Chapter X: Part 10

Capt. Horton commenced a sea-faring life when about 19 years old, with Capt. Nathaniel Case, in the ship _Triad_. With a crew of about 25 men, they made a voyage of about nine months in the South Atlantic Ocean, in latitude 35 to 40°, and longitude 10 to 20°. The voyage was prosperous and the business paid well. He afterwards made a voyage on the Indian Ocean and South Sea. He followed the business for 13 years, and during that time, he circumnavigated the earth four times. It is a remarkable fact that, notwithstanding all the hazard and danger of a sea-faring life, they never lost a man by accident or sickness. They were all temperate men, and this had much to do with their immunity from danger, sickness and death. The Captain quaintly remarks that a half gallon demi-john of liquor was not used by the whole crew, as a beverage, during any one of their voyages. During the time he followed the sea he visited the Sandwich Islands, the Society Isles, and also New Zealand. On the island of Owyhee he saw the place where Capt. Cook was killed by the natives.

The last voyage was in 1846-47 and 48, and during this voyage the Captain had command of the ship. He took but two gallons of spirits with him on that voyage, and part of that he brought back with him.

The Captain is beautifully situated at Peconic, L. I.--has a beautiful farm, which he knows how to keep in good order, and his house, among the best in the township of Southold, is admirably kept by his amiable and accomplished lady, and nearly every room in it is richly ornamented with frames and cases of rare, costly and beautiful sea-shells, most tastefully arranged, and all done by the delicate hands of Mrs. Horton herself. Great skill and persevering effort were required to accomplish so much.

I. MARY ELIZABETH, daughter of Osborn Horton and Sally Philips (_Col. Benjamin_, _Capt. Barnabas_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born at West Hampton, L. I., 17 March, 1813; married 1. 13 Aug., 1833, by Rev. Dr. Carroll, of Brooklyn, N. Y., to SAMUEL DRAPER, son of Pliny Draper, and born in Pompey, N. Y., 26 Oct., 1808--had one son, viz.: Geo. Horton Draper, born 23 March, 1835. Sam'l Draper died in New Orleans, in Aug., 1839. She married 2. in Brooklyn, 25 July, 1849, by the Rev. M. Jacobus, to JOHN LEWIS, son of Benjamin Lewis and Cynthia Merritt, and born in Canterbury, Conn., 25 April, 1800. They have:

Osborn Horton Lewis, born in Greenport, L. I., 21 June, 1851.

Mr. John Lewis resides in Brooklyn; he was a merchant, but retired from business about eight years ago. He is a prominent member of Plymouth Church.

II. THEODORE KING, son of Osborn Horton and Sally Philips, born in Brooklyn, N. Y., 12 Aug., 1819; married in Brooklyn, 3 Feb., 1847, by Rev. Dr. Stone, to MARTHA ALETTA SMITH, daughter of Isaac N. Smith and Clarissa Talmadge, and born in Ballston, N. Y., 14 Nov., 1823.

Children, all born in Brooklyn:

1. Franklin Munn, born 15 March, 1848.

2. Philip Hallock, born 14 Feb., 1850.

3. Talmadge Baker, born 25 Jan., 1852.

4. Benjamin Theodore, born 26 May, 1856.

5. Grace, born 8 Nov., 1860.

6. Howard, born 7 Oct., 1864.

Mr. T. K. Horton is a first-class merchant in the city of Brooklyn, and is doing a large business. He visited Europe a few years ago, and when in England he went to Mousely, the birthplace of the old puritan, Barnabas. But he found no one there who knew anything of the ancestry of Barnabas.

Mr. Horton is distinguished for his business capacity, industry, strict integrity and honorable dealing with his fellow men. He is highly esteemed as a citizen and Christian gentleman, and is a liberal supporter of the Gospel.

III. BENJAMIN DE WITT, son of Osborn Horton and Sally Philips, born in Brooklyn, N. Y., 8 Nov., 1823; married 15 August, 1859, by Rev. Dr. Thrall, to AMANDA F. WELCH, daughter of William Welch, of Rockland, Me. Mrs. Horton died 12 Feb., 1871, leaving two daughters:

Florence Isabell and Elizabeth, who survived their mother but
a few days, the former dying the 15th, and the latter the 22d
of Feb., 1871. All died of malignant scarlatina, leaving the
deeply-afflicted father and one son, viz.:--Frederick Osborn,
born 4 July, 1860.

Mr. Horton married 2. in Brooklyn, 20 June, 1872, by Rev. Dr. Dillon, to LYDIA A. HOLBROOK, daughter of Capt. Samuel Holbrook, of Portland, Maine (a gentleman who weighs only about 300 lbs.), and Catherine Rogers, of Liverpool, England, and born in Rockland, Me., 8 Feb., 1851. Mr. Horton was formerly a partner in the dry goods business of the old-established firm of Horton & Sons, of Brooklyn. He retired from business some years ago, and now lives in princely style, with his amiable and accomplished young wife in Brooklyn, 223 Clermont Avenue. She is a member of the Episcopal Church.

II. MARY ELIZABETH, daughter of Thomas Jefferson Horton and Eliza Davids (_Col. Benjamin_, _Capt. Barnabas_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born in Southold, 11 Jan., 1832; married in Southold, 26 June, 1856, by the Rev. Mr. White, to STUART TUTHILL TERRY, son of Daniel Tuthill Terry and Eunice Case, and born in Southold, 20 July, 1831. They reside in Southold near Hallock's Landing. They are both live members of the Presbyterian Church of Southold, and he is one of the ruling elders, and they are both wielding a strong influence for Christianity, and command the respect and esteem of the community. They own a good farm beautifully situated. Mr. Terry is a farmer, doing much of his farm-work himself, but still he finds time for study and reading, and for some years past he has been engaged in looking up, and collating and compiling the genealogy of the descendants of Richard Terry I. He has the work in a good state of forwardness, and much of it ready for the press. They have no children.

In a recent letter, he says, "I can truly say that I am a descendant of Barnabas Horton, the Pilgrim, although I do not bear his name. I descend from him thus:

"I. Stuart T. Terry; D. T. Terry; Esther Tuthill Terry;
Christopher Tuthill; Henry Tuthill, who married Bethia Horton,
grand-daughter of Barnabas I., being the 8th Generation.

"II. Stuart T. Terry; D. T. Terry; Thomas Terry; Lydia Tuthill,
daughter of Mehitabel Bradley Horton, who married Deacon Daniel
Tuthill, and was a daughter of Capt. Jonathan Horton, son of
Barnabas I., 7th Generation.

