dʒoʊsˈaɪə hˈɔːɹnɚ wʌz bˈɔːɹn ˌɔn sɛptˈɛmbɚ fˈɪftiːn, wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi nˈaɪn, ɪn hˈæɹɪsən tˈaʊnʃɪp, hˈɛnɹi kˈaʊnti, ˌɪndiːˈænə kˈæntɑːn ɪn hɪz ˈoʊn ˌɔːɾoʊbaɪˈɑːɡɹəfi, "fɹʌntˈɪɹ tɹˈeɪlz" ðˌoʊ ɐdmˈɪɾᵻd hiː wʌz bˈɔːɹn ɪn vɜːdʒˈɪniə, ɐbˌaʊt fˈɪftiːn mˈaɪlz fɹʌm ɹˈɪtʃmənd ˌeɪtʃtˌiːtˈiːpˌiːˈɛs:slˈæʃslæʃ ˌæɹɪzənˈɛɹiəlkˌʌntɹi.kˈɑːm slˈæʃ mˈɑːɹtʃ flˈɪpbʊk tˈuː θˈaʊzənd nˈaɪntiːn slˈæʃ?pˈeɪdʒ ˈiːkwəlz fˈoːɹɾi tˈuː ænd dɹˈɪftᵻd ˌɪntʊ tˈɛksəs wˈɜːkɪŋ æz ɐ kˈaʊbɔɪ.
Josiah Horner was born on September 15, 1849, in Harrison Township, Henry County, Indiana (Canton in his own autobiography, "Frontier Trails" though admitted he was born in Virginia, about 15 miles from Richmond https://arizonarealcountry.com/MarchFlipbook2019/?page=42 ) and drifted into Texas working as a cowboy.