Chapter VIII: Part 8

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.

Albert H. Horton.]

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 was elected City Attorney of the same city, on the Union ticket. In September of 1864, he was appointed District Judge of the 2d Judicial District, of Kansas, by the Governor, Hon. Chas. H. Robinson. He was elected and re-elected to the same office, and then resigned in 1865, to continue the practice of his profession. On his entering practice, he was again elected City Attorney of Atchison, and held the position one year. In 1868, he was elected as one of the State Electors on the Republican State ticket in Kansas, and was selected the messenger to take the vote of Kansas to Washington, to be deposited with the Vice-President for Grant and Colfax. From 1861 to 1864, in addition to attending to the duties of Judge of the District Court, he edited, with Hon. John J. Ingalls, the weekly "_Champion_,"--a newspaper printed and published at Atchison. Mr. Ingalls is now the U. S. Senator from Kansas. In May, 1869, Mr. Horton was appointed, by President Grant, U. S. District Attorney of Kansas, and he held this office till July 18th, 1873, and then resigned the position. Upon the resignation of Judge Delabay, U. S. Judge of Kansas, in 1874, Mr. Horton's name was mentioned very prominently in connection with the vacant Judgeship, and at a State Bar meeting, called to recommend names for the position, Mr. Horton was presented by the majority of the lawyers present for the place. Owing to some difference of opinion among the Kansas delegation in Congress, however, Hon. C. G. Foster, of Atchison, was appointed in his stead. Mr. Horton still continues the practice of his profession at Atchison, and is the local attorney of the Chicago and Rock Island R. R. Co., and the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe R. R. Co., at that place. In March, 1873, Horton was associated with the Hon. Caleb Cushing, of Massachusetts, in the defence of Senator S. C. Pomeroy, before the U. S. Senate Investigating Committee, charged to inquire into certain pretended charges of bribery, connected with the Senatorial election in Kansas, in January, 1873. After a lengthy examination, Senator Pomeroy was acquitted by a majority of the Senatorial Committee. Afterwards the charges against Mr. Pomeroy were dismissed in Kansas, and the case against him never came to trial. In the Fall of 1873, Horton was elected by upwards of 500 majority to the Legislature of Kansas, and took a prominent part in the impeachment of Hon. Josiah E. Hayes, State Treasurer of Kansas. Mr. Horton was chairman of the committee which reported and carried the impeachment through the House, in February, 1874, and was then appointed Chairman of the Board of Managers to prosecute the impeached Treasurer before the State Senate. The State Treasurer then resigned, and the impeachment ended. In politics Mr. Horton is a Republican, but belongs to the Conservative side of the party.

The celebrated York-Pomeroy Bribery Case was brought to a final termination on the eleventh of March, 1875, and the $7,000 historic package was turned over to Mr. Pomeroy's counsel, the Hon. A. H. Horton. Great credit is due Judge Horton for his untiring efforts in having such an unjust and malicious prosecution brought to a close.

IV. ANNA ELIZA, daughter of Parmenas H. Horton and Milicent Howell (_Barnabas_, _Silas_, _Barnabas_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Middletown, N. Y., 15 Jan., 1830; married in Middletown, 23 March, 1859, by the Rev. Daniel F. Wood, to John Wheeler Gardner, son of John Gardner and Elizabeth Wheeler, and born in Warwick, N. Y., 7 Feb., 1827.

Children, born in Middletown:

1. Charles Horton Gardner, born 11 Feb., 1860.

2. John Wheeler Gardner, Jr., born 27 Jan., 1866.

They reside in Middletown, N. Y., and rank among the first families of that village. Mrs. Gardner says: "Milicent Howell was the name of both my paternal and maternal grandmothers, and yet they were not at all related as we know of; we have often spoken of it as quite a singular coincidence."

Mrs. Gardner was the first to propose a GENERAL GATHERING and SOCIAL UNION and RE-UNION of the Horton family of our country, which is to take place in Philadelphia in July, 1876.

VII. ALSON WARREN, son of Benjamin Horton and Almira Osborn (_Barnabas_, _Barnabas_, _Barnabas_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Onondaga, N. Y., 28 May, 1829; married in DeWitt, N. Y., 10 Feb., 1852, by Elder R. R. Raymond, to ELECTA LOUISA AINSLEE, daughter of William Ainslee and Nancy Pinney. He is now living in DeWitt, Onondaga Co., N. Y.; is a farmer.

Children, probably all born in DeWitt:

1. Charles Albert, born 2 Nov., 1853.

2. Philip Brewster, born 6 Jan., 1857.

3. William Benjamin, born 5 Oct., 1859.

4. Henry Broadhead, born 28 Nov., 1861.

5. Gardner Stanton, born 28 Jan., 1867.

6. Helen Elizabeth, born 15 July, 1871.

I. THOMAS WHITE, son of Henry Horton and Elizabeth White (_Nathan_, _Richard_, _Caleb_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born at Broadtop, Pa., 12 June, 1813; married 1. BARBARA BARNETTE; she died, and he married 2. the widow, ELIZABETH WOOD. Reside at Wells' Tannery, Fulton Co., Pa. He died in 1875.

II. NATHAN WHITE, son of Henry Horton and Elizabeth White, born at Broadtop, Pa., 3 May, 1815; married 1. about 1835, to ROSANNA MILLER; she died about 1860, and he married 2. the widow SUSANNA READY. They reside at Spearsville, Fulton Co., Pa.

Children, by 1st wife:

1. Samuel Miller, born 5 May, 1836; married Sarah Dunnica.

2. Joseph Miller, born 22 April, 1840; married Bell M. Lee.

3. Maria, born in 1842; married Dr. Wishart, of Fulton, Pa.

4. Catherine, born in 1844; married Harry Markley, of Fulton
Co., Pa.

5. Edwin A., born at Johnstown, Pa., 1846; unmarried; resides
at Bedford Springs.

6. Laura, born at Johnstown, Pa., 1849; married William Spear
Dickson, and reside in Fulton Co., Pa.

III. HON. WILLIAM, son of Henry Horton and Elizabeth White, born at Broadtop, Pa., 4 July, 1817; married at Broadtop, 15 March, 1837, by Rev. Zophar D. Pasco, to ANNA CERATHERS, daughter of Andrew Cerathers and Ellen Cerathers.

