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Name is of German Descent and was originally spelled Hornie and was of Pensylvania Dutch in this country

Herbert Raines Horne             Mary Elizabeth Goodrich


Herbert was born in Prince George County, Virginia on December
26th, 1880 and died on September 3rd, 1956, at age 75. He was the
son of Zachary Taylor Horne and Ellen Augusta Raines. Herbert was one of
four (4) children.  He has one brother Arthur Lee Horne and two
sisters, Effie M. and  Blanche L. Horne Note .

Mary Elizabeth Goodrich was born in Surry County, Virginia
on August 18th, 1884 and died on Jun 10th, 1976 at age 92. She
was the daughter of Benjamin Taylor Goodrich and Ella Gertrude
Booth. She was one of eight (8) children.  She had three
brothers, James Elliott, Glen, and Benjamin Taylor Goodrich, Jr.
and five sisters, Stella Gertrude, Claudia Leathy and Nannyt T
Goodrich. Both she and Herbert are buried in the family plot at
the Waverly Cemetary, in Waverly, Virginia.

Very little is known about Herbert's early life as a young
man.  We do know from family members that he was a fun loving,
teasing, mischievous and humorous man. He was also a devoted
husband, loving and hard working father. He spent his life as a
farmer and loved the land.

In his earlier years he was engaged to Nanny Goodrich, however
this didn't work out and he proposed to my grandmother, Mary
Elizabeth Goodrich  (Pinkie). He made a mistake and gave Mary the same
ring that he had given to Nanny. This didn't set well with Mary
and she took the ring and rubbed it on the fireplace stone,
thereby putting scratches in the ring. She told Herbert that she
wouldn't wear the same ring that he had given to Nanny.  Appar-
ently, the scratches made it just slightly different and Grand-
mother was happy. The way that he and grandmother left to get
married is a classic, just like a romantic novel. On a cold,
blustery, snowy  28th day of January, 1907, Grandfather, at the
stroke of midnight, placed a ladder against the side of the farm-
house and grandmother climbed down to go marry Herbert. They took
the horse and carriage that he had waiting through three (3) feet
of snow to the train station in Waverly, Virginia. There they
took a train to Halifax, NC and stayed at the Roanoke Hotel,
where they were married by J. L. Fenner, Justice of the Peace on
January 28th, 1907. Mrs. W. A. Slater was both the proprietress and
witness. Mary Virginia Horne Howard remembers that one of the kids
went downstairs and told their mother, Ella Gertrude Booth
Goodrich that Pinkie (Mary Goodrich) wasn't in her room. As the
family started to search for her, her father Benjamin Taylor
Goodrich, said," there ain't no need to look for her, she's run
away to get married, haven't you seen her making all these new
clothes?".  Mary Virginia doesn't remember which of the kids told
their mother about Pinkie (Mary) being gone. However it was the
one that slept in the room with Mary Goodrich.


Herbert and Mary owned a large farm on Rt. 40 in what is now
the southern part of the town of Waverly, Virginia. During WW-II,
when he wasn't harvesting and planting crops on the farm, he
worked as a ship builder at the Willoughby Spit Marina in
Norfolk, Virginia.  He also served as a Deacon at the Waverly
Baptist Church. He also served as a Forestry Service fire warden
in Sussex County. We have photos of Herbert's award winning huge
watermelons. His ever present dog spot was always at his side.


Herbert and Mary sold the farm in 1945 to a man named Sheffield
and moved to 318 N. Addison Street in Richmond, Virginia. In
1955, he was diagnosed as having stomach cancer. He was operated
on at the Medical College of Virginia and after a lengthy
convalescent period at his daughter Evelyn Horne Harris' home,
Herbert passed away at MCV Hospital on September 3rd,1956 and was
intered at Waverly Cemetery on September 6th,1956.

Herbert and Mary's children are :

1.   Herbert Calvin Horne, Sr.
2.   Thelma Elizabeth Horne (West)
3.   Evelyn Mae Horne (Harris)
4.   George Landon Horne
5.   Mary Virginia Horne (Howard)

He was an avid hunter and fisherman and when living on
Addison Street, took his grandchildren to Byrd Park lake to fish
for bluegills and sunfish. One of my fondest childhood memories
is the days we sat on the grassy banks beside Byrd Park lake,
using bamboo canes to fish and just relaxing with my grandfather
in the sun and waiting for the fish to bite.


Herbert's favorite song was "The old Rugged Cross".

