work in a planing-mill in Wyalusing, Pa., he was struck in the
    region of the stomach by a piece of board thrown by a circular
    saw, causing his death on the 17 May, 1870, leaving Anna Horton
    Albert, a posthumous child, born in Terrytown, 16 Oct., 1870.

XI. HARRY MORGAN, son of Maj. John Horton and Deborah Terry, born
24 Sept., 1811. He studied medicine with Dr. George F. Horton, and
was also an office student of Prof. Samuel McClellan of Jefferson
Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1833 and 1834. He graduated at
Jefferson Medical College in March, 1835. During the last year of his
residence in the city, he frequently visited patients in the city and
its environs, and in Feb., 1835, he was attacked with disease of the
lungs. He was examined for his degree by a part of the Professors
while confined to his bed, and he bore a very successful examination,
_all_ the Professors voting in his favor. He came home to Terrytown,
and lived but seven weeks after he reached home, dying on the 6 May,
1835. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia,
and had a complimentary letter from the Rev. Dr. Ely, introducing him
to some of the leading men of Columbia, South Carolina, and there he
would have gone if he had lived, as Dr. Ely had influential friends
there. The idea of going South to locate himself in the practice of
medicine was so deeply impressed upon his mind, that he could not
get rid of it, and he would not be satisfied until he started on his
journey, and he did start, rode four miles in a buggy, and died the
next morning at Thomas Ingham's.

I. SAMUEL TODD, son of Joseph Lee Horton and Hannah Todd, was born
at Owego, N. Y., 27 July, 1792; was married at Palmyra, 27 March,
1812, to MARY GALLOWAY, daughter of Captain James Galloway, and born
at Palmyra in May, 1794. He was a farmer and merchant, a spirited
business man, of commanding personal appearance, and greatly
respected. He was a First Lieutenant of a volunteer company of
militia in 1825. He died at Palmyra, 5 Sept., 1851.

His wife after his death moved to Genesee Co., Mich., where she died
13 May, 1867. They were both members of the Baptist Church of Palmyra.

Children:

    1. James Galloway, born at Palmyra, April, 1815.

    2. Cynthia, born at Palmyra.

    3. Ira Joseph, born at Palmyra, 1 April, 1818; married Ruth
    Howard.

    4. Maria P., born in Palmyra; died 28 May, 1843.

    5. William M., born in Palmyra; died 25 June, 1854. 6. Carlton
    S., born in Palmyra.

III. HENRY WISNER HORTON, son of Joseph Lee Horton and Hannah Todd,
born at Owego, N. Y., 31 May, 1797. Moved with his parents to
Palmyra, N. Y.; married at Penfield, N. Y., 31 Jan., 1819, to ADAH
JENNINGS, daughter of Joseph Jennings and Nancy Sherman. She was born
at Broadalbin, Saratoga Co., N. Y., 8 Oct., 1800. She died 20 Jan.,
1856. They moved from Palmyra to Royaltown, Niagara Co., N. Y., in
1819. Remained there until 1830, when they removed to Groveland,
Oakland Co., Mich., and settled on the farm upon which they now live
(1873). He purchased his farm of the Government, and it was the first
Government land sold and occupied in that township. He was an Acting
Justice of the Peace for twenty-two years. He was town-clerk for nine
years, and supervisor for three years. He embraced Christianity in
early life, became connected with the M. E. Church, and has been one
of the Stewards in that church in Groveland, from 1839 to the present
time. He has frequently been the class leader of the church, and his
house has always been known as "The Methodist Tavern and Preacher's
Home." Through his efforts mainly, a comfortable church building was
erected on the corner of his farm, and it has always been known as
the "Horton Methodist Church." He was Captain of the first volunteer
militia company ever organized in that section of the country. He was
always a true republican, and frequently received the nomination of
the Whig party for a seat in the Legislature, but in consequence of
the large Democratic majority in the district, he was never elected.
With a character unblemished he has lived to an honorable old age,
and by his many virtues he commands the respect and high esteem of
the church and community in which he resides.

Children:

    1. Permelia, born 25 June, 1820.

    2. Emerson Jennings, born 25 Dec., 1821; both died at Royalton,
    10 Sept., 1824, where they were born; they were both placed in
    one coffin and buried in Royalton Cemetery.

    3. Elstin Jennings, born 25 Jan., 1824.

    4. Henry Lee, born 24 March, 1826.

    5. Adah A., born 12 March, 1828; all at Royalton.

The rest, born at Groveland, Michigan:

    6. Julia A., born 24 Aug., 1830.

    7. Joseph Lee, born 27 Nov., 1832.

    8. Dexter, born 24 June, 1836.

    9. Emerson C., born 24 Oct., 1838.

    10. Oscar, born 2 Nov., 1840.

    11. Nancy H., born 5 July, 1847.

He married 2. on 16 Sept., 1856, MARY LASER, widow of Isaac J. Laser,
Esq., of Springfield, Mich.

IV. SARAH PARSHALL, daughter of Joseph Lee Horton and Hannah Todd,
born at Owego, N. Y., 28 May, 1799; married at Palmyra, N. Y., 27
Aug., 1818, by Elder Roe, to NATHAN DURFEE, son of Gideon Durfee and
Hannah Wood, and born at Palmyra, 21 Aug., 1796. He died 28 May,
1868, at the homestead of his father-in-law, which he had bought, and
upon which he had made great improvements. He was a member of the
Baptist Church.

Children:

    1. Susan, born 18 Nov., 1819.

    2. Sarah A., born 17 April, 1822.

    3. James S., born at Royalton, Niagara Co., N. Y., 16 Dec.,
    1827. He is married, has a family, resides at the old homestead
    with his mother. He is an active member of the Baptist Church.
    His mother is also a member of the Church, of marked piety and
    highly esteemed.

V. JAMES PARSHALL, son of Joseph Lee Horton and Hannah Todd, born at
Owego, N. Y., 5 April, 1801. He married in Palmyra, 17 Feb., 1829,
to CAROLINE M. GOLDSMITH; she died at Palmyra, 16 Jan., 1864; he died
13 July, 1871.

They had but one child, viz.:

    Adriana, born in Palmyra; married David Bostwick, and had one
    daughter. David Bostwick died 13 March, 1864; his wife died 23
    June, 1869.

Their daughter is living, and has a good property left her by her
grandfather.

VII. LEWIS BEERS, son of Joseph Lee Horton and Hannah Todd, born at
Palmyra, N. Y., 24 May, 1806; married 1. at Royalton, N. Y., 22 Feb.,
1827, to LUCY A. BEDELL; she died 9 Aug., 1864. He was married 2. in
the spring of 1866, to widow ELIZABETH SPENCER, of Michigan. By his
first wife he had Caroline, born at Royalton. He is a farmer, and a
deacon of the Baptist Church, of Royalton.

VIII. ANNA, daughter of Joseph Lee Horton and Hannah Todd, was born
5 July, 1808, died at Palmyra, N. Y., 29 July, 1854. She was never
married, was a very pious girl; a member of the Baptist Church, lived
a very exemplary life, had many friends; she was greatly afflicted
with ill health all her life.

IX. DURFEE DELANO, son of Joseph Lee Horton and Hannah Todd, born
25 July, 1813; married 25 Feb., 1836, to SARAH BOYCE, daughter of
William Boyce, of Marion, N. Y. Settled at Groveland, Oakland Co.,
Mich. His wife died at Groveland, 5 June, 1837; was married 2. to
SARAH ----. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Children:

    1. Lewis Beers.

    2. George.

    3. James L.

    4. Ella.

X. WILSON OSBORN, son of Joseph Lee Horton and Hannah Todd, born 26
April, 1815. In his childhood he was subject to "fits," which clouded
and dwarfed his mind; but to the extent of his ability he was a
consistent Christian, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
He died by drowning, while bathing in the Erie Canal, at Palmyra, 20
July, 1866.

I. MARGARET VANCE, daughter of Benjamin Horton and Hannah Vance
(_Israel_, _Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born at Sugar Loaf,
Orange Co., N. Y., 9 Dec., 1796; married 13 Oct., 1821, to PETER
BENNET, of Goshen. She died of consumption, 22 March, 1846. She was a
member of the M. E. Church.

II. MILTON, son of Benjamin Horton and Hannah Vance, born at Sugar
Loaf, Orange Co., N. Y., 7 April, 1799; married at Monroe, Orange
Co., N. Y., 10 Nov., 1821, by the Rev. Zalmon Lyon of the M. E.
Church, to LYDIA BENNET, daughter of Benjamin Bennet and Mary
Belcher, and born in Monroe. She died in West Salem, Wis., 12 Sept.,
1871.

    "Mother left us last fall for a brighter, happier clime. Her
    work was done, and well done. Many deeds of kindness were
    performed by her, known only to the recipients and to Him who
    seeth in secret."--_Letter of Josephine D. Horton_, 1872.

Children:

    1. Mary Elizabeth, born at Belvale, N. Y., 10 August, 1822;
    married Nelson Brown.

    2. Benjamin, born at Belvale, N. Y., 19 Dec., 1823; married
    Carrie Hart.

    3. Townsend Nicholas, born at Belvale, N. Y., 8 March, 1826.

    4. Eunice Lucada, born at Belvale, N. Y., 21 Dec., 1827;
    married Caleb Evans.

    5. Hannah Jane, born in Belvale, N. Y., 19 August, 1829;
    married Caleb Oakes.

    6. Sarah Delia, born in Belvale, N. Y., 3 June, 1831; married
    A. G. Smith.

    7. Josephine Deborah, born in Belvale, N. Y., 17 July, 1834;
    unmarried.

    8. Emma Alma, born in Milan, Ohio, 4 Sept., 1836; married
    William Upton.

    9. Catharine Julia, born in Milan, Ohio, 5 March, 1841.

Milton Horton is now (1873) living at West Salem, Wis. He has been
a farmer all his days, an occupation as honorable, certainly as
useful, as any other known to the family of man. The intelligent,
conscientious, upright farmer is, and of right should be, one of the
lords of our happy country. He cannot be surpassed by any profession
or class of persons.

Milton Horton moved from Orange Co., N. Y., to Milan, Ohio, in 1835,
and thence to West Salem, Wis., in 1865. He is a worthy follower,
and so also was his wife, of the Good Shepherd, and he has always
commanded the respect and esteem of all who have known him.

V. NICHOLAS TOWNSEND, son of Benjamin Horton and Hannah Vance, born
in Belvale, N. Y., 20 Jan., 1805; married 1. in New York City,
19 August, 1827, SARAH VAN ORDEN, of Jersey City. She died in
Cincinnati. He was married 2. in Cincinnati, Ohio, to ELIZA A. SMITH.

He commenced in New York City about 1826, the business of setting
iron railings around door-steps and iron fences in front of
dwelling-houses and other buildings. In 1832 he moved to Cincinnati,
Ohio, and carried on his business on a large scale, manufacturing
as well as setting iron-railings, mantels, grates, and fencings,
giving employment to quite a number of workmen. He was doing a
large business in and about Cincinnati, and was reputed to be worth
$200,000.

In July, 1857, he was killed by one of his employees. The murderer
was arrested, tried, convicted, and executed.

By his sudden death his business matters were so deranged that his
wife and family realized only a small part of his large estate.

Children, by 1st wife:

    1. David Claudius, born in New York City, 1828; dead.

    2. Benjamin J., born in New York City, 13 Feb., 1831.

By 2d wife:

    3. Carrie Ella, born in Cincinnati; married Cunningham.

    4. George Clifford, born in Cincinnati; unmarried; lives with
    his mother.

    5. Nicholas Townsend, born in Cincinnati; unmarried; lives with
    his mother.

VI. SARAH JANE, daughter of Benjamin Horton and Hannah Vance, was
born at Belvale, 2 May, 1807; was married in New York, 26 Dec.,
1827, to MATTHEW MEAD, and moved to Philadelphia, where she died of
consumption, 28 April, 1843.

VIII. HANNAH MARIA, daughter of Benjamin Horton and Hannah Vance,
was born at Belvale, 7 May, 1811; was married about 1830, to JAMES
GALLOWAY HORTON, son of Lieut. Samuel T. Horton, of Palmyra, N. Y.
They moved to Michigan. She died 19 April, 1847, of consumption.

(For her family, see James Galloway Horton.)

IX. CATHARINE D., daughter of Benjamin Horton and Hannah Vance, was
born at Belvale, 13 August, 1813; was married 12 Jan., 1837, at
Norwalk, Ohio, by Rev. J. H. Powers, to ENOCH NICHOLS. He died 22
March, 1861, of consumption. He was a son of Nathaniel Nichols, who
emigrated from England, settled 1. in Connecticut: 2. in Oneida Co.,
N. Y.; 3. in Genesee Valley, N. Y., where he died.

Children:

    1. Martha J., born in Ridgefield, Ohio, 11 August, 1838;
    married by E. A. Pray, Esq., 23 Feb., 1857, to Caleb Root, of
    Norwalk, Ohio.

    2. Hannah Etta, born in Ridgefield, Ohio, 12 Oct., 1839;
    married by Rev. Edwin Dewitt, 16 Sept., 1862, to Eben Baldwin,
    of Oxford, Ohio.

    3. Benjamin Townsend, born in Oxford, Erie Co., Ohio, 29 July,
    1845; married by Rev. Dr. Hatfield, 28 Oct., 1868, to Alice F.
    Hughes, of Milan, Ohio.

    4. Albion Nathaniel, born in Oxford, Ohio, 19 March, 1850;
    unmarried.

    5. Horton Samuel, born in Oxford, Ohio, 12 April, 1852; died 8
    Feb., 1872, of consumption.

To Mrs. Catharine D. Nichols we are indebted for the above record,
and for other information in regard to the family of Benjamin Horton.

X. ELIZABETH R., daughter of Benjamin Horton and Hannah Vance, born
at Belvale, 3 Oct., 1815; married 7 Feb., 1833, to SMITH CONLEY.
She died 26 May, 1853, of inflammation of the bowels. No record of
children.

IV. JOHN, son of Lieut. John Horton and Mary De La Montanye
(_Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born in Wyoming,
in 1790. He married WICKIZER, and settled on Wysox Creek, now Rome,
Bradford Co., Pa., about 1814.

Children:

    1. Mary, born in Wyoming, 23 Nov., 1810; married William Trout.

    2. Rosina, born in Wyoming, 25 Nov., 1813; unmarried; resides
    at Myersburg, Pa.

    3. Sarah Ann, born in Wysox, now Rome, 8 Oct., 1816; married
    Jarvis.

    4. John, born in Rome, 11 March, 1819; married Sarah Wickizer.

    5. Josiah, born in Rome, 16 Feb., 1823; married Mary Ann Lung.
    He is a good farmer and a very worthy man. He and his wife are
    members of the M. E. Church of Rome.

V. MILLER, son of Lieut. John Horton and Mary De La Montanye, born
in Wyoming Valley, 12 Feb., 1792; married in Wilkesbarre, Pa., 19
Dec., 1813, by Esq. Campbell, to ELIZABETH WALLER, daughter of Nathan
Waller, and born in Wilkesbarre, 24 May, 1786. She died in South
Wilkesbarre, 30 June, 1833. He died 20 Oct., 1847. He was a stage
proprietor, contractor on public works and a farmer.

Children, all born in South Wilkesbarre, Pa.:

    1. John Waller, born 22 Nov., 1814; married Sarah Gates.

    2. Elizabeth, born 14 Oct., 1816; married P. M. C. Gilchrist.

    3. Mary, born 23 Oct., 1818; married W. L. Cook.

    4. Nathan Miller, born 5 Jan., 1821; married Susan Richards.

    5. Emily, born 25 March, 1824.

    6. Thomas Miner, born 23 March, 1826; died without issue.

    7. William Drinker, born 6 Aug., 1828; died 16 Nov., 1829.

HON. JESSE, son of Lieut. John Horton and Mary De La Montanye, born
in Wyoming Valley, near Forty Fort, 1797; married in Berwick, Pa.,
in Jan., 1820, by Rev. Mr. Penne, to HARRIET HEADLEY, daughter of Dr.
Samuel Headley and Anna Fairchild, and born in Cherry Valley, N. Y.,
in 1800; died at Berwick, 17 Jan., 1823, leaving two children, viz.:

    1. Anna Maria, born 2 April, 1822; married Allen M. Gangwer,
    now (1873) chief clerk 3d Auditor's Office, Washington, D. C.

    2. Harriet, born 17 Jan., 1823; married Nathan G. Wesley.

He married 2. the widow MARTHA COOK, daughter of James Lemon and
Rachel Fishing, and born in Point Township, Northumberland Co., Pa.,
25 Feb., 1796.

Children, all born in Northumberland:

    3. Carrie.

    4. Amelia.

    5. Isabella.

    6. Martha Cora.

By her first husband Mrs. Horton had Elizabeth and Edward, both died
in infancy, and William Lemon Cook, who married ---- Horton, and is
now a clerk in the Pension Office, Washington, D. C.

Jesse Horton was a soldier in the war of 1812; came out unharmed. He
was a member of the Assembly in 1841, and a member of the Senate in
1843-4-5. In early life he was engaged in the staging business, and
afterwards was Captain of a packet-boat on the Penn'a Canal. But for
many years past he has been a farmer and dealer in cattle, grain and
flour. He died quite suddenly in Feb., 1874.