Children, born at Wells' Tannery, Fulton Co., Pa.:

1. Milton Murat, born 6 Nov., 1838.

2. Jonathan, born 5 April, 1840; died in the army in 1864.

3. Zophar Pasco, born 12 April, 1842.

4. Reuben, born 2 Sept., 1843; died in the army in 1864.

5. Nancy, born 22 March, 1845.

6. Calvin, born 25 July, 1846; died young.

7. Alfred, born 16 March, 1848.

8. Ruth, born 1 Feb., 1850.

9. Mary, born 12 Aug., 1851.

10. Elizabeth, born 18 May, 1855.

11. James B., born 4 Feb., 1857.

The Hon. William Horton resides at Wells' Tannery, Pa. He is a farmer, intelligent and self educated, and a few years ago was a member of the Pennsylvania Legislature. He is one of the leading men of the county, and he has kindly given his assistance in looking up the Hortons of West Chester, Pa. He remarks in one of his letters,

"The Patriarchs, Nathan and Samuel Horton, who settled in
Bedford Co., Pa., seemed to live in a quiet, Quaker-like way,
as they left no records save a few deeds and other legal
papers, which we found on the county records. They were both
practical blacksmiths, and that trade has been adopted by a
great many of both families, and many of their descendants are
at this time the best mechanics of the country. I have myself
a set of blacksmith tools, brought from Philadelphia by my
grandfather when he moved out, and the bellows bears the brand
'D. C. Dawson, Philadelphia, 1774,' and I do not keep them as
an heirloom, for they are in active use almost every day."

I. JAMES C., son of Gen. William Horton and Milley Dula (_Nathan_, _Nathan_, _Caleb_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born on New River, Ashe Co., N. C., 9 March, 1817; married SARAH DICKSON, daughter of Col. Dickson, of Caldwell Co., N. C. He is a first class farmer, resides on the Yadkin River one mile below Elkville. He was a volunteer in the Cherokee war, and had command of a company at the age of 19. He was county surveyor for many years.

Children, all born near Elkville:

1. William, died young.

2 and 3, Amelia and Margaret, twins.

2. Amelia, married Arthur Duvall Cowles, son of Calvin J.
Cowles and Martha Duvall. He is a merchant at Gap Creek, Ashe
Co., N. C. They have James, Calvin and Martha Horton.

3. Margaret is not married.

4. Dickson, a merchant, in company with his brother-in-law A.
D. Cowles.

II. WILLIAM LEANDER, son of Gen. William Horton and Milley Dula, married FRANCES CORPENING. They have:

1. Eliza, married John Wagoner, resides in Oregon.

2. Millard, also in Oregon.

3. William.

4. Corpening.

5. Rufus.

William Leander was also a volunteer in the Cherokee war at the age of 16, and was a Lieut. in his brother's company.

III. ELIZA, daughter of Gen. William Horton and Milley Dula, married JACKSON CORPENING of Burke Co., N. C. He is dead. He was a prominent man and much respected--left several children. One of his daughters married Col. Burgers S. Gaithers, a lawyer and politician, and one of the foremost men in the State.

IV. THEODOCIA ELVIRA, daughter of Gen. William Horton and Milley Dula, born at Yadkin River, in Wilkes Co., N. C., 22 Aug., 1825; married at the residence of her father, 23 Jan., 1845, by the Rev. Smith Ferguson, a Baptist minister, to GEO. HAGA HAMILTON, born at Salem, N. C., 5 Jan., 1814. He is a first class farmer; resides near Jefferson, Ashe Co., N. C.

Children, all born at Jefferson:

1. William, born 8 Dec., 1845; married 2 Dec., 1869, to Martha
Virginia Perkins.

2. Mary Jane, born 29 March, 1847; married 19 March, 1866, to
Dr. Levi C. Gentrey.

3. Rufus Alexander, born 8 Oct., 1850; unmarried.

V. REBECCA, daughter of Gen. William Horton and Milley Dula, married DAVID E. BOWER. They have several children--we only have names of two, as follows:

1. William Horton Bower, is a lawyer.

2. John Bower, is a clerk in a store at Elkville.

VI. NATHAN, son of Gen. William Horton and Milley Dula. He is a farmer; resides at Beaver Creek, Wilkes Co., N. C.; unmarried.

VII. PHINEAS, son of Gen. William Horton and Milley Dula. He is a farmer and merchant; resides at Elkville. He was a member of the House of Representatives of North Carolina in 1860-'63-'65 and '67, and in 1872 he was elected Senator.

IX. LAMIRA LOUISA, daughter of Gen. William Horton and Milley Dula, born at Yadkin River, N. C.; married at Elkville, Wilkes Co., N. C., 13 April, 1853, by the Rev. Smith Ferguson, to WILEY PERKINS THOMAS, son of Stephen Thomas and Rebecca Perkins, and born at Heltore, Ashe Co., N. C., 20 April, 1823. Mr. Thomas resides at Jefferson, Ashe Co. He is a well-to-do farmer, also a merchant and stock dealer.

Children, born at Jefferson:

1. Alexander Hamilton, born 20 April, 1854.

2. John D., born 2 July, 1861.

3. Elizabeth Elvira, born 26 April, 1866.

4. Lamira Caroline, born 26 March, 1871.

X. ALEXANDER HAMILTON, son of Gen. William Horton and Milley Dula, born at Yadkin River; married MARY JANE VOGLER, of Salem, N. C. They reside at Elkville. He is a merchant, in company with his brother, Phineas Horton; he is also Clerk of the Superior Court of Wilkes County.

XI. RUFUS DULA, son of Gen. William Horton and Milley Dula, born at Yadkin River. He resides at Elkville, at the old homestead of his father, and his sister Sarah lives with him. He is not married.

I. HON. WILLIAM, son of Phineas Horton and Rebecca Councill (_Nathan_, _Nathan_, _Caleb_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born on New River, 9 March, 1828; married at the residence of his wife's father, near Boone, N. C., 1860, to _Nancy Rebecca Blair_, only daughter of Henry Blair and Mary ----, and born in Caldwell Co., N. C., 26 Aug., 1835,--the Rev. Joseph Harrison, a _deaf_ preacher, officiating.

