| A. T. Horine, horticulturist and farmer, is a son of John and Catherine
(Routzahn) Horine, and is one of their eight children. He was born in Maryland
in 1835, and was educated in the common schools. In August, 1858, he married
Deborah F. Smeltzer, and by her became the father of five children, four
of whom are living: Lillie May, Victor C., Beatrice and Alonzo T. After
his marriage Mr. Horine removed to Cambridge City, Ind., and two years
later to Jackson County, Ill., where he remained until 1867, engaged in
fruit growing. He then came to Gadsden, and was the first to introduce
the growing of small fruit, which was then considered a very profitless
undertaking, but which has proven to be one of the most profitable enterprises
in West Tennessee. He is one of the most extensive fruit growers of the
county, and owns 210 acres of land near Gadsden, also a fruit farm in Illinois.
His land is well cultivated, and he has a commodious and pleasant home.
He has been a life-long Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote
for James Buchanan. He is a member of the I.O.O.F., and he and wife belong
to the Lutheran Church. Their daughter, Miss Lillie, is a graduate of the
normal method of music, in which she is an accomplished and very successful
teacher. She is also a proficient artist, and some of her paintings possess
rare merit. Mr. Horine�s father was born in Maryland about 1803, and spent
his entire life in his native State. He was a farmer, was married about
1825, and died in July 1885. His wife was born in Maryland in 1805, and
there still resides. Both parents were of German ancestry.
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