"III. Stuart T. Terry; D. T. Terry; Eunice Case Terry; Israel
Case, who married Zeruiah Horton, daughter of Joshua Horton,
son of Barnabas I., 7th Generation."

V. HENRY DAVIDS, son of Thomas Jefferson Horton and Eliza Davids, born in Southold, 23 Jan., 1845; married in New York City, 28 Dec., 1868, by Rev. J. C. Annan, to MIRIAM REEVES OSBORN, daughter of Thomas Osborn and Miriam Reeves, and born in Southold, about 1847. They reside in Southold, and have--

1. Thomas Osborn, born 2 June, 1870.

I. MEHULA, daughter of Barnabas Horton and Anna Hawkins (_Col. Benjamin_, _Capt. Barnabas_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born at Mt. Hope, Orange Co., N. Y., 7 April, 1809; married NATHANIEL CONKLIN; reside in Middletown, N. Y., and have--

1. Charles.

2. De Witt.

3. Robert.

4. Alice.--All born in Middletown.

X. FRANK, son of Barnabas Horton by his 2 wife, Sally Penny, born at Mount Hope, 28 Sept., 1828; married in Brooklyn, N. Y., 21 Sept., 1854, by Rev. Mr. Lewis, Rector of Trinity Church, Brooklyn, SARAH JANE REYNOLDS, daughter of John A. Dayton and Adelia Trowbridge, and born in New York City, 21 June, 1835.

Children, born in Brooklyn:

1. Franklin Reynolds, born 17 August, 1856.

2. and 3. Twins, Edwin and Ella, born 27 Oct., 1854.

Frank has a jewelry store in New York. His residence is in Brooklyn. He is an out-spoken, intelligent man, apparently in good circumstances.

XII. GILBERT, son of Barnabas Horton and Sally Penny, born at Mt. Hope, 22 March, 1833; married in New York City, 8 March, 1855, ELIZABETH PARDEE PERKINS, born in Ridgefield, Conn., 19 May, 1834.

Children:

1. Mary Perkins, born in New York, 7 March, 1856.

2. William Robinson, born in New York, 19 July, 1860.

3. Jessie Pardee, born in New York, 12 August, 1862.

4. Gilbert La Fayette, born in Elizabeth, N. J., 9 July, 1864.

They moved to St. Paul, Minn., where his wife and children now reside, and where he died 10 Jan., 1873. He was a blacksmith by trade.

XIII. CAROLINE, daughter of Barnabas Horton and Sally Penny, born at Mt. Hope, 10 Nov., 1837; married in New York City, 14 Sept., 1858, by Rev. R. G. Dixon, to HENRY ALFRED BRADFORD, of New Jersey, son of Judge D. Bradford and Ann Brightwell, and born in England in 1830. He died in New Jersey, 7 April, 1866.

Children:

1. and 2., David and Carrie, twins, born 6 July, 1859, in New
Jersey; David lived to be thirteen months old; Carrie died
twelve hours after her birth.

3. David, born 23 Sept., 1860.

4. Lizzie, born 30 July, 1862, both in New Jersey.

Mrs. Bradford, with her children, now resides in Brooklyn. She is an intelligent and pious lady, a member of the Presbyterian Church, and attending faithfully to the proper training and education of her children.

I. ALMIRA MINERVA, daughter of Erastus Horton and Tryphena Burleigh (_Dea. Ezra_, _Rev. Ezra_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born at Union, Ct., 1 June, 1809; died 17 March, 1860; married about 1830, ANSON RANNEY. They have two children:

Horton and Frances. Horton is now (1875), engaged as Inspector
on the boundary line of Mexico.

II. MARY EMILY, daughter of Erastus Horton and Tryphena Burleigh, born at Union, Ct., 19 July, 1811; married at Ft. Atkinson, Wis., 5 Jan., 1835, HENRY FRANCISCO, son of John Francisco, who came from France, and born in Wellstown, Montgomery Co., N. Y., 20 March, 1811; died 13 April, 1865, at Lake Mills, Wis., where he moved in 1845.

Children, 1, 2, 3, and 4 born in Augusta, Oneida Co., N. Y.; 5, 6, and 7 born in Oakland, Jefferson Co., Wis.; 8 born at Ft. Atkinson, Wis.:

1. Philena Theressa, born 28 Sept., 1837.

2. Henry Alonzo, born 2 Sept., 1839.

3. Oscar Newton, born 16 Oct., 1841.

4. John Day, born 25 Sept., 1843.

5. Charles Francis, born 2 Sept., 1845.

6. Horton Erastus, born 25 Nov., 1848.

7. San E., born 29 Sept., 1852.

8. Manley Clayton, born 25 Sept., 1858.

Mrs. Francisco now resides in San Diego, Cal. Her son, Charles Francis, married Mary Evelyn Harvey, a niece of Gov. Harvey, of Wisconsin.

III. ALONZO ERASTUS, son of Erastus Horton and Tryphena Burleigh, born at Union, Ct., 24 Oct., 1813; married in Jefferson, Wis., 22 Dec., 1841, by Charles Rockwell, Esq., to SALLY MILLINGTON WRIGHT, eldest daughter of William Cobb Wright and Sylvia Shelden, and born in Russia, Herkimer Co., N. Y., 11 May, 1822. She died in Jefferson, Wis., 29 Dec., 1846, leaving no issue. He married 2. at Keyport, N. J., 29 July, 1861, by N. J. Beedle, Esq., to SARAH WILSON BABE, daughter of Joseph Babe and Margaret Wilson, and born at Sing Sing, N. Y., 3 Sept., 1824. They have no children.

We are indebted to Mr. J. A. Shepherd, of San Diego, for the following interesting sketch of the life of Mr. A. E. Horton:

ALONZO E. HORTON.

To a person acquainted with this gentleman our introduction
would sound unfamiliar. "Here is A. E. Horton, of San Diego,"
is all that he would allow to be said before he would be
acquainted with a room-full of strangers. His motto is
"action," and he has practiced it long and faithfully. He would
leave ceremony in the lurch to talk _business_, and never think
apology necessary; and we can think of no better rule to follow
in writing what we know of him.

