Encyclopedia of genealogy and biography of Lake County, Indiana . -, and hehas thus formed a wide acciuaintance and gained the warm regard of manyfriends. His residence in Lake county covers thirty-seven years and there-fore he has been a witness of much of its development, progress and ad-vancement. GEORGE M. HORNECKER. George M. Hornecker is the proprietor of the Fair, a general departmentstore at ^^hiting and in this connection has met with very creditable viewing the mass of mankind in the varied occupations of life, the con-clusion is forced upon the observer that in the vast m
Encyclopedia of genealogy and biography of Lake County, Indiana . -, and hehas thus formed a wide acciuaintance and gained the warm regard of manyfriends. His residence in Lake county covers thirty-seven years and there-fore he has been a witness of much of its development, progress and ad-vancement. GEORGE M. HORNECKER. George M. Hornecker is the proprietor of the Fair, a general departmentstore at ^^hiting and in this connection has met with very creditable viewing the mass of mankind in the varied occupations of life, the con-clusion is forced upon the observer that in the vast majority of cases menhave sought employment not in the line of their peculiar fitness, but in thosefields where caprice or circumstances have placed them, thus explaining thereason of the failure of ninetv-five Der cent of those who enter commercial. HISTORY OF LAKE COUNTY. 241 and professional circles. In a few cases it seems that men with a pecuharfitness for a certain line have tal<en it np. and marked success has is the fact in the case of the suhject of this liiography. Mr. Hornecker is a native son of Illinois, his hirth having occurred inHenry county, that state, on the 3d of October, 1873. He is a son of G. Catherine (Ernst) Hornecker, who were natives of Germany, whencethey came to America in earh- life. Here they were married and establishedtheir home in Illinois. They l:ecanie the parents of nine children, of wliomGeorge M. Hornecker is the fifth in nrtler of liirth. He was reared andeducated in his native county, attending the public schools, and ^\?hen notengaged with the duties of the schoolroom he devoted his attention to agri-cultural pursuits. After putting aside his text-books he followed farminguntil 1896, when he came to Whiting and began wc^rking for the StandardOil Company. He also en
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