STEPHEN R. HORNER, Webster County, was born in Orange County, N. C., February 13, 1838, and is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Murdock) Horner. He is the sixth in a family of nine children, and is of German-Irish origin. In 1857 he began serving a three-years' apprenticeship to the harness-making trade, and afterward continued that business and farming in his native State until 1887. He then came to Webster County, Ky., and for thirteen years has been a resident of Sebree. On coming to this place he opened a boot and shoe store, and also carried on harness-making. In 1875 he engaged in general merchandising, which he has since continued. When Mr. Horner began business at Carlow, Webster Co., Ky., in 1887, he had only $70 to invest, and now he is estimated to be worth about $10,000, he worked at the saddle and harness business there four years, and then came to Sebree, Webster Co., Ky., about 1871. He is one of the oldest merchants in Sebree, and is doing a fine business. He was appointed postmaster at Sebree in 1877, and still retains that position. He was married, in 1866, to Miss Martha J. Bolin, of North Carolina. He is a Mason and a Democrat. Mr. and Mrs. Horner are members of the General Baptist Church.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Page 1036.