Horace L. PINNEY

1815 - 1878  (62 years)

• Name	Horace L. PINNEY
  Birth	14 Apr 1815
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Feb 1878	Erie Co., PA
  Person ID	I1860	Descendants of Francis Barnard
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Elijah PINNEY,   b. 26 Oct 1775, Simsbury, CT d. 24 Aug 1855, Erie, PA (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Mahala GRANT
  Marriage	9 Oct 1806
  Family ID	F730	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah SHANNON
  Marriage	5 Dec 1842
  Children	1. Ellen PINNEY,   b. 3 Sep 1843   d. 4 Oct 1851 (Age 8 years) + 2. Anthony S. PINNEY,   b. 23 Mar 1845   3. Elijah H. PINNEY,   b. 23 Mar 1845 + 4. Alexander M. PINNEY,   b. 21 May 1848   5. Rosanna PINNEY,   b. 17 Aug 1851 > 6. Catharine PINNEY,   b. 1 May 1853
  Family ID	F740	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Horace L. Pinney (14 Apr. 1815 - 20 Feb. 1878 Erie Co., PA), per Stiles, II, p. 615 and 617 and per Strong Family History Update, Vol. III, p. 450 Horace L. Pinney (1815 CT - 20 Feb. 1878), per FTM CD #193 County and Family Histories: PA, 1740-1900, Disk 1, History of Erie County, Vol. I, Part V: Biographical Sketches---Erie and Corry, p. 939 HORACE L. PINNEY, deceased, was born in Connecticut in 1815, son of Elijah and Mahala (Grant) Pinney, the latter of Scotch extraction. The former came to Erie County about 1838, settling in Mill Creek Township with his father, who was a farmer. Our subject taught school for sixteen winters in early life, in this county, but by occupation was a farmer through life. In 1844 he moved to Greene Township, this county, where he was a Justice of the Peace twenty-five years. Our subject married, in 1842, Mrs. Sarah Shannon, daughter of William Saltsman. To this union were born six children, five now living: A. S. and E. H., twins, the latter a resident of Michigan, dealer in real estate, owner of 982 acres of valuableland; A. M., a farmer in Mill Creek Township; Rose E., at home; Kate M., wife of Dr. W. K. Byron, of Upper Sandusky, Ohio. A. S. Pinney is a dealer in hardware, farming implements, wagons, carriages, etc., etc., on Peach street, Erie. He was born in Erie County, March 23, 1845, and acquired his education in the Belle Valley School and Erie Academy. His first occupation was clerking, and he is now proprietor of a first-class hardware store, which he is estimably well calculated to manage, having a practical knowledge of all its details. A. S. Pinney was married, in Erie City, in 1869, to Minnie Morse, born in New York State, daughter of A. A. Morse, a resident of Wisconsin. To this union there is one child---Nellie, born April 22, 1871. In politics Mr. Pinney is a Democrat. Our subject, Horace Pinney, died Feb. 20, 1878. In politics he was a Democrat. His widow is yet living in Erie County, now in her seventy-third year. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church---per FTM CD #193 County and Family Histories: PA, 1740-1900, Disk 1, History of Erie County, Vol. I, Part V: Biographical Sketches---Erie and Corry, p. 939 H. [Horace] L. Pinney bought a farm in Greene in 1843, and moved there the next year. E. O. [Elijah Orson} first renteda farm in 1843, and purchased in 1846; and Martin Pinney made the township his home in 1851. The first two are cousins of Martin Pinney and his brother Elisha Pinney, of McKean. Their fathers were twins, and looked so much alike that they could scarcely be told apart by their wives. Elijah, the father of H. L. and E. O., located in Harbor Creek in 1835; Elisha, the father of Martin and Elisha, Jr., [p. 790] in McKean in 1836-- per FTM CD #193 County and Family Histories: PA,1740-1900, Disk 1, History of Erie County, Vol. I, Part IV: Township Histories, Chpt. XIV, Greene Township, p. 789-790 Horace L. Pinney, Jury Commissioner from 1870 to 1873-- per FTM CD #193 County and Family Histories: PA, 1740-1900, Disk 1, History of Erie County, Vol. I, Part IV: Township Histories, Chpt. XIV, Greene Township, p. 792 Horace married the widow Sarah Shannon on 5 Dec. 1842 per Stiles, II, p. 617 and per Strong Family History Update, Vol.III, p. 450 Horace married Mrs. Sarah Shannon, daughter of William Saltsman, per FTM CD #193 County and Family Histories: PA, 1740-1900, Disk 1, History of Erie County, Vol. I, Part V: Biographical Sketches---Erie and Corry, p. 939 The 1850 federal census for Greene, Erie Co., PA, Part 1, microfilm 777, census p. 161, census date 2 Nov. 1850 (Broderbund FTM CD #305, Disk #4, p. 19788-19789), lists the following: Dwelling #269, Family #278 H. L. Pinney, 36 yrs., male,farmer, $2000 real estate, born CT Sarah Pinney, 38 yrs., female, born PA [widow Sarah Shannon] John Shannon, 18 yrs., male, born PA [Apparently son of widow Sarah Shannon] ??? Shannon, 14 yrs., male, born PA [Apparently son of widow SarahShannon] Sarah E. Pinney, 7 yrs., male, born PA [Ellen Pinney (1843-1851)] Anthony Pinney, 5 yrs., male, born PA [Anthony Pinney (1845 - )] Elijah Pinney, 5 yrs., male, born PA [Elijah Pinney (1845 - )] Alexander Pinney, 2 yrs., male, bornPA [Alexander Pinney (1848 - )] Leroy Pinney, 5 yrs., male, born PA Dotha Pinney, 1 yr., female, born PA