VIII. LEWIS MULLISON, son of Lieut. John Horton and Mary De La
Montanye, born in Wyoming Valley, near Forty Fort, in May, 1799;
married in Wyoming, 1827, to PRISCILLA CRISMAN, and removed to
Rushville, in 1836. In 1842, he moved to the Littleton Prairie, Ill.,
and settled on the northeast of Section 21, and here he remained
until the day of his death, which occurred on the 10 Sept., 1874. In
early life he was interested in several stage lines, and in boating
on the Penn'a Canal. After he went West he followed farming.

I. JESSE, son of John Horton and Elizabeth Thomas (_Richard_,
_Caleb_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Newtown, Chester Co., Pa.,
in 1786; was married about 1819, to MARY STEEL, daughter of Andrew
Steel and Susanna ----. He died in Newtown in 1825. The date of his
wife's death is not given. Children, all born in Newtown:

    1. Susanna, was born in 1820; died unmarried.

    2. Jesse Davis, was born in 1822; died unmarried in Beverly, N.
    J., in 1850.

    3. Mary Elizabeth, was born 30 Oct., 1824; a maiden lady of
    intelligence and refinement, and resides in Newtown.

II. JACOB, son of John Horton and Elizabeth Thomas, born in Newtown,
in 1791; was married in 1813, to SARAH WINANS, daughter of Jacob
Winans and Mary ----.

Children, all born in Newtown:

    1. John Elliott, was born in 1814; died in Ohio; unmarried.

    2. David Thomas, was born in 1815; was married in 1839, to
    Mary Davis, daughter of William Davis; lives in Conshohocken,
    Montgomery Co., Pa.

    3. James Elliott, was born in 1817; married Mary Roberts.

    4. Mary, born in 1819.

    5. Eliza Ann, was born about 1821; died unmarried.

    6. Richard, born in 1823; resides in Jones Co., Iowa.

    7. Caroline, born about 1825; married Abram Paschal.

    8. Jacob, born about 1828; was a Union soldier, died in the
    service.

III. JOHN, son of John Horton and Elizabeth Thomas, born in Newtown,
in 1798; married in 1828, to JANE LINDSLEY, daughter of Andrew
Lindsley and Christiana Vanleer; reside in Newtown.

Children, all born in Newtown:

    1. Christiana, born in 1829; unmarried; lives in Newtown.

    2. John Andrews, born in 1831; lives in Newtown.

    3. Jane, born in 1833.

    4. Harry Thomas, born in 1835; married Mary Dwalf; resides in
    Philadelphia.

    5. Bernard N., born in 1838; married Hannah Green, daughter of
    Lewis Green; has two children; lives in Radnor.

    6. Elizabeth, was born 17 Feb., 1840; married George Davis,
    son of Samuel Davis; had three children; lives in Haverford,
    Delaware Co., Pa.

    7. Mary Ann, was born about 1842; married Walter Thompson; has
    two children; resides in Haverford, Delaware Co., Pa.

    8. Samuel Black, was born in 1844; married Mary ----; lives in
    Marple, Delaware Co., Pa.

IV. ELIZABETH, daughter of John Horton and Elizabeth Thomas, born in
Newtown, 27 Nov., 1800; married in Radnor, 20 March, 1828, by the
Rev. Samuel C. Brinkley, an Episcopal clergyman, to SAMUEL BLACK, son
of Samuel Black and Catharine Vanleer, and born in Marple, Delaware
Co., Pa., in 1799, and died there in 1851.

Mrs. Black now resides there, and to her the compiler is indebted
for nearly all the information he has in relation to the Hortons of
Radnor. She is intelligent and retains her memory remarkably well.

Children, all born in Marple:

    1. John Horton, born 17 Feb., 1829.

    2. Catharine Ann, born 8 May, 1831; was married in
    Philadelphia, 25 Dec., 1854, by the Rev. Mr. Channy, to Lewis
    Morris Lewis, son of James Lewis and Mary Fawkes, and born in
    Marple, in 1831. He is an Elder in the Presbyterian Church at
    Marple, is Superintendent of the Sabbath School, and both he
    and his wife are intelligent, active, and faithful members of
    the church. They have Harry M. Lewis, and James B. Lewis.

    3. William Vanleer, born in Marple, 29 June, 1833.

    4. Samuel Vanleer, born in Marple, 10 May, 1836; unmarried.

    5. Harry Harrison, born in Marple, 23 Dec., 1837; married
    Helen Lawrence.

    6. George Fell, born 20 July, 1839.

    7. Elizabeth Jane, was born in Marple, 17 Feb., 1842; married
    by the Rev. Dr. Hodgkin, to Charles Johnson Essey.

    8. Bernard Vanleer, born 22 May, 1844. He lives in
    Philadelphia, Pa.

BENJAMIN, son of Barnabas Horton and Rachael Bostwick (_Barnabas_,
_Barnabas_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born at Grey Court, Orange
Co., N. Y., 12 April, 1788; was married 1. 31 Dec., 1810, by Rev.
Dr. Lansing, to SARAH ROSE, born 6 Jan., 1790; 2. 23 Dec., 1816, to
ALMIRA OSBORN, born 4 July, 1798; 3. in Marseilles, N. Y., by Rev.
Mr. Williams, 17 Dec., 1845, to POLLY BROOKS; 4. in Liverpool, N. Y.,
by the Rev. Silas Ball, 24. Jan., 1865, to ELIZA GRIFFIS, daughter of
John Griffis, of Syracuse.

Children:

    1. Benjamin, Jr., born 6 August, 1811.

    2. Benjamin Rose, born 20 Feb., 1814.

By second wife:

    3. Harry, born 30 July, 1818.

    4. Israel, born 27 June, 1820.

    5. Mirandi, born 8 Jan., 1823; married Jacob Brodhead.

    6. Albert, born 3 March, 1825; died young.

    7. Alauson, born 28 May, 1829.

By his fourth wife:

    8. Hiram Haskins, born 17 May, 1866.

Mr. Horton is still in good health. He moved to Syracuse in early
life, where he has now a fine property. He is able to get up his
horse and carriage himself, and drive wherever his business calls him.

II. HENRY, son of Nathan Horton and Rebecca Priest (_Richard_,
_Caleb_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Radnor, Delaware Co., Pa.,
25 Jan., 1791; married in Broadtop, Pa., 22 Sept., 1812, to ELIZABETH
WHITE, daughter of Thomas White and Elizabeth Jones.

Children, all born in Broadtop, Pa.:

    1. Thomas, born 12 June, 1813; married 1. Barbara Barrett; 2.
    Widow Elizabeth Garrett.

    2. Nathan, born 3 May, 1815; married 1. Rosanna Miller; 2.
    Widow Susanna Reddy.

    3. William, born 4 July, 1817; married Ann Cerathers.

    4. Hannah, born 21 March, 1819; married Amos Figart; resides at
    Broadtop, Pa.

    5. Jesse, born 12 June, 1822; married Catherine Wightman;
    resides at Bellville, Pa.

    6. George, born 31 August, 1824; died 16 June, 1868; married
    Catherine Hamilton.

    7. Alexander, born 5 Jan., 1828; died, from disease contracted
    in the war, in 1868; married Naomi Duval.

    8. Mary, born 21 August, 1832; married Eli Alloway; she is a
    widow, and resides at Broadtop, Pa.

HON. ELIJAH, son of Elijah Horton and Mehitabel R. Coleman
(_Elijah_, _Caleb_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born at Chester, N. J.,
15 Dec., 1794; married at Chester, 16 Dec., 1812, by the Rev. Stephen
Overton, to SARAH OVERTON, daughter of Rev. Stephen Overton and Phebe
Rose, and born at Fire Place, L. I., 4 Jan., 1797.

Children:

    1. Alfred, born at Chester, N. J., 25 Nov., 1813; married Mary
    Horton.

    2. Charles, born at Chester, N. J., 25 Jan., 1816.

    3. Harriet, born at Chester, N. J., 13 July, 1817; died at
    Nunda, N. Y., 25 Jan., 1843.

    4. George Washington, born at Chester, N. J., 29 July, 1819.

    5. Phebe Ann, born at Chester, N. J., 16 Sept., 1821.

    6. Theodore, born at Chester, N. J., 28 Oct., 1823.

    7. Elizabeth, born at Pleasant Grove, N. J., 28 Sept., 1827.

    8. Stephen Edwin, born at Chester, N. J., 25 Sept., 1829; died
    at Goshen, N. Y., 9 Feb., 1849.

    9. Sarah Ann, born at Morristown, N. J., 10 June, 1832; died at
    Oswego, Ia., 28 Jan., 1856.

    10. Elijah Augustus, born at West Almond, Alleghany Co., N. Y.,
    15 Dec., 1833.

    11. Henrietta, born at West Almond, Alleghany Co., N. Y., 13
    June, 1835.

Hon. Elijah Horton's present residence is Oswego, Kosciusko Co., Ia.
In a letter bearing date 23d Sept., 1874, he says:

    "You ask for a short biographical sketch. This I rather
    decline, further than to say that my life has been devoted
    to the judicial profession. I studied law in Morristown, N.
    J., and practiced there until I removed to Alleghany Co., N.
    Y., in 1832. I served as first Judge of the Court of Common
    Pleas of that county for about ten years. Soon after moving
    into the State of Indiana in 1844, I was appointed District
    Judge, and I have served in that office, and also as a Justice
    of the Peace ever since, until within a few weeks past when I
    resigned. In looking over my past life, I see many things that
    I would not do over again, with my past experience, especially
    would I say long and loud, NO, instead of YES, as I often did.
    Your letter brings to my mind views and opinions which I have
    been learning and experiencing for many years of my past life.
    Habits have grown upon me imperceptibly from my childhood. I
    have old diaries written in my younger days, in which I find
    recorded rules for my own conduct, the strict observance of
    which, has caused me many miles of travel and hours of labor.
    For illustration, I recall one or two: 'Have a place for
    everything, and keep everything in its place' and 'Never put
    off till to morrow what you can as well do to-day.' I began
    life under such rules, and I have always been tyrannically
    _ruled_ by them. If I forgot to do anything that I intended to
    do through the day, and happened to think of it after I had
    gone to bed, I could not sleep until I would get up and do it,
    if possible, and if not possible there would be no sleep for me
    that night. I have written this letter at one sitting and feel
    pretty tired."

The letter contained about four pages foolscap, and it is no wonder
that he, now just entering his eightieth year, should feel tired.
The greater wonder is that he could write at all. It is written in a
bold, plain hand, giving no indications of age.

I. PARMENAS HOWELL, son of Barnabas Horton and Milicent Howell
(_Silas_, _Barnabas_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Goshen, N.
Y., 13 Dec., 1795; married in Minnisink, N. Y., 16 Nov., 1819, by
Rev. Henry Ball, to FANNY CASH, daughter of Reuben Cash and Milicent
Howell, and born in Minnisink, 11 June, 1799; died 31 March, 1838. He
died 21 June, 1868.

Children, all born in Goshen:

    1. Mary Emeline, born 12 August, 1820; married William Reeve;
    died 1 Jan., 1849.

    2. Barnabas, born 19 Feb., 1822; died 19 June, 1852; unmarried.

    3. Harriet Milicent, born 12 July, 1826; died 15 Nov., 1855;
    unmarried.

    4. Anna Eliza, born 15 Jan., 1830; married John Wheeler Gardner.

    5. Sarah Frances, born 23 Feb., 1836; died 17 August, 1856;
    unmarried.

III. DR. HARVEY ADDISON, son of Barnabas Horton and Milicent Howell,
born in Middletown, N. Y., 1 Feb., 1800; married MARY BENNET, born in
Goshen, 15 July, 1798; died 27 Sept., 1855. He died.

He was an educated and skillful physician and practiced with good
success in Minnisink and adjoining towns, and enjoyed the confidence
and respect of all who knew him.

Children, born in Minnisink:

    1. Harvey Addison, M. D., born 12 March, 1832; married Fanny C.
    Beebe.

    2. Milicent Ellen, born 3 Sept., 1833; died 24 March, 1841.

    3. Albert Howell, born 13 March, 1837; married Anna Amelia
    Robertson.

VI. MILICENT, daughter of Barnabas Horton and Milicent Howell, born
in Minnisink, N. Y., 10 July, 1809; married in Minnisink, 10 March,
1827, by Rev. William Timlow, of Amity, N. Y., to CHARLES SMITH LEE,
of Minnisink, and born 12 Feb., 1804.

Children, all born in Minnisink, N. Y.:

    1. Mary Milicent Lee, born 12 Sept., 1828; died 8 April, 1844.

    2. Harriet Elizabeth Lee, born 19 Feb., 1832.

    3. Alexander Lee, born 19 April, 1834.

    4. Angeline Lee, born 19 April, 1834.

    5. Egbert Lee, born 2 Sept., 1837; died 1 Feb., 1839.

    6. Albert Lee, born 21 Jan., 1840; died 30 Dec., 1845.

    7. Ellen Amanda Lee, born 19 March, 1842; died 8 Feb., 1844.

    8. Simeon Morgan Lee, born 26 July, 1846; died 27 Feb., 1852.

    9. Horace Horton Lee, born 15 Dec., 1848; died 28 Dec., 1851.

    10. Howell Haynes Lee, born 15 Dec., 1848; died 18 Sept., 1873,
    in Shreveport, Louisiana, greatly lamented by all who knew
    him. He was a merchant. He and his wife Fannie Moore, to whom
    he was married 2 May, 1872; went South early in the Summer of
    1873. She came North by the advice of physicians, and at her
    husband's request, as it was not considered safe for her to
    remain there during the hot season. His mother writes: "We
    have passed through a great bereavement. Howell died the 18
    Sept. last. He was taken sick on Sabbath with yellow fever,
    and died the next Thursday, at eleven o'clock. Our hopes as to
    this world are all blasted, but we trust that he is with his
    Saviour, to whom he gave himself in his seventeenth year, and
    from that time until his death, he lived a Christian. So we may
    mourn not without hope."

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II. JOHN SEWARD, son of Edward Horton and Charlotte Seward (_Edward_,
_Nathaniel_, _Caleb_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Randolph,
Morris Co., N. J., 24 Oct., 1801. He was married at Brutus, Cayuga
Co., N. Y., 13 March, 1823, by Elder Hough, of Port Byron, N. Y., to
PAULINA CARRIER, daughter of Amaziah Carrier and Wealthy Hatch, and
born in Brutus, 29 Sept., 1804.

Children, all born in Conquest, N. Y., except Jane A., who was born
in Clarence, Calhoun Co., Mich.:

    1. Charlotte, born 8 Jan., 1826; married William Wright; died
    at Conquest, N. Y., 14 August, 1858.

    2. Mary Ann, born 1 March, 1828; married 1. Oliver M. Reed; 2.
    Samuel Farrand; 3. Theodore P. Halliday.

    3. Hetty M., born 9 June, 1830; died 2 Sept., 1830.

    4. Edward Livingston, born 28 August, 1834; died 28 March, 1839.

    5. Pauline Emily, born 11 Feb., 1842; married 1. David Keck; 2.
    James Lewis.

    6. Jane Adelaide, born 7 Nov., 1847; married Reuben C. Sibley.

III. DAVID, son of Edward Horton and Charlotte Seward, born in
Randolph, Morris Co., N. J.

I. JOHN, son of Matthias Horton and Sarah Rumsey (_Silas_,
_Barnabas_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born about 1785, in Goshen, N. Y.

Children, born in Goshen:

    1. Clarissa Jane, born 1810.

    2. Matthias, died in Goshen; had 2 children.

    3. John, lives in Albany, N. Y., has 6 children.

    4. Mortimer, no children, lives in Bethel, Michigan.

    5. Sarah Elizabeth, married Richard Drake, has 7 children,
    lives in Coldwater, Mich.

    6. Mary, married Thomas Stansbrough, has 11 children, lives in
    Newburgh.

IV. GABRIEL, son of Matthias Horton and Sarah Rumsey, born in Goshen,
9 Aug., 1806; married ELIZA CORWIN, daughter of Joseph Corwin and
Hannah Finch, and born in Goshen about 1808.

Children, probably all born in Goshen:

    1. Julia, married William Garlock.

    2. Henry, married, had Adah and Sarah.

    3. Abigail.

    4. Sarah.

    5. Caroline, married George Huff.

    6. Mary, married Hunsike, had Mary and Millard.

    7. Adelia, married Wm. Porter, had Horton.

    8. Charles.

    9. Harriet, married Jackson.

VI. MATTHIAS, son of Matthias Horton and Sarah Rumsey (_Silas_,
_Barnabas_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Orange Co., N. Y., 26
Jan., 1812; married 1 April, 1836, to EVELINE WILLIAMS, born in
Orange Co., N. Y., 19 Oct., 1807.

Children, probably all born in Goshen Township:

    1. Mary Catherine, born 3 Dec., 1836; married 7 May, 1854, to
    Henry Stedman.

    2. Sarah Ann, born 19 Oct., 1838; married 3 Sept., 1857, to
    Charles Moore.

    3. George Washington, born 11 Jan., 1841; died 6 Oct., 1862.

    4. Andrew Jackson, born 26 June, 1843; married 21 June, 1868,
    to Hannah Fowler.

    5. Martin Van Buren, born 13 March, 1846.

    6. William Henry, born 24 Feb., 1848; died 25 July, 1848.

    7. Eveline, born 15 Nov., 1849; married William Hutchings.

Matthias Horton died 6 March, 1863; his wife died 11 March, 1872.

