BIOGRAPHY

WILLIAM HORNING - OF ALABAMA, NY

William Horning, a native of Schoharie County, came to Alabama about 1840, and married Magdelena Wieting. Their children were Anna Maria, who married Amos Crosby (both deceased); Jeremiah, who married Caroline D. Lawrence and had one son, Oscar Lorenzo, who died in Michigan; Dr. Nelson, who practiced medicine in Alabama, and died several years ago; and Eli, born 1828. Eli was reared on the farm, and married Laura Ann, daughter of Richard and Betsey (Barker) Lawrence, in 1855, and began housekeeping in Alabama. Their children were William, born 1858, died 1876; May, who died in infancy; and Nellie Belle, born 1862, who married, in 1878, Moses D. Vail, of Alabama, and their children were Eli H., Bertram N., and Homer D. (died 1886). Eli Horning died October 17, 1864. Mrs. Horning married, second, Phineas B. White.

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