Children, all born at New River:

1. James Crittenden, born 20 Jan., 1861.

2. Jonathan Blair, born 12 Dec., 1862.

3. Julia Rebecca, born 12 Nov., 1864.

4. William Phineas, born 14 Feb., 1867.

5. Mary Emma, born 23 Feb., 1869.

6. Addie Elizabeth, born 1 May, 1871.

7. Henry Walter, born 5 July, 1873.

William Horton, at the early age of 18 years, was elected Lieutenant in the militia, and afterwards from one position to another, until he held the office of Colonel, in 1862, and during the war. He also held the office of County Surveyor, from 1849 to 1862, when he was elected to the State Legislature, and re-elected in 1864, and again in 1866. Notwithstanding his official stations, he still claims the honor of being a farmer, and makes his home with his honored father, making the old gentleman's closing years as pleasant as possible.

"Many of the Horton Family of North Carolina have lived to old
age. They are generally regarded as a clever, honest, liberal,
and charitable people. They possess good social qualities,
and are generally very popular, and these characteristics,
capability being added, account for so many of them holding
public positions. Many of them are public professors of
Christianity, and belong to the Baptist and Methodist
denominations.

"In politics they were formerly Whigs,--were all faithful to,
though not fully approving, the cause of the late Southern
Confederacy. They are now all conservative, and acting with the
Democratic party. Though generally intelligent, educated, and
talkative, there has never yet one of them been a preacher or a
lawyer, and but one a physician. They are nearly all engaged
in agricultural pursuits, and generally fond of amusements,
such as hunting, fishing, etc."--_Letter of Hon. William
Horton, of Boone, N. C., Dec., 1874._

II. NATHAN, son of Phineas Horton and Rebecca Councill, born on New River, 22 Oct., 1829. He was a Captain in the militia before the war, and also held the office of county processioner for several years.

He volunteered in Capt. T. V. Crumpter's Co. A., 1st Reg't, N. C. Troops (cavalry), and was promoted to a Lieutenancy in Capt. Jonathan Horton's Co. (B.), 37 Reg't, N. C. Troops (infantry), in the Fall of 1863. He was in the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., and others which followed, until he reached Gettysburg, where he was severely wounded by a minnie ball, which he yet carries under his shoulder. He was captured and taken to the hospital near Chester, Pa., I think, where he remained about two months. He was then taken to Johnson's Island, Ohio, where he says, that the suffering from hunger was so great that rats were freely eaten by the prisoners. After remaining there about twenty months, he was released on parole, and got home in March, 1865. Soon after his return home he was elected County Surveyor, and he has been re-elected several times, and he still holds the office. He was married 27 May, 1875, by Rev. Dr. Wogg, to JULIETT GENTRY, daughter of W. H. Gentry, of Jefferson, N. C.

III. JONATHAN FILLMORE, son of Phineas Horton and Rebecca Councill, born 3 March, 1836. He was a Capt. in the militia before the war. When the war broke out he also volunteered, with his brother Nathan, in Capt. Crumpter's Co. He died from relapse of fever, at Moore's Hospital, Manassas Junction, Va., 2 March, 1862.

IV. JAMES HARRISON, son of Phineas Horton and Rebecca Councill, born 27 May, 1841. He was an officer in the militia, and like his brothers, volunteered in Capt. Miller's Co. I., 58th Reg't, N. C., Troops (infantry), and was chosen Lieutenant. He was slightly wounded at the battle of Chickamauga. He acted as Adjutant for Col. J. B. Palmer at the battle of Missionary Ridge. He died from brain-fever at Dalton, Ga., 22 Dec., 1863. His body was brought home and interred on the hill in front of his father's house.

JAMES THEODORE, son of David Eagles Horton and Sarah Dula (_Col. Nathan_, _Nathan_, _Caleb_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Caldwell Co., N. C., 16 Oct., 1829; married in Yadkin Co., N. C., 12 Oct., 1859, by John Williams, Esq., to SARAH ROSA LYNCH, daughter of Larkin Lynch and Elizabeth Hunter. Moved to Yadkin Co., N. C., in Oct., 1863, and in Dec., 1866, removed to the old homestead again in Caldwell Co. He is a well-to-do farmer, and respected by those who know him.

Children:

1. Alice Conrad, born in Yadkin Co., 22 Aug., 1860.

2. Ida Lynch, born in Yadkin Co., 2 Jan., 1863.

3. Rosa Virginia, born in Yadkin, Co., 3 Dec., 1864.

4. James Walter, born in Yadkin Co., 26 Jan., 1867.

5. Harriet Augusta, born in Caldwell Co., 30 April, 1869.

6. Lillie Gertrude, born in Caldwell Co., 2 May, 1872.

I. EDMUND BURKE, son of Edmund Bani Horton and Matilda Devoy (Jonathan Bani, _Barnabas_, _Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born in New York City, 14 April, 1845; married 25 Oct., 1866, by Rev. F. Rallston Smith, D. D., to HARRIET MOORES, daughter of Charles W. Moores and Susan Ann Mallory.

Children, born at White Stone, L. I.:

1. Charles Edmund.

2. Elizabeth Mallory, both died young.

Harriet Moores Horton died in 1872. He married 2. in the Reformed Church, Port Richmond, Staten Island, 11 Nov., 1874, by the Rev. Dr. James Brownlee, to KATE CROCHERON BROWNLEE, eldest daughter of the officiating clergyman, and born at the parsonage in Port Richmond, Staten Island, on the 9 Feb., 1845.

Mr. Horton is a clerk and bookkeeper for the Howe Sewing Machine Co., in the city of New York.

_Ninth Generation.--Caleb I._

I. DR. SAMUEL MILLER, son of Nathan White Horton and Rosanna Miller (_Henry_, _Nathan_, _Richard_, _Caleb_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born at Broadtop, Pa., 5 May, 1835; studied medicine with Dr. John Lowman, of Johnstown, Pa., and graduated at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in the Class of 1862. He married SARAH DUNNICA, daughter of the Hon. Judge Dunnica, of St. Louis, Mo. They have three children: names not given. He is now (1874) a Surgeon in the U. S. Army, and stationed at Fort McKavitt, Texas. He was breveted Major at the battle of Vicksburg.

II. JOSEPH MILLER, son of Nathan White Horton and Rosanna Miller, born at Broadtop, Bedford Co., Pa., 22 April, 1840; married in Philadelphia, 19 May, 1864, by the Rev. M. C. Sutphin, to BELL MATHEWS LEE, daughter of Matthias H. Lee and Ellen Mathews, of Philadelphia, born in Philadelphia, in 1836; died 8 Jan., 1871.

