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
VI. EBENEZER, son of Ebenezer Horton and Mary Terry, born in Wilmot,
4 April, 1817; married in Terry, to ELLEN MINERVA CRANDALL, daughter
of Josias G. Crandall and Olive Burdick, and born in Grafton,
Rensselaer Co., N. Y., 18 Oct., 1823.
Children, born in Albany, Bradford Co., Pa.:
1. Eunice Alice, born 10 Sept., 1855.
2. John Edmund, born 4 March, 1857.
3. Olive Turrell, born 14 Feb., 1859.
4. Mary Jane, born 27 March, 1863.
Ebenezer Horton's residence was in Albany, Pa., but he died at his
father's old residence in Wilmot, where he had gone to spend the
closing days of his life with his mother and her family. He was an
industrious, upright farmer, esteemed by all who knew him. His widow
and family still occupy his old homestead, and live comfortably.
VII. ADELA, daughter of Ebenezer Horton and Mary Terry, born in
Asylum, now Wilmot, Penn'a, 13 April, 1819; married in Towanda, by
Elhanan Smith, Esq., 5 Feb., 1840, to CHESTER SCHOONOVER, son of
Joseph Schoonover and Rachel Corsaw, and born near where the city of
Binghamton now stands, 17 April, 1817.
Children, all born in Terry:
1. Infant son, stillborn in Nov., 1840.
2. John Horton, born 24 Jan., 1842; married Emily Jones.
Adela Horton Schoonover died March, 1844, and he married 2. in Sussex
Co., N. J., by the Rev. Mr. Bookstaver, to ELIZA HORNBECK, daughter
of Cornelius Hornbeck. They live in Terry. He has for many years been
a preacher of the Old School Baptist Church.
VIII. JANE, daughter of Ebenezer Horton and Mary Terry, born in
Asylum, now Wilmot, Penn'a, 22 July, 1821; married LEHMAN TURRELL,
brother of J. H. Turrell. They reside in West Webster, Monroe Co., N.
Y., no children. They are both worthy members of the M. E. Church. He
is a carpenter and joiner by trade.
IX. LYDIA ANN, daughter of Ebenezer Horton and Mary Terry, born in
Wilmot, 4 February, 1825; married in Wilmot, 27 Feb., 1851, by Henry
Gaylord, Esq., to MOSES THOMPSON SLOTERY, son of Daniel Slotery and
Elizabeth Firman, and born in Allentown, Pa., 22 July, 1829.
Children, all born in Terry:
1. George Zachary, born 1st March, 1852.
2. Eunice Jennie, born 27 Dec., 1853; married Amasa Davids.
3. Ella Elizabeth, born 30 Sept., 1855.
4. Julia Adela, born 9 August, 1857.
I. ELMORE, son of Maj. John Horton, Jr., and Nancy Miller, born at
Terrytown, 6 May, 1817; married in Wyalusing, 22 August, 1843, to
MARY STONE, daughter of Raphael Stone and Mary Ingham, and born in
Wyalusing, 8 Dec., 1815.
Children, all born at Sugar Run, Pa.:
1. George Hamilton, born 8 August, 1844.
2. Sarah Nancy, born 24 May, 1846.
3. Rowena Eliza, born 19 Oct., 1850; a very acceptable
school-teacher.
4. Twins, born 28 Feb., 1849; died at birth.
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