His parents commenced their westward march in 1815, from
Union, Ct., when Alonzo was two years old. Their home for the
next four years was in Stockbridge, Madison Co., N. Y. Then a
residence of two years in New Haven, Oswego County, where the
first school lessons were taken under the direction of Miss
Patty Woodward. When he was eleven years old the family reached
the shore of Lake Ontario, in the town of Scriba, and moved
into their new log-house.

Then followed a year of muscular as well as mental discipline
to the lad Alonzo. His father was suddenly bereft of sight by
a severe inflammatory attack upon his eyes. School was two
miles away, and to and fro our student made his morning and
evening tramps in pursuit of knowledge. But he was the eldest
boy of the household, and to him after study came toil. His
evenings were spent in basket-making, which assisted largely in
providing for the wants of the family. Thus for about a year he
bravely essayed to lift the burden from his father's shoulders.
From that time until he was half through his twenty-first year,
he was first assistant wood-chopper on the home-lot, where they
filled Oswego orders for hewed timber.

He commenced business for himself by purchasing the remaining
six months of his minority, agreeing to pay $50 to his father
for that purpose. In eight months from that time he had been a
grocery clerk at $12 a month; a lake sailor before the mast;
and the last half of the time owner and captain of the "Wild
Goose," a small vessel he had purchased, and put into the
wheat trade between Oswego and Canada. His marine speculation
proved quite a profitable one for those days; he sold out and
closed business, paid all his obligations, and had $300 in his
pocket. During the winter of 1834-'35 he learned the trade
of a cooper, and his specialty for a time was flour-barrels.
Then the city of Oswego elected him constable, by the largest
majority given to any man on the Whig ticket. The young officer
was too kind-hearted to make his office pay, and he lost all he
made in trade by failing to enforce payment from poor debtors
according to law. Out of office he invested $7 in a contract
for land, and in a month made $336 on the venture. Young Horton
had another strong point, which was often brought into play in
the inevitable wrestling-matches incident to town-meetings of
long ago. His 130 pounds was a most animated and unmanageable
load for his largest companions to handle, and at "square
hold" he was the acknowledged champion of the township. Yet he
was pronounced a consumptive by Dr. Van Schaick, with the
advice "Go West--it may do you good; but I think it probable
you will not live more than six months." He took the doctor's
prescription, and went West.

He landed in Milwaukee, in May, 1836, and soon after was one
of a party of six on the _trail_ for the Rock River country.
There were no roads, and the best inn to be found was to
turn in their blankets under an oak tree. But the mosquitoes
promptly presented bills for their lodgings. After thirty
nights camping, they reached the cabin of Mr. and Mrs. Janes,
the parents of the now lively city of Janesville. Theirs was
the only house, and that about 10x16 feet in size, but immense
in hospitality. After partaking of the latter, the party (among
whom were the names of Churchill, Odell, Ogden and Jewett)
continued on until reaching the foot of Koskonong Lake, where
each one made a quarter-section claim, built a cabin, and went
back to Milwaukee. One of those claims, at least, was left for
another pre-emptor, with the cabin thrown in, for Horton was
soon too busy to think farther about it. Others waited, with
hands in pockets, for the approaching land sales; he took up
the shovel and worked on the new streets. Money was worth too
much to be wasted by idleness. A working-man always gains more
profitable knowledge than a loafer. His capital was labor and
observation, and out of these were to be wrought a fortune.

Of the two hotels then in the new city, he had selected the
Bellevue for his lodgings. Two bits a night paid for his share
of a room, and his own blankets were bed and bedding. His
room-mates were sometimes as many as sixteen; and his rule was
"early to bed." Two nephews of the Receiver at the Land-Office
came in one evening full of an important secret which they must
talk over. The young fellow who worked on the road was the
only one retired, besides themselves, and his hearty snoring
satisfied them that he was beyond hearing. Their authority was
official, so no danger of mistakes. The bills of the Michigan
State Bank and Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank would be taken
at par at the land sales, and consequently would be as good
as gold, and worth the premium of at least 10 per cent. They
would quietly gather it in for the occasion. The next day our
sleeper was _not_ shoveling on the street. He was learning the
whereabouts of holders of certain styles of Michigan currency,
and was soon doing a brisk exchange business with his New York
Safety Fund Savings, amounting to $300. At night he was in
his room, happy in the prospective addition to his funds; but
there were two other persons there who thought they had little
success in securing the coveted currency. It was unaccountable,
for were they not the only individuals to whom the secret had
been imparted?

The sales of Government land commenced the following day, and
Horton was present with his receivable funds. He bought no
land, but his money was in immediate and continuous demand.
Many times during the sale he retired to replenish his bank
stock by exchanging bank notes with numerous parties according
to previous arrangement. The enterprise was a financial
success. Here his quick perception did him good service, for he
was marked as a prize by a thieving gang. One of them formed
his acquaintance on the evening of a profitable day, and tried
to learn his intended movements. Yes, he would soon go to his
lodging-place; but that night he concluded it would be best
_for him_ to remain where he was, and he did so. But another
young man, about his age, and similarly dressed, was waylaid on
the very route Horton was expected to travel, caught, gagged
and carried off to a safe place for robbery. In the dark they
had captured the wrong man, as his empty pockets and the cut of
his coat proved on careful examination.

Thinking the country a safer place, he went out three miles, to
where his uncle, Dwight Foster, was superintending one of the
first saw-mills built in Wisconsin. While there another attempt
was made to entrap him. One, Robinson, came from town to inform
him that a man named Johnson would take a named sum for some
land which he had talked of buying. He must be sharp if the
trade was secured, and should take his money with him for that
reason. Horton promptly decided to take _more_, and quietly
deposited a loaded pistol in each pocket of his hunter's
coat. His caller carried a suspicious-looking hickory cudgel,
altogether too cumbersome for a cane, and explained that he had
been tracking a wild animal, which he hoped they could identify
by the marks. In a low, marshy place, a little off their road,
its tracks were most clearly made. Descending to the spot
indicated, he urged Horton to follow him, and determine what
sort of creature had crossed there. Instead of complying Horton
presented a pistol, told his man if he found no tracks there
as described, he would shoot him without further notice. The
villain was outwitted, and preferred returning to town a short
distance in advance of the ready weapons of his captor. It was
ascertained that Johnson knew nothing of the fellow's errand,
and that the only foot-prints about the miry trap in which
Robinson had hoped to catch his game, were made by himself.
He was next heard of, a few years afterwards, in the Iowa
penitentiary, committed for horse-stealing.