It is remembered by the kids that Mary Horne had to walk to
Otterdam School (a little red school house on Rt. 40).  The
school was one room and was torn down when Mary Virginia was 8 or
9 years old (early 1930's).  Mary Horne learned all the words in
the Websters Dictionary, their meanings and how to spell each
one, while at this little one room school. The school was just
before the 1st bridge on Rt.40 after turning off from Phillip &
Merle's road (Rt.312).

HISTORICAL  NOTE:

Amanda Wilkins was Herbert's black nanny at his birth and
she was 18-19 years old and spanked his bottom and made him cry
at his birth. She used to always tell Mary Virginia this.  She
attended Mary Goodrich Horne with all five (5) of the kids and
told  that she had washed her diapers as a baby and had done the
same with her father Herbert and that if she could live long
enough to wash diapers for Mary Virginia's babies, then she would
be ready to go. She did in fact wash Mary's first born daughter
Barbara Joan Howard's  diapers and lived until Joan was 2 years
old.  Amanda could remember the Civil War. Back when Mary
Virginia was a child, when the farmhouse was new, the house
hadn't been even cooked in before the owner died. The old house
was moved down to the barn lot and had 2 rooms, one of which held
the farm equipment and the other room was used as the kids
playhouse with dolls and tea services.  Amanda and her husband
Jim Wilkins (both in their late 80's) lived on an adjoining farm
and the owner expected Jim to get out and work exactly like the
young workers. One day Amanda came and talked to Herbert and told
him that the owners were going to put them out since Jim couldn't
work as much as the other (remember he was in his 80's).  This
was the Clements farm. Herbert Horne then asked the kids if they
would give up their playhouse and he and Mary Virginia took down
the house, board by board  and rebuild the house on a new cleared
lot on the farm for Amanda (Aunt Mandy) and Jim. Herbert did not
charge them anything to live in the house and when he sold the
farm he insisted on a clause in the sales contract giving Amanda
and Jim  the right to live there until they died.   Amanda would
help  Mary Horne with the wash and light work that Aunt Mandy
thought she could handle.  They were given any of the food from
the gardens that they wanted free. Jim and Amanda had a son that
wasn't worth a hoot, however, Herbert made a room on the 2nd
floor for him since they wanted their son with them and he
wouldn't work and couldn't live elsewhere.  Herbert treated Jim
and Amanda like family and they never went without until they
died.

Across from Herbert and Mary's farm was a small 5 acre farm that
belonged to Mary's father (Benjamin Taylor Goodrich). It was an
open field surrounded by woods on 2 sides and another farm on the
3rd side. They had chicken house and a barn for the horse, wagon
and plows.  Behind one of the tree lines was the Grey Lumber yard
field that Mr. Grey had built small cottages on for the black
workers at the plant to live in.  One day while Herbert was
harvesting the peanut crop, he had to go back to Willoughy Spit
to work on a ship and the peanuts had to be left unstacked on the
ground. Mary Horne woke up late at night to a torrential downpour
and knew that they had lost all of the peanut crop. She went to
the window to look out at the loss and what she saw was a field
full of  flashlights. The black workers for Grey Lumber had
gotten up in the middle of the night and all went out to try and
save Herbert and Mary's crop. Both were well-liked among the
workers in the area and were known for their fairness and open
hearts. Many times Herbert and Mary Horne had given these workers
boxes and other items to try and insulate their cottages against
the drafty cold air that blew in. This little kindness was repaid
in full by those that Herbert helped. One of the black neighbors,
Rosa Wilkins had two girls and the youngest was named after my
mother Evelyn Horne. Both of these girls later went to the
Conservatory of Music in New York. The oldest of Rosa Wilkins
daughters is Lena Horne, the famous singer. She used granddaddy
Horne's last name as a stage name instead of her real name Lena
Wilkins. Lena's mother Rosa used to bring all her money over to
Mary Goodrich Horne to keep when she went on trips. Mary kept
telling Rosa to count the money upon her return and Rosa kept
telling Grandmother Mary Horne that if she thought she had to
count her money, she wouldn't have brought it there to begin
with.

Honesty is a family virtue that is deep rooted in the Horne
Family.



N O T E :  Herbert's sister Blanche L. Horne Weibert was killed when her oldest son
Linwood Weibert was cleaning a shotgun in the kitchen and it accidentally went off and shot
his mother in the arm.  She went into the yard where she bled to death before anyone could
help her.

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