Children, born in Philadelphia:

1. Laura born 1 Oct., 1867; died in infancy.

2. Walter, born in 1868; died in early infancy. (Twins.)

3. Harrison, in 1868; died in early infancy.

He married 2. in Philadelphia, 14 Oct., 1875, CLARA EUGENIA GIRVIN, daughter of John Girvin and Emily Bowman, and born in Philadelphia.

Mr. Horton is now, and has been for about twelve years past, compositor in the "_Evening Bulletin Office_," Philadelphia. He has had charge of the Religious department of that paper for about eight years past. He is the Philadelphia correspondent of the "_Nashville Bulletin_." He was a Union soldier, served one year, and was honorably discharged. He edits the "_Home Circle_," a monthly literary journal, published in Philadelphia. He is an active member of the Spring Garden Presbyterian Church, and is also a member of the Board of Trustees. In October, 1874, he formed a partnership with R. F. Thorne and E. C. Cake, under the name of Thorne, Cake & Co., and they are now the proprietors of the Home Circle Publishing Company, of Philadelphia.

He is a ready, racy writer, and possesses a mind of good culture, enjoying the confidence and respect of all who know him.

IX. ELIZABETH, daughter of Eunice Horton and George Bockover (_Jason_, _Israel_, _Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born at Beemerville, N. J., 5 July, 1833; married 1. THOMAS C. WILDER, a merchant, who died leaving no issue; married 2. at Beemerville, 8 March, 1859, by Rev. Mr. Crosette, to the HON. JOHN PARKER JORDAN, of North Carolina. A happy union of the North and South. The bridal party left immediately for New York City, stopping for a few days at the St. Nicholas, where they received the _elite_ of the city, and then went to Baltimore, where at Barnum's, Mrs. Jordan, with the ease and grace of manner so natural to her, received their friends, and made the entertainment very interesting. From Baltimore they proceeded to Mr. Jordan's home in the Old North State.

Mr. Jordan is a son of Matthias Jordan and Sally Smith, both of illustrious English descent, and on the mother's side tracing back to the Colonial Governor of Virginia. They were planters, on the James River, but moved to North Carolina in early life, engaged largely in the East India trade--lost a large fortune by the ravages of the war of 1812.

Hon. J. P. Jordan is a lawyer, self-educated, but rose gradually to eminence in his profession, and has several times been a member of the Legislature. He is at present (Dec., 1875,) engaged in important business in Washington, D. C.

I. RUTH ANN, daughter of Nelson Horton and Sarah Shons (_Silas Danes_, _Silas_, _Silas_, _Barnabas_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Wallkill, N. Y., 14 June, 1838. She is an intelligent maiden lady--a live member of the Old School Baptist Church. She has rendered valuable assistance in gathering up genealogical data of her branch of the Horton family; under date of May, 1871, she says:

"In regard to leading traits of character of the Horton family,
I may speak of the disposition manifested in my own line. Some
might set them down as too dogmatical. I do admit that most of
them are rather tenacious of their own opinions. Especially
were my grandfather and his brother Barnabas positive and firm
men. But I do not think this trait of character is so prominent
in other branches of the family. In regard to punctuality
and uprightness, they can present as untarnished a record as
any other family. I have never heard of any of them being
imprisoned for debt or misdemeanor. Their social standing has
always been good. As to mental capacity, I believe they have
generally been people of good common sense. They have not, so
far as I know, ever made any special mark in the literary or
scientific world. Politically, as a general thing, they embrace
and adhere to the _Democratic idea_--the idea of freedom and
equal rights. They have mainly followed agricultural pursuits.
I believe frugality has ever been a leading characteristic
of the family, in all its history, and we find this trait
of character still prominent, despite the great amount of
prodigality and unthrift witnessed in these times."

I. ELWOOD ELY, son of Alexander Horace Horton and Catherine Cline Ditmars (_Uriah T._, _Jason_, _Israel_, _Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born at Lambertville, N. J., 26 Dec., 1844; married in Trenton, N. J., 9 May, 1868, by the Rev. Mr. Bartine, to LYDIA GAMBLE, daughter of Ellis Gamble, and born at Lambertville, 1 April, 1850. She died in Trenton, N. J., 7 May, 1874, leaving one son:

William Horton, born 22 Oct., 1869.

Elwood E. Horton resides at Lambertville, and is a car painter by occupation.

II. CARLTON IRA, son of Ira Joseph Horton and Ruth Howard Spear (_Samuel Todd_, _Joseph_, _Israel_, _Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born in Atlas, Genesee Co., Mich., 3 Sept., 1841; married in Atlas, 1 Oct., 1863, by Isaac Crawford, Esq., to MARIETTA FROST, daughter of Jonathan Frost, and born in Atlas, 17 Sept., 1840.

Children, born in Atlas:

1. Sumner Green, born 16 June, 1865.

2. William Henry, born 29 March, 1869.

_Third Generation.--Joshua I._

I. JOSHUA, Ensign, son of Joshua Horton I. and Mary Tuthill, born in Southold, 1669; married 1. ELIZABETH GROVER, daughter of Simon Grover and Elizabeth Moore, and born in Southold, 15 Sept., 1672; died in 1713. He married 2. the widow MARY GILLAM. He died about 1744.

Children, all by first wife, and all born in Southold:

1. Eliza, born 1694; married in 1719, John Halloway.

2. Patience, born 1696; married in 1716, Joseph Lamb.

3. Deborah, born 1698; married in 1721, Nathaniel Buell.

4. Martha, born 1701; married in 1724, Robert Tustin.

5. Mary, died in 1724; unmarried.

6. Rhoda, died 1720.

7. Simon Grover, born 1711.

8. Joshua, married Sarah Hull in 1734.

II. JOSEPH, son of Joshua Horton I. and Mary Tuthill, born in Southold, about 1671; married.

Children, probably all born in Southold:

1. Joshua, born 1730.

2. Benjamin.

3. Joseph.

4. Martha.

5. Lydia.

6. Deliverance, died young.

IV. MARY, daughter of Joshua Horton I. and Mary Tuthill, born in Southold, 1687; married 2 Jan., 1708, ZACCHEUS GOLDSMITH, son of John Goldsmith and Anna Wells, and born in Southold about 1689.