Returning to the East Mr. Horton passed the time until 1840,
in various places and employments, the last being at St.
Mary's with the American Fur Co. His first western _home_ was
purchased in the town of Oakland, Wis., that year, to which
locality his father and family followed not long after. In a
few months more he had established himself matrimonially and
happily. Three years engaged in miscellaneous trade, land
figuring as the principal item, he became a cattle-dealer.
He bought his beef in Illinois, did the largest part of the
driving, and averaged two trips in five weeks. He furnished his
customers so satisfactorily in his own and adjoining counties,
that in one year his original capital of $150 was increased
to $4,000. In St. Louis he saw profits in land-warrants, and
bought sufficient to locate 1,500 acres of land. Out of this
investment grew the village of _Hortonville_, in Outagamie
Co., Wis. His first town was buried in the woods, and he went
to work with eight men to cut a four-mile road to his proposed
mill-site. By the time he had lots to sell, he was sawing
lumber with which to improve them. The prices and payment for
material was of small account with the proprietor. Houses
must be built, whether settlers had money or not. In a year
from the completion of the mill, 150 people were _living_ in
Hortonville, and at the end of two years sold out the remaining
property, being $7,188 better for his enterprise.

In 1851, Mr. Horton went to California for the first time.
Mining-stock was his first business experience, and it cost
him $1,000. It was his _last_ transaction in that line also.
Spent a few months at mining in El Dorado and Placer Counties,
and then opened a store at Pilot Hill. There also he devised
and constructed a ditch 6½ miles in length, purposing to
supply the miners with water as well as other commodities. At
the end of a year he had sold out his water-works and other
interests for $6,500, of which sum he had used the larger
portion in his improvements. Next he was trading in gold-dust
on account of Adams' Express Co., realizing usually $30 a
day in commissions. A day or two before the failure of his
employers, in 1853, a friend suggested to him, that his money
remaining in their office at ----, might be safer in his own
pocket. It was "a word to the wise," and before noon the next
day he had ridden 30 miles, and much to the dissatisfaction of
the agent, drawn his money from the safe of the company. His
next care was for his friends hard at work in the mining-camps
and elsewhere. To all whom he could reach he gave the hint,
and thousands of dollars were secured, by his prompt efforts,
to those who had earned the money by the hardest of toil. The
following day the express offices were closed, and payments
suspended. He was in capital standing in the mining districts
where he had operated, and resumed the business with himself
for banker. He bought at the mines and sold in the towns, often
with a profit of $4.50 per ounce. He was a man of _dust_, and
with his native adroitness, managed to carry valuable deposits
of the precious article upon his person without a single
mishap. Sometimes his outer garments would scarcely secure him
other than the slightest attentions. His landlords were afraid
their bills would be unpaid, except his fares were collected
in advance. He arrived one evening at one of the rough taverns
of those times, with treasure enough about him to incite the
gamblers about him to worse crimes for its possession. His good
clothes were covered with very dirty overalls and woolen shirt.
In calculating Yankee phrase, he interrogated the proprietor as
to his accommodations for man and beast, and the reasonableness
of his _charges_. Card-playing ceased for a time in the general
astonishment, then the party shouted with laughter at the
green chap from Connecticut. They bantered him to play off a
Yankee trick. He showed them how to eat the mush and milk,
which he had stipulated for as his supper, and with a yawn of
indifference to the jests made at his expense, he signified
his desire to sleep. The door of his room was without lock or
bolt, but the landlord laughingly assured his guest, that he
would be the last man anybody would think of robbing. He awoke
next morning from an undisturbed sleep, and at breakfast-time
was up and _dressed_. He passed over a small package of _dust_
in settlement, which was accepted and pronounced all right.
Word was sent to the stable, his horse could _now_ be brought
out--his bill was paid.

"Mister, want to _buy_ some more o' that stuff?"

"Yes;" replying with a surprised look.

"How much?"

"Suppose I can buy all _you_ have to sell."

"Will you treat this 'ere crowd ef you can't?"

"Yes, I will, and _yeou_, too."

Diminutive sacks of dust were handed to the wondering host, and
the coin counted out in return. By the time $2500 had exchanged
hands, the landlord's $20-pieces were exhausted, and our Yankee
had played the "trick" with a $250 pile still in reserve. The
laugh came in then louder than the night before; and as the
glasses were being filled the buyer of gold-dust remarked,
irreligiously, that he would have robbed the fellow himself if
he had known how he was playing him.

The business was as suitable as profitable to the man, and so
well did he manage it, that his profits for the last quarter
of 1854, were $1000 per month. Another success was in a novel
undertaking for those golden days. He went prospecting for
ice-fields, and finding a favorable situation 25 miles above
Georgetown, in El Dorado County, put up 312 tons of the cool
mountain product. A few months afterwards the speculation
returned him eight thousand dollars.

In March, 1856, among the passengers on board the steamship
_Cortez_, for Panama, was Mr. Horton. Soon after their arrival
at the isthmus, the memorable rising of the natives took place.
The mob would have had easy work in carrying out the plan of
outrage and plunder, but for the prompt and courageous action
of our friend and a few of his companions. Among nearly 200
people from the steamer, who were dining at the hotel where
the attack was made, there were but three with fire-arms. The
announcement that the rioters were coming, caused a stampede
from the table to the upper rooms. On bursting into the house,
the leading ruffians were halted at the stairway by _Capt._
Horton and his aids, and as the attempt to ascend was made,
a few effective shots drove the assailants into the street.
Immediately the reign of terror and bloodshed began.

"Please, sir, save my father!" was an appeal from a little
boy, as he pointed to where a swarthy assassin stood taking
aim at a defenceless man. The American's revolver was leveled
and fired just in time to render the other's shot harmless by
his own fall. Others were protected by the same faithful hand
and stern purpose as they retreated towards the only place of
safety--the American steamer. Arriving at the water, the crowd
rushed on to a small steam-tug, and but for the quick thought
and bold action of our leader, would have been overtaken by
the pursuing mob. He took command, gave his orders to fasten
to a lighter near at hand, transferred his passengers to the
larger craft, and signalled the engineer to start for the
_Cortez_. Fortunately, he was obeyed without question, and a
more successful trip was never made by the _Wild Goose_ and her
commander on Lake Ontario! His money loss was some $10,000, but
he could count untold gain in the saving of lives, and to this
day he refers to his participation in those fearful scenes with
satisfaction not to be calculated in coin.

