Horton Genealogy: or Chronicles of the Descendants of Barnabas Horton, of Southold, L. I., 1640.Horton, Geo. F. (George Firman)
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Horton Genealogy: or Chronicles of the Descendants of Barnabas Horton, of Southold, L. I., 1640.
Horton, Geo. F. (George Firman)
Horton family
Children, all born at Conquest, Cayuga Co., N. Y., except Jane A.:
1. Charlotte, born 8 Jan., 1826; died 14 Aug., 1858.
2. Mary Ann, born 1 March, 1828.
3. Hetty M., born June 9, 1830; died 2 Sept., 1830.
4. Edward L., born 28 Aug., 1824; died 28 March, 1839.
5. Paulina E., born 11 Feb., 1842.
6. Jane A., born at Clarence, Calhoun Co., Mich., 7 Nov., 1847.
Mr. Horton moved with his father to Brutus, N. Y., when three years
old; moved to Calhoun, Mich., in 1846, and resides now at Marengo,
Mich.
III. DAVID, son of Edward Horton and Charlotte Seward, born in
Randolph, Morris Co., N. J., 4 July, 1804; married in Conquest,
Cayuga Co., N. Y., 19 Jan., 1826, by the Rev. Mr. Twist, to JANE
MCCALLAM, daughter of William McCallam and Anna Crowell, all of
Conquest, N. Y.
Children, all born in Conquest, N. Y.:
1. Margaret Ann, born 13 June, 1827; resides in Folsom, Cal.
2. Edward W., born 27 Jan., 1831; resides in Helena, Montana
Ter.
3. Victoria E., born 1 May, 1839; resides in Conquest, N. Y.
4. David C., born 2 Sept., 1841; he is a merchant, keeps a
general country store in Conquest, N. Y., where he resides.
He was married in Conquest, N. Y., 19 April, 1871, by Rev.
Daniel D. Davis, to Emma A. Slayton, daughter of Joseph Slayton
and Nancy Crowell, and born in Conquest, 20 March, 1851; no
children.
David Horton is a farmer--was largely engaged in the oil
trade--carrying on a large business in the oil region in Pennsylvania
a few years ago. He gave the compiler the first account he ever had
of the old tombstone of Barnabas I., as we happened to meet on the
cars between Lyons and Rochester, in Oct., 1870.
V. HORACE, son of Edward Horton and Charlotte Seward, born in
Randolph, N. J., 2 July, 1810; married MELISSA PUTNAM about 1833.
Children, probably all born in Weedsport or Brutus, N. Y.:
1. Isabella, born 1834; married William E. Merrick, of
Weedsport.
2. Eliza, born 31 Dec., 1836; married in Weedsport, 28 Sept.,
1869, by Rev. A. R. Hewett, to Augustus Harley Whiting, son of
Caleb Whiting, and born in Virgil, Cortlandt Co., N. Y.; have
one son, Horace Horton Whiting.
Horace Horton died at Weedsport, in Jan., 1869. His widow lives at
the homestead with Mrs. Whiting, who is an intelligent, active and
lady-like woman. They are in good circumstances. Mr. Whiting holds
some position under the United States Government, in Washington City.
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