Children:

1. David, born 1709.

2. Mary.

3. Joseph.

V. BETHIA, daughter of Joshua Horton I. and Mary Tuthill, born in Southold, 1679; married in 1716, ICHABOD HALLOCK, son of Thos. Hallock and Mary Hope. He died in 1759. She died in 1753.

Children:

1. Thomas, born 1717.

2. Ichabod, born 1719.

3. Bethia, married Reeve.

4. Sarah, married Jeremiah Billard.

5. Patience, married Silas Moore.

6. Anna, married William Homan.

VII. EPHRAIM, son of Joshua Horton I. and Mary Tuthill, born in Southold, in 1786; married about 1707, MARTHA VAIL, born in Southold, 1788.

Children:

1. Joseph.

2. Benjamin.

3. Jeremiah, died 1729.

4. Joshua, died 1729.

_Fourth Generation.--Joshua I._

I. JOSEPH, son of Ephraim Horton and Martha Vail (_Joshua I._), born in Southold in 1708; married perhaps DELIVERANCE REEVES.

Children, all born in Southold:

1. Joshua, born in 1733; married Asenath Mapes.

2. Benjamin, born 1735; married Anna Horton.

3. Joseph, born 1737; married Mary Hallock.

4. Mary, born 1739.

5. Martha, born 1741; married 6 April, 1769, Recompense Howell.

6. Lydia, died young.

7. Lydia, born 1744; married 13 Feb., 1775, to James Overton.

8. Deliverance, born 1747; she was sent to a wind grist-mill
when 11 years old, and venturing too near the wings, she was
struck by one of them and fatally injured; she was taken to the
house of Joseph Reeves and died the same day.

II. BENJAMIN, son of Ephraim Horton and Martha Vail, born in Southold, about 1710; married.

Children:

1. Joseph, born 1735.

2. Jeremiah, born 1738.

3. Joshua, born 1740.

4. Eliza, born 1742; married 20 Nov., 1763, Josiah Gibbs.

III. JEREMIAH, son of Ephraim Horton and Martha Vail, born in Southold, about 1712; married.

Children:

1. Joshua, born in 1747.

2. Justus, born in 1749.

3. Joseph, born 1757.

4. John, born in 1760; married and settled in Rhode Island, and
had John, Benjamin and Joseph.

VII. SIMON GROVER, son of Joshua Horton and Eliza Grover (_Joshua I._), born in Southold, 30 March, 1711.

"He graduated at Yale College in 1731; was bred a
Congregationalist, but he was installed pastor of the
Presbyterian Church, in Connecticut Farms, L. I., between
Sept., 1734 and Sept., 1735. In 1746 he accepted a call to
Newtown, L. I., where he labored until 1772, when he resigned
and remained in retirement till his decease, 8 May, 1786, at
the residence of his son-in-law, Judge Benjamin Coe. He was
a man of unquestioned purity, and always sustained a good
character and standing. He was of middle size and solemn
deportment."--_Hatfield's History of Elizabeth, N. J._

He was twice married; his first wife, ABIGAIL HOWELL, died 5 May, 1752, and 7 Jan., 1762, he married ELIZABETH FISH, daughter of Samuel Fish, Esq. He had but one child:

Phebe, who married the late Hon. Benjamin Coe.

He was an exile during the Revolutionary War, with his son-in-law, at Warwick, Orange Co., N. Y. They returned to Newtown, L. I., in the fall of 1783, and there he died, as stated above. He was a zealous and active Whig, and early espoused the cause of the colonies against the mother country.

_Fifth Generation.--Joshua I._

I. JOSHUA, son of Joseph Horton and Deliverance Reeves (_Ephraim_, _Joshua I._), born in Southold about 1733; married about 1750, perhaps ASENATH MAPES.

Children, all born in Southold:

1. Joshua, born 22 Sept., 1851.

2. Havens.

3. Gilbert.

4. William.

5. Deliverance.

6. Permela.

7. Asenath.

II. BENJAMIN, son of Joseph Horton and Deliverance Reeves, born about 1735; married about 1756, to ANNA HORTON, daughter of Calvin Horton and Elizabeth Burnette, and born in Southold, in 1737.

Children, all born in Southold:

1. Elizabeth.

2. Elam Potter.

3. Joseph.

4. Benjamin.

5. Davis.

6. Martha.

III. JOSEPH, son of Joseph Horton and Deliverance Reeves, born about 1737; married MARY HALLOCK, and settled at Riverhead, L. I.

Children, all born at Riverhead:

1. Joseph, born 1759; married 1. Sally Decker, 2. Widow Cox.

2. William; born 1761; married Osborn.

3. Sybil, married Homan.

4. Mary, married Wm. Terry.

5. Hannah, married Hallock.

6. Benjamin, married Charlotte Wells.

_Sixth Generation.--Joshua I._

I. JOSHUA, son of Joshua Horton and Asenath Mapes (_Joseph_, _Ephraim_, _Joshua I._), born in Southold, 22 Sept., 1751; died in Putnam Valley, N. Y., 11 Nov., 1811; he went to Orange Co., N. Y., in early life; married about 1777, PHEBE RUMSEY, moved to Philipstown, now Putnam Valley, N. Y., where he settled. His wife was born in Goshen, N. Y., 15 Jan., 1760; died 8 Sept., 1807, in Putnam Valley. He was an honest, Christian man, a worthy member of the Baptist Church, and much respected by all who knew him.

Children, probably all born in Putnam Valley:

1. Isaac, born in 1778; married Margaret Odell.

2. John, born 1780.

3. James, born 1782.

4. Cyrus, born 1 June, 1784; married Sarah Mead.

5. Jasper, born in 1787.

III. GILBERT, son of Joshua Horton and Asenath Mapes, born in Southold, 1753; married and settled in Shenandoah Valley, Dutchess Co., N. Y.

IV. WILLIAM, son of Joshua Horton and Asenath Mapes, born in Southold, 1755; married MARY WRIGHT, in 1795; moved to Orange Co., and thence to Oneida Co., N. Y., and settled at Rome, N. Y. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, served during the war and came out unharmed.