On their arrival in New York, Mr. Horton was named by his
fellow-passengers as the person to proceed to Washington, to
make a statement of the occurrences at Panama, in response to
a call from the authorities to that effect. From that time
until his marriage in 1861, he made several journeys between
Washington and Wisconsin, as a witness in the riot case and a
claimant for damage. His testimony was important in deciding
the demand for reparation made by the United States upon the
Government of New Grenada. His own claim was most strenuously
and successfully opposed by the Spanish commissioner. He
had done too much injury to his people to have _his_ losses
repaid. _All_ other claims were not so objectionable; and as
a compromise in the final settlement, the man who deserved
a General's commission for courage and strategic skill, and
liberal pay for the personal risks taken in his defense of
American citizens, was stricken from the list of creditors.

Starting again for the Pacific coast soon after the civil war
was began at Sumpter, he included a trip to British Columbia
in his travels. At Lewiston, on the Columbia River, he began
to think of the outfit needed for the journey. His effects
inventoried one gold pencil, a single-barreled pistol, and $15
cash. To his brother-in-law, Mr. Charles Wright, who was one
of his traveling companions, and much better provided with
equipments, he intimated that he must do a little _trading_
before he could proceed. In half a day he had exchanged his
jewelry and pistol for a pair of horses; sold one of them again
at a clean profit of $50; paid $15 for a third; and early in
the afternoon returned to camp with two good animals, fine
revolver, saddles, blankets, and about $60 in money. Trading
was his special success--speculation invariably a failure. For
a distance of 1400 miles through the northern wilderness, that
Lewiston revolver brought down most of the game upon which the
company feasted by the way. In the Salmon River country, trees
and the feathery snow furnished most comfortable bedding. They
sold their surplus provisions to a British customs officer
on the route, at a profit of 66 per cent. At Lytton, they
replenished their stock, and loaded five of their horses with
saleable goods. They found a market at Williams' Creek for
flour at $1.00 per pound, and for bacon at $1.25.

Arriving at the Cariboo mining district, the party bought the
"Darkey's Claim." It was a rich prospect, and they worked the
lead until snow closed the operations, taking an ounce of gold
from a bucket of dirt. At this time the claim would have sold
for thousands of dollars. After wintering at Victoria they
returned to make their fortunes, securing a force of workmen
at $10 a day. After working four feet further their riches
"jumped" and vanished beyond recovery. Not a hundred feet off
three miners were taking out 75 ounces per day, and others
doing equally well. But the "Darkey" had "run out," and the
owners accepted $200 for their lost treasure. Mining has had no
attraction for him to this day.

When Mr. Horton reached San Francisco again, his financial
condition would have caused a "panic" in any other man. In
capital he was "broke," but in nothing else. Then as now, there
were the strength and elasticity of steel in the man's spirit
and nerves. He first tried a stall in the market; but the
dollar a day realized caused him to retire from business in a
short time. Buying and selling a ranch in Rio Visto concluded
his real-estate operations in that part of the State. He was
a dealer in second-hand furniture in San Francisco, when he
first heard San Diego discussed as one of the great cities of
the future. The value of its harbor and climate was the topic
of the evening at a private literary gathering where he was
a frequent listener. What he had heard so impressed itself
in his thoughts that he could not sleep that night, until he
had jumped out of bed, and satisfied his inquisitiveness by a
careful study of the map of California. The situation seemed
revealed as a prize especially for him. He determined to secure
it, and--slept.

Here was the opportunity long sought and never despaired
of. In three days the stock was disposed of, and the store
closed. The proceeds were small--perhaps less than $500. No
one among his friends could be induced to join him in his
visionary enterprise. Alone, on the 6th of April, 1867, Mr.
Horton reached San Diego. It exceeded his expectations, and
obstacles in the way of purchase were quickly swept aside by
his indomitable energy. The few people there were having such
a quiet time, that they had become indifferent to the charm
of office. The first work was to get an election called for
Trustees, those officers only being empowered to sell lands
belonging to the city. Candidates were provided and elected.
The desired property was legally advertised and sold, and on
the 11th day of May following, a deed of some 750 acres was
made. Thirty-six cents an acre, and but one bidder! Mr. Horton
was the happy purchaser, and little did he care that his
investment was looked upon by most of the 150 people then in
San Diego, as a wild expenditure of money.

The work of advertising the new city was immediately commenced.
The tin case in which he carried the first map of "Horton's
Addition to San Diego," through the streets of San Francisco,
is carefully treasured in his office, and could not be bought
for its weight in gold. Horton was everywhere, and irresistible
in glowing dreams of the future of his city. His labors were
untiring from the time he measured off blocks and lots with a
tape-line, and laid out the streets for his workmen to clear
from cactus and sage-brush, until the winter of 1869-'70, when
his sales averaged $15,000 a month. From $3,000 in 1867, his
receipts increased to nearly $85,000 in 1869. His money built
up the place as fast as received, and it is safe to state, that
$300,000 have been used by him for that purpose.

This is but an imperfect sketch of Mr. Horton's business
career in San Diego. He has richly earned the sobriquet of
"Father of the City," and the respect and best wishes of his
fellow-citizens. His faith and works have been the _life_ of
the place, when crops failed for want of rain, railroad hopes
were delayed, or croakers insisted on publishing its death as
a certainty. Long may Horton live, and great the prosperity he
may witness in the pet child he has so bravely matured--HIS OWN
SAN DIEGO!

Mr. Horton is a man of liberal views, and has always been
an ardent and practical advocate of political and religious
freedom. To the poor, both black and white, he has been a
faithful friend. To-day, an honest man in homespun receives as
cordial a grasp of his hand, as the man in broadcloth and fine
linen. That he has the sympathy and respect of the masses of
his fellow-citizens, was manifested in a most gratifying manner
in the vote given him in his county for State Senator, in the
contest of 1871. His opponent was the Democratic chief of the
county, that had never before failed to give a large Democratic
majority. San Diego honored the Republican Horton with a
majority of 50, and he only failed in election by the adjoining
county (forming the balance of the district) voting as usual,
largely Democratic. Socially he is a warm-hearted, affable
gentleman, true to his friends, and watchful of those who play
him false. Temperate in his habits, and always active in mind
and body, his health is as robust, and his personal appearance
as young as most men at 50 years. Last and best tribute to his
character, is the kind care for his parents in their helpless
age, and that love for his MOTHER, which to her was the dearest
and last earthly tie broken in her departure to the better Home.

