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Tiemann Newell Horn

Tiemann Newell Horn

United States Army general


Tiemann Newell Horn (January 8, 1868 – May 5, 1923) was a career officer in the United States Army. A veteran of World War I, he attained the rank of brigadier general.

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Early life

Tiemann Newell Horn was born to Daniel Tiemann Horn and Frances (Carpron) Horn[3] in Brooklyn, New York on January 18, 1869. He attended the schools of Plainfield, New Jersey, and was an 1886 graduate of Plainfield High School.[4][5] Horn attended the United States Military Academy and graduated number nine of 65 in the Class of 1891.[6]

Military career

Horn was commissioned to the 3rd Cavalry and transferred to the 2nd Artillery. From 1903 to 1906, Horn was the ordnance officer and artillery engineer for the Southern Artillery District in New York. Horn also participated in the Jamestown Exposition in 1907. From 1911-1912, Horn graduated from the Army School of the Line (now the United States Army Command and General Staff College) and Army Staff College (now the United States Army War College).[6][7]

From 1915 to 1918, Horn was stationed in the Philippines and Hawaii. Horn was promoted to brigadier general on February 6, 1918.[6]

During World War I, Horn commanded the 7th Field Artillery Brigade and the 7th Infantry Division.[6]

Later life

Horn was commander of the 13th Field Artillery Regiment at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii when he died of a heart attack on May 5, 1923, while playing golf at the Oahu Country Club with Colonel Otho W. B. Farr.[8] He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.[2] In 1930, the U.S. Congress enacted legislation allowing the general officers of World War I to retire at the highest rank they held, and Horn's rank of brigadier was posthumously restored.[6]

Personal life

On November 28, 1894, Horn married Myra Rivers, the sister of generals Tyree Rodes Rivers and William Cannon Rivers.[9] Mrs. Horn and their seven year old daughter Frances died in an accidental drowning in 1902.[10] In 1904, Horn married Mabel Tillou Young Prettyman Davis.[11] They later divorced, and in 1917, he married Isabel Howell Clinton.[12]

With his first wife, Horn was the father of a son, Tyree Rodes Horn, a career U.S. Army officer who attained the rank of colonel.[12][13] With his third wife, he was the father of a daughter, Adah Howell Horn.[12]

Tiemann was an Episcopalian and Mason.[6] He was also a member of the National Geographic Society, Naval and Military Order of the Spanish War, Military Order of Foreign Wars, Sons of the American Revolution, and General Society of the War of 1812.[3][11]


References

  1. Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy (1921). Annual Report of the Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy. Saginaw, MI: Seemann & Peters. p. 103 via Google Books.
  2. Register of the Empire State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Sons of the American Revolution. Empire State Society. 1899. p. 192. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  3. "Personal: Commencement Exercises of the High Schools". Plainfield Evening News. Plainfield, NJ. June 12, 1886. p. 1 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Plainfield Graduates Index, 1870-1947 (with gaps), Plainfield Public Library. Accessed March 22, 2023. "Horn Tiemann M. High School 1886"
  5. Davis, Henry Blaine Jr. (1998). Generals in Khaki. Raleigh, North Carolina: Pentland Press, Inc. pp. 186–187. ISBN 978-1-5719-7088-6.
  6. Anderson, W. P. (1945). Anderson – Overton: A Continuation of Anderson Family Records Published 1936 (PDF). Cincinnati, OH: Gibson and Perin Co. p. 112.
  7. Leonard, John W., ed. (1907). Who's Who In New York City and State (Third ed.). New York, NY: L. R. Hamersly & Company. p. 692 via Google Books.
  8. "Col. T. R. Horn Dies". The York Dispatch. York, PA. December 7, 1962. p. 32 via Newspapers.com.

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