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Horace Wardner

Horace Wardner

Male 1829 - 1905  (75 years)

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  • Name Horace Wardner 
    Born 25 Aug 1829  Perry, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 17 Mar 1905  La Porte, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Pine Lake Cemetery, La Porte, LaPorte County, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I15698  Family Tree
    Last Modified 8 Sep 2013 

    Father Philip Wardner,   b. 8 May 1805, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jul 1882  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Maria Frisbie,   b. 24 Jul 1804, Dalton, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Nov 1838, Andover, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years) 
    Married 25 Nov 1828  Andover, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F15117  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Delia Louise Rockwood,   b. 6 Jul 1832, Canton, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 1923, Hollister, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 20 Feb 1858  Chicago, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 8 Sep 2013 
    Family ID F15122  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 25 Aug 1829 - Perry, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 20 Feb 1858 - Chicago, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 17 Mar 1905 - La Porte, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Pine Lake Cemetery, La Porte, LaPorte County, Indiana, United States Link to Google Earth
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    1829-1905

    Census
    1860 US Census
    1860 US Census
    Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
    1870 US Census
    1870 US Census
    Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois
    1900 US Census
    1900 US Census
    Center, LaPorte County, Indiana

  • Notes 
    • Peacefully the life of Dr. Horace Wardner went forth to the unknown Friday afternoon. In his loss Laporte and the county at large loses a useful and honored life, which had defied the grim reaper through a long and active career devoted to his fellow man. He was a man of unusual marked ability and quiet worth. Dr. Wardner was married in 1858 to Miss Louise Rockwood of Sheboggan, Wis. He went out in 1861 as surgeon of the 12th Illinois, and the same year was promoted to brigade surgeon; succeeded to the charge of the general hospital at Mound City, Ill., and in 1863 became medical director on Gen. Grant's staff. He founded the St. Mary's infirmary at Cairo, Ill., and was president and a member of the Illinois board of health for many years. Officiated as superindent of the Southern Illinois insane asylum at Anne, and was recognized as an authority on the subject of insanity. In 1890 Dr. Wardner established the Interlaken Sanitorium at Laporte, with which he was more or less closely connected until his death. He was of German descent and New England ancestral stock, sturdy and honest. He also founded a school at Geneva, Wis., and held the degree of A.M. from Alfred academy, N.Y., and M.D. from Rush Medical college, Chicago, and was demonstrator of anatomy in what is now Chicago Medical College. His wife, the sharer of his long years of brilliant service, survives him.

      Westville Indicator
      March 23, 1905
      Westville Indiana
    • Dr. Horace Wardner, a former well know physcian and politician of this section, died at his home in La Porte, Indiana, Friday, aged 76 years. Dr. Wardner went to Cairo at the close of the civil war in 1865 and remained here until 1878, when he was tendered the office of superintendent of the Southern Illinois hospital for the insane at Anne, by Governor Cullom.

      Carbondale Daily Free Press
      March 20, 1905
    • Dr. Horace Wardner of LaPorte, a prominent surgeon both there and in Illinois, died Friday afternoon, aged seventy-six. He was owner of the Interlaken Sanitarium at LaPorte from 1896 to 1900. He served in the regular army during the civil war.

      The Daily Review
      March 18, 1905
      Elkhart, Indiana
    • Mrs. H.N. Clark, of this place, received news of the death of a nephew Dr. Horace Wardner, of Laport, Ind. who died March 17, 1905. He was born in Wyoming County, N.Y., August 25, 1829. His death was due to blood poisoning caused by getting a sliver under his thumb nail 14 years ago.

      The Evening Tribune
      April 5, 1905
      Hornellsville, New York
      p. 3