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    James Horner

    Birth: 1804

    Death: 6-12-1874

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James Horner was the son of David and Eliza Horner. His family moved to Auburn when he was a child. He married Charity A., and they had 2 children who survived to adulthood. James worked at an iron firm in Albany from the 1820s to 1848, but he moved to New York City and opened a hardware shop there. After the Civil War, he continued to expand his business and manufactured steel at Passaic, New Jersey.

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James Horner was the son of David and Eliza Horner. His family moved to Auburn when he was a child. He married Charity A., and they had 2 children who survived to adulthood. James worked at an iron firm in Albany from the 1820s to 1848, but he moved to New York City and opened a hardware shop there. After the Civil War, he continued to expand his business and manufactured steel at Passaic, New Jersey.

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Book or Monograph Title: 
Albany Directory
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New York City Directory
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Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
The Empire State: Its Industries and Wealth
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https://books.google.com/books?id=nklGAAAAYAAJ&dq=james%20horner%20albany%20iron%20and%20steel&pg=PA136#v=onepage&q=james%20horner%20albany%20iron%20and%20steel&f=false
Chapter Title: 
Erastus Corning: Merchant and Financier, 1794-1872
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https://books.google.com/books/about/Erastus_Corning.html?id=jEDlH_ryLw4C&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button#v=onepage&q=horner&f=false
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The details of the lawsuit and his heirs helps to link him to the Auburn family because his heirs are his 2 daughters, his son-in-law, and Eliza Horner, which is consistent with the unmarried Eliza Horner, who would be his aunt and is still living in Auburn at the time of his death. https://books.google.com/books?id=K3YDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA55&lpg=PA55&dq=pompton+james+horner& source=bl&ots=ygIwFdbvI3&sig=ACfU3U1bQ6W5gZuoteHz7ssijVIGI1tpgA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiYnZnvmJziAhWqUt8KHSLUCyMQ6AEwB3oECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=horner&f=false
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Website
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https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=Guv58&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&qh=9bvPbMwgEGHEZAedFwyvYw%3D%3D&gss=angs-g&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=susan&gsfn_x=0&gsln=horner&gsln_x=0&msrpn__ftp=New%20York%20City,%20New%20York,%20USA&msrpn=1
Title of Webpage: 
Ancestry
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Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: New York Ward 16 District 2, New York, New York; Roll: M432_553; Page: 263A; Image: 531 Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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Ancestry
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Name: James Horner Death Age: 74 Event Type: Burial Birth Date: abt 1800 Death Date: abt 1874 Burial Date: 12 Jun 1874 Burial Place: New York, New York, USA Church Name: St Peters (Chelsea) Original data: The Episcopal Diocese of New York Church Records, New York, NY.