Illinois - Jane Crawford
Military1862 - 1863Company S, 10th Infantry Regt, Missouri, Civil War
Death16 May 1863Champion Hill, Hinds County, Mississippi

Families

SpouseJane Crawford (1824 - 1907)
ChildCeleste Horney (1842 - )
ChildJames M. Horney (1844 - 1851)
ChildSamuel Madison Horney (1844 - 1913)
ChildMalinda Horney (1845 - 1845)
ChildLeonidas H. Horney (1847 - )
ChildWilliam Jeffrey Horney ( - 1936)
ChildMary Jane Horney (1851 - )
ChildCharles Murray Horney (1854 - 1856)
ChildAmelia A. Horney (1858 - )
ChildAdelia Horney (1861 - )
FatherSamuel B. Horney (1788 - 1874)
MotherAmelia Charles (1802 - 1884)

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