Robert Cannon Horn Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 144
Scope and Contents
Diaries, notes, and records document the life and ministry of Robert Cannon Horn from
1868-1935. The first series includes the diaries of Mr. Horn from 1868-1935. These are
mostly day-to-day accounts of his farming and ministry and provide information
regarding marriage, funerals, cattle acquisition and breeding records. The diaries describe
events in Lebanon and Hartsville, Tennessee and McKinney and Vineland, Texas. The
second series contains scholarly notes and records from his years of ministry, 1847-1909.
The records include sermons, baptisms, marriages, funerals, pastoral visits, and financial
records.
Dates
- Other: Date Not Yet Determined
Creator
- Horn, Robert Cannon, (Person)
Conditions Governing Use
Collection is open for research. Copyright has not been transferred to TCU.
Biographical / Historical
Robert Cannon Horn was born in Wilson County, Tennessee in 1844. He moved to
Texas with his family in 1858. During the Civil War, Horn served in Company K,
Martin’s Regiment of the 5th Texas Partisans and Rangers for three years. After the war,
he attended Muse Academy with TCU founders Addison and Randolph Clark, and later
Transylvania College in Lexington, Kentucky. He taught in Hartsville, Tennessee, where
he met and married Mildred Franklin, with whom he had six children. He returned to
Texas around 1870 and made his home near McKinney. He worked as a farmer, teacher,
and minister. Horn served in the ministry of the Disciples of Christ Christian Church for
67 years. His autobiography and diaries through 1876 were published as The Annals of
Elder Horn in 1930. These diaries and other records were donated to Special Collections
by Mrs. Alvin Clausen, his granddaughter in 1987.
Extent
6.00 Linear feet
Arrangement
Arranged in two series: I. Diaries, 1868-1935; II. Notes and records, 1847-1909.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by his granddaughter, Mrs. Alvin Clausen of
Brownwood, Texas on September 17, 1987.
Creator
- Horn, Robert Cannon, (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Robert Cannon Horn Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Lisa Pena
- Date
- June 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Repository Details
Part of the Archives and Special Collections, Mary Couts Burnett Library Repository
Contact:
TCU Box 298400
2800 S. University Drive
Fort Worth, Texas 76129-0001
Fort Worth Texas 76129
(817) 257-4566
(817) 257-7282 (Fax)
LibSpecialCollections@tcu.edu
TCU Box 298400
2800 S. University Drive
Fort Worth, Texas 76129-0001
Fort Worth Texas 76129
(817) 257-4566
(817) 257-7282 (Fax)
LibSpecialCollections@tcu.edu