ROBERT CANNON HORN
[Transcribers' note: The following appears as a continuation of an obituary which began on page one of Section One of the McKinney Examiner of March 12, 1936. The first section of the paper is not included on the microfilm. There is, however, a great deal of information contained in this continuation on page eight of Section Two.]
..... He was a pioneer, believing in the old-time gospel and religion, yet believing in the days out-yonder ahead. "I am glad that in the home where Bro. Horn has gone, there is no sorrow. I cannot believe he is gone", the pastor said. He related how Bro. Horn was preparing to preach his ninety-second birthday anniversary sermon on Sunday, April 26. His sermon was to be on the subject, "Heaven".... Interment was in Pecan Grove Cemetery, under a great bank of flowers, in the presence of one of the largest number of friends ever assembled there. Pallbearers were his grandsons and grandsons-in-law: Clifford Thomas, Russell Thomas, Robert Lee Oates, Chas. W. Graves, Jr., Harvey Roberts, Harvey Penick and Lowell Gillespie. The Sam J. Massie & Son Funeral Home had charge. Services were concluded at graveside. The Confederate Flatg flew at halfmast near by. A prayer led by Dean Colby, D. Hall and the hymn "In the Sweet By and By:, "Taps", were blown by Hi Wilmeth with an "echo" by Geldon Roberts.

Eld. Horn was the oldest of eight brothers and sisters and the last surviving. Seven brothers and sisters preceded him to the grave after useful lives in this county and section of the State. They were: J. R. Horn, Gano Horn, Eli Horn, Mrs. John Douglas, Nick Horn, William Horn, and Mrs. A. C. Weeks. In his latter years Bro. Horn was the greatest connecting link between the old and the new in this section. His "Annals" taken from a life long diary and published in the Examiner and other local papers and later in book form, present an unbiased account of the pioneer days of this section.

Robert Cannon Horn was born near Lebanon in Wilson county, Tennessee, April 26, 1844. When about a year old, his parents, William Henderson Horn and Martha Carruth Horn, moved to Sumner county, Tennessee, where they remained until 1858, when they moved to Texas, first to Grayson County and then a month later to Collin, settling several miles northwest of McKinney where his father purchased 400 acres of land. He remained there from Nov. 1, 1858 until October 4, 1920 when he moved to McKinney, and had resided here since. When the Civil War borke out, he joined the Fifth Texas Porters and Rangers under the late Thos B. Estes, serving gallantly through three years of the war. In 1867 he entered college in Kentucky, receiving a good education and was later ordained to preach in the Christian Church. He taught school for several years.

September 7, 1870 at the age of twenty-six, he was married to Miss Mildred Catherine Franklin in Hartsville, Tenn. Six children were born to them, of whom five survive as follows: Mrs. Ben Oates, Mrs. John W. Thomas, Mrs. E. H. Holmes, Will Horn, and Mrs. Chas. W. Graves. One child, a daughter, died in infancy. His wife passed away on July 3, 1933. [The McKinney Examiner, McKinney, Texas, March 12, 1936.]
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Eld. R. C. Horn tells of Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary of Capt. and Mrs. Clint Haggard (46792688), at Plano, Texas, 1 Sept 1909.

Source: McKinney Weekly Democrat Gazette, McKinney, TX, 9 Sep 1909, Thu, page 1. Repository: Newspapers.com
Contributor: Dolores J. Rush (47849893
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Spouse: Mildred "Mittie" Catherine Franklin (1850-1933), married September 7th, 1870, at Hartsville, Trousdale County, Tennessee – daughters (Mary, Martha, Flora, Jennetta, Helen) and sons (William)
Father: William Henderson Horn (1815-1887)
Mother: Martha Elizabeth Carruth (1823-1886)
Occupation: minister/preacher for the Christian Church.
Contributor: Ronald C. Brewer (48104028) •