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Simeon Horne, retired. The life record of this gentleman will prove of more than usual interest, for his career has been of much benefit and influence among the people with whom he has resided, not only of Prairie County, but throughout the State. He was born in Jones County, Ga., August 8, 1818, and is a son of Simeon and Elizabeth (Bloodworth) Horne, natives of North Carolina, who moved from Bibb County to Georgia at an early day. Here Simeon Horne, Sr., made a farm, near where Gordon Station is now situated, and on this farm reared his family and made his home until his death, in 1819, his wife surviving him a number of years. She moved with her family to Middle Tennessee, about the year 1826, and here died two years later, in Rutherford County. Simeon Horne, our subject, was the youngest of a family of eight children and was reared to the age of fourteen years in Tennessee going, in 1832, to Tipton County, with an older brother, where he attained his majority. He learned the carpenter’s and builder’s trade in this county and after moving to Memphis, in 1844, worked at his trade there until his removal, in 1856, to Arkansas. He settled on a farm near Des Arc, in White River Township, and up to 1881 was actively engaged in farming and also contracting and building, but at this date gave up farm work and moved to Des Arc, where he has since made his home. His ability and skill as a mechanic is shown by the buildings which he has erected, among which may be mentioned the county court house, the Presbyterian Church, numerous stores, county bridges, etc. His labors have been attended with excellent results, and in addition to owning 400 acres of fine farming land, with about 140 acres under cultivation, he owns a good drug store in Hazen and some valuable town property in Des Arc. He was married in Tipton County, Tenn., about 1841, to Maria, a daughter of Arthur F. Wooten, who died in that county, and he was next married in Memphis, to Sarah C., a daughter of Tillman Bettis, their union taking place October 10, 1848. Her death occurred in Prairie County, Ark., in August, 1880, leaving, besides her husband, two sons and two daughters to mourn her loss, their names being: E. P. (the widow of A. M. Morrow), Rev. T. J. (a minister of the Presbyterian Church), W. A. (a farmer of this county), and Elizabeth (wife of Dr. W. F. Williams, of Hazen). One son, Samuel B., died in 1883, after reaching mature years. Mr. Horne married his present wife in Des Arc, in 1881, she being Mrs. Mahala (Jackson) McLaren, a native of Tennessee, who came to Arkansas after reaching womanhood. Mr. Horne and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he is an elder, and he has been a member of the Masonic fraternity since 1839, and is now a Royal Arch Mason. In 1862 he joined Col. Lemoyne’s regiment of infantry and served on detached duty as regimental quartermaster, until his regiment was disbanded. He re-enlisted in 1864, becoming a member of Col. Davie’s battalion, and was with Price on his memorable raid through Missouri. His company was disbanded at Clarksville, Tex., in 1865.