Hearne History - Page 556

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Maggie, born May 29, 1905; Richard, born Mar. 24, 1800 (single) Joseph Manervia, born July 2, 1884, married Hugh M. Hornsby, July 2, 1904, one child, H. M., born June 17, 1905. This family lives in San Antonia, Texas, Dr. Miller being a leading physician with a large practice. There was another daughter of Joseph and Elenor Hearn Mary Sapphire, of whom I have been unable to learn anything.

LEVI ADAMSON HEARN, who lives in Riverside, California, and is the fourth child of Joseph and Elenor (Adamson) Hearn, furnished the author, W. T. Hearne, the sketch that follows, of his father:

Religiously, joseph Hearn was a Methodist, and nearly all his descendants hold to the same faith. Politically they are all Democrats, and his three sons served through the Civil War, in the Confederate Army. I notice that nearly all the Hearn's or Hearne's in America, were born South of the Mason and Dixon line. As to the final (e), it is a fact too well established (whether used or not) to affect the kinship of the Hearn's or Hearne's (as each may choose to spell it) whose ancestors came to this country in an early day .My father always spelled it without the final (e) and of course all his children do so too.

JOSEPH HEARN, born in Buncome Co., N. C., son of Edmond and (Mode) Hearn started out for himself when quite a young man his father gave him a horse, bridle and saddle. He first made rails and engaged principally at that kind of work until he married . An av erage day's work for him was to cut and split 200. Soon after he married, they moved from Tenn. to North Mo., then known as the Platte purchase, a new country at that date. He accumulated quite a little money but paid it all out during a long spell of sickness. As soon as he was able to traved, he started with his family south early in 1845 and stopped in the south part of Mo. on a stream called "Drywood" and made a crop. He sold it and started on towards Tex. late in the summer. After several days fell in company with another family bv the name of Botts, making for the same destination. Before reaching Tex., he run short of money when Mr. Botts was kind enough to loan him ten dollars, which enabled him to continue the journey . Arriving at Bonham Oct., 1845 (a town of about a dozen little houses built exclusively of logs, the floors were of logs split in halves, each piece hewn to make

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