IV. EDMUND BANI, son of Jonathan Bani Horton and Deborah Osborn
(_Barnabas_, _Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born in Southold,
5 Oct., 1821; married in New York City, 5 June, 1844, by the Rev.
Dr. E. F. Hatfield, to MATILDA G. DEVOY, daughter of John M. Devoy
and Margaret G. Coddington. He is a mechanic, but is now a salesman,
warehousing and forwarding merchant, in New York City. He has a
beautiful residence at White Stone, L. I. He is an active and
intelligent member of the Presbyterian Church, and he, with a few
other liberal Presbyterians, have erected a very pretty little church.

Children, all born in New York City:

    1. Edmund B., born 14 April, 1845.

    2. William Henry, born 23 April, 1847; died 22 July, 1867.

    3. Charles Pierson Baldwin, born 7 Feb., 1852.

    4. Jonathan Bani, born 7 March, 1857.

    5. Mortimer Slittwell, born 1 April, 1863.

II. GEN. WILLIAM, son of Col. Nathan Horton and Elizabeth Eagles
(_Nathan_, _Caleb_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born at New River,
Wilkes, now Watauga Co., N. C., 15 Aug., 1786; married in 1814, at
Yadkin River, Ashe Co., N. C., to MILLY DULA, daughter of William and
Theodoria, his wife.

Children, probably all born at Yadkin River:

    1. James C., born 9 March, 1817.

    2. William Leander, born 1818; married Francis Corpening.

    3. Eliza, born 1820; married Jackson Corpening.

    4. Theodoria Elvira, born 22 August, 1825; married Geo. Hays
    Hamilton.

    5. Rebecca, born about 1827; married David E. Bower.

    6. Nathan, born about 1829; unmarried.

    7. Phineas, born about 1832; unmarried.

    8. Sarah, born about 1834; unmarried.

    9. Lamira Louisa, born about 1837; married Wiley P. Thomas.

    10. Alexander Hamilton, born 1840; married Mary Jane Vogler.

After his marriage the General moved to Yadkin River, and
settled near the mouth of Elk Creek, where he acquired a large
amount of valuable land and other property, farming being his
principal vocation. He represented Ashe County in the Legislature
in 1814-'15-'16, and from Wilkes County he was elected in
1822-'23-'29-'30-'33-'34-'35 and '36. He was also for many years
Brigadier General of the 9th Brigade, North Carolina Militia. He died
at his residence on Yadkin River.

III. JAMES, son of Col. Nathan Horton and Elizabeth Eagles, born at
New River, 28 Feb., 1789; married SIDNEA WEBB, daughter of Benjamin
Webb and Jane ---- ----, of Beaver Dam, Ashe Co., N. C. He was
elected to the State Legislature in 1830, and held other public
positions for many years. He was a volunteer in the service of his
country in the war of 1812-'15, and served until honorably discharged.

IV. DAVID EAGLES, son of Colonel Nathan Horton and Elizabeth Eagles,
born at New River, 4 May, 1792; married SARAH DULA, a sister of the
General's wife. They settled at Yadkin River, where they became quite
wealthy in lands and negroes, owning, at the time they were made
free, 150. He was a planter, and died at his residence, 3 July, 1870.
He was also a volunteer in the war of 1812. His wife is still living.

Children:

    James Theodore, born 16 Oct., 1829; married Sarah Rosa Lynch.

V. PHINEAS, son of Colonel Nathan Horton and Elizabeth Eagles, born
at New River, Watauga Co., N. C., 9 Jan., 1795; married about 1827,
REBECCA COUNCILL, daughter of Jordan Councill and Sarah Howard, of
Ashe Co., N. C, and born 20 Feb., 1802.

Children, all born at New River:

    1. William, born 8 March, 1828.

    2. Nathan, born 22 March, 1829.

    3. Jonathan Fillmore, born 3 March, 1836.

    4. James Harrison, born 27 May, 1841.

Phineas Horton was a volunteer in the war of 1812. He served as
a magistrate over 30 years. He was County Treasurer for several
years. He is yet living, and remains upon the same place where he
first settled at New River, five miles east of Boone. He has a
considerable quantity of land, and at the time Emancipation was
proclaimed, he owned six negroes. He has no inclination for anything
but farming, and although in his 81st year, he is well preserved, and
does a good deal of farm work.

Rebecca Councill, his wife, died of cancer of the breast, 12 August,
1863.

IX. COL. JONATHAN, son of Col. Nathan Horton and Elizabeth Eagles,
born on New River, 26 Feb., 1806; married 11 Jan., 1841, at Richland,
Ashe Co., N. C., to MELINDA HARTZAG, daughter of Jacob Hartzag and
Rebecca Coloway, and born at Richland, 10 May, 1824. She is a distant
relative of the celebrated DANIEL BOONE, the bold old pioneer of the
West, of former days.

The Colonel resides at the old homestead of his father, Col. Nathan,
owns good lands, and is an excellent farmer. He lost heavily by
Emancipation. He has been a very prominent man all his life--firm,
intelligent and generous. He was elected to the State Legislature
in 1832-'33-'34 and '35. He was a member of the Electoral College
of North Carolina, on the Henry Clay ticket, in 1844. He was again
elected to the State Legislature from Watauga County, in 1854. He was
a volunteer in the service of the Confederate States, in 1861, and
was elected Captain of Co. B., 37th Regiment North Carolina troops,
infantry, and he was in the seven days' fight near Richmond, Va.,
towards the close of which the command of the regiment devolved on
him. Soon after this, health failing, he resigned and came home, and
in 1864 he was elected to the State Senate. He says, and no doubt
truly, that his house was robbed, in the spring of 1865, eighteen
times in fourteen days, by men professing to be, and wearing the garb
of, Union soldiers.

The Colonel has never had any children.

I. NATHAN, son of Zephaniah Horton, Esq., and Jane McCurry (_Capt.
Nathan_, _Caleb_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Wilkes Co., N.
C., 24 Jan., 1789; married 29 May, 1817, MARY YOUNG, born in Burke
Co., N. C., about 1794; died 19 May, 1875. He was Col. Commander in
the 15th Brigade, 9th Division, North Carolina Militia, for about 20
years--was offered the position of Brigadier General, but declined.

Children, all born in Buncombe County, except Mary I., born in Yancey
Co., N. C.:

    1. Zephaniah, born 20 Feb., 1818.

    2. Martha E., born 16 Sept., 1819.

    3. Malcolm, born 9 Feb., 1822.

    4. Lucky, born 27 Dec., 1823.

    5. Joshua, born 21 Oct., 1825.

    6. Jesse, born 11 Nov., 1828.

    7. Nathan Youngs, born 21 March, 1831.

    8. Naomi A., born 10 Dec., 1832.

    9. Mary I., born 14 April, 1835.

III. SARAH, daughter of Zephaniah Horton, Esq., and Jane McCurry,
born 30 June, 1794; married in 1815, THOMAS YOUNG, of Buncombe
County, and born 16 Jan., 1792.

Children (the 1 to 7, inclusive, born in Buncombe; 8, 9, and 10 born
in Yancey County):

    1. Elizabeth E., born 9 March, 1816.

    2. Martha E., born 25 May, 1818.

    3. Nathan, born 23 April, 1820.

    4. Strawbridge, born 25 Jan., 1822; died 10 Nov., 1843.

    5. Zephaniah, born 19 Oct., 1823.

    6. Thomas, born 29 Sept., 1830.

    7. Josiah, born 11 March, 1833.

    8. Sarah I., born 12 Sept., 1835.

    9. Mary A., born 12 Aug., 1837.

    10. Tilman H., born 4 Oct., 1839.

IV. MALCOLM, son of Zephaniah Horton, Esq., and Jane McCurry, born 15
Nov., 1799; married 29 Feb., 1832, MARGARET A. DENHAM, of Virginia.
He was for several years Col. Commander in the 15th Brigade, 9th
Division, North Carolina Militia. He settled in Maryland and died
there, 10 Aug., 1870.

Children:

    1. Jane E., born 20 July, 1833.

    2. Amos O., born 18 Aug., 1835.

    3. David D., born 18 Dec., 1837.

    4. Phebe E., born 25 June, 1840.

    5. Amy I., born 5 Oct., 1842.

    6. Charles A., born 3 Jan., 1846.

    Amos I. and Charles A. are dead; the rest are all living, and
    have families.

V. ELIZABETH, daughter of Zephaniah Horton, Esq., and Jane McCurry,
born 15 Nov., 1799; married JOSEPH SHEPHERD, ESQ., of North Carolina,
28 March, 1821. She died 2 Aug., 1838.

Children, all born in Buncombe Co., N. C.:

    1. Jane A., born 6 Dec., 1826.

    2. Julia, born 5 Sept., 1828.

    3. Cordelia P., born 8 June, 1831.

    4. Theressa E., born 3 Aug., 1833.

VI. ZEPHANIAH, son of Zephaniah Horton, Esq., and Jane McCurry, born
26 Nov., 1802; married 3 April, 1825, ELIZABETH HORTON, of Ashe Co.,
N. C., daughter of Nathan Horton, of Ashe County. She born 15 Sept.,
1803. He died at his residence, in Yancey, 17 July, 1865.

Children, 1. and 2. born in Ashe, 3. born in Buncombe, all the rest
born in Yancey:

    1. Nathan, born 26 Jan., 1826.

    2. McWilliam, born 14 Feb., 1828.

    3. Jonathan, born 17 March, 1830; died 18 Aug., 1862.

    4. Phineas, born 20 Dec., 1833; died 2 Oct., 1862.

    5. Lorenzo D., born 30 July, 1836; died 25 Aug., 1862.

    6. James P., born 13 Dec., 1839.

    7. Elbert S., born 3 Sept., 1842.

    8. Sarah I. E., born 8 Feb., 1845; died 20 Oct., 1845.

    9. Harriet E., born 28 June, 1847; died 8 Nov., 1847.

    10. Zephaniah I., born 12 May, 1849; died 4 Aug. 1849.

    11. David E., born 5 Nov. 1851.

VII. JANE M., daughter of Zephaniah Horton, Esq., and Jane McCurry,
born 18 March, 1806; married 25 Aug., 1823, JAMES H. POTEET, of
Buncombe County, and born 23 Oct., 1796; moved in 1834 to Missouri,
Gasconade County, where he died, 5 July, 1835, leaving two children,
born in Buncombe County, viz.:

    1.[6]Lorenzo D., born 5 June, 1824.

    2. Sophronia, born 8 May, 1826.

Mrs. Poteet, soon after the death of her husband, returned to her
native State, and, 23 Feb., 1840, married JOHN W. GARLAND, of Yancey
County, born in Tennessee, 5 Sept., 1807. He was County Clerk of
Yancey County for 12 years, and also represented that county in the
Legislature in 1854-'55 and in 1865-'66, and was the Union Delegate
in the State Convention of 1861.

VIII. PHEBE D., daughter of Zephaniah Horton, Esq., and Jane McCurry,
born 3 Oct., 1810; married ADAM A. BROYLES, of Washington Co., Tenn.,
15 July, 1835, born 11 May, 1813.

Children, all born in Washington Co., Tenn.:

    1. Edmonia L., born 15 April, 1837.

    2. Edwin A., born 2 Sept., 184-.

    3. James W. McB., born 12 Jan., 1844.

    4. Adam C., born 23 Jan., 1846.

    5. Sarah E. I., born 7 Dec., 1848.

    6. Lodelius H., born 8 May, 1855.

SILAS HORTON, son of Abigail Horton and Daniel Stringham (_Silas_,
_Barnabas_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Middletown, Orange Co.,
N. Y., 7 Nov., 1797; married in 1821, HENRIETTA HICKS, daughter of
Jacob M. Hicks and Elizabeth ----, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and born in
1804. (Jacob M. Hicks died in 1843, aged 94. His wife died in 1854,
aged 85.)

Children, probably all born in Brooklyn:

    1. Maria Hicks Stringham, married William M. Richards.

    2. Jane Horton Stringham, married Benjamin W. How; died in
    1874.

    3. Edwinna Hurlbut Stringham, married Johnston Blakeley
    Creighton; died in 1862.

    4. Elizabeth Wynkoop Stringham, married Com. J. B. Creighton,
    being his 2d wife.

Silas H. Stringham entered the navy in June, 1810, as midshipman
on the frigate _President_, Commodore John Rogers. In 1812 he was
assigned to the _Guererre_, under Decatur. In 1813 he was on the
_Spark_, one of the Algerine squadron. In 1817, having been promoted
to a Lieutenancy, he was transferred to the sloop-of-war _Erie_, and
in 1818, to the _Peacock_. He was next ordered to the sloop-of-war
_Cyane_, in 1819. In 1821 he was upon the _Hornet_, 1st Lieutenant,
at the West India station. In 1822 he was again on the _Cyane_, under
Com. Creighton. From 1825 to 1829 he held a position at the Brooklyn
Navy Yard, and in 1829 he was again assigned to the _Peacock_, and
sent in search of the _Hornet_, sloop-of-war, which was lost. We
next find him on the _Falmouth_, and ordered to Carthagena. From
1830 to 1834 he was in shore service. In 1835 he has command of the
_John Adams_, in the Mediterranean squadron. In 1837 he is second
in command at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and from 1843 to 1846 he had
the full command of this yard. During the Mexican war we find him in
active service, and in command of the _Ohio_, ship-of-the-line. In
1851 he was commander of the Norfolk Navy Yard; and in 1852 assigned
to the command of the Mediterranean squadron, which he held till
1855. He is next in command of the Charleston Navy Yard, which he
held till May, 1859. In March, 1861, he was a member of a naval
Court-martial, and while there was appointed flag officer of the
Atlantic Blockade squadron. In 1861 Com. Stringham was honored with
the preparation of the first of those combined naval and military
expeditions which have crowned the American navy with such glory;
and in his case, as in many others, the success has been almost
exclusively due to the action of the navy. The result of this
expedition being the capture of the rebel forts Clark and Hatteras,
and the surrender of the garrison to Flag-officer Stringham and
General Butler, consisting of 715 men, 1000 stand of arms, 75 kegs of
powder, 5 stand of colors, 31 cannon (1 of them a 10-inch Columbiad),
a brig loaded with cotton, a sloop with provisions and stores, 2
light-boats, 150 bags of coffee, &c. Not a man belonging to the fleet
was killed. For this brilliant affair Flag-officer Stringham received
the thanks of the Government.

On the 23d of September, 1861, at his own request, he was relieved
from his command, and in August, 1862, he was made a Rear-Admiral,
on the retired list, and soon after this he was President of the
Naval Commission to locate a new Navy Yard. In 1863 he had command
of the Navy Yard and station at Charleston, S. C., remained there
till 1866. In 1869 he was Port Admiral at New York, and served three
years. March 3d, 1873, by Act of Congress, retired officers are
prohibited from being employed by Government, except in time of war.
Since that time the Admiral is permitted to enjoy a retired life, at
his residence, in Brooklyn, N. Y.

For a more full account of the noble and daring deeds and brilliant
exploits of Admiral Stringham, see _The American Crisis of 1861-'62_,
by Frank Moore.

I. LEBBEUS LATHROP, son of Hannah Horton and Isaiah Vail, Jr.
(_Silas_, _Barnabas_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Goshen, N. Y.,
27 Oct., 1791; married SALLY MOORE, a lineal descendant of Thomas
Moore, of Southold, L. I.

Children, probably all born in Newburgh, N. Y., where they settled
soon after marriage:

    1. Charles.

    2. Hector.

    3. Azuba.

    4. Nathaniel.

    5. Hannah.

    6. Wilmot.

    7. Richard.

    8. Sally.

    9. Egbert.

    10. Anna.

    "He early engaged in the business of transporting Orange County
    products to New York, and soon found himself in command of a
    first-class sloop, of extra heavy tonnage, and his carrying
    trade of merchandise, passengers, &c., became very extensive.
    The immense traffic at White Hall Street, East River, prompted
    Captain Vail to seek some other quarters, more commodious than
    that he occupied--the city at that time having a population of
    only about 100,000. He soon found an old acquaintance, formerly
    a Miss Horton, of West Chester Co., N. Y., who had married
    Mr. James Van Nostrand, a wholesale grocer. An arrangement
    was soon consummated, by which Van Nostrand was to move his
    stock to West Street, and Vail to leave East River and land
    at the Albany Basin, adjacent to Van Nostrand's store, which
    arrangement was at once announced to the Hudson River boatmen
    at White Hall, when, in derision, they laughed at the young
    Captain's presumption; but Vail and Van Nostrand soon had the
    laugh on the White Hall advocates, for the entire craft from
    Orange County soon followed Capt. Vail, discharging regularly
    his heavy loads of produce from the _Bayard_,[7] the first
    to establish a regular wharf for Orange County produce and
    passengers on the North River side of New York, and Van
    Nostrand's grocery was the first ever located in West Street.
    The following summer Capt. Vail's eyesight became impaired,
    and he moved to Goshen, New York, where he and Mrs. Vail were
    popular hotel keepers until the year 1834, when he was elected
    Clerk of Orange County, and re-elected in 1837, and again in
    1840. In 1832 he established at Goshen a Baptist periodical,
    called the _Signs of the Times_, which is still in existence,
    and edited and published at Middletown, New York, by Elder
    Beebe, the venerable Old-School Baptist preacher. He, also, in
    1844, established in Goshen the _Clarion_, the first Free-Soil
    newspaper ever established in this part of the State of New
    York. His religious and political opinions were regarded as
    _ultra_ or _radical_, and he was a recognized leader of his
    sect or party. His general urbanity and good judgment, and his
    enthusiastic nature, combined with his fine appreciation of the
    arts, made him popular with all classes of people. He died in
    Goshen.

