Van Horn, George A.
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-oGeorge ' bram Van Horn was born in Stillwater ,
Sussex county ,
converted to
ew Jersey , August 5 , 1815 .
od at the age of sixteen .
his converaon he felt
He was
Soon after
alled to preach the gos p el
which had br ought such p eace to his own soul .
In
the fall of 1838 , he was granted a license to exhort , and though busy with the c a re of his farm ,
found ti me to go out and fil l a pp ointments for the
nei ghboring pastors and to attend funer a ls .
On
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arch 14 , 1840 , he was
~ arried
to I iss
artha Elizabeth Schooley , who for t h irty - fi v e years
wa s his f a ithful wife and helpmeet and an active
member of t h e
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She died July 13 , 187 5 .
They had no children but adopted the dau ghter
of , rs . Van Horn ' s brother , J ohn Schooley .
name wa s ·"art ha .
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ew
Jersey , June 29 , 1854 , and c ame to live wit h 1r .
and
rs . Geor e · an Horn when she was
of age .
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he was born in Sandyston ,
er
Sh e was graduated f r om the
~ i ght
years
lainwell high
sc h ool June 20 , 1873 , and be gan teaching in the
!_,.inter !1 ediate de:Qat:_t ment_ of the Plainwell
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followin
Se p tember and died · a rch 11 , 1874 .
She
was a devoted Christian , taught in the Sunday scho ol
and
l ay ed the or gan .
J . H.
He r p astor, the Reverend
otts, wr ote a beautiful tri bute to her
Christian cha racter a nd service .
Burial was at
Sa ndyston in Peter' s Va lley i n the Blue Rid g e
mountains .
s a mem ori a l to h er and to his niece
artha Belle Hill ,
r . Van Horn beq ueathed fi v e
hundred dollars to t he
• F.
s .,
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t h e income
from which is used f or educating a schol a r in the
Blac k stone [issionary Institute at
west India Conference, Indi a .
~ 2 50 . 00
f or vonference
uttra , North-
He also beq ueathed
laimants and
~25 0 . 0 0
for
the J . H. M. S .
In the s p ri ng of 1853,
co mm ended to
r . Van Horn was re-
residin g Elder Potter and travelled
u nder his direct · on for three ye a rs , one year on t h e
Berryvill e Circuit in
f a rd Circuit .
ew Jersey , 18 54 - 5 on the
In t h e s p ring of 1856 he wa s admitted
to t h e Newar k Conference and served t h e Nausberg
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c ha r g e two y e a rs .
He was ordained Deacon in the
s pring of 1858 , and r e ceive d into full memb ership
in th e
ewark Annua l Confe re nc e.
He joined the
ic h i gan Annual Confer enc e on a certificate of
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., location in the fall of 1858 and was appointed
pastor at Berrien Springs and served one year .
was sent to
He
ew Buffalo in the fall of 1859 and
e then served Geneseo one year ,
se r ved two years .
Prairieville two years and Coloma two years .
In
1868 , he g ve up work on account of ill health and
moved to Plainwell , where he was a faithful attend ant at the services of the church and led the Sunday morning class for many years .
arch 17, 1877 , he married · artha J . Johnson
of Stillwater,
ew Jersey .
She was born
ugust 25 ,
1836, was an active memb er of the church and a
life member af the
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She died July 16 ,
1893 .
Death came to
afternoon ,
well .
eorge Abra
Se~mbe r
11 , 1891 , in his home at Plain-
Inte r ment was in the
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an
Van Horn Friday
lainwell cemetery .
orn had two nie ces , daughte rs of his
sister Charlotte and J acob Hill , who at the time
of this writing , 1939 , reside in Plainwell and are
the sponsors of this record .
Cora
• Hill and
artha Belle Hill .
brother Vic t or Eugene
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Laura
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Their names a re
They ha d a
ill , dece a sed , and a sister ,
• Hill , a lso deceased .
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Van Horn, George A.