Horatio B. Maynard
Horatio B. Maynard, attorney at law, Washington, was born in Holden, Massachusetts, October 12, 1826. He is a son of John P. Maynard, born in Westborough, Massachusetts, 1792, (his father, Benjamin, was born in 1761,) and Roxy, born in Holland, Massachusetts, 1798. They had a family of five children, and still live in their native state.
Our subject was married at Washington, in 1856, to Miss Kesiah Blakemore, daughter of William H. and Ann W. Blakemore. They have a family of seven children : Hulbert B., John P., Walter, May, Anna, Augusta F., Horatio B., who are living, and one, Cleora, died in infancy.
In August, 1862, Mr. Maynard enlisted in the 114th O. V. I., and resigned in February, 1863. He was in the battles of Chickasaw Bluffs, Arkansas Post, etc. He was prosecuting attorney of Fayette County in 1868-9, and is now a member of the legal profession under the firm-name of Maynard & Hadley, He was educated in Ludlow, Vermont, and passed his youth in New Hampshire. Was for two years assistant superintendent of the Black River Academy, of Vermont.
From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County