    "Mrs. Vail survived him over a quarter of a century. She was
    devotedly attached to him and his children. She was a beautiful
    woman, and her happiness seemed to centre in their welfare,
    which her husband reciprocated by leaving her his entire
    estate, which she left unimpaired at her death, after a life
    of over four-score years. Their youngest daughter is the well
    known Madame Martinez, the eminent soprano vocalist and teacher
    of the voice."

We are indebted to Nathaniel Vail, Esq., of Goshen, for the foregoing
record and sketch of Lebbeus L. Vail and family.

I. SARAH, daughter of Phineas Horton and Bethia Luce (_Nathan_,
_Caleb_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Chester, N. J., 27 March,
1799; married about 1820, JEREMIAH WILCOX. He died in Illinois. His
widow married a MR. RHOADS.

Children, probably, born in Chester:

    1. Wilbur.

    2. Phineas; he was taken by the Mormons and probably killed.

    3. Esther Ann.

II. NATHAN, son of Phineas Horton and Bethia Luce, born in Chester,
27 Dec., 1801; married about 1825, JULIA HORTON, daughter of
Nathaniel Horton and Eunice Horton, and born in Chester, about 1803.

Children, probably all born in Chester:

    1. Nathaniel Jackson, born 1804; died 21 Jan., 1859;
    unmarried.

    2. Phineas W.; died 2 May, 1849.

    3. Eunice Ann, married Westbrook.

    4. Mary Elizabeth.

    5. Caroline.

    6. Julia Elmira, born 28 Aug., 1836; died 8 Jan., 1838.

    7. Martha.

III. ELIAS, son of Phineas Horton and Bethia Luce, born in Chester, 6
Feb., 1803; married MELINDA LEWIS.

Children, born in Chester:

    1. David Lewis, married Mary Ann Dilldine.

    2. Elias.

    3. Mary Ann, married Frederick Morrow.

    4. Esther, married William Moore.

IV. MARY, daughter of Phineas Horton and Bethia Luce, born 6 Feb.,
1806; married DANIEL SKELLINGER, and had

    1. Joseph, dead.

    2. William.

    3. James.

    4. Phineas.

    5. Elias.

    6. Lydia, dead.

VI. DANIEL, son of Phineas Horton and Esther Horton, born in Chester,
3 Aug., 1820; married 8 Nov., 1851, by Rev. Mr. Fisher, to LYDIA
CRAIG HORTON, daughter of Jonah Horton and Hannah Bryant, and born in
Randolph, N. J., 2 Jan., 1827. She died 16 July, 1870; no children.
Daniel Horton resides at the old homestead, a few miles from the
borough of Chester. He is a well-to-do farmer, and his mother, now
(1874) aged and feeble, resides with him. They are pious people, and
of good repute among their neighbors.

_Eighth Generation.--Caleb I._

I. ISAIAH, son of Elisha Horton and Polly (Mary) Horton (_Dea.
Nathaniel_, _Nathaniel_, _Caleb_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in
Chester, N. J., 21 July, 1796; married in Aurelius, Cayuga Co., N.
Y., 31 Jan., 1817, to CHARLOTTE CHATFIELD. She died 21 Feb., 1854. He
died in Wayland, at Spring Water, Livingston Co., N. Y., 22 May, 1873:

Children, probably all born at Spring Water, N. Y.:

    1. Amarilla, born 1818; married Stephen Pearl.

    2. Maranda, married Luther T. Norton, Esq.

    3. Hiram, married Mary Briggs.

    4. Eliza, married Luther F. Norton, Esq., being his 2d wife.

    5. Esther, married Augustus Boughton.

    6. Elisha C., dead.

    7. Isaiah, married Ruth E. Adams.

    8. Mary, married J. B. Tiffany.

MARY, born at Spring Water, N. Y., 1 Sept., 1833; married 27 Feb.,
1855, at Spring Water, by Rev. H. M. Boothe, to J. B. TIFFANY, son of
Jacob Tiffany and Lavina Andrews, and born in Lenox, Madison Co., N.
Y., 24 March, 1828. His father and mother were born at Austerlitz,
Columbia Co., N. Y.; he, 1 Sept., 1795; she, 25 Sept., 1796; he died
at Spring Water, 8 Jan., 1873; she is still living. Mr. and Mrs.
Tiffany and family reside at East Bloomfield, N. Y. They have one
son, viz.:

    Charles Horton Tiffany, born 2 March, 1875.

ESTHER, born at Spring Water, 17 Aug., 1826; married at Spring Water,
by Rev. Mr. Hunter, 9 Feb., 1848, to FREDERICK AUGUSTUS BOUGHTON, son
of Nathaniel Boughton and Tryphenia Hart.

Children, all born at East Bloomfield, N. Y.:

    1. Dwight Boughton, born 18 Aug., 1849; married Josephine Hunt;
    has Frank Dwight, born 26 Jan., 1873, and Grace Isabella, born
    3 Aug., 1875.

    2. Hiram, born 4 March, 1854; died 25 Sept., 1856.

    3. Harriet Elizabeth, born 15 Nov., 1857.

    4. Frederick, born 28 April, 1868.

HON. NATHANIEL COE, son of Huldah Horton and Joel Coe (_Dea.
Nathaniel_, _Nathaniel_, _Caleb_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in
Morris Co., N. J., 12 Sept., 1788; moved with his father to
Scipio, N. Y., in 1795; went by sloop to Albany--4 days--thence in
wagons up the Mohawk, by way of Schenectady--thence to Cayuga and
Wood Creek to Auburn, N. Y., and then Scipio, being one month on the
journey. He married in Auburn, N. Y., 5 Oct., 1827, to MARY TAYLOR
WHITE, daughter of Lawrence Emery White and ---- ---- and born on
Pearl Street, near Broadway, N. Y., 11 March, 1801.

Children:

    1. Lawrence White.

    2. Cornelia Elizabeth.

    3. Charles Carroll.

    4. Eugene Francis.

    5. Susan Amelia.

    6. Henry Clay.

Nathaniel Coe was an honest lawyer and an upright politician. He
possessed a superior intellect, and always commanded the respect
and esteem of his fellow men. He was long a magistrate, and for
four years in succession he represented Livingston and Alleghany
Counties in the Legislature of the State of New York. He was often
an arbitrator, both in the Church and out of it. In religion he was
what was then called, by way of reproach, a _radical_. In 1829 he
went to Nevada. In 1851 he was appointed U. S. Mail Agent for Oregon.
He finally settled at Hood River, where, on the 10th Oct., 1868, he
died. For several years before his death, he carried on an extensive
business in raising fruit, and became quite rich. He was a thoroughly
anti-slavery man, and while the Liberty party was in existence, he
was its firm and warm supporter. Mrs. Coe resides at Hood River, and
her son Charles, who was a superior young man, noted for his piety
and sound moral and Christian character, carried on successfully his
father's business until his death, which occurred 24 Dec., 1874. His
mother said of him, "My heart's beloved has left me, nothing can fill
the void. He not only filled his father's place on the farm, but also
at the family altar, and notwithstanding his youth, older men came to
him for advice on matters temporal as well as religious."

Mrs. Coe is an educated, refined and talented Christian lady--an able
and finished writer, and the author of many very pretty verses and
poems, and though aged, and having suffered much from ill health,
yet her penmanship is neat, and her thoughts and words fresh, warm
and vigorous. Speaking of her deceased little infant, Susan Amelia,
she says, "To whom, like a dew-drop, kissed off by the sun's morning
beam, a beauteous existence was given, whose soul seemed to come down
to earth in a dream, only to wake up when it ascended to Heaven." She
has kindly given much valuable information in regard to the Hortons
of New Jersey and their connections, only a small part of which can
appear in the "Chronicles." Mrs. Coe's ancestors, both on her father
and mother's side, were originally from England.

RACHEL BENNET, daughter of David Bennet and Mary Coe, and
grand-daughter of Huldah Horton, is a maiden lady, intelligent, well
educated and possesses good social qualities; she is a successful
teacher. We are indebted to her for many interesting letters, giving
genealogical data of members of the Horton family. Her residence was
in Chicago, where she was a teacher a few years ago.

II. JOHN SEWARD, son of Edward Horton and Charlotte Seward (_David_,
_Nathaniel_, _Caleb_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Randolph,
Morris Co., N. J., 24 Oct., 1801; married 13 March, 1823, by Elder
Hough, of Port Byron, N. Y., to PAULINA CARRIER, daughter of Amziah
Carrier and Wealthy Hatch, and born in Brutus, N. Y., 29 Sept., 1804.

Children, all born at Conquest, Cayuga Co., N. Y., except Jane A.:

    1. Charlotte, born 8 Jan., 1826; died 14 Aug., 1858.

    2. Mary Ann, born 1 March, 1828.

    3. Hetty M., born June 9, 1830; died 2 Sept., 1830.

    4. Edward L., born 28 Aug., 1824; died 28 March, 1839.

    5. Paulina E., born 11 Feb., 1842.

    6. Jane A., born at Clarence, Calhoun Co., Mich., 7 Nov., 1847.

Mr. Horton moved with his father to Brutus, N. Y., when three years
old; moved to Calhoun, Mich., in 1846, and resides now at Marengo,
Mich.

III. DAVID, son of Edward Horton and Charlotte Seward, born in
Randolph, Morris Co., N. J., 4 July, 1804; married in Conquest,
Cayuga Co., N. Y., 19 Jan., 1826, by the Rev. Mr. Twist, to JANE
MCCALLAM, daughter of William McCallam and Anna Crowell, all of
Conquest, N. Y.

Children, all born in Conquest, N. Y.:

    1. Margaret Ann, born 13 June, 1827; resides in Folsom, Cal.

    2. Edward W., born 27 Jan., 1831; resides in Helena, Montana
    Ter.

    3. Victoria E., born 1 May, 1839; resides in Conquest, N. Y.

    4. David C., born 2 Sept., 1841; he is a merchant, keeps a
    general country store in Conquest, N. Y., where he resides.
    He was married in Conquest, N. Y., 19 April, 1871, by Rev.
    Daniel D. Davis, to Emma A. Slayton, daughter of Joseph Slayton
    and Nancy Crowell, and born in Conquest, 20 March, 1851; no
    children.

David Horton is a farmer--was largely engaged in the oil
trade--carrying on a large business in the oil region in Pennsylvania
a few years ago. He gave the compiler the first account he ever had
of the old tombstone of Barnabas I., as we happened to meet on the
cars between Lyons and Rochester, in Oct., 1870.

V. HORACE, son of Edward Horton and Charlotte Seward, born in
Randolph, N. J., 2 July, 1810; married MELISSA PUTNAM about 1833.

Children, probably all born in Weedsport or Brutus, N. Y.:

    1. Isabella, born 1834; married William E. Merrick, of
    Weedsport.

    2. Eliza, born 31 Dec., 1836; married in Weedsport, 28 Sept.,
    1869, by Rev. A. R. Hewett, to Augustus Harley Whiting, son of
    Caleb Whiting, and born in Virgil, Cortlandt Co., N. Y.; have
    one son, Horace Horton Whiting.

Horace Horton died at Weedsport, in Jan., 1869. His widow lives at
the homestead with Mrs. Whiting, who is an intelligent, active and
lady-like woman. They are in good circumstances. Mr. Whiting holds
some position under the United States Government, in Washington City.

HARRISON FAULKNER HORTON, son of Gabriel H. Horton and Margaret
Faulkner (_Elihu_, _Silas_, _Barnabas_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._),
born at Newburgh, Orange Co., N. Y., 11 Sept., 1804; reared at
Bloomingburgh, Sullivan Co., N. Y., and educated in the Presbyterian
faith, and Democratic political school. Removed to Warwick, Orange
Co., N. Y., in Nov., 1825; from thence to Newburgh, Orange Co., N.
Y., in March, 1831, and from there to New York City, in Feb., 1841;
married 15 Dec., 1829, at New Milford, Orange Co., N. Y., by Rev.
William Timlough, to EMILY COLEMAN, daughter of Merritt Coleman and
Mary Smith. He is a retired merchant, living in New York City at the
present time.

Children:

    1. Annie M., born at Amity, Orange Co., N. Y., 7 Nov., 1830;
    died at St. Augustine, Fla., 9 May, 1852.

    2. Mary Helen, born at Newburgh, Orange Co., N. Y., 3 Feb.,
    1740.

Mary Smith, the mother-in-law of Harrison Faulkner, was the daughter
of Deacon Smith and Sally Wisner, of Goshen. Dea. Smith was the
father of Dea. William Smith of Florida, Orange Co., N. Y. Margaret
Faulkner, the mother of Harrison, was the daughter of Samuel Faulkner
and Helen Murray, who were early inhabitants of Orange Co., N. Y.,
and pioneers in Wallkill Township. Samuel Faulkner was of French
origin. His wife, Helen Murray, came from Scotland. Samuel Faulkner
and his brother, Col. William Faulkner, were staunch Whigs in 1776.

    "So far as my knowledge extends, the Hortons as a family have
    not been renowned for their attainments in literature, in
    the fine arts, or in natural science; not distinguished as
    warriors or statesmen, or in the learned professions. Indeed
    they have not been celebrated for great heroic achievements
    of any kind. Nevertheless, with but few exceptions, they
    have been industrious, peaceable, law-abiding, and very
    respectable citizens, possessing commendable self-reliance
    and independence. They belong to the middle class of the
    people--the class which has always constituted the basis of
    a good-ordered, well-regulated, and prosperous State and
    Nation. Let their merits and their virtues be inscribed on the
    tablets of our memories, and preserved for our veneration and
    emulation."--_Letter of Harrison Faulkner Horton, September,
    1872._

VI. NELSON, son of Silas Danes Horton and Mary McClean (_Silas_,
_Silas_, _Barnabas_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Wallkill, 5
June, 1807; married in Wallkill, 1 Jan., 1836, by Elder Beebe, to
SARAH SHONS, daughter of ----.

Children, all born in Wallkill, N. Y.:

    1. Ruth Ann, born 14 June, 1838.

    2. Ellen V., born 2 Feb., 1840.

    3. Samuel Danes, born 31 Dec., 1843.

    4. James M., born 26 April, 1845.

    5. Charles Shons, born 3 March, 1850.

    6. DeWitt Shons, born 4 Aug., 1857.

Nelson Horton is a well-to-do farmer--resides on the old homestead
farm, to which he has made additions and improvements. He possesses
fine social qualities--a remarkably retentive memory--tracing his
ancestry back to the old Southold home, without the aid of written
records.

VIII. JANE, daughter of Silas Danes Horton and Mary McClean,
married BRINK. "Her son, Leander, is a warm advocate of the Horton
genealogy."--_Ruth A. Horton._

IX. WILLIAM HARRISON, son of Silas Danes Horton and Mary McClean,
born in Wallkill, 18 Jan., 1814; married 1. at Mason, Mich., 8 Aug.,
1840, by Rev. John W. Burchard, to MATILDA ROLF, daughter of Hazen
Rolf and Mary ----, and born in 1814.

On the 27th Sept., 1841, she gave birth to two female babes, and
survived but a short time afterwards. He married 2. 16 April, 1846,
by the Rev. Bezaleel Hill, to ACHSA SAMISA CHAPIN, daughter of Levi
Chapin and Achsa ----, and born in Springfield, Mass., in 1819. They
reside in Eden, Mich.

Children:

    1. Willis Hall, born in Eden, Mich., 23 July, 1849.

I. REBECCA ROSE, daughter of Hiram Horton and Mary Rose (_Dea.
Nathaniel_, _Col. Nathaniel_, _Caleb_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born
in Chester, 29 Dec., 1809; married at Chester, by the Rev. Stephen
Overton, 3 May, 1828, to DAVID SCHUYLER DE CAMP, son of Zechariah De
Camp and Experience Halsey, and born at Chester, 25 May, 1804.

Children, all born in Chester except Stephen H., born in New York:

    1. Hiram Horton, born 6 April, 1829; married Althea Laing; they
    live in Plainfield, N. J.

    2. Stephen Halsey, born 23 May, 1831; married Catherine Maria
    Crouse. He is a Justice of the Peace; resides in Syracuse, N. Y.

