Alva Baxter Horine (1890-1970)
Written and Researched by Karen Louise Clark Montgomery
Generation No. 11

Ancestral line: A1 Jerg Horein | B1 Jacob Horein | C8 George Horein | D1 Johannes Horein | E3 Hans Adam Hohrein | F1 Tobias Horine | G7 Tobias Horine II | H10 Jacob Horine | I1 George Tobias Horine | J3 Joseph Newton Horine

Baby Portrait of Alva Baxter Horine, ca. 1891
Alva Baxter Horine
ca. 1891
Portrait of Alva Baxter Horine, ca. 1908
Alva Baxter Horine
ca. 1908
Alva Horine and Blanch Deem, July 4, 1911
Alva Horine and Blanch Deem
July 4, 1911
Alva Baxter Horine & Lousetta Blanche Deem 50th Wedding Anniversary
Alva Baxter Horine & Lousetta Blanche Deem
50th Wedding Anniversary - July 4, 1961
K4 Alva Baxter Horine, born August 17, 1890, died July 4, 1970 in Eaton, Ohio, buried Monroe Cemetery, Preble Co., Ohio. Married November 15, 1911 to Lousetta Blanche Deem (view Marriage Certificate), born July 11, 1891 Hamburg, Ohio, died March 14, 1967, buried Monroe Cemetery, Preble County, Ohio. Thirteen children.

Blanche's father was John Howard Deem, born January 24, 1855 in Scuffletown, Ohio. He was a farmer and teamster. Her mother was Lydia Catherine Petry Deem, born November 29, 1863 in Monroe Township Preble Co., Ohio. She was a member of the Church of the Brethren.

Alva was a scrap metal dealer and furrier. His hobbies included Mushroom and berry hunting, as well as Pinochle and other card games

Alva Horine and Blanche Deem were married November 15, 1911. They lived in the Eldorado, Ohio area; Alva was a farm hand. Then Alva moved the family to Eaton, Ohio (about 1921) on Mechanic Street. Then they moved to West Alexandria on State Route #35, east of Eaton, in 1924. In the short time they lived at this location, Blanche, Helen, Dwight, and Dale Horine came down with typhoid fever. [black tongue and bowel trouble]. They were fed tapico cooked in water and lemonade. Mom (Blanche) was taken to the hospital suffering a miscarriage while suffering with the typhoid fever. Dwight and Helen were taken to Grandma Horine's on the farm in Castine, Ohio where Aunt Mendia took care of them. Dale was taken to Grandparent Deem's home (John and Catharine Petry Deem) to be cared for.

While living in West Alex. on route #35 by the Twin Creek, Dale was hit by a car, thought to be a Model A. The people who hit him turned around and then drove Dale and Mom to Dayton to the hospital where they had to put a metal plate in Dale's head. Uncle Ernest and Aunt Mary Deem (Blanche's brother from West Alexandria) were at our (Alva Horine's) house at the time Dale was hit; Alva and Dwight were fishing out of town.

We moved to Eaton again about November, 1925 on North Maple Street. Dwight was in fourth grade in Alex and when the family moved to Eaton, he was put back in 3rd grade. Helen was in 8th grade and she was put back in 7th because Eaton was a class A district and West Alex. was a class C district. At this time Alva worked at the fur house of Harry Fudge and Joe Glick hauling coal; then he went into business for himself at Bob Nunlist in the fur business. Eventually the fur business became bad so he went into the waste management business [junk-recycling].

Alva and Blanche lived their lives out in the white house on North Maple Street in Eaton. A big red climbing rose grew up the wall behind the glider couch on the front porch, a favorite spot to sit and visit. Alva was known for his mushroom hunting and berry picking; he knew the best spots in a wide area. He and Blanche were long time members of the Eagles F.O.E where he excelled at pinochle. He instilled the love of card games in his children who gather still to this day to play Hand and Foot (a form of canasta), Euchre, Pinochle, and other games. Blanche raised twelve children on potpie and other good farm-like cooking. The grandchildren who grew up on this delicious treat are still making her sugar cookie recipe.

Horine Family portrait, ca. 1891

Mrs. Blanche Horine

Mrs. Blanche Horine, 75, 1029 North Maple St., died Tuesday. She was a member of the Eaton Eagles Auxiliary.

Survivors include her husband, Alva; six sons, Dwight, Raymond, Ralph and Robert, all of Eaton, Dale of West Alexandria and Junior of Dayton; six daughters, Mrs. Helen Zimmerman of Richmond, Ind., Mrs. Thelma Agne of Battle Creek, Mich., Mrs. Mary Tingle of West Alexandria, Mrs. Joan Hangen of Bradenton, Fla., Mrs. Gene Dehart and Mrs. Doris Clark of Eaton; three brothers, Harry Deem of New Carlisle, Ernest Deem of West Alexandria and Russel Deem of West Alexandria and Russel Deem of Ashtubula; one sister, Mrs. Irene Somers of Dayton; 26 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.

Services for Mrs. Horine will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Girton-Schmidt Memorial Home here with Rev. Harley Brown officiating. Burial will be in Monroe Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Thursday.


Children of Alva Baxter Horine and Lousetta Blanche Deem:


The Horine Family History is a compilation of information gathered over the past 60+ years by Mr. Paul G. Horine, Darla (Horine) Jones, John David Barrett, Eric T. Davis, Karen Montgomery, and many other contributors.

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