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CHARLES T. HORN, M. D., a well known physician and surgeon of Lehighton, has the honor of being a native of Carbon County. He was born January 21, 1848, and is a son of Thomas and Anna M. Horn. His father, who is a carpenter by trade, followed that occupation in early life, but later took up the occupation of farming, which he follows in Mahoning Valley. His wife was called to her final rest in 1863. They were the parents of fourteen children, twelve of whom reached mature years.

The Doctor, who is fourth in order of birth, passed the days of his boyhood amidst play and work, and in attendance at the district schools, where he laid the foundation of a good practical education. He afterward attended the Carbon Academy of Lehighton, and for a time followed the profession of teaching in order to gain a livelihood and advancement in intellectual attainment; but not wishing to make this his life work, he determined to enter the medical profession, and accordingly became a student in the office of Dr. N. B. Reber, of Lehighton. After reading under the instruction of that gentleman for a time, he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Baltimore, Md., and was graduated therefrom in March, 1878, carrying off the honors of the class. He spent one summer in the City Hospital, in order that a practical knowledge might be added to his theoretical information.

In the spring of 1878 Dr. Horn came to Lehighton, where he has since engaged in general practice, meeting with nattering success in his undertakings and winning the recognition of the public, as is evinced by his liberal patronage. He is a member of the Carbon County Medical Society, Lehigh Valley Medical Association, and the State Medical Society of Pennsylvania.

In 1873 Dr. Horn was united in marriage with Miss Adaline Montz, daughter of Joseph Montz,of Lehighton. They have a family of three children: Mattie M., Bert T. and Anna M.

Dr. Horn has been a member of the School Board for eight years, and does all in his power to advance the cause of education. He is noted as an ardent lover and promoter of the art of music. For six years he was a member of the Board of Pension Examining Surgeons for Carbon County. He is now a member of the Board of Health, and has also at various times held other important local offices. Socially he is identified with the Knights of the Golden Eagle.

The Doctor comes of a well known and prominent family, whose representatives were numbered among the pioneers of this locality. His great-grandfather, George Heinrich Horn, came from Zweibrucken, Germany, and settled in Lehigh County in 1780. His grandfather, John Horn, usually called “Squire,” was born in Whitehall, Lehigh County. He moved to Carbon County about 1805, becoming one of its foremost citizens.

Of our subject’s brothers, Dr. J. A. Horn, of Mauch Chunk, Pa., is a graduate of Ft. Edward Collegiate Institute. He also took a course of study in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Baltimore, Md., and in the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania. Rev. A. P. Horn, pastor of the Reformed Church at Hellertown, Pa., is a graduate of Franklin and Marshall College. Edgar A. Horn is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. George B. M. Horn is a registered pharmacist of Chicago.