Catharina “Kate” (Williams) Van Horn McGuire

EARLY DAY SETTLER PASSES

Funeral services were held on Monday afternoon at the Blair Cemetery for Mrs. W. G. Harrison’s mother, Mrs. J. H. McGuire, who passed away last Saturday, Nov. 9 at the Soldiers’ Home at Milford where she had lived for a number of years. Her husband passed away in1924.

The deceased will be remembered by early settlers of Blair and Washington county as Mrs. John McGuire as she resided here in an early day with her husband and family.

She was born in Pennsylvania, eighty six years ago last April 7, and came to Nebraska in an early day, 1868, going by steamboat to DeSoto and then to Cuming City where there was a settlement. Later they moved to Blair.

She is survived by her daughter as mentioned above and one son, O’Linn McGuire, postmaster at Benson, and a number of grandchildren and great grandchildren.

A number of relatives and friends from Benson attended the services, including her son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Joe McGuire and three daughters, and a circle of friends, besides Blair relatives and friends.

Note: Catharina’s first husband was John H. “J. H.” Van Horn, FindaGrave Memorial #119942995 and she is buried next to him in the Blair Cemetery in Blair, Nebraska. The Vig Files at the Danish American Archives has her children recorded as a daughter Frances, FAG Memorial # 115057814; sons Lawrence and Arthur FAG Memorial #119942995. According to a family tree located on ancestry.com O'Linn was the son of John H. McGuire and Catherine "Kate" Williams. His FAG Memorial # is119012713.

Name: Catharina Van Horn
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1870
Event Place: De Soto, Washington, Nebraska, United States
Female Age: 27
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1843
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
James Van Horn Male 27 Pennsylvania
Catharina Van Horn Female 27 Pennsylvania
Frances Van Horn Female 2 Pennsylvania
Lawrence Van Horn Male 0 Nebraska
Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clipping on file at the Blair Public Library.

FindaGrave Memorial #114312471