    3. Mary Eugenia, born 13 June, 1833; died 4 Oct., 1839.

    4. Alonzo Dickerson, born 28 Sept., 1834; married Loretta
    Dixon; resides at Bound Brook, N. J.

    5. Abbey Louisa, born 18 Sept., 1837.

    6. Alfred Eugene, born 12 June, 1843; married Catherine
    McCurry. He is a hotel keeper, at Succasunna Plains, N. J.

    7. Harriet Elizabeth, born 2 March, 1847; is a music teacher.

    8. Silas Olney, born 3 April, 1849; is a merchant at Kingsland,
    N. J.

Mr. De Camp is a wealthy farmer; his farm, a little below the surface
of the ground, has many valuable beds of iron. He and his wife are
intelligent, conscientious people, kind and hospitable; in religion,
they are firm Universalists. They reside within about three miles of
the borough of Chester, N. J.

I. CLARISSA JANE, daughter of John Horton (_Matthias_, _Silas_,
_Barnabas_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Goshen, in 1810; married
in 1832, to DAVID CONGER LOCKWOOD, son of Samuel Lockwood, and born
in Goshen, in 1806; died in 1860. Samuel Lockwood's maternal great
grandmother was JUDITH PECK, who came over in the _May Flower_.

Children, all born in New Windsor, Orange Co., N. Y.:

    1. Susan May, married William Allison; resides in New York City.

    2. Charles Burrell.

    3. Sarah Elizabeth; dead; her family live in Brooklyn, N. Y.

    4. Samuel Mann, lives in Indiana.

    5. Catherine Arletta, lives in New Jersey, near New Brunswick.

    6. Elias Riggs, lives in Indiana.

    7. Abbie Anna, lives in New Brunswick.

    8. Margaret Julia, lives in New Brunswick.

    9. Lewis John, is in College in New Brunswick.

Mrs. Lockwood moved from New Windsor, N. Y., to New Brunswick, N. J.,
some years ago, where she now resides.

II. ANN, daughter of Jason Horton and Sallie Miller (_Israel_,
_Israel_, _Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born in Lansing,
Tompkins Co., N. Y., 11 Aug., 1808; married in Reading, N. Y., 26
Dec., 1826, by Rev. Elder Noell, of the Baptist Church, to DANIEL
SUTTON. He was born in Ovid, N. Y., 13 May, 1807.

Children:

    1. Lucinda, born in Reading, Steuben Co., N. Y., 13 Nov., 1827;
    married in Phelps, N. Y., 3 July, 1852, to John E. Roberts.

    2. Jason, born in Hector, Tompkins Co., N. Y., 25 Feb., 1830;
    died in Catlin, Chemung Co., (now Schuyler), N. Y., 7 Sept.,
    1831.

    3. Mary Etta, born in Catlin, N. Y., 26 April, 1832; married
    28 Aug., 1866, in the City of Lansing, to James Van Kuren; now
    lives in Wheeling, West Virginia.

    4. Emily Ann, born in Phelps, 9 Nov., 1839; married 9 Aug.,
    1865, in Phelps, to W. W. Minturn; now lives in Williamston,
    Ingham Co., Mich.

    5. Phebe Maria, born in Phelps, 23 Nov., 1845; married in
    Phelps, 16 March, 1864, to Robert Martin Town; lives in Phelps.

    6. Helen Gertrude, born in Phelps, 5 June 1850; unmarried;
    resides with her mother in Lansing.

III. PHEBE, daughter of Jason Horton and Sally Miller, born in
Phelps, N. Y., 11 May, 1811; married to DAVID BEEMAN, 26 March, 1829;
died 1 May, 1844, at Leoni, Jackson Co., Mich.

V. ISRAEL, son of Jason Horton and Sally Miller, born in Lansing, N.
Y., 26 Feb., 1817; married in the town of Rathbone, Steuben Co., N.
Y., 29 April, 1847, to ELIZA ADAMSON, daughter of John Adamson and
Minerva Mulford, and born in Lindley, N. Y., 27 Jan., 1827.

Children, all born in Rathbone, except Nellie, born in Watkins,
Schuyler Co., N. Y.:

    1. Helen, born 29 Feb., 1848; died 9 Jan., 1849.

    2. Florence, born 23 April, 1850.

    3. Allie W., born 14 Dec., 1852.

    4. Samuel B., born 30 June, 1854.

    5. Israel, born 25 Dec., 1859.

    6. Mary L., born 23 April, 1862.

    7. Minnie, born 7 Jan., 1866.

    8. Nellie, born 26 March, 1871.

    "We moved from Rathbone to Morris Run, Pa., in 1870, and
    thence to Watkins, N. Y., 15 March, 1871, and 2 November,
    of the same year, moved back to Rathbone, and next from
    Rathbone to Merchantsville, N. Y., 1 April, 1872, and lastly
    to Williamston, Mich., where we are now located. Father's
    health is quite poor, he has been lame in one ankle from his
    boyhood, and while in Morris Run, Pa., he was nearly killed by
    the cars. Brother Israel has the old powder-horn, made by his
    great grandfather, Israel Horton, of Southold, L. I., N. Y.
    It descended to my father, by virtue of his name, Israel, and
    by him to Israel, my brother, who now has it, and it is to be
    handed down in regular succession to each of the family bearing
    the name of Israel. It will hold about three pounds of common
    rifle-powder; nicely carved on it are the words, 'Lieut. Israel
    Horton, his horn, made at Fort Stanwix, Nov. 3, 1758.' The same
    paint is yet on it that he put on it, and doubtless it will
    long be an heir-loom in the family of Israels."--_Letter of
    Allie W. Horton, 1874._

VII. MINOR THOMAS, son of Jason Horton and Sally Miller, born in
Phelps, N. Y., 2 June, 1819; married in Sandstone, Jackson Co.,
Mich., 7 October, 1841, by J. Haddock, Esq., to LUCINDA SOPHIA
SPAULDING, daughter of Joseph Spaulding and Lucinda Spaulding, and
born in Sandstone, Mich., 18 Sept., 1820.

Children, all born in Williamston, Mich.:

    1. Charles Francis, born 23 Sept., 1842; died in Baltimore,
    Md., 19 March, 1864.

    2. John, born 3 Sept., 1845; died in Williamston, Mich.,
    accidentally shot, 9 July, 1863.

    3. Joseph Nephi, born 23 Sept., 1850.

    4. Matison B., born 24 Sept., 1852; died 30 Sept., 1858.

    5. Mary Ann, born 23 Feb., 1855.

They reside in Williamston, Michigan.

I. JOHN MARTIN, son of John Horton and Rachael Hiler (_Israel_,
_Israel_, _Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born in Phelps, N.
Y., 30 Dec., 1819; married in Rushville, Ontario Co., N. Y., 25
Nov., 1851, by Rev. Robert Parker, to MARY MARTIN BOARDMAN, born in
the town of Goshen, Ontario Co., N. Y., 30 Dec., 1824. She is the
daughter of Jesse Churchill Boardman and Mary Bunyan.

Children, all born in Phelps:

    1. Ellen Maria, born 25 June, 1853; died 19 Feb., 1859.

    2. Cyrus Van Renssalaer, born 7 Oct., 1859.

    "Our dear little daughter died where she was born. Should you
    ever visit the Pine Wood Cemetery, in Phelps, you will find a
    quite beautiful valley, shaded with evergreens, where she and
    her Grandpa Horton are buried, and they will be no doubt among
    those who have a part in the first resurrection, for they were
    true Christians."--_Letter of Mrs. J. M. Horton._

The little girl whose death is mentioned above, was a remarkable
instance of early piety. She possessed a precocious intellect, which
very early became deeply pervaded with the religious element soon
ripening into genuine Christianity. Her death-bed scene, though she
was less than six years old, was like that of a matured Christian,
exhibiting a brilliant trophy of Divine grace, deeply impressive and
comforting to all who witnessed it.

II. SAMUEL MINNIS, son of John Horton and Rachael Hiler, born in
Phelps, 29 Oct., 1836; married in Phelps, 19 March, 1867, by Rev.
George Van Alstine, to SYLVIA ANN COLE, daughter of Cyrus Chapman
Cole and Charity Boardman.

Children:

    1. Julia May, born in Parma, Jackson Co., Mich., 4 May, 1868.

III. VAN RENSSALAER WAUGH, son of John Horton and Rachel Hiler, born
in Phelps, N. Y., 11 Aug., 1829; married in Orleans, N. Y., 28 Aug.,
1862, by Rev. Jacob Wader, to ROWENA SPENCER RAFTER, daughter of John
Rafter and Eleanor Wilson, and born at Orleans, Phelps Township, 15
April, 1841.

Children:

    1. Edgar Clayton, born at Clifton Springs, N. Y., 9 Feb.,
    1864; died 29 March, 1872. He was a wonderfully intellectual
    little boy. He seemed to pass through childhood and youth in a
    few months, and become, as it were, a man in intellect at the
    age of seven years. He died of scarlatina. On the third day,
    knowing that his sickness would prove fatal, he said, "Oh dear,
    I wish it would not be so long," and then added, "Methusalah
    only lived 969 years." At another time, when his father was
    fixing the pillow under his head, he said, "I would rather
    have a stone for my pillow, for Jacob, when he had a stone for
    his pillow, saw a ladder whose top reached to Heaven, and the
    Angels of God ascending and descending upon it." Just before
    he died he repeated the Lord's prayer, and then said, "I am
    ready to die and go to Heaven," and in a solemn tone, added, "I
    go down into deep water," and soon after, in a cheerful tone,
    exclaimed, "but I got into the Ark." On the evening of the
    third day of his sickness, without a struggle or a groan, "He
    neared the tide,--sunk as to cradle-rest and died."

    2. Minerva Inez, born in Arcadia, N. Y., 6 Sept., 1866.

    3. Carlton, born in Parma, Mich., 28 Oct., 1872.

IV. PETER DAVIS, son of John Horton and Rachael Hiler, born at
Phelps, N. Y., 17 April, 1826; married in Arcadia, Wayne Co., N. Y.,
8 Jan., 1855, by Edwin Pultz, Esq., to MARY SOPHIA AIKEN, daughter
of William Burr Aiken and Mary Marinda Clark, and born in Arcadia, 3
Jan., 1836. They have one son, an only child:

    George, born in Arcadia, 11 Oct., 1857; he graduated at
    Marshall College in June, 1874, with high honors. For his
    graduating thesis, he wrote a very pretty poem, which was
    published. He, also, during the last year of his college
    course, made a translation of a portion of Virgil, remarkable
    for its smooth versification, and also for retaining the
    sublimity of the original.

Mr. P. D. Horton is one of the best masters of penmanship in the
country, is widely known as a teacher, and much respected; he resides
in Marshall, Michigan.

V. WILLIAM PERSON, son of John Horton and Rachael Hiler, born at
Phelps, Ontario Co., N. Y., 26 Dec., 1821; married by E. Jones,
Esq., in Huron, Wayne Co., N. Y., 4 March, 1845, to PHEBE ANN BRINK,
daughter of John Brink and Catherine Brink; she was born in Huron,
Wayne Co., N. Y., 1 July, 1831.

Children:

    1. John Marshall, born at Huron, Wayne Co., N. Y., 4 Dec., 1845.

    2. Eunico De Maris, born at Huron, Wayne Co., N. Y., 6 Jan.,
    1847.

    3. Hiler Hossmer, born at Barton, Washington Co., Wis., 22
    June, 1858.

VI. EUNICE, daughter of John Horton and Rachael Hiler, born in
Phelps, Ontario Co., N. Y., 13 Sept., 1833; married in Phelps, 21
July, 1859, by Rev. John Brown, to EDGAR PHINEAS LAKE, of Shelburn,
Vermont, son of Hazleton Lake and Deborah Miller. He died 13 April,
1867.

Children, all born in Shelburn, Vermont:

    1. Sarah Ina, born 28 July, 1862.

    2. Daniel Horton, born 2 Dec., 1863.

    3. Edgar Willie Hazleton, born 12 Aug., 1865.

    4. Clara Mary, born 5 Aug., 1867.

Mrs. Lake is a very industrious, intelligent Christian lady, and
resides at Shelburn, with her family well cared for.

I. JOSEPH DEMPSTER, son of Peter D. Horton and Hannah Couch
(_Israel_, _Israel_, _Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born at
Randolph, Portage Co., Ohio, 3 Jan., 1833; married 25 Dec., 1858, by
Rev. Geo. Duffield, to FANNY FINLEY, daughter of Richard Finley and
Ann Fitzpatrick.

Children:

    1. Mary Hannah, born in Detroit, Mich., 16 Dec., 1859.

    2. Jesse Ann, born in Detroit, Mich., 4 Nov., 1861.

    3. Peter Dempster, born at Ravenna, Ohio, 13 Aug., 1865.

    4. Fanny, born at Ravenna, Ohio, 27 Jan., 1870.

Joseph D. Horton is a lawyer of very fair ability and good
reputation; he was a member of the recent Constitutional Convention
of Ohio; he resides at Ravenna, Ohio.

II. THIRZA ANN, daughter of Peter D. Horton and Hannah Couch, born at
Wesleyville, Erie Co., Pa., 12 April, 1836; died at Shalersville, O.,
15 March, 1861, and was buried at Nelson, O.; unmarried.

III. CAPT. MARCUS CORNELIUS, son of Peter D. Horton and Hannah Couch,
born at Nelson, O., 21 June, 1838. He was Captain of Co. D., 104th
Reg. Ohio Vol. Infantry. He died at Dallas, Georgia, 28 May, 1864. He
was buried at Nelson, O. He was much esteemed and respected, both as
a man and as an officer, and his death was very greatly lamented.

IV. GEORGE WASHINGTON, son of Peter D. Horton and his 2d wife, Ann
Chambers, born at Nelson, O., 2 Dec., 1849. He is a farmer, and
resides at Nelson, O. He was married 15 Sept., 1875, at Nelson,
Portage Co., by the Rev. John Vetter, to ERSIE F. VANDERSLICE,
daughter of Benjamin P. Vanderslice and Sylvia W. Llewellen, and born
at Hartstown, Crawford Co., Pa., 23 July, 1856.

I. HARRIET LACY, daughter of Uriah Horton and Elizabeth Fairchild
(_Jason_, _Israel_, _Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born at
Mendham, Morris Co., N. J., 6 April, 1811; married at Lambertville,
13 Sept., 1830, by the Rev. Peter O. Studdiford, to JAMES GORDON, son
of David Gordon and Margaret West, and born in Trenton, N. J., 19
Dec., 1809. He died in New Orleans, 25 Nov., 1847.

Children:

    1. Anna Elizabeth, born at Lambertville, N. J., 13 Feb., 1831.

    2. William West, born at Kingston, N. J., 9 March, 1833.

    3. Henry Barker, born at Kingston, N. J., 17 Jan., 1835; died
    at Uniontown, Pa., 12 Jan., 1841.

    4. James, born in Trenton, N. J., 13 March, 1838.

    5. Margaret West, born at Uniontown, Fayette Co., Pa., 12 Jan.,
    1841.

Mrs. Gordon now (1874) resides in Trenton, N. J., and is a member of
the Presbyterian Church.

II. ANNA MARIA, daughter of Uriah Horton and Elizabeth Fairchild,
born at White House, N. J., 15 April, 1813. She is a maiden lady--a
member of the Baptist Church--is intelligent, possesses good social
qualities, and is in easy circumstances.

BRACKEY, daughter of Uriah Horton and Elizabeth Fairchild, born at
White House, N. J., 29 Feb., 1819; married at Headquarters, N. J.,
22 Feb., 1839, by the Rev. Geo. Snyder, to ASA PRICE, son of Andrew
Price and Mary Closson, and born at Lumberville, Pa., 2 Dec., 1807.

Children, all born at Lambertville, N. J.:

    1. Andrew Jackson, born 25 January, 1840; died young.

    2. Anna Elizabeth, born 20 December, 1841; married C. W.
    Kitchen.

    3. Harriet Gordon, born 7 Feb., 1844; married David Taylor.

    4. James Gordon, born 18 Nov., 1845; died young.

    5. Catherine Hall, born 23 Aug., 1847; married George Johnson.

    6. Martin Reeve, born 30 April, 1850; unmarried.

    7. Lanning Harrison, born 15 June, 1853; unmarried.

    8. Frank Allison, born 15 July, 1855; unmarried.

They reside at Lambertville, N. J.

VII. ALEXANDER HORACE, son of Uriah Horton and Elizabeth Fairchild,
born at Lambertville, 16 Oct., 1821; married 4 May, 1843, by George
Young, Esq., to CATHERINE CLINE DITMARS, daughter of Abraham Ditmars
and Anne Moore, and born at Canandaigua, N. Y., 22 Feb., 1822.

Children, all born at Lambertville:

    1. Elwood Ely, born 26 Dec., 1844; married 9 May, 1868--is a
    car painter by trade.

    2. Emma Lilly, born 22 Feb., 1846; died 22 May, 1849.

    3. Edward Chandler, born 7 May, 1848; died 30 Nov., 1850.

    4. Albert, born 31 Oct., 1850--a civil engineer.

    5. Emma, born 28 Nov., 1852; died 6 Jan., 1863.

    6. Annie Elizabeth, born 3 June, 1854--a music teacher in
    Virginia.

    7. William Large, born 20 Jan., 1859; died 2 Jan., 1865.

    8. George McClelland, born 2 Aug., 1861; died 19 Jan., 1862.

I. GEORGE WASHINGTON, son of Nathaniel Thompson and Sarah Horton
(_Jeremiah_, _Israel_, _Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born
in Monroe, Orange Co., N. Y., 2 March, 1824; married 5 Jan., 1848,
CHARITY CONKLIN, daughter of Sylvester Conklin and Charity Reynolds,
and born in Monroe, 15 April, 1826.

