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Source: The Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Fulton County
Munsell Publishing Co., Chicago, 1908

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The Biography of Homer BORDNER 

[Surnames: BEARCE, BORDNER, BLACKABY, BRECKENRIDGE, BROWN, FITZHENRY, MILLER, WEIRAUCH] 

BORDNER, HOMER 

    
Among the farmers who have passed their lives in Fulton County, and have reached the middle period of ordinary human endurance and whose persevering and diligent labors have placed them in comfortable circumstances, is the well-known resident on Sect. 23, Lewistown Twp. Mr. Bordner was born in Lewistown Twp., December 7, 1855, and has always made his home. He is a son of Jonathan and Lucinda (Bearce) Bordner, natives of Fulton County. The former died Sept. 19, 1973, at the age of fifty-seven years and the latter passed away in June 1897. A sketch of the life of Moses Bordner, and also a review of the lives of others of the name in Fulton County, may be found in this volume. 
    
Jonathan and Lucinda (Bearce) Bordner were the parents of ten children, all of whom are still living, namely: Alford, who is engaged in farming in Taylor County, Iowa; Christina, wife of Martin Weirauch, a resident of South Bend, Kans.; Sarah, who is the wife of J. E. FitzHenry, who carries on farming in Leistown Twp.; John F. who lives in Kansas; Homer; Emma, who married John Weirauch, a farmer in Lewistown Twp; Mary L., who became the wife of Robert Miller, and is living in Minnesota; Hattie, who makes her home in Lewistown, and Evaline who is the wife of Martin A. Breckenridge, a farmer in Lewistown Twp. 
    
Homer Bordner is the owner of an excellent farm of 100 acres of very productive land, which he keeps in a high state of cultivation. He has a very attractive home with spacious and substantial barns and convenient out-buildings. Much of his attention is devoted to stock-raising and he breeds the best grades of horses, cattle, and hogs. 
    
On Sept. 13, 1883, Mr. Bordner was united in marriage with Mary E. Blackaby, who was born in Fulton County,and is a daughter of John and Sarah J. (Brown) Blackaby. Her mother died Jan. 9, 1896, while her father is still a resident of Lewistown. 
    
Mr. and Mrs. Bordner became the parents of six children, namely: Laura, wao was born Oct. 3, 1884; Alma A. born Feb. 20, 1889; John H., who was born Nov. 10, 1891, and died Jan. 1, 1892; Dayton, born Jan. 17, 1895; Homer A., born July 6, 1897; Arria L. born Mar. 24, 1890, and Mary M., born Jan. 5, 1903. The mother of this family is gifted with a very rare faculty of retentive memory, and is frequently called upon for details in connection with pas events and for facts concerning occurrences of remote years. 
    
Fraternally Mr. Bordner is affiliated with the M.W.A. and Mrs. Bordner is a member of the Royal Neighbors. Both are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 

Transcriber's note: It lists daughter Arris L. Bordner b. 1890 -- I wonder if it should be 1900, or if she was listed out of order?