Children, probably all born in Rome, N. Y.:

1. Anannias, born 1796; resides in Oriskany, N. Y.

2. Liberty, born 1798; resides in Whitesboro, N. Y.

3. Jeremiah, born 28 Oct., 1800; married Abigail Brownell.

4. Richmond Wright, born 30 Jan., 1803; married Martha McNall.

5. Irene, married ---- Knaggs; lives at Little Falls, N. Y.

6. Rhoda, married ---- Streetor.

7. Mary Shields, died in Rome, 9 Aug., 1855.

I. DEA. JOSEPH, son of Joseph Horton and Mary Hallock (_Joseph_, _Ephraim_, _Joshua I._), born about 1761; moved to Orange Co., N. Y., in early life, settled in Wallkill; married SALLY DECKER. After her death he married the widow Sally Cox. He was a Deacon in the Presbyterian Church of Wallkill, Orange Co., N. Y.

Children, born in Wallkill:

1. Joseph, married Mary Cox.

2. Polly.

3. Benjamin, married Phebe Vail.

4. Levi Decker.

5. Anna, born 1789; married Isaac M. Gillett.

6. Hannah.

7. Phebe.

8. John.

"In the year 1824 or 1825, Dea. Joseph Horton, with his horse
and buggy, left home in the morning and went to work in a field
about two miles from his house alone. Not returning, his family
made search for him, and going to the field they found him
dead, lying upon his face on the ground, and the bridle in his
hand, indicating plainly that his horse had been turned into
the pasture-field in the morning, and that he had finished his
day's work, and started to get his horse to return home when he
fell dead."--_Letter of L. D. Horton, August, 1874._

His residence was in Wallkill, Orange Co., N. Y. He was about sixty-three years old at the time of his death, and living with his 2d wife, who was the widow Sally Cox.

_Seventh Generation.--Joshua I._

I. JOSEPH, son of Dea. Joseph Horton and Sally Decker (_Benjamin_, _Joseph_, _Ephraim_, _Joshua I._), born in Wallkill, in 1776; married in Wallkill, N. Y., about 1806, MARY COX, born in Orange Co., N. Y., in 1779. They were members of the Presbyterian Church, and he was one of the Deacons. They settled in Newfield, Tompkins Co., N. Y., in 1813, and there they died, he in 1823, and she in 1862.

Children, 1. and 2. born in Wallkill, the rest in Newfield:

1. Solomon.

2. Lewis.

3. Harry.

4. Stephen.

5. Joseph.

6. Mehitabel.

7. Sally.

8. Fanny.

9. Elizabeth.

10. James Madison.

III. BENJAMIN, son of Dea. Joseph Horton and Sally Decker, born in Wallkill, Orange Co., N. Y., 7 July, 1787; married PHEBE VAIL, daughter of Daniel Vail and Elizabeth Smith, and born in Ulster Co., N. Y., 27 July, 1786.

Children:

1. Maria, born 1809; married Baxter.

2. Levi Decker, born 22 April, 1811; married Susan Polhamus.

3. Julia, married Miller.

4. Betsey, married Kingsbury.

5. Joseph.

6. Stephen L., born 15 March, 1818; married Harriet Newell.

7. Benjamin I., born 13 March, 1820; married Phebe Perry.

8. Sally Ann, married Baldwin.

9. Asa C., born 1 Jan., 1822; married Sarah Wood.

10. Nancy, married Clark.

11. Clarissa, married Cisson; she is dead.

12. Amanda M., married Tibbits.

13. Rufus.

V. ANNA, daughter of Dea. Joseph Horton and Sally Decker, born in Wallkill, in 1789; married ISAAC M. GILLETT.

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

1. Daniel Horton.

2. David Humley.

3. Charles Joseph, born 19 March, 1820; married Sarah Ann
Alexander.

I. ISAAC, son of Joshua Horton and Phebe Rumsey (_Joshua_, _Joseph, phraim_, _Joshua I._), born in Putnam Valley, N. Y., about 1778; married MARGARET ODELL.

Children:

1. Wright James, was born in Philipstown, Putnam Co., N. Y.;
married Deborah Wilcox.

III. HON. CYRUS, son of Joshua Horton and Phebe Rumsey, born in Putnam Valley, N. Y., 1 June, 1784, and died there, 13 Feb., 1832. He was married 27 Sept., 1809, to MARY MEAD. She was born 23 May, 1791, died 27 May, 1842. She was the daughter of Anna Mead, who was born 12 March, 1765, and died 30 June, 1835.

"Cyrus Horton was a New York merchant for some years, but
by reason of ill-health, he abandoned active business and
purchased the homestead of his father in Philipstown, and
there he spent the closing years of his life in comparative
retirement, possessing a moderate competence, acquired in
merchandising. He died in the same house in which his father
had lived and died, thus two generations died on the homestead.
He was distinguished for his gentlemanly deportment, Christian
life, and public spirit. The old homestead was a _church and
a religious centre_ for more than sixty years. He knew well
the advantages of education, and he inculcated it in his
children."--_Letter of E. J. Horton._

His influence in society was of the true kind, and his death was greatly lamented.

VI. LEONARD, son of Benjamin Horton and Peninah Newton (_John_, _Jeremiah_, _Ephraim_, _Joshua I._), born at Naugatuck, Conn., 15 Nov., 1807; married JEMIMA CONOVER, born in New Jersey, 26 Sept., 1809; moved from Connecticut to Chenango Co., N. Y.

Children, probably all born in Oxford, Chenango Co., N. Y.:

1. Marcus Nelson, born 6 April, 1830.

2. Emily Jane, born 1832.

3. Avis Amelia.

4. Clark Lawrence.

_Eighth Generation.--Joshua I._

III. HARRY, son of Joseph Horton and Mary Cox (_Dea. Joseph_, _Joseph_, _Benjamin_, _Ephraim_, _Joshua I._), born in Wallkill, Orange Co., N. Y., 11 April, 1811; moved with his father, when 18 months old (1813), to Newfield, Tompkins Co., N. Y.; married in Newfield, 5 May, 1834, by George Bailey, Esq., to SARAH SMITH, daughter of Henry Smith and Anna E. Hufford, and born in Hamilton, Northampton Co., Pa., 12 Oct., 1810.

Children, all born in Newfield, the residence of their parents:

1. William Henry, born 27 Feb., 1835; married Philena Nobles.

2. Stephen Joseph, born 31 May, 1838; married Kate Seabring.

3. Catherine Lonesa, born 14 March, 1841; married Nelson Cutter.

X. JAMES MADISON, son of Joseph Horton and Mary Cox, born in Newfield, N. Y., 14 Dec., 1814; married in Newfield, 27 Aug., 1835, by George D. Bailey, Esq., to ELIZABETH SMITH, daughter of Henry Smith and Nancy Hofford, and born in Newfield, 31 July, 1816.

