Samuel A. Van Horn

    Samuel A. Van Horn, dealer in hay and grain, Lawrenceburgh, was born in York Township, Dearborn County, in 1833. He is a son of Cornelius Van Horn, one of the first settlers of York Township, and his early life was passed on the farm with his parents. He was educated in he district schools at College Hill and Hartsville, and he remained on the homestead with his parents till thirty years of age. In 1865 he came to Lawrenceburgh and engaged in the hay and grain business, which he has since conducted, handling annually about 2,000 to 3,000 tons of hay, and wheat, oats and barley, 50,000 to 60,000 bushels.

    Mr. Van Horn was married, in 1862, to Elizabeth Emerson, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Lockwood) Emerson, natives of England and residents of Miller Township, where her father still resides. Two children are living -Fannie Belle and Willie Ayres. Mr. Van Horn is a a live business man and useful citizen. He has served many years as clerk of Greendale and contributed liberally to the building of the Presbyterian Church.

Source: History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties, Indiana by F.E. Weakley & Co., 1885.