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
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.
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