Children, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 born in Newfield, 9 and 10 in Republic, Ohio:

1. A daughter, born 3 Feb., 1837; died unmarried.

2. Sarah Maria, born 26 Jan., 1838; married David Hubbard Clark.

3. Fannie Minerva, born 12 July, 1840; married Rufus Bishop
Hall.

4. Clara Jane, born 20 Aug., 1842; married Harry Axtel Palmer.

5. Francis Asbury, born 22 Oct., 1845; married Marian Chitenden.

6. Levi Wisner, born 8 Dec., 1847; married Alchamedy Lapham.

7. Ann Elizabeth, born 12 Oct., 1850; married William Clink.

8. Matilda Adelia, born 30 May, 1853; unmarried.

9. A son, born in 1856; died without a name.

10. Willie Eugene Seabring, born 29 March, 1858; unmarried.

Mr. Horton and family moved from Newfield to Republic, Seneca Co., Ohio, in Oct., 1855. He has been afflicted with ill-health for nine years past. He resides at Green Springs, Ohio, and stands fair in the community.

II. LEVI DECKER, son of Benjamin Horton and Phebe Vail (_Dea. Joseph_, _Joseph_, _Joseph_, _Ephraim_, _Joshua I._), born in Newfield, N. Y., 22 April, 1811; married in Enfield, Tompkins Co., N. Y., 12 July, 1834, by Rev. Obediah Chase, to SUSAN POLHAMUS, daughter of Cornelius Polhamus and Polly Caniff, and born in Ulster Co., N. Y., 18 Feb., 1813.

Children:

1. Amos Curry, born in Newfield, 27 April, 1835; died 6 July,
1862.

2. Ruth Ann, born in Newfield, 20 Nov., 1836; married 30 April,
1860, by the Rev. Volney Powell, to John Hamilton Danthemus.

3. Phebe Jane, born in Newfield, 6 July, 1839; married 12 May,
1858, by the Rev. Volney Powell, to Charles W. Johnson.

4. George Washington, born in Newfield, 6 July, 1841.

5. John Gillett, born in New Milford, Ill., 23 Oct., 1844; died
14 Jan., 1849.

6. Clara Elizabeth, born in New Milford, Ill., 20 Feb., 1848;
unmarried.

7. Eva Louisa, born in New Milford, Ill., 12 Jan., 1853;
married by Rev. Henry Mahil, 25 Dec., 1871, to Charles Peake.

Levi D. Horton moved from Newfield, about 1842, to New Milford, Ill., where he now resides.

VI. STEPHEN L., son of Benjamin Horton and Phebe Vail, born in Newfield, Tompkins Co., N. Y., 15 March, 1818; married in Harlem, Winnebago Co., Ill., in 1847, by Rev. Mr. Wilson, to HARRIET NEWELL, born 4 Jan., 1827, in Litchfield, Mass.; died in New Milford, Ill., 23 May, 1868.

Children, by first wife:

1. Haskell V., born in New Milford, Ill., 16 March, 1850;
married Celestia Jameson.

2. Harvey, born in New Milford, Ill., 7 August, 1852.

3. Alva, born in New Milford, Ill., 5 Sept., 1856.

4. Wesley Gibbs, born in New Milford, Ill., 25 Sept., 1858.

Married 2. in Newfield, N. Y., 5 Nov., 1868, by Rev. Reuben C. Fox, to MARY JANE STARR, born in Newfield, N. Y., 19 March, 1823.

Children:

1. Starr La Motte, born 19 Feb., 1870.

VII. BENJAMIN JOSEPH, son of Benjamin Horton and Phebe Vail, born in Newfield, N. Y., 13 March, 1820; married in Newfield, 19 Oct., 1842, by Rev. P. A. Johnson, to PHEBE PERRY, daughter of James E. Perry and Susanna Adams, and born in Schoharie Co., N. Y., 13 Oct., 1819.

Children, probably all born in Newfield, N. Y.:

1. Henrietta, born 23 July, 1843; died 25 Sept., 1858.

2. La Fayette, born 12 April, 1846; died 21 Sept., 1849.

3. Augusta Maria, born 24 Feb., 1851.

4. Oscar Perry, born 26 Dec., 1853.

5. Bela Joseph, born 5 Oct., 1856.

6. Elmer Elsworth, born 8 Dec., 1862.

IX. ASA CALDWELL, son of Benjamin Horton and Phebe Vail, born in Newfield, N. Y., 1 Jan., 1822; married at Beloit, Wis., in June, 1854, to SARAH WOOD, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Wood, and born at Chatham, now Ontario, Canada, 22 June, 1831. They reside at New Milford, Ill.

Children, all born at New Milford, Ill.:

1. Grace Edna, born 27 Dec., 1855.

2. Floyd Wallace, born 4 Nov., 1857.

3. William Wirt, born 16 March, 1861.

4. Amos Curry, born 6 Nov., 1863.

5. Lucy Lura, born 22 Nov., 1868.

I. WRIGHT JAMES, son of Isaac Horton and Margaret Odell (_Joshua_, _Joshua_, _Joseph_, _Ephraim_, _Joshua I._), born in Philipstown, Putnam County, N. Y., 25 October, 1813; married in Fishkill, N. Y., 1 January, 1837, by the Rev. Geo. Horton, of the same place, to DEBORAH WILCOX, born in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess Co., N. Y., 13 Oct., 1812; she was daughter of Abner Wilcox and Sally ----. He was born 16 March, 1784. She was born 24 Sept., 1787.

Children, all born in Fishkill except Sarah Ann, who was born in Mt. Morris, Genesee Co., Mich.:

1. Rev. Isaac, born in Fishkill, Dutchess Co., N. Y., 29 Aug.,
1839. A graduate of Rochester University, class of 1865; also a
graduate of Rochester Theological Seminary, class of 1868.

2. Amelia, born 24 Oct., 1841; a teacher.

3. Abner, born 24 June, 1844; a telegraph operator and
bookkeeper.

4. Cyrus B. Horton, born 13 Dec., 1846; a farmer.

5. Sarah Ann, born 26 July, 1849; married 3 Sept., 1867, to
Prof. Jefferson H. Lewis. Mr. Lewis is the Principal of the Mt.
Morris School. They have Nellie E. Lewis, born Sept., 1873.

