Bio: Horn, Ervin C. & Amelia
Mae (Sprinkle)
Contact: Stan
----Source: Greenwood Gleaner; Wednesday, February
23, 1933, originally transcribed by Duane Horn.
Surnames:
Ervin C. & Amelia Mae (Sprinkle) Horn
Greenwood, Clark Co., Wisconsin
Ervin C. Horn was born August 28, 1903 to Robert and Christina (Braun) Horn and educated in a one room school house known as "The Braun Settlement School". Like all of the Horn children, his younger years were filled with the chores of living on a farm. During the summer, when he turned nineteen, he and his mother went West to live with relatives and returned to the Braun Settlement in early November before winter set in. By 1924, Ervin was living in Eau Claire. March 19, 1931 he married Amelia Mae Sprinkle, the daughter of Eugene and Clara (Rosebaum) Sprinkle of Ludington, Wisconsin. Nearly six years younger than Ervin, she was born July 12, 1909. They resided on a farm northwest of Greenwood and later in Greenwood where Ervin worked at the Farmer's Store. He may also have worked at the Crane Feed Store. They later moved to Owen, WI where he operated a filing station.
On Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 22, 1951, the family was going to spend the day with Amelia's sister and family at Ingram, Wisconsin. Just nine miles west of Stetsonville, their car skidded on an icy surface, striking an embankment. Mr. and Mrs. Horn were trapped in the car, but their two daughters, 17 year old Nadine and 15 year old Corrine, escaped and were able to get aid at a nearby farm. They were taken to the hospital but Mrs. Horn passed away before reaching the hospital. Her funeral was held at the Alliance Church in Owen, Wisconsin.
Nadine, their oldest daughter, married Charles Wentworth who later divorced. Corrine, their second daughter, never married and spent many years in Africa in the missionary field.
Ervin eventually moved to Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., MN where he died. His funeral was held at the Alliance Church in Owen. Both Ervin and Amelia are buried in the Forest Hill Cemetery, Warner twp., Clark County, Wisconsin, where another daughter who had died during infancy is also buried.
Home Destroyed by Fire
The Rural Fire Department members of the Greenwood Fire Department were called to the Ervin Horn rental home that was originally The Braun Settlement Cheese Factory and home of the Theo Braun family.
The former Braun cheese factory was located 9 miles northwest of Greenwood, on the Warner-Longwood Town line.
The fire started from Mr. Horn's over-heated oil burner and the fire and dense smoke kept the firemen from entering the building while the strong northwest wind didn't help at all.
The building burned to the ground and all the contents were lost.
The Braun family was devastated by the loss.
The cheese factory was a landmark in the area where Mr. Braun made cheese for approximately 30 years before returning to farming at the Braun home farm. This farm was homesteaded by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Braun in the Town of Reseburg at the corner of Longwood, Warner and Mead townships.
The destroyed property was owned by Theodore Braun and the damage was estimated to be about $6,000 on the property with $3,500 insurance. Mr. Horn estimates his loss on the household goods and clothing as about $2,500 with $1,500 insurance.
Many of our older readers will remember the Ted Braun Cheese Factory with its little grocery store, a gas pump and of course sold butter and cheese.
Edited by June (Braun) Wittwer
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