BIOGRAPHY

JOHN V. HORN - OF BATAVIA, NY

John V. Horn, born in Took, of Hesse Cassel, Germany, in 1819, married Catherine Derbaker, and came to America in For the last seven years he has been manufacturing proprietary medicines. He has seven children. He owns a distillery, and distills his own peppermint and spearmint, which he raises on his farm. Adam Horn was born in Batavia, and is a distiller of peppermint and spearmint. He has five acres of willows, which he ships to different cities, besides manufacturing willow baskets. He also manufactures "Horn's German balm," a pain destroyer. He married Mary Benning, and they have one child, Rosa. Henry Horn is an Evangelical minister in Syracuse. Albert resides in Buffalo, John in Michigan, Herman in Walworth, N. Y., and Alice (Mrs. William Green) at Roanoke. Elizabeth (Mrs. Rev. C. F. Stube) resides at Little Valley, N. Y.

Source: Gazetteer and Biographical Record of Genesee County, New York, Edited by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890