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Samuel Henry was the second son/child of Martin and Marie S (Crepas or Depas) Horkman, born in Wisconsin 1871. His parents, claiming Flemish heritage, were citizens of the Kingdom of Belgium before they immigrated (as children) with their families to the Wisconsin sometime around 1853. The original spelling of the surname is believed to be "Horckmans", with the following variants discovered or suggested: "Hurkman, Hurkmans, & Horkmans".

Samuel was listed as the "only" Wagoner of Twenty-Second Kansas Volunteer Regiment, Company B - he served approximately six months of a two year commitment during the Spanish American War era. He Enrolled 30 April 1898 and was Mustered into Federal Service 16 May 1898. His unit trained and drilled extensively in the southern United States but was never deployed. His unit was Mustered out 3 November 1898 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Obituary - Samuel Henry Horkman
Services for Samuel Henry Horkman, 78, who died Tuesday at his home, 719 Chesnut, will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Wall-Diffenderfer's mortuary, with burial in Concordia cemetery.

Mr. Horkman was born in Wisconsin in 1871, came to Kansas at 12 and settled in Concordia. He moved to Topeka in 1935. He was a veteran of the Spanish-American war, a member of Concordia Presbyterian church, past noble grand of IOOF lodge and a member of the Rebekah lodge in Norway, Kan., and a past commander of Firth Charlesworth camp in Concordia.

He is survived by his wife; three daughters, Mrs Lulu Ames and Mrs Nellie Awalt of Scandia, Mrs Lillie Elliott of Brush, Colo.; a son, Samuel Horkman of Topeka; four brothers, Joe of San Beriteo, Tex., David of Lawrence, Anton and Alfred of Concordia; and two sisters, Mrs Anna Elfstron of Salem, Ore., and Mrs Emma Pigman of Denver. A daughter preceded him in death.
Topeka State Journal, March 30, 1949 - [Courtesy of the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library]

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