Horace B Hooker (1837-1915)

Biography
The Huntington family in America says:
 * He was born December 7, 1837, and was a nurseryman, an engineer and contractor. He lived in Marietta, Ohio, about six months, in 1865, after the Civil War. During the war, Mr. Hooker was 1st Lieutenant, acting Captain and Major in the 1st and 8th N. Y. Cavalry, and 2d Engineer Regiment of the West Wisconsin Volunteers.


 * He enlisted November 7, 1862, and was discharged November 12, 1864. He helped raise a company for the 8th N. Y. Cavalry, but resigned before they went to the field, to accept a commission in the Engineer Regiment of the West.

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