Children, both born in Monroe:

    1. Mary, born 18 Nov., 1851; died 12 May, 1857.

    2. Georgianna, born 25 July, 1855.

Mrs. Thompson died 1875; she was a lady of refinement, possessing
fine social qualities, tenderness of heart, and correct moral and
Christian character. She was greatly afflicted with feeble health for
several years before her death; but she always bore her sufferings
with cheerfulness and Christian resignation.

I. SARAH MARIAH, daughter of Benjamin G. Horton and Sarah Jane Stuart
(_Jeremiah_, _Israel_, _Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born in
Blooming Grove, Orange Co.; married at Blooming Grove, 14 Feb., 1861,
by Rev. Austin Craig, to HENRY VAN CLEFT, son of Lewis Van Cleft and
Henrietta W. Cooper, and born 25 Nov., 1834. Sarah Mariah H. Van
Cleft died 30 Aug., 1871, leaving three children, viz.:

    Henrietta, Anna and Elizabeth.

Mr. Van Cleft is a farmer and dealer in cattle.

IV. CARRIE S., sister of Sarah Mariah (above), married at Vail's
Gate, Orange Co., N. Y., 29 Nov., 1871, to HENRY VAN CLEFT, being his
2d wife.

Children:

    1. Lewis Horton.

    2. Parmelie.

VI. JEREMIAH HENRY, son of Benjamin G. Horton and Sarah Jane Stuart,
born in Blooming Grove, 20 Dec., 1844; married in Newburgh, 20 Aug.,
1872, by Rev. Andrew Longacre, to MARY SMITH PARMELEE, daughter of
John W. Parmelee and Catharine Cole Smith, and born in Newburgh, 31
March, 1846. Have one child:

    Lizzie (Elizabeth) Smith, born 19 July, 1873, in Newburgh.

J. H. Horton is a retired merchant. He and his wife are both very
acceptable members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

I. JASON, son of Ebenezer Horton and Mary Terry (_John_, _Israel_,
_Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born at Terrytown, Pa., 13
July, 1807; married in Albany, Pa., 29 Dec., 1835, by Thomas Ingham,
Esq., to OLIVIA LADD, daughter of Horatio Ladd and Asenath Ives,
and born 20 May, 1810. She died at Terrytown, 11 Sept., 1847. He
married again in Terry, 5 Jan., 1848, by Thos. Ingham, Esq., to ROXEY
COVEY, daughter of John Covey and Mary Sabens, and born in Grafton,
Rensselaer Co., N. Y., 15 July, 1819.

Children, all born in the township of Terry. By first wife:

    1. Jane Asenath, born 20 Nov., 1836; died 15 July, 1837.

    2. James, born 15 July, 1840; died 17 July, 1840.

By second wife:

    3. Jane, born 4 Nov., 1848; married in Elmira, N. Y., to Daniel
    Dunham; has one son.

    4. Mary Louisa, born 9 Aug., 1850; died of croup, 23 Jan., 1855.

    5. Josephine Adela, born 22 May, 1852.

    6. Liberty Ann, born 4 July, 1854.

    7. Phebe Theresa, born 27 Jan., 1857.

    8. Eunice Martha, born 30 Aug., 1859.

    9. George Firman, born 26 Dec., 1861.

    10. Infant son, born 4 Oct., 1864; died before naming.

Jason Horton is a farmer, has been a merchant, a hotel keeper and a
Justice of the Peace for one term of five years. He made a public
profession of Christianity in 1871, and united with the Baptist
Church, of Terrytown, Rev. B. Jones officiating at his Baptism.

II. NATHANIEL TERRY, son of Ebenezer Horton and Mary Terry, born at
the old homestead of Ebn'r Horton, in Asylum, now Wilmot, Pa., 5
Jan., 1808; married in Albany, Pa., 15 Dec., 1851, by George Burdick,
Esq., to MEHALA HANCOCK, daughter of Amasa Hancock and Delilah
Vincent, and born in Terry, about 1833.

Children:

    1. Fred., born in Albany, 12 Nov., 1852.

    2. Frank, born in Albany 31 Dec., 1855.

    3. Mary Emma, born in Wilmot, 29 Dec., 1865.

N. T. Horton is a farmer and lumber dealer, was Captain of a militia
company in 1835.

III. JULIA, daughter of Ebenezer Horton and Mary Terry, born in
Wilmot, Pa., 6 Oct., 1810; married in Wilmot, 21 Nov., 1833, by
Thomas Ingham, Esq., to SAMUEL E. MILLER, son of John Miller and
Lydia Gilbert, and born at Frenchtown, Pa., in 1808.

Children:

    1. Mary Jane, born in Wilmot, 19 Oct., 1834; married Geo.
    Capwell.

    2. Debbie Terry, born in Wilmot, 13 Sept., 1836; married Jacob
    Place.

    3. Perry Commodore, born in Terry, 12 May, 1839.

    4. Ebenezer Horton, born in Wilmot, 22 Sept., 1842; died in the
    army in 1864.

IV. EUNICE, daughter of Ebenezer Horton and Mary Terry, born in
Asylum, now Wilmot, Pa., 7 Sept., 1812; married at the old homestead,
6 July, 1837, by Ephraim Beeman, Esq., to JAMES HORACE TURRELL, son
of Beebe H. Turrell and Olive Turrell, and born 1 Nov., 1809; died
in Wilmot, 3 Sept., 1863. She is still living, and has been a worthy
member of the Baptist Church for about fifty years.

Children, all born in Wilmot:

    1. Phebe, born 30 April, 1839; married Morris Turrell; they
    reside in Kansas.

    2. Sarah Jane, born 24 Aug., 1844; died 8 Oct., 1844.

    3. Lydia Ann, born 8 July, 1845; unmarried.

    4. Mary Adela, born 10 May, 1848; died 8 May, 1863.

    5. Jas. Henry, born 21 May, 1850.

Mr. James H. Turrell was a farmer and lumber manufacturer. He was
a prompt business man--a Justice of the Peace for five years, and
enjoyed the confidence and respect of all who knew him. He began the
world with nothing, but at the time of his death he was worth a fine
property.

V. HIRAM, son of Ebenezer Horton and Mary Terry, born in Wilmot, 7
June, 1815. He is unmarried, and has lived all his life at the old
homestead--is a farmer and lumber manufacturer.

VI. EBENEZER, son of Ebenezer Horton and Mary Terry, born in Wilmot,
4 April, 1817; married in Terry, to ELLEN MINERVA CRANDALL, daughter
of Josias G. Crandall and Olive Burdick, and born in Grafton,
Rensselaer Co., N. Y., 18 Oct., 1823.

Children, born in Albany, Bradford Co., Pa.:

    1. Eunice Alice, born 10 Sept., 1855.

    2. John Edmund, born 4 March, 1857.

    3. Olive Turrell, born 14 Feb., 1859.

    4. Mary Jane, born 27 March, 1863.

Ebenezer Horton's residence was in Albany, Pa., but he died at his
father's old residence in Wilmot, where he had gone to spend the
closing days of his life with his mother and her family. He was an
industrious, upright farmer, esteemed by all who knew him. His widow
and family still occupy his old homestead, and live comfortably.

VII. ADELA, daughter of Ebenezer Horton and Mary Terry, born in
Asylum, now Wilmot, Penn'a, 13 April, 1819; married in Towanda, by
Elhanan Smith, Esq., 5 Feb., 1840, to CHESTER SCHOONOVER, son of
Joseph Schoonover and Rachel Corsaw, and born near where the city of
Binghamton now stands, 17 April, 1817.

Children, all born in Terry:

    1. Infant son, stillborn in Nov., 1840.

    2. John Horton, born 24 Jan., 1842; married Emily Jones.

Adela Horton Schoonover died March, 1844, and he married 2. in Sussex
Co., N. J., by the Rev. Mr. Bookstaver, to ELIZA HORNBECK, daughter
of Cornelius Hornbeck. They live in Terry. He has for many years been
a preacher of the Old School Baptist Church.

VIII. JANE, daughter of Ebenezer Horton and Mary Terry, born in
Asylum, now Wilmot, Penn'a, 22 July, 1821; married LEHMAN TURRELL,
brother of J. H. Turrell. They reside in West Webster, Monroe Co., N.
Y., no children. They are both worthy members of the M. E. Church. He
is a carpenter and joiner by trade.

IX. LYDIA ANN, daughter of Ebenezer Horton and Mary Terry, born in
Wilmot, 4 February, 1825; married in Wilmot, 27 Feb., 1851, by Henry
Gaylord, Esq., to MOSES THOMPSON SLOTERY, son of Daniel Slotery and
Elizabeth Firman, and born in Allentown, Pa., 22 July, 1829.

Children, all born in Terry:

    1. George Zachary, born 1st March, 1852.

    2. Eunice Jennie, born 27 Dec., 1853; married Amasa Davids.

    3. Ella Elizabeth, born 30 Sept., 1855.

    4. Julia Adela, born 9 August, 1857.

I. ELMORE, son of Maj. John Horton, Jr., and Nancy Miller, born at
Terrytown, 6 May, 1817; married in Wyalusing, 22 August, 1843, to
MARY STONE, daughter of Raphael Stone and Mary Ingham, and born in
Wyalusing, 8 Dec., 1815.

Children, all born at Sugar Run, Pa.:

    1. George Hamilton, born 8 August, 1844.

    2. Sarah Nancy, born 24 May, 1846.

    3. Rowena Eliza, born 19 Oct., 1850; a very acceptable
    school-teacher.

    4. Twins, born 28 Feb., 1849; died at birth.

Elmore Horton and family reside at Sugar Run, Bradford Co., Pa.
He is a farmer and lumberman; was an engineer on the Pennsylvania
canal when a young man; has some part of his life been engaged in
mercantile business. His son is now one of the partners in carrying
on a general country store and doing a fair business.

II. MARY, daughter of Maj. John Horton, Jr., and Nancy Miller, born
at Terrytown, 19 Nov., 1818; married at Terrytown, 15 June, 1841, by
Rev. Geo. Printz, to DR. NATHAN WELLS, son of Nathan Wells and Sarah
Coleman, and born in Orange Co., N. Y., 15 Oct., 1815. Dr. Wells and
wife are esteemed members of the Presbyterian Church. They settled at
Meshoppen, Wyoming Co., Pa., soon after their marriage, where they
reside at the present time. The Doctor is a first class physician,
has done a large business, has accumulated a fine property, and is
universally esteemed, both as a physician and worthy citizen. He was
Associate Judge of Wyoming Co. for one term of five years.

Children:

    1. Elmore Horton Wells, born in Braintrem, Pa., 19 April, 1842.
    He received the degree of A. M. at the Michigan University, and
    also graduated at Bellevue Medical College, N. Y., in the class
    of 1872. He was married at Meshoppen, 8 May, 1873, by Rev.
    Clark Salmon, to Lavinia W. Eppes; born at Petersburg, Va., 12
    July, 1853. He resides at Meshoppen, practices medicine, and
    also keeps quite an extensive drug store.

    2. Lydia Louisa, born at Meshoppen, 23 Nov., 1845; married 9
    Jan., 1867, at Meshoppen, by Rev. C. R. Lane, to Thos. Alfred
    Wickham; born at Tioga, Pa. They reside in Tioga. He is a
    merchant.

    3. Mary Helen, born at Meshoppen, 31 Oct., 1850; married at
    Meshoppen, by Rev. Dr. Colt, 20 Feb., 1872, to Joseph W.
    Bishop; born at Wysox, Pa., in 1847.

    4. Nancy Amanda, born at Meshoppen, 21 Jan., 1853; unmarried.

III. ORICE MILLER, daughter of Maj. John Horton, Jr., and Nancy
Miller, born at Terrytown, 16 Jan., 1821; married at Terrytown, 1
Sept., 1840, by Rev. Geo. Printz, to AUSTIN STALFORD, son of Benjamin
Stalford and Urania Turrell, and born in Wyalusing, Pa., 15 Dec.,
1812. He settled first in Browntown, Pa., remained there until
1852, when he moved to Rochelle, Ill. He carried on a large farming
business. They were both members of the Presbyterian Church, and he
was a ruling elder. He died suddenly whilst harnessing his horse to
go to the meeting of the Presbytery in Chicago, on the 14 Oct., 1868.

Children: 1, 2, 3, born in Wyalusing; 4, born at Elkhorn, Ill.; 5,
born at Rochelle.

    1. Charles Lewis, born 18 Dec., 1844; married.

    2. Rowena Horton, born 23 March, 1847; married; lives in
    London, Eng.

    3. Matthew Armstrong, born 18 Dec., 1850; married.

    4. Urania Ann, born 10 Feb., 1844.

    5. John Horton, born 16 Feb., 1863; lives with his mother.

[Illustration: Yours Truly

J. H. Horton]

The widow and family, except Rowena, reside near the village of
Rochelle; are well-to do farmers. Charles L.'s wife is a lady of
refinement and education, is a teacher and writer; many of her
poetical lines are excellent, and some of them have been published.

IV. JOHN MILLER, son of Maj. John Horton, Jr., and Nancy Miller, born
at Terrytown, 7 Feb., 1823; married in Huntington, Pa., 13 Nov.,
1849, by Rev. E. Wadsworth, to SUSAN L. BACON, daughter of Rev.
Septimeus Bacon.

Children, all born at Terrytown:

    1. Henry Bacon, born 30 Sept., 1850; now in U. S. Army.

    2. Florence Eudora, born 19 Oct., 1851; died 21 Feb., 1854.

    3. Shepherd Bacon, born 28 Aug., 1852; died 22 Aug., 1860.

    4. Leonard Moss, born 30 June, 1854; clerk and book-keeper in
    Scranton; member of Baptist Church.

    5. James Bacon, born 26 Sept., 1856; he is clerk in a store at
    Huntington.

    6. John Miller, born Oct., 1861; died when two days old.

John M. Horton was a shoemaker and hotel-keeper, a very industrious
and public spirited man. He built the Terrytown Hotel, and kept it in
such a manner as to make it superior to most of the country hotels.
He died suddenly in the midst of his usefulness, 24 April, 1861,
greatly lamented by all who knew him.

JOSEPH HOMET HORTON was born 2 June, 1842, at Terrytown, Bradford
Co., Pa., the youngest son of Major John Horton, and the only son of
his wife, Lydia Horton, _nee_ Kimball.

In boyhood Joseph possessed a person of rare physical beauty, and
evinced a bright and happy disposition. He was frank spoken, open,
genial and social. His native industry, all through his childhood and
youth, displayed great aptitude for business. In all these respects,
as was the boy so is the man.

After availing himself of the schools of his native town, in his 16th
year he entered upon the English and the commercial courses of study,
in the Susquehanna Collegiate Institute, at Towanda, remaining there
through 1858 and 1859. He then continued as an efficient clerk in his
father's store until August, 1862.

The war for the Union had burst upon the nation. His heart was ablaze
with enthusiasm for the Constitution and the Union. His father was
proud of the valor and patriotism of his young son. Joseph had become
as his right hand, and was his main-stay in business. The fond father
hesitated to spare a son so dear to his heart, and so essential to
the success of his affairs. At length, like tens of thousands of
other fathers, he made the sacrifice for his country, consented, and
allowed Joseph to enlist on the 7th of August, 1862, at Wyalusing,
under Captain George W. Jackson, in Company "A," of the 141st
Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers. Joseph was a week afterwards
(August 14th,) elected 1st Lieutenant of this Company.

In September his Regiment was assigned to the 1st Brigade of Birney's
(formerly Kearney's) Division in the 3d Army Corps. It was almost
immediately put into most active service. Five days after his first
battle (that of Fredericksburg,) Lieut. Horton was made Captain of
his Company, viz.: on the 18th of December.

On the 4th day of the following May (1863) Captain Horton was engaged
with his Regiment in the battle of Chancellorville, Virginia. The
Regiment went into this engagement with 419 men, and during the fight
had 234 killed or wounded; and for its firm constancy and bravery was
warmly complimented, both by General Birney and General Graham.

At Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in July, 1863, this Regiment was again
actively engaged. And of Capt. Horton, Gen. Madill, in his report
says: "Capt. Horton, though severely stunned by concussion of shell,
remained in the field, and I am greatly indebted to him for his
services, _as he was the only Captain left with the Regiment_." On
the 3d of July, at Gettysburg, Capt. Horton commanded the Regiment.
At the morning roll-call of this fearful day, 198 men answered to
their names; of this number, 136 were either killed or wounded.
On the 31st of the following January (1864) Captain Horton was
commissioned Major, commanding his Regiment. And on the 28th of the
next month (February, 1864,) he was commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel,
commanding his Regiment until Lee's surrender, April 9th, 1865.

On the 12th of May, Col. Horton was wounded, during the engagement at
Spottsylvania, Virginia, by a gun-shot through his left forearm and
in his left hip.

During his wounded condition, he was visited by his uncle, Hon.
George F. Horton, M. D., and was tenderly nursed by his sister
Louisa, wife of Hon. Uriah Terry. While convalescing, and not
yet well enough to take the field, he was appointed on several
Courts-Martial, and also had charge of several convoys of new men,
conducting them to posts along the southern sea-board.

