SILAS HORTON, son of Abigail Horton and Daniel Stringham (_Silas_, _Barnabas_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Middletown, Orange Co., N. Y., 7 Nov., 1797; married in 1821, HENRIETTA HICKS, daughter of Jacob M. Hicks and Elizabeth ----, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and born in 1804. (Jacob M. Hicks died in 1843, aged 94. His wife died in 1854, aged 85.) Children, probably all born in Brooklyn: 1. Maria Hicks Stringham, married William M. Richards. 2. Jane Horton Stringham, married Benjamin W. How; died in 1874. 3. Edwinna Hurlbut Stringham, married Johnston Blakeley Creighton; died in 1862. 4. Elizabeth Wynkoop Stringham, married Com. J. B. Creighton, being his 2d wife. Silas H. Stringham entered the navy in June, 1810, as midshipman on the frigate _President_, Commodore John Rogers. In 1812 he was assigned to the _Guererre_, under Decatur. In 1813 he was on the _Spark_, one of the Algerine squadron. In 1817, having been promoted to a Lieutenancy, he was transferred to the sloop-of-war _Erie_, and in 1818, to the _Peacock_. He was next ordered to the sloop-of-war _Cyane_, in 1819. In 1821 he was upon the _Hornet_, 1st Lieutenant, at the West India station. In 1822 he was again on the _Cyane_, under Com. Creighton. From 1825 to 1829 he held a position at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and in 1829 he was again assigned to the _Peacock_, and sent in search of the _Hornet_, sloop-of-war, which was lost. We next find him on the _Falmouth_, and ordered to Carthagena. From 1830 to 1834 he was in shore service. In 1835 he has command of the _John Adams_, in the Mediterranean squadron. In 1837 he is second in command at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and from 1843 to 1846 he had the full command of this yard. During the Mexican war we find him in active service, and in command of the _Ohio_, ship-of-the-line. In 1851 he was commander of the Norfolk Navy Yard; and in 1852 assigned to the command of the Mediterranean squadron, which he held till 1855. He is next in command of the Charleston Navy Yard, which he held till May, 1859. In March, 1861, he was a member of a naval Court-martial, and while there was appointed flag officer of the Atlantic Blockade squadron. In 1861 Com. Stringham was honored with the preparation of the first of those combined naval and military expeditions which have crowned the American navy with such glory; and in his case, as in many others, the success has been almost exclusively due to the action of the navy. The result of this expedition being the capture of the rebel forts Clark and Hatteras, and the surrender of the garrison to Flag-officer Stringham and General Butler, consisting of 715 men, 1000 stand of arms, 75 kegs of powder, 5 stand of colors, 31 cannon (1 of them a 10-inch Columbiad), a brig loaded with cotton, a sloop with provisions and stores, 2 light-boats, 150 bags of coffee, &c. Not a man belonging to the fleet was killed. For this brilliant affair Flag-officer Stringham received