VII. LUCY JANE, daughter of Erastus Horton and Tryphena Burleigh, born at Scriba, N. Y., 7 April, 1835; married at Hebron, Jefferson Co., Wis., about 1857, WILLIAM W. BOWERS, Esq., born at Whitesboro', N. Y., 20 Oct., 1834. They reside in San Diego, Cal.

Children, all born in San Diego:

1. Grace, born 6 Dec., 1869.

2. Vine, born 17 July, 1873.

Mr. Bowers moved from Whitesboro' to Oakland, Wis., 30 Nov., 1851, and thence to San Diego, 30 Sept., 1869. He is engaged in the bee business, which, it is said, pays remarkably well.

VI. WILLIAM MORGAN, son of Gurdon Horton and Lucy Davidson (_Dea. Ezra_, _Rev. Ezra_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born at Stockbridge, Madison Co., N. Y., 6 July, 1829. Enlisted 4 Sept., 1861, in Co. B.. 81st Reg. N. Y. Volunteers--was honorably discharged 19 Jan., 1865, by reason of wounds received in action. He married 8 April, 1848, in Oswego, by the Rev. Dr. Voltair, to MARY ANN WILLIAMS, daughter of Charles Williams and Ann Kenally. He is now living at North Scriba, Oswego Co., N. Y., and is a cooper by occupation.

Children, all born in Oswego Co., N. Y.:

1. Lucy Jane, born 8 April, 1849.

2. Wm. Henry, born 31 Dec., 1852.

3. Caroline Kate, born 7 Sept., 1859.

4. Charles Gurdon, born 5 May, 1861.

5. Anna Mary, born 14 May, 1863.

6. Janette, born 8 Aug., 1867.

I. JARED, son of Ezra Horton and Lucy Shepherd (_Dea. Ezra_, _Rev. Ezra_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born at Hartford, Ct., 18 Jan., 1822; moved to Albany, N. Y., in 1840, where he now resides. He is a butcher by occupation; married at Albany, 30 Dec., 1847, by Rev. Joseph Belnap, to HARRIET TREDEAU, daughter of Alaxcie Tredeau and Sary Ann Percy.

Children, all born in Albany:

1. Ezra Tredeau, born 29 Oct., 1850.

2. Clara Ann, born 18 May, 1853.

3. Frederick, born 16 May, 1855.

4. Alaxcie, born 27 Sept., 1857.

5. Edward Grant, born 4 Nov., 1866.

6. Harriet Louisa, born 19 July, 1871.

II. HELEN, daughter of Ezra Horton and Lucy Shepherd, born 5 Aug., 1823, at Union, Conn.; married at Union, Conn., 1 Dec., 1843, ORRIN MORSE, of Putnam, Conn., born in Union, Ct., 27 Jan., 1822, son of Jedediah Morse, born 14 Sept., 1780, son of Nathan Morse, of Ashford, Ct., born at Sturbridge, in 1734, son of David Morse, of Sturbridge, born in Medfield, in 1709, son of David Morse, born in 1683, son of Ezra Morse, born 5 Feb., 1644, the sixth child of John Morse, born in England, in 1611, and had eleven children, who was the son of Samuel Morse, of Medfield, the common ancestor of the Morses in New England, who was born in Old England, in 1585.

Children:

1. Sanford, born 27 April, 1845; died 14 June, 1845.

2. Helen Jennette, born 9 June, 1848.

3. Seth Herbert, born 14 May, 1852.

4. Delpha Adela, born 23 July, 1864.

III. THOMAS, son of Ezra Horton and Lucy Shepherd, born in Union, Ct., 4 May, 1825; married in Union, 29 April, 1850, DELIGHT WALES, daughter of Aaron Allen Wales, of Union, who was a lineal descendant of Dea. Nathaniel Wales, who came from England in 1635, in the ship _James_, of Bristol, a fellow-passenger with Rev. Richard Mather.

Children:

1. Emma, born at Union, 2 Aug., 1852; died at Stafford, Ct., 1
Oct., 1867.

2. Ellsworth Wales, born at Stafford Springs, 4 Jan., 1862.

They reside at Stafford Springs.

V. ELVIRA, daughter of Ezra Horton and Lucy Shepherd, born in Union, 30 July, 1829; married 27 Jan., 1851, THOMAS P. LEONARD, of Putnam, Ct., son of Daniel Leonard, of Union, and born 22 Aug., 1828.

Children, born in Putnam:

1. Ida Elvira, born 29 April, 1853.

2. Eugene Thomas, born 26 March, 1857.

3. Lucy Maria, born 2 Feb., 1861.

VII. EZRA MASON, son of Ezra Horton and Lucy Shepherd, born in Union, 3 June, 1832; married in Union, 2 Aug., 1859, JANE BARTLETT, daughter of Daniel Bartlett and Lucy Paine, and born in Union, about 1834.

Children, all born in Union, where he resides:

1. Balzamond Mason, born 15 March, 1862.

2. Emmons Burr, born 17 Sept., 1863.

3. Lucy Paine, born 11 May, 1865.

4. and 5. (twins,) Mary Percy, born 24 June, 1868; died 28
June, 1870; Martha Priscilla, born 24 June, 1868; died 16 July,
1868.

6. Knowlton Howard, born 16 Aug., 1871; died 29 June, 1872.

VIII. CHARLES, son of Ezra Horton and Lucy Shepherd, born in Union, 3 July, 1834; married in Albany, N. Y., 23 March, 1859, JANE FRANCES PERCY, daughter of John Percy and Eliza Ann ----, and born in Albany; reside in New York City.

Children:

1. Florence Effie, born in Albany, 4 April, 1860.

2. Frances Charlena, born in Albany, 13 Nov., 1863.

3. John Charles, born in Brooklyn, N. Y., 16 May, 1867.

IX. OLIVE, daughter of Ezra Horton and Lucy Shepherd, born in Union, 27 June, 1836: married 10 April, 1860, JOSEPH R. LANGDON, of Woodstock Valley, Ct., born in Yorkshire, Eng., in 1834; died 29 July, 1872.

Children:

1. Essie E., born 21 Feb., 1867; died 26 Aug., 1872.

2. Lucy Evelyn, born 13 April, 1870.

IV. ELISHA GRIGGS, M. D., son of Norman Horton and Esther Griggs (_Dea. Ezra_, _Rev. Ezra_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born at Stockbridge, N. Y., 20 Aug., 1830; married 1 April, 1855, HARRIET RAWSON, daughter of Emery Rawson and Julia Ruggles, and born in Linden, Vt., 2 Sept., 1832.