With his Regiment, he was honorably mustered out of the service at
the close of the war, May 28th, 1865.

Of Col. Horton's old Company "A," consisting of 117 members, there
were killed, 16; died, 9; discharged for disability, 20; discharged
for wounds, 15; transferred to veteran corps for wounds, 7;
transferred to 57th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, for unexpired
term of service, 14; absent in hospital, wounded, 4; dishonorably
discharged, 1; leaving, at the mustering out of the Regiment, of the
whole 117, only 31.

Col. Horton was engaged in the following battles, namely:
Fredericksburg, Cedars, Chancellorville, Gettysburg, Wilderness,
Spottsylvania, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, White-Oak Road, Sailors'
Creek, and at Lee's surrender; besides participating in many small
skirmishes.

Honorably freed from his military service by the happy close of the
war, Col. Horton hasted home to be the business stay of his aged
father, and was actively engaged in mercantile pursuits up to 1871.

In October (24th) 1866, he was married, at Worcester, Massachusetts,
to ABBY H. NEWCOMB, only daughter of Charles and Lucy R. Newcomb, of
that city. Miss Lucy Sanderson Horton is their only child; she was
born December 18th, 1872.

Since 1871, Col. Horton has been living at Birch Creek (formerly
Bernice Colliery), Sullivan County, Pa., and is Superintendent of
"The Sullivan Anthracite Coal Company's" works, located at that place.

The high appreciation in which he is held by the Company, is shared
by the community under his employ, who have several times combined
in tendering to him, as their Superintendent and considerate friend,
testimonials of large intrinsic value, but still more valuable as
evidences of their cordial and grateful esteem.

The Republicans of his County unanimously urged him as their nominee
for Congress in the fall of 1874, but were overruled by the other
Counties of the District.

II. JULIA, daughter of Geo. F. Horton and Abigail Terry (_John_,
_Israel_, _Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born at Terrytown,
Bradford Co., Pa., 24 Oct., 1834; married at Terrytown, 11 June,
1861, by Rev. D. Cook, of the Presbyterian Church, to CHARLES
STEVENS HOMET, son of Charles Homet and Lucy Stevens, and grandson
of Frederick Nicholas Charles Homet and Maria Theresa Scheilenger,
who were born in France, the former being one of the commissaries of
the household of Louis XVI., the latter one of the chambermaids of
the Queen. At the fall of Louis they made their escape and came to
America. They had never had any acquaintance with each other until
they found themselves passengers on the same ship to this country.
Their acquaintance on the ship soon ripened into a mutual attachment,
and on their arrival in New York they were married. After tarrying
awhile at Bottle Hill, now Madison, in New Jersey, where Charley, the
1st child, was born, they came to Asylum, settling for two years away
back in the wilderness, but at length on the Susquehanna River, where
Francis X. Homet, Esq., now resides.

C. S. Homet was born in Asylum 20 May, 1830; settled in Wyalusing in
1861, where he now resides, and is a successful farmer. He and his
wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, and he is one of the
elders.

Children:

    1. William Horton, born 22 March, 1862.

    2. Eliza Horton, born 5 Dec., 1865.

    3. Francis, born 27 August, 1869.

III. JANE ELIZABETH, daughter of Geo. F. Horton and Abigail Terry,
born at Terrytown, 6 June, 1837; married at Terrytown, 11 June, 1861,
by Rev. D. Cook, to REV. DAVID CRAFT, son of William Craft and Phebe
Baker, and born in Carmel, Putnam Co., N. Y., 3 Oct., 1832.

He graduated at Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., in the class of 1857,
was Principal of the Susquehanna Collegiate Institute at Towanda
during the years 1857-'58-'59; spent some six months in Princeton
Theological Seminary in 1859 and '60; commenced his ministry in
Terrytown, 1860, was ordained by the Susquehanna Presbytery, in
August, 1862, and went into the army as chaplain of the 141st Pa.
Volunteers in August, 1862, served for about a year, and then
resigned on account of ill-health, and returned to Bradford Co., was
installed pastor of the 2d Presbyterian Church, Wyalusing, 28 Feb.,
1866, and also installed pastor of the First Presbyterian Church,
Terrytown, 1st March, 1866.

Children, born in Terrytown:

    1. Abigail Horton, born 12 March, 1863.

    2. George Horton, born 6 Nov., 1868.

They reside at the parsonage in Wyalusing, Pa.

IV. WILLIAM TERRY, son of Geo. F. Horton and Abigail Terry, born at
Terrytown, 9 April, 1839; married at Auburn, Susquehanna Co., 14
June, 1871, by Rev. G. Greenfield, to PRUDENCE BEARDSLEY, daughter of
John Beach Beardsley and Lucy S. Kasson, and born in Auburn, 27 Oct.,
1842.

Children, born at Terrytown:

    1. Charles Beardsley, born 13 April, 1872.

    2. Nancy Terry, born 15 May, 1873.

W. T. Horton is a farmer and merchant at Terrytown. He volunteered in
the service of his country in July, 1862, assisted in raising Co. A,
141 Regiment Pa. Volunteers, Infantry, and was chosen 2d Lieutenant.
He was honorably discharged per order of the Secretary of War, by
reason of chronic diarrhœa, in Dec., 1862. He shortly afterwards
engaged in the service again as clerk in the Quarter Master's
department, at Murfreesboro, Tenn., where he remained until the close
of the war.

V. JOHN BURLEIGH, son of Geo. F. Horton and Abigail Terry, born at
Terrytown, 8 Jan., 1842; married at West Danby, Tompkins Co., N. Y.,
24 Feb., 1875, by Rev. Wm. Sharp, to EVA LAMIRA TUPPER, daughter
of James Sturdevant Tupper and Lamira Truesdell, and born in Rush,
Susquehanna Co., Pa., 12 April, 1851.

John B. Horton is a farmer and merchant at Terrytown.

[Illustration: As Ever Yours

Debbie E. H. Hillis]

VI. DEBBIE EMILY, daughter of Geo. F. Horton and Abigail Terry, born
at Terrytown, 7 Nov., 1843; married at Terrytown, 30 June, 1868, by
Rev. D. Craft, to WILLIAM JAMES HILLIS, M. D., son of Richard Hillis
and Margaret Nesbit, and born in Herrick, Bradford Co., Pa., in 1841.
He commenced the practice of medicine at Barclay, Bradford Co., Pa.,
where he commenced housekeeping, but his wife's health failing, she
returned to Terrytown, where she died from tuberculosis; _vide_
obituary.

VII. NANCY TERRY, daughter of Geo. F. Horton and Abigail Terry, born
at Terrytown, 15 July, 1846; _vide_ obituary:

    HILLIS.--On Friday, March 26th, 1869, at the residence of her
    father, Dr. G. F. Horton, in Terrytown, Mrs. Deborah E., wife
    of Dr. W. J. Hillis, of Barclay. She was born Nov., 1844, born
    again Feb., 1866, and has passed from earth to heaven.

The following lines were written by a lady in the West, on the death
of Mrs. HILLIS:

    LINES ON THE DEATH OF COUSIN DEBBIE.

      She faded away in the early spring-time,
          Ere Nature put on her robe of green,
      And with a peaceful look in her clear blue eyes,
          She calmly passed to the land unseen.

      Oh, she has gone from us; so young and so fair,
          Wearing all the charms of youthful bloom,
      And around our hearts there comes a deep sadness,
          O'ershadowing us in midnight gloom,

      Earth's tenderest ties were twined around her,
          And fain would we have had her stay;
      But angels around the throne were beckoning
          As if to hasten her flight away.

      No fear of death could blanch her marble cheek,
          Nor dim the pure lustre of her eye;
      Through faith she looked above this fleeting world,
          Where joys immortal ne'er fade or die.

      Her face was radiant with heavenly glory
          As she murmured a parting prayer,
      And then we knew, by her saint-like beauty,
          That the seal of death was written there.

      We miss her, yes, we miss the cheerful sunshine
          That she cast on every side,
      And we mourn the crushed and blighted hopes,
          Of a fond and loving bride.

      But there's a light to lure us homeward,
          In this sorrowing world of ours;
      And we'll strive to meet the dearly loved one
          Where forever bloom unfading flowers.

  E. I. P. S.

  Rochelle, Ill., May, 1869.

    HORTON.--In Terrytown, Jan. 7, 1872, Miss Nancy T., daughter of
    Dr. G. F. and Abigail Horton, aged 25 years.

    Decided in her convictions, yet with charity for all, amiable
    in disposition and warm in her affections, she won a large
    circle of friends, who sympathize with her immediate relatives
    in this bereavement. She availed herself of every advantage
    afforded to store her mind with useful knowledge. Diligent as a
    pupil, she was successful as a teacher, exhibiting unflagging
    energy and patience in the school room, she surpassed most
    in securing the love and advancement of her pupils. She was
    sustained through a long and painful illness by an unfaltering
    trust in her covenant keeping Saviour, and with her feet firmly
    set on the Rock of Ages by a living faith, fearlessly entered
    the dark valley, fearing no evil.

    [Illustration: Truly Yours

    Nancy T. Horton]

    She referred to the following stanzas, as expressing her own
    hopes when near the close of her earthly existence, and which
    are inserted for this as well as for their exquisite beauty:

    NEARER HOME.

    BY ALICE CARY.

      One sweetly solemn thought
        Comes to me o'er and o'er--
      I'm nearer to my home to-day
        Than I have been before.

      Nearer my Father's house,
        Where the many mansions be,
      Nearer the great white throne,
        Nearer the crystal sea.

      Nearer the bound of life,
        Where we lay our burdens down,
      Nearer leaving the cross,
        Nearer gaining the crown!

      But lying darkly between,
        Winding down through the night,
      Is the silent, unknown stream
        That leads at last to the light.

      Closer and closer my steps
        Come to the dread abysm;
      Closer Death to my lips
        Presses the awful chrism.

      Oh! if my mortal feet
        Have almost gained the brink;
      If it be I am nearer home,
        Even to-day, than I think;

      Father, perfect my trust,
        Let my spirit feel in death
      That her feet are firmly set
        On the rock of a living faith.

    [_From the Presbyterian._]

    In Terrytown, Pa., on the 7th inst., Miss Nancy T. daughter
    of Dr. G. F. and Abigail Horton, aged twenty-five years. Born
    of pious parents, from infancy she enjoyed the advantages
    of religious culture. In early life she made profession of
    faith in Christ, and ever after adorned that profession with
    a consecrated life and godly deportment. She was among the
    first to unite with the then recently organized Presbyterian
    church at Terrytown, which she loved with the ardor of a
    sanctified affection. Possessed of unusual decision of
    character and strong convictions of the truth of her opinions,
    she nevertheless exercised a broad charity for those whom she
    thought conscientiously differed from her. Her amiability,
    intelligence, purity, and warm affection won her a large circle
    of friends, over whom she had great influence. Her end was
    peace, and in full assurance of a blessed immortality. One
    incident, among many others, may be given as illustrating the
    ground of her confidence. Shortly before her death, clasping
    her arms around her brother's neck, she whispered:

      "Nothing in my hand I bring,
      Simply to the cross I cling."

    This simple clinging to the cross was her support through the
    long months of wasting sickness, the secret of her patience in
    suffering, and the staff of her strength through the valley of
    the shadow of death.

      COM.

VIII. MARY ELIZA, daughter of Geo. F. Horton and Abigail Terry, born
at Terrytown, 24, April, 1850, married at Terrytown, 1 Oct., 1873, by
Rev. D. Craft, to WILLIAM ROSS SUTTON, son of Oliver C. Sutton and
Harriet Maria Ross, and grandson of Robert Blaine Sutton and Juliette
Bradley, and born in Lyons, 27 Nov., 1850. He is a farmer, and also
engaged in the manufacture and sale of an improved forcing pump. They
reside in Lyons, N. Y.

I. JAMES GALLOWAY, son of Samuel Todd Horton and Mary Galloway
(_Joseph Lee_, _Israel_, _Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born at
Palmyra, N. Y., 23 Feb., 1813; married 26 Jan., 1832, by the Rev. Mr.
Allen, to HANNAH MARIA HORTON, daughter of Benjamin Horton and Hannah
Vance, and born at Belvale, Orange Co., N. Y., 7 May, 1811. She died
at Atlas, Mich., 19 April, 1847, leaving four children, all born in
Atlas, viz.:

    1. Samuel Townsend, born 25 Nov., 1835, the first white male
    child ever born in Atlas.

    2. Milton Augustus, born 27 Oct., 1838.

    3. William Henry, born 1 April, 1842; he was a Union soldier,
    served three years, and was honorably discharged; died in
    Flint, Mich., 10 June, 1867.

    4. Maria Eloise, born 29 Oct., 1844; died 29 August, 1845.

Married 2. in Atlas, 16 July, 1848, to ADALINE SUSAN DORR BALDWIN,
daughter of Dr. Cyrus Baldwin, of Berkshire, Mass., and Susan Dorr,
of Boston. Susan Dorr was a daughter of Joseph Dorr, made historic
from the fact that he was a prominent man of the party who threw the
tea overboard in Boston Harbor. Dr. Baldwin was the founder of the
village of Baldwinsville, N. Y. J. G. Horton, in a letter of August
26, 1874, says: "We moved from Palmyra to Michigan when it was yet a
territory. We were three miles from any white settlers, but we had
plenty of Indians. Where the city of Flint now stands, it was then
all a dense wilderness, and when the town of Atlas was organized,
forty years ago, we had seventeen votes all told. The county of
Genesee has now twelve flourishing villages besides the city of
Flint, which has a population of about eleven thousand."

By his 2. wife he has one daughter, Mary Susan, born in Atlas, 22
May, 1851. They moved from Atlas to Flint in 1859, where they now
reside. He is a farmer and surveyor.

[Illustration: Benj^m Fisk Horton.

St. Louis.]

III. IRA JOSEPH, son of Samuel Todd Horton and Mary Galloway, born 1
April, 1815, in Palmyra, N. Y.; married in Palmyra, 21 April, 1836,
by Rev. H. V. Jones (Baptist) to RUTH HOWARD SPEAR, daughter of
Lemuel Spear and Sarah Rogers, and born in Mendon, N. Y., 23 June,
1815.

Children, all born in Atlas, Genesee Co., Mich.:

    1. Newman Norris, born 29 July, 1838.

    2. Carlton Ira, born 3 Sept., 1841; married Marietta Frost.

    3. Mary Ann, born 7 Nov., 1844; died Dec. 9, 1863.

    4. Marvin Julius, born 30 Nov., 1848.

    5. Charlie Albert, born 13 August, 1857.

Lemuel Spear was born in Conn., died in Macedon, N. Y. Sarah Rogers
was born in Vermont, died in Palmyra, N. Y.

CYNTHIA E., daughter of Samuel Todd Horton and Mary Galloway, born in
Palmyra, N. Y., 27 Feb., 1818; married in Palmyra, 12 Jan., 1837, to
ABRAM NORRIS, born in Fishkill, Dutchess Co., N. Y., 28 April, 1809.
He died.

Children: They have had six children,--one son and five daughters.
Three daughters are dead. The son and two daughters living. Names and
dates not given. Mrs. Norris resides in Buffalo, N. Y. A more full
account was promised, but it has never been received.

I. MARY ELIZABETH, daughter of Milton Horton and Lydia Bennett
(_Benjamin_, _Israel_, _Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born at
Belvale, N. Y., 10 Aug., 1822; married about 1842, to NELSON BROWN;
died 24 March, 1864.

Children:

    1. Milton.

    2. Edith.

    3. Jessie.

II. BENJAMIN, son of Milton Horton and Lydia Bennett, born at
Belvale. N. Y., 19 Dec., 1823; married 1 Sept., 1852, in Cincinnati,
Ohio, by the Rev. J. W. Weakly, of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
to CARRIE HART, daughter of William and Mary C. Hart, and born in
Cincinnati, 6 Feb., 1833.

Children:

    1. William Milton, born in Cincinnati, 26 Jan., 1854.

    2. Carrie Ben, born in Cincinnati, 11 April, 1856.

    3. Cornelius Comegzes, born in Cincinnati, 18 March, 1858; died
    in Feb., 1870.

    4. Mary Kate, born in St. Louis, Mo., 1 May, 1860.

    5. Benjamin Fisk, born in St. Louis, Mo., 25 Jan., 1862.

    6. Augustus George, born in St. Louis, Mo., 21 Dec., 1865; died
    in Nov., 1866.

    7. Monroe, born in St. Louis, Mo., 5 Oct., 1869.

Benjamin Horton went to Cincinnati in early life, and remained there
until 1859, when he moved to St. Louis, where he now resides. He is
principal of the firm of "B. Horton & Co., Importers and Jobbers
of Tin Plate, Metals, &c.," of St. Louis. He is a prominent and
much respected citizen, and highly esteemed by all who know him. He
and his wife are both active and worthy members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, with which they have been connected for twenty-six
years.

