The Doctor had acquired considerable property in Caldwell Parish, and owned an elegant residence and a large store and business house in Columbia, and 160 acres of good land situated in a suburb of that town. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, of the Knights of Pythias and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His professional standing was first class, and his skill as a physician and surgeon was recognized throughout north Louisiana. He was the leading practitioner of Columbia and the parish of Caldwell. His skill and integrity was recognized by the parish and town by his election twice to the office of coroner of the parish and councilman of the town of Columbia, also by the various insurance companies. He was elected by the New York Life Insurance company, the Mutual Life of New York, the Pennsylvania Mutual of Philadelphia, the Equitable Life of Massachusetts and the Endowment Rank, Knights of Pythias, as their medical examiner in Caldwell parish. He and Mattie were members of the Methodist Episcopal church south.
Dr. Van Horn died in 1897 in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He was there seeking therapy for the chronic kidney trouble that took his life. The family brought his body home where his was buried in Columbia, Caldwell Parish until 1899. In that year Mattie and the family moved his body for reburial in Lafayette No. 1.
The Doctor had acquired considerable property in Caldwell Parish, and owned an elegant residence and a large store and business house in Columbia, and 160 acres of good land situated in a suburb of that town. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, of the Knights of Pythias and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His professional standing was first class, and his skill as a physician and surgeon was recognized throughout north Louisiana. He was the leading practitioner of Columbia and the parish of Caldwell. His skill and integrity was recognized by the parish and town by his election twice to the office of coroner of the parish and councilman of the town of Columbia, also by the various insurance companies. He was elected by the New York Life Insurance company, the Mutual Life of New York, the Pennsylvania Mutual of Philadelphia, the Equitable Life of Massachusetts and the Endowment Rank, Knights of Pythias, as their medical examiner in Caldwell parish. He and Mattie were members of the Methodist Episcopal church south.
Dr. Van Horn died in 1897 in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He was there seeking therapy for the chronic kidney trouble that took his life. The family brought his body home where his was buried in Columbia, Caldwell Parish until 1899. In that year Mattie and the family moved his body for reburial in Lafayette No. 1.
Family Members
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Addie Blonde Van Horn Hundley
1860–1924
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Belle Randolph Van Horn
1863–1946
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Anna Gertrude Van Horn Cooney
1866–1903
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Margaret Pearle "Deary" Van Horn Davis
1868–1903
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Thaddeus Dreux Van Horn
1870–1936
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1LT Oliver Herbert Van Horn
1872–1949
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Pvt Albert Cornelius Van Horn
1876–1932
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Elmore Russell Van Horn
1878–1891
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Mignonette Rutledge Van Horn Peters
1881–1909
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