Children, born at Whitewater:

1. Minnie I., born 9 April, 1856.

2. Emery Norman, born 22 June, 1859.

3. Hattie May, born 2 March, 1870.

They reside at Whitewater, Wis. The Doctor is a skillful physician, doing a fair business.

VIII. MELVIN MORRIS, son of Norman Horton and Esther Griggs, born at Koskonong, Wis., 13 May, 1843; married at Koskonong, 24 Dec., 1863, SOPHRONIA CHEESEBRO, born at Koskonong, Jan., 1843.

Children, born at Cold Spring, Wis., where he resides:

1. Leo Leslie, born 1 Sept., 1864.

2. Everett Ezra, born 1 June, 1867.

I. SOPHRONIA, daughter of Chauncey Horton and Amanda Chaffee (_Dea. Ezra_, _Rev. Ezra_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born at Ashford, Ct., 5 Jan., 1826; married 17 May, 1849, JOHN J. CARVER, of Stockbridge, N. Y. No children.

II. ALMIRA AMANDA, daughter of Chauncey Horton and Amanda Chaffee, born in Ashford, Ct., 20 Jan., 1828; married 18 Oct., 1849, H. A. COOLIDGE. She died in Feb., 1875.

Children:

1. Edward Horton, born 13 July, 1850, in Cazenovia, N. Y.; died
in 1854.

2. Mary Frances, born 31 May, 1858, in Litchfield, Ill.

3. Kate, born 27 Nov., 1860, in Litchfield, Ill.

III. EMELINE, daughter of Chauncey Horton and Amanda Chaffee, born in Ashford, Ct., 22 Sept., 1829; married in Stockbridge, Madison Co., N. Y., 8 March, 1854, to the REV. GILES BUTLER CLEVELAND, born 12 Aug., 1825, in Durham, Greene County, N. Y. They have one son, viz.:

Arthur Horton Cleveland, born in the city of Philadelphia, 10
Feb., 1865.

Mrs. Cleveland graduated from the Ladies' Department of Oberlin College (Ohio), in 1853, and from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, in 1855. She was elected to the Chair of Anatomy in that College, in 1857, which she held until 1862, when she was transferred to the Chair of Obstetrics. This she still occupies, and is also a member of the Board of Corporators.

In 1860, at the solicitation of a number of philanthropic ladies of Philadelphia, who had in view the establishment of a Hospital for Women and Children, Professor Cleveland went abroad for medical study, and to make herself acquainted with the arrangements and management of hospitals. She entered the School of Obstetrics in connection with the _Maternite_ of Paris, and after receiving the diploma of that institution, found ready access to the wards and lecture-rooms of other hospitals, and was allowed free inspection of their administrative departments.

On her return, she was chosen Resident Physician of the then chartered Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia, which position she continued to fill for seven years. She has been one of the Managers of the Hospital from its organization, and a member of the Consulting Board since her retirement from the office of Resident Physician.

Professor Cleveland has made a number of important surgical operations, and is the first woman, so far as known, who ever performed ovariotomy. In her second case, a tumor, weighing fifty pounds, was successfully removed, the patient making a good recovery.

IV. MARY ANN, daughter of Chauncey Horton and Amanda Chaffee, born in Ashford, Ct., 1 Feb., 1831; married 16 May, 1854, the REV. RICHARD HOLTON CLARK, born in Carolina Centre, Tompkins Co., N. Y., about 1828.

Children:

1. Mary Frances, born in Stockbridge, N. Y., 20 May, 1856.

2. Emma, born in Nelson, N. Y., 5 Aug., 1858.

3. Charles Richard, Cuyler, N. Y., born 17 Nov., 1862.

V. CYNTHIA MALVINA, daughter of Chauncey Horton and Amanda Chaffee, born in Stockbridge, N. Y., 22 Feb., 1833; married 27 Aug., 1857, JUSTUS WILLIAMS, of Ft. Atkinson, Wis., born at Cazenovia, about 1830.

Children:

1. Edith Virginia, born at Jefferson, Wis., 25 June, 1859.

2. Herbert Leslie, born at Ft. Atkinson, Wis., 28 April, 1868.

VI. CHAUNCEY CHAFFEE, son of Chauncey Horton and Amanda Chaffee, born in Stockbridge, N. Y., 24 March, 1835; married 18 Jan., 1859, ELIZABETH HURLBURT, born about 1837.

Children, all born in Stockbridge, where he resided:

1. Eddie, born in 1860; died young.

2. Anna P., born 20 Oct., 1863.

3. Nellie, born in March, 1865; died in 1869.

4. Harry, born 1868; died in 1868.

I. STODDARD ELLSWORTH, son of Eli Horton and Katherine E. Ellsworth (_Dea. Ezra_, _Rev. Ezra_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born at Stafford, Ct., 31 March, 1833; died 24 Jan., 1873, at his residence, Windsor Locks, Ct. He was a man of excellent character, and talent as a machinist; married 14 Nov., 1865, FANNY E. CHASE, daughter of John Chase and Emma Greenleaf, and born 16 March, 1816, at Lyme, N. H.

Children, all born at Windsor Locks:

1. Myra Elsie, born 16 April, 1866.

2. Katie Elvise, born 30 Nov., 1867.

3. Sydney Ellsworth, born 28 Oct., 1869.

4. Alice Chase, born 18 May, 1872.

III. KATIE ELSIE, daughter of Eli Horton and Katherine E. Ellsworth, born at Stafford, Ct., 6 Jan., 1837; married 14 Dec., 1870, EZRA B. BAILEY, born at Franklin, Ct., about 1835. They reside at Windsor Locks and have one son, viz.:

Phillips Horton, born 24 Aug., 1872.

REV. WILLIAM HORTON THOMPSON, son of William Thompson and Catherine Ingals, and grandson of the Rev. Calvin Ingals and Mary Horton (_Rev. Ezra_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born at West Stafford, Ct., 7 July, 1818. He fitted for college at Morison Academy, Mass., in 1840, under the care of Rev. Charles Hammond. Entered Amherst College, and remained there three years. In 1844, he entered the Theological Seminary at Columbia, S. C., whence he graduated, in 1847. Settled first in the ministry at Atlanta, Ga. In 1849, he had charge of a mission church in Augusta, Ga. He was settled in Chattanooga in 1851, and in Bolivar, West Tennessee, for twelve years. In 1865, he was settled in Columbus, Kentucky, and in July, 1873, he moved to Lexington, Miss., where he is now engaged in the ministry.

