Horace Wardner

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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
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Horace married Delia Louise Rockwood on 20 Feb 1858 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Delia was born on 6 Jul 1832 in Canton, New York, USA; died on 21 Feb 1923 in Hollister, California, USA; was buried in Pine Lake Cemetery, La Porte, LaPorte County, Indiana, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]