III. TOWNSEND NICHOLAS, son of Milton Horton and Lydia Bennett,
born at Belvale, 8 March, 1826. In 1835 he moved with his father to
Milan, Ohio, remained there until 1855, when he went to La Crosse,
and was one of the early founders of the city, assisting the early
settlers in surveying and laying it out. He shared the confidence
of the community, was elected a member of the Legislature, and gave
promise of future usefulness as a statesman. He met with success as
a merchant at West Salem. On his way to New York for goods he was
killed, at the dreadful disaster on the Erie Railway, at Carr's Rock,
fourteen miles west of Port Jervis, which occurred on the 13 April,
1868. He lived forty-eight hours after the accident. His sudden and
shocking death cast a deep gloom over all the village where he lived.
He was buried in West Salem.

IV. EUNICE LUCADA, daughter of Milton Horton and Lydia Bennett, born
at Belvale, 27 Dec., 1827; married in Cincinnati, Ohio, to CALEB
EVANS.

Children:

    1. Kate.

    2. Lydia.

    3. Susie.

    4. Jesse.

    5. Lucella.

    6. Carrie.

V. HANNAH, daughter of Milton Horton and Lydia Bennett, born at
Belvale, 19 Aug., 1829; married at Milan, Ohio, by Rev. Mr. Barret,
to CALEB OAKES.

Children:

    1. Lydia.

    2. Emma.

    3. Milton.

    4. Burton.

    5. Benjamin.

VI. SARAH DELIA, daughter of Milton Horton and Lydia Bennett, born at
Belvale, 3 June, 1831; married at Milan, by Rev. Alfred Wheeler, to
A. G. SMITH; died 15 July, 1859. She was a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and greatly beloved by her Christian friends. She
had one child--Dudley; he also died.

VII. JOSEPHINE DEBORAH, daughter of Milton Horton and Lydia Bennett,
born at Belvale, 17 July, 1834. She is an accomplished maiden lady,
and a successful teacher in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is a lady of marked
piety and much beloved.

VIII. EMMA ALMA, daughter of Milton Horton and Lydia Bennett, born in
Milan, Ohio, 4 Sept., 1836; married at West Salem, by Rev. Mr. Clark,
to WILLIAM UPTON, about 1866. One child--Lucius.

II. CAPT. BENJAMIN JASON, son of Nicholas Townsend Horton and Sarah
Van Orden (_Benjamin_, _Israel_, _Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Caleb
I._), born in New York City, 13 Feb., 1831; moved with his father
to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1832, and here he grew up to manhood, and
was married on the 18 April, 1858, by the Rev. Chauncey Giles, to
VIRGINIA YEATMAN, daughter of Walker M. Yeatman and Eva Ammon, and
born in Cincinnati, Ohio, 8 Feb., 1835. Eva Ammon is a sister of
Gen. Jacob Ammon, formerly of the U. S. Regular Army, and also of
Commodore Daniel Ammon, of the U. S. Navy.

Children:

    1. Eva, born at Glendale, Ohio, 16 Nov., 1861.

    2. Alice Yeatman, born in Glendale, Ohio, 12 Dec., 1863.

    3. Richard Scott, born in Glendale, Ohio, 21 Feb., 1866.

    4. Thomas Yeatman, born in Cincinnati, 7 March, 1868.

    5. Benjamin Yeatman, born in Lawrence, Kansas, 8 Sept., 1872.

Capt. B. J. Horton graduated at Yale College, in 1852; read law
with the Hon. Timothy Walker, of Cincinnati, closing up with a six
months' term at Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass. He was admitted
to the bar in 1854. At the breaking out of the great Rebellion he
volunteered in the service of his country, and entered the army as
1st Lieutenant of Co. "I," 24th Ohio Vol. Inf., and was placed on the
staff of Col. Nelson; and after Gen. Nelson's death, he was on the
staff of Maj. Gen. Gilbert. He was in the action at the taking of
Nashville; at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, also at the taking of
Corinth, and went as far as Athens, Alabama; then came to Kentucky
with Gen. Nelson, and was at the battle of Richmond, Kentucky, and
at the battle of Perryville, on the staff of Gen. Gilbert, and
subsequently in command of Co. "I," 24th Ohio Vol. Inf., at Stone
River, where he lost his left leg, and received several other wounds.
He was honorably discharged from the service in August, 1863. He is
now engaged in the practice of law at Lawrence, Kansas.

VIII. The HON. DEXTER HORTON, son of Henry W. Horton and Adah
Jennings (_Joseph_, _Israel_, _Israel_, _Jonathan_, _Jonathan_,
_Caleb I._), born at Groveland, 24 June, 1836; married 25 April,
1861, by O. H. P. Green, Esq., to LAVINIA LOSEEL.

Children, all born at Fenton, Mich., except Mary A., born at
Groveland:

    1. Glen L., born 21 June, 1863.

    2. Mary A., born 1 Sept., 1864.

    3. Maybell, born 5 June, 1866.

    4. Byron D., born 28 Sept., 1871.

    5. Elmira, born 12 June, 1873.

Maj. D. Horton is an extensive dealer in flour, grain and wool, and
also in farming implements. He was Postmaster at Fenton, in 1861,
which office he resigned in 1863, to accept an appointment from
President Lincoln as Captain and Commissary of Subsistence in the
United States Volunteers, and remained with the armies of Tennessee
and Georgia until they were disbanded. While in the army he was
promoted to the rank of Major by President Lincoln, for meritorious
services. In 1869 he was a member of the Legislature of Michigan.

I. JOHN WALLER, son of Miller Horton and Elizabeth Waller (_John_,
_Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born at South
Wilkesbarre, 22 Nov., 1814; married in Kingston, 9 Jan., 1844, by
Rev. L. S. Bennet, to SARAH GATES, daughter of Nathaniel Gates
and Ruth Richards, and born in Kingston, Pa. He was formerly a
contractor, but is now (1873) Ticket Agent of the L. V. R. R., at
South Wilkesbarre Depot.

Children:

    1. Emily Cortland, born in South Wilkesbarre, 21 Jan., 1845.

    2. Harriet Waller, born in South Wilkesbarre, 5 Aug., 1846.

    3. Ruth Burritt, born in South Wilkesbarre, 11 March, 1848;
    died 28 Feb., 1857.

    4. James Gallup, born in Tamaqua, 31 July, 1849.

    5. David Richards, born in South Wilkesbarre, 3 July, 1851;
    died 21 Sept., 1852.

    6. Sarah Elizabeth, born in South Wilkesbarre, 6 Feb., 1854.

    7. John Carlysle, born in South Wilkesbarre, 5 Sept., 1855.

    8. Harry Miller, born in South Wilkesbarre, 10 Dec., 1857.

II. ELIZABETH, daughter of Miller Horton and Elizabeth Waller, born
in South Wilkesbarre, 14 Oct., 1816; married about 1835, to P. M. C.
GILCHRIST. He kept the Phenix Hotel, in Wilkesbarre for many years;
died a few years ago. She remains his widow, and now keeps a boarding
house in Philadelphia.

Children, all born in Wilkesbarre:

    1. Miller Horton Gilchrist, born about 1837; keeps a livery
    stable in Philadelphia. They had several daughters, but I have
    not succeeded in getting their record.

III. MARY, daughter of Miller Horton and Elizabeth Waller, born in
South Wilkesbarre, 23 Oct., 1818; married WILLIAM L. COOK, son of
William Cook and Martha Lemon. They reside in Washington, D. C. He is
a clerk in the U. S. Pension Office.

IV. NATHAN MILLER, son of Miller Horton and Elizabeth Waller, born at
Wilkesbarre, Pa., 5 Jan., 1821; married in Wilkesbarre, in 1840, by
the Rev. John Darrom, to SUSAN RICHARDS, daughter of David Richards
and Mary Primer, and born in Wilkesbarre, 15 Feb., 1824. He is a
contractor on public works, resides at South Wilkesbarre.

Children, all born in Wilkesbarre:

    1. Nathan Waller, born 1 Dec., 1841; married Lizzie Cook,
    daughter of William Cook and Mary Horton.

    2. Mary Pruner, born 20 Feb., 1844; married Lyndon Ryan.

    3. Elizabeth Waller, born 20 Feb., 1844. (Twins.)

    4. William Richards, born 6 Jan., 1845; married Junietta
    Salsbury; died 5 Nov., 1870. One child--Orlando, 3 years old.

I. ZEPHANIAH, son of Col. Nathan Horton and Mary Young (_Zephaniah,
Esq._, _Capt. Nathan_, _Caleb_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born 20
Feb., 1818; married 31 Oct., 1841, CHARLOTTE T. MAST, born in Ashe
Co., 25 Nov., 1820; died 13 Feb., 1872. Mr. Horton was for several
years, Col. commander of the 84th Reg., N. C. Militia.

Children, all born in Yancey Co., N. C.:

    1. John P., born 28 Sept., 1842; died 18 Aug., 1856.

    2. David M., born 18 Dec., 1844.

    3. Elizabeth I., born 4 March, 1847.

    4. Benjamin T., born 14 March, 1849.

    5. William F., born 8 July, 1852.

    6. Maria E., born 2 May, 1854.

    7. James E., born 29 Oct., 1856.

    8. Nicholas, born 19 May, 1859.

II. MARTHA E., daughter of Col. Nathan Horton and Mary Young, born
16 Sept., 1819; married 16 Aug., 1834, MARCUS L. PENLAND of Buncombe
Co., N. C., 6 Feb., 1813.

Children, all born in Yancey Co., except Charles M., born in Buncombe
Co.:

    1. Milton F., born 19 Aug., 1840.

    2. Noble Z., born 25 March, 1842.

    3. Charles M., born 29 April, 1845.

    4. Mary A. E., born 8 March, 1847.

    5. Phebe I., born 28 Feb., 1849.

    6. Catherine M., born 5 May, 1851; died 25 Jan., 1851.

    7. Nathan L., born 11 Dec., 1853.

    8. William L., born 18 Jan., 1856.

    9. Clarissa E., born 4 April, 1858.

    10. Angelina, born 15 May, 1861.

III. MALCOLM, son of Col. Nathan Horton and Mary Young, born 9 Feb.,
1822; married CLARISSA A. WESTALL, of Yancey, and born in Buncombe,
26 July, 1832. He died 4 Nov., 1870.

Children, all born in Yancey:

    1. Noble W., born 10 April, 1851.

    2. Edwin, born 10 June, 1853.

    3. Mary M., born 12 Dec., 1854.

    4. Margaret V., born 6 July, 1856.

    5. William M., born 8 Oct., 1858.

    6. Eliza M., born 12 Aug., 1860.

    7. Julia A., born 28 March, 1862.

    8. Lillian, born 17 Aug., 1864.

    9. Ariadne, born 7 April, 1866.

    10. Lorenzo P., born 8 Aug., 1868.

    11. Dudley I., born 2 June, 1870.

IV. LOCKY, daughter of Col. Nathan Horton and Mary Young, born 27
Dec., 1823; married 29 Sept., 1846, WILLIAM E. PIERCY, ESQ., of
Yancey, formerly high sheriff of that County, and born in Buncombe
Co., 2 Sept., 1820.

Children, all born in Yancey:

    1. Robert H., born 2 Sept., 1847.

    2. Sarah, born 18 Sept., 1849.

    3. Ephraim B., born 9 Nov., 1852.

    4. John W., born 22 April, 1855.

    5. William H., born 4 Jan., 1858.

    6. Mary I., born 7 Nov., 1859.

    7. Myra W., born 28 Dec., 1861.

    8. Adolphus E., born 1 April, 1864.

    9. Julia A., born 15 Nov. 1866.

V. JOSHUA, son of Col. Nathan Horton and Mary Young, born 21 Oct.,
1825; married 20 April 1856, SARAH C. DEYTON, of Yancey, and born 12
June, 1833.

Children, all born in Yancey:

    1. John W., born 15 Sept., 1857.

    2. Jesse, born 26 Sept., 1859.

    3. Nathan W., born 29 Sept., 1861.

    4. Zephaniah L., born 4 Aug., 1865.

VI. JESSE, son of Col. Nathan Horton and Mary Young, born 11 Nov.,
1828; married 29 Oct., 1865, HARRIET E. MCCOURRY, of Yancey, and born
19 Aug., 1839.

Children, all born in Yancey:

    1. Sarah E., born in Sept., 1866.

    2. Isaac H., born 12 Nov., 1869; died 22 Sept., 1872.

    3. Eliza L., born 2 Dec., 1871.

VII. NATHAN YOUNG, son of Col. Nathan Horton and Mary Young, born 21
March, 1831; married about 1855, LOUISA E. STUART, of Yancey, and
born 11 June, 1840. He died 4 July, 1864.

Children, all born in Yancey:

    1. Martha I., born 3 April, 1856.

    2. Theresa, born 31 Jan., 1859.

    3. Edmonia L., born 4 Jan., 1862.

VIII. NAOMI A., daughter of Col. Nathan Horton and Mary Young, born
10 Dec., 1832; married 1 Sept., 1849, SAMUEL I. WESTALL, of Yancey,
and born in Buncombe, 26 April, 1828.

Children, all born in Yancey:

    1. Mary M., born 5 Oct., 1850.

    2. Sophronia I., born 12 Aug., 1853.

    3. Martha E., born 8 June, 1855; died 20 Aug., 1856.

    4. Noble A., born 5 May, 1857.

    5. Locky I., born 29 July, 1859.

    6. Adam P., born 13 Aug., 1862; died 22 June, 1863.

    7. Edwin McB., born 4 May, 1864.

    8. Louellen, born 29 Jan., 1867.

    9. Lucy H., born 13 Jan., 1871.

[Illustration: Yours &c,

Albert H. Horton.]

[Illustration: Truly Yours,

Anna A. Robertson Horton.]

I. HARVEY ADDISON, M. D., son of Dr. Harvey Horton and Mary Bennet
(_Barnabas_, _Silas_, _Barnabas_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born at
Greenville, Orange Co., N. Y., 12 March, 1832; married in Middletown,
N. Y., in March, 1859, to FANNY CAROLINE BEEBE, daughter of Elder
Gilbert Beebe, the distinguished and able editor of the "_Signs
of the Times_," and sister of the Hon. George M. Beebe, member of
Congress from Orange Co., N. Y., and born in Middletown, N. Y., exact
date not given. Dr. Horton graduated in Albany Medical College,
Class of 1856. He established an office and commenced the practice
of medicine at Middletown, N. Y., and was very successful. After his
marriage he removed to Kansas, and settled at Atchison. On his way
returning home from a journey East he was instantly killed, 3 Sept.,
1861, by the fall of a bridge with a train of cars upon it, one of
which he was in, which spanned the Little Platte River, nine miles
east of St. Joseph, Missouri. The bridge had been partly burned by
the rebels, but left standing ready to fall when the cars came upon
it, for the purpose of killing Union soldiers. Thirteen persons were
killed, and over eighty badly injured by this barbarous outrage.
The Doctor's corpse was taken to Middletown, and buried in the Hill
Cemetery by the side of his father, and mother, and sisters.

They had one child, Mary Evelyn, born 3 Aug., 1861. After the death
of her husband, the Doctor's wife returned to Orange Co., where the
little child died, 21 Oct., 1861, and was buried by the side of its
dead father.

Dr. Horton was a man of superior mental capacity, possessed high
literary talent, was deeply learned in his profession, and doubtless,
had he lived, would have attained to great eminence in the science of
medicine.

III. HON. ALBERT HOWELL, son of Dr. Harvey A. Horton and Mary Bennet,
born near Brookfield, in the town of Minnisink, Orange Co., N. Y., 13
March, 1837; married in Middletown, N. Y., by the Rev. Mr. Harris,
26 May, 1864, to ANNA AMELIA ROBERTSON, daughter of William Wells
Robertson and Adaline Sayer, and born in Centerville, Minnisink
Township, 2 July, 1840.

Children:

    1. Carrie Robertson, born in Middletown, N. Y., 22 April, 1865.

    2. Mary Bennet, born in Atchison, Kansas, 12 July, 1868.

    3. Rosa Sayer, born in Atchison, Kansas, 2 June, 1871.

    4. Albert Howell, born in Atchison, Kansas, 1 April, 1874.

Albert H. Horton attended the public school at West Town, N. Y.,
until 13 years of age, and then attended the "_Farmer's Hall
Academy_," at Goshen, Orange Co., New York, and was there prepared
for college. He entered the "University of Michigan," as a freshman,
and remained there two years, but was compelled to leave college on
account of inability to study, owing to some trouble with his eyes.
In 1857, he entered the law office of Hon. Joseph W. Gott, at Goshen,
New York, as a law student, and remained there until December 18th,
1858, when he was admitted as a counsellor and attorney at-law, at
a general term of the N. Y. Supreme Court, held in Brooklyn, New
York. In 1859, he went West, with his brother, and the Hon. George M.
Beebe, now member of Congress from New York State, to engage in the
practice of the law. He formed a partnership in the law business with
Mr. Beebe, under the firm name of Beebe & Horton, at Macon, Moscow,
Mo., in 1859, but both parties soon became tired of Missouri, and
removed to Kansas. Mr. Beebe soon became Secretary of the Territory
of Kansas, and their acting Governor. Mr. Horton selected Atchison,
Atchison Co., Kansas, as his adopted home, and has resided there
ever since. In 1860, he was appointed City Attorney of Atchison, by
the Mayor, the Hon. Geo. H. Fairchild. In the Spring of 1861, he