He married 11 May, 1852, MARY JANE SAFFORD, daughter of Rev. Henry Safford, of Greenboro, Georgia, and Eliza Burr, daughter of Dr. William Burr, of Philadelphia, who was a nephew of President Burr, of Princeton College, N. J. The Safford family is large, and includes many persons of distinction. The Hon. A. B. Safford, of Cairo, has written the history of the family, and says he has written to every penitentiary in the United States, and not a Safford can be found on their records.

Children:

1. William Henry, born in Bolivar, Tenn., 14 Dec., 1855.

2. Mary Eliza, born in Bolivar, Tenn., 11 Jan., 1857.

3. Catherine Alethea, born in Bolivar, Tenn., 20 Jan., 1860.

I. SUSAN BAILEY, daughter of Gilbert Horton and Lydia Bailey (_Maj. Gilbert_, _Capt. Barnabas_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born at Bay View, Southold Township, 11 July, 1820; married at Bay View, 12 Dec., 1839, by the Rev. Ralph Smith, to HIRAM TERRY, son of Jesse Terry and Hannah ----, and born in Southold.

Children, all born in Southold:

1. Marietta A., born 4 April, 1841; died 19 April, 1865.

2. Charles E., born 4 Dec., 1843.

3. George I., born 9 August, 1850; died 28 August, 1868.

4. Lydia Bailey, born 18 Nov., 1854; died 27 Nov., 1869.

II. GILBERT WILSON, son of Gilbert Horton and Lydia Bailey, born at Bay View, 31 March, 1824; married in Cutchogue, L. I., 13 Dec., 1848, by the Rev. Ezra Youngs, to PHEBE ANN YOUNGS, daughter of Richard Youngs and Deborah Tuthill. She died 27 Nov., 1858, without issue, and he married 2. in Bridge Hampton, L. I., 12 Nov., 1862, by the Rev. Thomas Gray, to JANIE MARIA HALSEY, daughter of Daniel S. Halsey and Amanda Smith, and born in Bridge Hampton, about 1826.

Children, both born at Bay View:

1. Gilbert Wilson, born 9 April, 1865.

2. Daniel Halsey, born 5 Dec., 1871.

Mr. Horton has a farm and a very pretty situation at Fair View, Southold Township, and he owns the celebrated old cask in which were brought over a portion of the household goods of the old puritan, Barnabas, facetiously called "Uncle Barney's Money Pot," which it was said, he brought over with him, filled with _gold_ and _silver_.

I. NANCY LANDON, daughter of Hon. Silas Horton and Mary Landon (_Col. Benjamin_, _Capt. Barnabas_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born in Southold, 17 March, 1828; married 8 June, 1850, by Rev. Jonathan Huntting, to DAVID HAWKINS HORTON, son of Barnabas Horton and Mehetabel Osborn, and born at Mt. Hope, N. Y., 25 Feb., 1817.

Children:

1. Adelaide Landon.

2. Josephine.

3. Marietta.

4. Mary Landon.

IV. JAMES EDWIN, son of Spencer Horton and Emily Lewis (_Dea. John_, _Budd_, _Jonathan_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born in Wallkill, Orange Co., N. Y., 13 Jan., 1835; married in Newburgh, 24 Oct., 1806, by Rev. John Brown, D. D., to SARAH SNEEDEN HATHAWAY, daughter of Col. Odell S. Hathaway and Helen Maria Birdsall, and born in Newburgh, 11 June, 1836.

Children, all born in Newburgh:

1. George Hathaway, born 19 August, 1863.

2. Ida Cushman, born 31 May, 1866.

3. Edith Alden, born 19 August, 1868.

4. Hiram Falls, born 28 Aug., 1869.

5. Helen Marie, born 25 April, 1874.

Mr. Horton is a successful merchant in the city of Newburgh. He and his wife are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and highly respected in the community.

I. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, son of Jonathan Terry Horton and Mehetabel Horton (_Maj. Gilbert_, _Capt. Barnabas_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born in Southold; married 22 Nov., 1848, MARY FRANCES TERRY, daughter of Gilbert Terry and Nancy Hedges, and born in Southold, about 1826.

Children, all born in Southold:

1. Benjamin Carpenter.

2. Hetty Eliza.

3. Franklin Terry.

4. Edward Barton.

I. SILAS RYNECK, son of Dr. William Horton and Maria Ryneck (_William_, _Silas_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born on the old Horton farm, between Goshen and Craigville, Orange Co., N. Y., 26 June, 1820; married 7 August, 1859, at Philipsport, N. Y., by Rev. A. Ackerly, to SARAH JANE DECKER, daughter of Jacob J. Decker and Lucretia Cameron, and born near Ellensville, Ulster Co., N. Y., 21 July, 1836. One child, viz.:

Maggie B., born at the old homestead, 10 Dec., 1862.

Silas R. Horton has been for twenty years a noted fire-insurance agent, and he is still engaged in this business for some of the best companies in the country. Mr. Horton, like his father, possesses a fine taste for scientific studies. He is well-known as a geologist and mineralogist. A few years ago he discovered a new and rare mineral, which has since been named by Prof. George J. Brush, of Yale College, "Horton-olite."

II. EUGENE, son of Dr. William Horton and Maria Ryneck, born 27 Sept., 1824; married 7 June, 1867, ANNA T. HALEY.

Children:

1. Eugene B., born 20 Dec., 1872.

2. William R., born 13 July, 1874.

Mr. Horton is a noted agriculturalist; resides on the old homestead farm, which has now been in the possession of the Hortons for five generations.

III. DR. WILLIAM, son of Dr. William Horton and Maria Ryneck, born in Goshen, opposite the old Court-House, 10 April, 1827; married in Blooming Grove, N. Y., 8 Dec., 1853, by the Rev. Austin Craig, to SARAH LOUISA TOWNSEND, daughter of Sylvanus Smith Townsend and Elizabeth Rogers, of New York City.

Children:

1. Eugenia Townsend, born 18 March, 1858.

2. Elizabeth Emily, born 21 May, 1867.

Dr. Horton, in his letter, after giving his record as above, remarks: "Our old home has been in the Horton name for five generations. It is characteristic of the Horton Family to be fixed to one spot."

_Eighth Generation.--Jonathan I._