Wright James Horton moved from Fishkill to Mt. Morris, Mich., in 1848, where he now resides.

I. EZRA JAMES, son of Hon. Cyrus Horton and Sarah Mead (_Joshua_, _Joshua_, _Joseph_, _Ephraim_, _Joshua I._), born 20 July, 1826, in Putnam Valley, Putnam Co., N. Y., about seven miles from Peekskill, his present place of residence. He was married at Cold Springs Village, 8 Sept., 1850, by Rev. S. W. Jones, to SARAH DAVENPORT, only daughter of William Davenport and Euphemia Perry, and born at Cold Springs.

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

1. Rushman Davenport, born 7 July, 1853; died 10 Aug., 1854, at
Cold Springs.

2. Cyrus William, born 19 June, 1855; is now cadet midshipman,
3d class, Annapolis Academy.

3. Euphemia, born 17 Feb., 1857; died same day.

4. Linda E., born 24 Jan., 1859; died 2 Aug., 1859.

5. Walter, born 24 Sept., 1860; died 31 Oct., 1863, at
Philipstown.

6. Annie Woolsey, born 24 Sept., 1863; died at Philipstown.

7. Cornelia Southard Lelia, born 12 Dec., 1864.

8. Charles Davenport, born 16 Sept., 1866, at Peekskill.

9. Ezra James, born 7 Jan., 1869, at Peekskill.

10. Clarence Frost, born 10 Feb., 1871, at Peekskill.

11. Arthur, born 26 Dec., 1872, at Peekskill.

E. J. Horton came to Peekskill in 1844. He has been an editor and publisher for twenty-four years, and he still follows the same occupation, being at present editor and publisher of the "_West Chester News_," an interesting and useful weekly paper, published at White Plains, the Seat of Justice of West Chester Co., N. Y. He spent two years at the New York University, but by reason of ill-health, he was compelled to leave it. He also studied medicine, but for the same reason he was forced to give this up also, and abandon all ideas of a professional life. Publishing and editing seemed better adapted to his health, and in this occupation he has been successful. He is now (1875) also publishing a paper at Port Jervis, N. Y.

I. MARCUS NELSON, son of Leonard Horton and Jemima Conover (_Benjamin_, _John_, _Jeremiah_, _Ephraim_, _Joshua I._), born at Oxford, Chenango Co., N. Y., 6 April, 1830; married at Walton, Delaware Co., 1 July, 1861, by Rev. J. S. Pattingill, to ADALINE MEAD BRISACK, daughter of Sylvester Brisack and Ann Mead, and born in Walton, 22 Feb., 1833.

Children:

1. Edward Bates, born at Watertown, Jefferson Co., N. Y., 30
July, 1862.

2. Ernest Wayne, born at Elmira, N. Y., 4 August, 1871; dead.

3. John Marcus, born No. 25 Park Avenue, Williamsport, Pa., 19
July, 1873.

Mr. M. N. Horton was Superintendent of the public schools of the city of Williamsport for some years past. He is now Superintendent of the public schools of the city of Franklin, Venango Co., Pa. He is a skillful educator, and a gentleman much distinguished for his scholarly attainments, and correct moral habits and principles. He graduated at Williams College, Mass., in 1853. Received his degree of A. M. five years later. Studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1862, but did not continue in practice of law, preferring other pursuits.

_Ninth Generation.--Joshua I._

VI. CHARLES WESLEY, son of Alvah Horton and Mary Elizabeth Tuthill (_Benjamin_, _Dea. Joseph_, _Joseph_, _Joshua_, _Ephraim_, _Joshua I._), born at Riverhead, about 1828; married SARAH OVERTON.

Children:

1. Francis.

2. Alvah.

VII. HENRY EGBERT, son of Alvah Horton and Mary Elizabeth Tuthill, born at Cutchogue, L. I., 19 Sept., 1830; married in 1856, by Rev. Frs. Hill, to ISABELLA GRAHAM HORTON, daughter of B. Bailey Horton and Hannah Reeves, and born in Cutchogue, 19 Sept., 1831. They reside at East Hampton, L. I.

Children, probably all born at East Hampton:

1. Charlotte Beatrice, born 1857.

2. Mary Elizabeth, born 7 August, 1859.

3. David, born in 1861; died in infancy.

4. Maggie Cora, born in Dec., 1863.

5. Susan Hannah, born in 1866.

6. Isabella Rose, born in 1868.

7. De Forest, born 15 June, 1871.

I. WILLIAM HENRY, son of Harry Horton and Sarah Smith (_Joseph_, _Dea. Joseph_, _Joseph_, _Joseph_, _Ephraim_, _Joshua I_.), born in Newfield, N. Y., 27 Feb., 1835; married 6 Dec., 1863, by the Rev. D. Weaver, to PHILENA NOBLES, daughter of Amon Nobles and Mary Wilbour, of Long Island, and born in 1837.

Children, born in Newfield, N. Y.:

1. Amanda Belle, born 12 August, 1865.

2. Kate Evelyn, born 25 Dec., 1872.

II. STEPHEN JOSEPH, son of Harry Horton and Sarah Smith, born in Newfield, 31 May, 1838; married in Newfield, 5 May, 1859, to KATE SEABRING, daughter of Richard Seabring and Betsey Hughes, of Newfield, and born in 1840.

Children, born in Newfield:

1. Willie, born 5 August, 1862.

2. Lida May, born 11 April, 1865.

III. CATHERINE LONESA, daughter of Harry Horton and Sarah Smith, born in Newfield, 14 March, 1841; married in Newfield, 3 Oct., 1864, to NELSON CUTTER, son of Nyrum Cutter, Esq., and Rebecca Dennis, and born in Newfield, in 1838. No children.

They reside in Newfield.

_Third Generation.--Jonathan I._

I. JONATHAN, son of Jonathan Horton I. and Bethia Wells, born at the "Old Castle," 23 Dec., 1683; married 27 Nov., 1707, MARY TUTHILL, daughter of Henry Tuthill, brother of John Tuthill, the Pilgrim. He died 2 April, 1768; she died. Both buried in Southold Cemetery.

Children, probably all born in the Old Castle, at Southold:

1. Mary, born 1708; married Edward Mabel; had Moses and others.

2. Eliphaz, born 1710; disappeared mysteriously when 18, never
heard of afterwards.