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: They have had six children,--one son and five daughters.
Three daughters are dead. The son and two daughters living. Names and
dates not given. Mrs. Norris resides in Buffalo, N. Y. A more full
account was promised, but it has never been received.
I. MARY ELIZABETH, daughter of Milton Horton and Lydia Bennett
(_Benjamin_, _Israel_, _Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born at
Belvale, N. Y., 10 Aug., 1822; married about 1842, to NELSON BROWN;
died 24 March, 1864.
Children:
1. Milton.
2. Edith.
3. Jessie.
II. BENJAMIN, son of Milton Horton and Lydia Bennett, born at
Belvale. N. Y., 19 Dec., 1823; married 1 Sept., 1852, in Cincinnati,
Ohio, by the Rev. J. W. Weakly, of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
to CARRIE HART, daughter of William and Mary C. Hart, and born in
Cincinnati, 6 Feb., 1833.
Children:
1. William Milton, born in Cincinnati, 26 Jan., 1854.
2. Carrie Ben, born in Cincinnati, 11 April, 1856.
3. Cornelius Comegzes, born in Cincinnati, 18 March, 1858; died
in Feb., 1870.
4. Mary Kate, born in St. Louis, Mo., 1 May, 1860.
5. Benjamin Fisk, born in St. Louis, Mo., 25 Jan., 1862.
6. Augustus George, born in St. Louis, Mo., 21 Dec., 1865; died
in Nov., 1866.
7. Monroe, born in St. Louis, Mo., 5 Oct., 1869.
Benjamin Horton went to Cincinnati in early life, and remained there
until 1859, when he moved to St. Louis, where he now resides. He is
principal of the firm of "B. Horton & Co., Importers and Jobbers
of Tin Plate, Metals, &c.," of St. Louis. He is a prominent and
much respected citizen, and highly esteemed by all who know him. He
and his wife are both active and worthy members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, with which they have been connected for twenty-six
years.
III. TOWNSEND NICHOLAS, son of Milton Horton and Lydia Bennett,
born at Belvale, 8 March, 1826. In 1835 he moved with his father to
Milan, Ohio, remained there until 1855, when he went to La Crosse,
and was one of the early founders of the city, assisting the early
settlers in surveying and laying it out. He shared the confidence
of the community, was elected a member of the Legislature, and gave
promise of future usefulness as a statesman. He met with success as
a merchant at West Salem. On his way to New York for goods he was
killed, at the dreadful disaster on the Erie Railway, at Carr's Rock,
fourteen miles west of Port Jervis, which occurred on the 13 April,
1868. He lived forty-eight hours after the accident. His sudden and
shocking death cast a deep gloom over all the village where he lived.
He was buried in West Salem.
IV. EUNICE LUCADA, daughter of Milton Horton and Lydia Bennett, born
at Belvale, 27 Dec., 1827; married in Cincinnati, Ohio, to CALEB
EVANS.
Children:
1. Kate.
2. Lydia.
3. Susie.
4. Jesse.
5. Lucella.
6. Carrie.
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