Civil War Veterans of Monterey County, California.

Researched and Compiled by : 
Timothy P. Reese, PCC of Salinas , CA. & Robert L. Nelson ,PCC. of Santa Cruz.CA. 
Both members of the “Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War”. 
Department of California & Pacific. Camp Abraham Lincoln # 10.  
The Reese-Nelson CWV-MC Data Base


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VAN HORN, BENJAMIN F   (1843-1909)   SANTA CLARA   OAKHILL
(San Jose Daily Mercury, January 15, 1909, Wednesday)

BENJAMIN F. VAN HORN PASSES AWAY AT CARMEL
Decedent Resided Nearly Forty Years in the Santa Clara Valley
Was Suffering at Time of Death From Injuries Received in Civil War.
  Benjamin F. Van Horn, a resident of Santa Clara County for nearly 40 years, died Wednesday 
in Carmel as the result of wounds received as a member of the Pennsylvania Volunteers in 
the Civil War.   Decedent was 67 years of age and leaves eight children to mourn his loss.
  He was born in Clatsville, Pa., in March of 1843, and 20 years later, enlisted in the United 
States Army as a
member of Company "H", Eleventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers (Infantry) and was 
captured by the rebels,
spending nine months in Libby and Belle Island Prisons. He was honorably discharged from 
the army in 1865 and
two years later led to the altar Miss Margaret Hensel of Yorkesville, Va.
  Decedent moved to California in 1868 and came to the Santa Clara Valley, living here until 
1906, when he moved
to Monterey and Carmel.   He received injuries during his service in the Rebellion from which 
he suffered continuously until his death at Carmel Wednesday.


(San Jose Daily Mercury, Friday morning, January 15)
VAN HORN - At Carmel, Cal., January 13, 1909, B.F. VAN HORN, Sr., father of Virginia M. TROUSDALE,
Minnie J. GRUNWELL, Theresa E. LONGNECKER, William A. and Lemuel W. VAN HORN of Paso 
Robles, Benj. F. VAN HORN of Santa Clara and Ansel D. VAN HORN of Carmel, aged 66 years, 11 
months and 8 days.
  Friends are invited to attend the funeral today (Friday), January 15, at 2:00 o'clock p.m. from the 
mortuary chapel of W.L. Woodrow, No. 117 South First street. Interment Oak Hill. Services under 
auspices of G.A.R.


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ATTENTION, G.A.R.'S - YOU ARE
Requested to attend the funeral of Comrade Benj. F. Van Horn from the undertaking parlors of 
W.F. Woodrow Friday, January 15, 1909, at 2 p.m.    RS MINER, Adjutant