John Patterson Hornbeck ^{1 2 3 4 5}

   FamilySearch ID: KKQQ-Y26.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1950 in Frankfort, Clinton, IN. ⁷ The 1950 census recorded at 253 Second Avenue in Frankfort: John Hornbeck, carman on railroad, 54, living with wife Maggie, 53. They were born in Indiana.

2. Cause of Death: John died at St. Elizabeth Hospital from congestive heart failure, arteriosclerotic heart disease, 3 Mar 1978, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ³

3. Occupation: retired carman in railroad shops on 3 Mar 1978 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ³

4. Residence: 253 S. 2nd St., Frankfort, IN on 3 Mar 1978 in Frankfort, Clinton, IN. ³

5. Obituary: Journal and Courier: obituary of John Hornbeck on 4 Mar 1978 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁶ John P. Hornbeck, 82, a retired railroadman, died at 6:45 a.m. Friday in St. Elizabeth Hospital, Lafayette. He had been seriously ill since Feb. 11. Born at Brookston, he came to Frankfort from Colfax in 1943. He resided at 253 S. 2nd St. In 1918 he was married at Lafayette to M. Margaret Beeker, and she survives. Mr. Hornbeck was a carman for Norfolk and Western Railroad before his retirement. He was a member of Clinton Lodge 54,. F&AM, and Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America. Surviving with the widow is one daughter, Mrs. Howard (Dorothy) Hill of Reynolds.

John married Magdalena "Maggie" Beeker, daughter of John L. Beeker and Dora Hendrickson. (Magdalena "Maggie" Beeker was born on 13 Dec 1896 in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe, IN,^{2 8 9} died on 21 Dec 1978 in Rossville, Clinton, IN ^{8 9} and was buried in Frankfort: Greenlawn Cemetery, Clinton, IN ⁹.)