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From: "Cathy Joynt Labath" <>
Subject: [IA-IRISH] Bio of James Horen
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 09:54:27 -0500

Surnames: Horen, Kennedy, Maddern

The History of Jackson County, Iowa...Chicago: Western Hist. Co., 1879.

James Horen, farmer, Sec. 8; P.O. Bellevue; owns 480 acres in Jackson Co.
and 160 acres in Jo Daviess Co., Ill. He was born in the county of
Tipperary, Ireland, on the 25th day of June, 1818, and at 6 years of age,
his parents died, when he was adopted and raised by an uncle, James Kennedy,
who lived in Canada; when 14 years of age, he came to Cook Co., Ill, where
he lived until he was 20 when he moved to Galena, Jo Daviess Co., Ill, where
he resided from 1840 to 1878, when in March of that year, he removed to
Jackson Co., Iowa, and settled upon the property now owned by him. He has
never held any offices in Jackson Co., although he has for many years held
important offices of trust and ability in Jo Daviess Co., Ill. He is a
strong old Jacksonian Democrat, and has always warmly supported and
advocated the principles of that party. He married Ellen Maddern, a native
of Boston, Mass., in Galena, Ill. in the year 1846, and had ten children,
nine of whom are living at the writing of this history, namely, James, John,
Daniel, Mathias, Mary, Annie Elizabeth, Ellen and Bridget. He and his family
are all members of the Roman Catholic Church. His Jackson Co. lands are
valued at $25 per acre and his Jo Daviess lands at $50.

Cathy Joynt Labath
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