A teacher and graduate of Michigan University, John Wesley Horner was appointed a first lieutenant in the 1st Michigan Infantry (90-day regiment) on May 1, 1861. He participated in the U.S. defeat at Bull Run in July.
After he was mustered out, Horner was appointed a captain in the 18th Michigan Infantry on August 8, 1862. Five days later, he was made major. In March 1864, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. The following March, Horner was promoted to colonel.
Horner served as provost marshal of Nashville, Tennessee, provost marshal in the Northern District of Northern Alabama, and commanded the U.S. post at Huntsville, Alabama, during the war.
After he was mustered out in June 1865, Horner relocated to Kansas. He served as the fifth president of Baker University at Baldwin City, Kansas, in 1866. He left Baker to fill a vacancy as a professor of mental and moral philosophy at Kansas State University in the fall of 1867. In 1869, Horner left teaching to start the newspaper Chetopa Advance and continued to work as an editor until he sold it in 1873.
Osawatomie State Hospital records indicate that Horner was admitted to the insane asylum on December 29, 1873.
Reverend George W. Pye visited Horner at the asylum in May 1864. "The colonel is a shadow of himself," Pye reported. "Pale, white face and hands, a vacant, restless stare, full whiskers, the same restless, nervous action, with a rubbing of the hands, plucking at his whiskers, and an uneasiness that made me feel uneasy in his presence … such a look, it lingers with me yet."
Horner died on August 16, 1874. Friends in Chetopa asked that his remains be sent to the city for burial. Arrangements were made to ship Horner's body on the first train to Chetopa. Sadly, the telegraph asking for Horner's remains to be sent to the city never reached the asylum. Instead, he was buried on the hospital's grounds.
After he was mustered out, Horner was appointed a captain in the 18th Michigan Infantry on August 8, 1862. Five days later, he was made major. In March 1864, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. The following March, Horner was promoted to colonel.
Horner served as provost marshal of Nashville, Tennessee, provost marshal in the Northern District of Northern Alabama, and commanded the U.S. post at Huntsville, Alabama, during the war.
After he was mustered out in June 1865, Horner relocated to Kansas. He served as the fifth president of Baker University at Baldwin City, Kansas, in 1866. He left Baker to fill a vacancy as a professor of mental and moral philosophy at Kansas State University in the fall of 1867. In 1869, Horner left teaching to start the newspaper Chetopa Advance and continued to work as an editor until he sold it in 1873.
Osawatomie State Hospital records indicate that Horner was admitted to the insane asylum on December 29, 1873.
Reverend George W. Pye visited Horner at the asylum in May 1864. "The colonel is a shadow of himself," Pye reported. "Pale, white face and hands, a vacant, restless stare, full whiskers, the same restless, nervous action, with a rubbing of the hands, plucking at his whiskers, and an uneasiness that made me feel uneasy in his presence … such a look, it lingers with me yet."
Horner died on August 16, 1874. Friends in Chetopa asked that his remains be sent to the city for burial. Arrangements were made to ship Horner's body on the first train to Chetopa. Sadly, the telegraph asking for Horner's remains to be sent to the city never reached the asylum. Instead, he was buried on the hospital's grounds.
A teacher and graduate of Michigan University, John Wesley Horner was appointed a first lieutenant in the 1st Michigan Infantry (90-day regiment) on May 1, 1861. He participated in the U.S. defeat at Bull Run in July.
After he was mustered out, Horner was appointed a captain in the 18th Michigan Infantry on August 8, 1862. Five days later, he was made major. In March 1864, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. The following March, Horner was promoted to colonel.
Horner served as provost marshal of Nashville, Tennessee, provost marshal in the Northern District of Northern Alabama, and commanded the U.S. post at Huntsville, Alabama, during the war.
After he was mustered out in June 1865, Horner relocated to Kansas. He served as the fifth president of Baker University at Baldwin City, Kansas, in 1866. He left Baker to fill a vacancy as a professor of mental and moral philosophy at Kansas State University in the fall of 1867. In 1869, Horner left teaching to start the newspaper Chetopa Advance and continued to work as an editor until he sold it in 1873.
Osawatomie State Hospital records indicate that Horner was admitted to the insane asylum on December 29, 1873.
Reverend George W. Pye visited Horner at the asylum in May 1864. "The colonel is a shadow of himself," Pye reported. "Pale, white face and hands, a vacant, restless stare, full whiskers, the same restless, nervous action, with a rubbing of the hands, plucking at his whiskers, and an uneasiness that made me feel uneasy in his presence … such a look, it lingers with me yet."
Horner died on August 16, 1874. Friends in Chetopa asked that his remains be sent to the city for burial. Arrangements were made to ship Horner's body on the first train to Chetopa. Sadly, the telegraph asking for Horner's remains to be sent to the city never reached the asylum. Instead, he was buried on the hospital's grounds.
After he was mustered out, Horner was appointed a captain in the 18th Michigan Infantry on August 8, 1862. Five days later, he was made major. In March 1864, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. The following March, Horner was promoted to colonel.
Horner served as provost marshal of Nashville, Tennessee, provost marshal in the Northern District of Northern Alabama, and commanded the U.S. post at Huntsville, Alabama, during the war.
After he was mustered out in June 1865, Horner relocated to Kansas. He served as the fifth president of Baker University at Baldwin City, Kansas, in 1866. He left Baker to fill a vacancy as a professor of mental and moral philosophy at Kansas State University in the fall of 1867. In 1869, Horner left teaching to start the newspaper Chetopa Advance and continued to work as an editor until he sold it in 1873.
Osawatomie State Hospital records indicate that Horner was admitted to the insane asylum on December 29, 1873.
Reverend George W. Pye visited Horner at the asylum in May 1864. "The colonel is a shadow of himself," Pye reported. "Pale, white face and hands, a vacant, restless stare, full whiskers, the same restless, nervous action, with a rubbing of the hands, plucking at his whiskers, and an uneasiness that made me feel uneasy in his presence … such a look, it lingers with me yet."
Horner died on August 16, 1874. Friends in Chetopa asked that his remains be sent to the city for burial. Arrangements were made to ship Horner's body on the first train to Chetopa. Sadly, the telegraph asking for Horner's remains to be sent to the city never reached the asylum. Instead, he was buried on the hospital's grounds.
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