I. RUTH ANN, daughter of Nelson Horton and Sarah Shons (_Silas Danes_, _Silas_, _Silas_, _Barnabas_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Wallkill, N. Y., 14 June, 1838. She is an intelligent maiden lady--a live member of the Old School Baptist Church. She has rendered valuable assistance in gathering up genealogical data of her branch of the Horton family; under date of May, 1871, she says: "In regard to leading traits of character of the Horton family, I may speak of the disposition manifested in my own line. Some might set them down as too dogmatical. I do admit that most of them are rather tenacious of their own opinions. Especially were my grandfather and his brother Barnabas positive and firm men. But I do not think this trait of character is so prominent in other branches of the family. In regard to punctuality and uprightness, they can present as untarnished a record as any other family. I have never heard of any of them being imprisoned for debt or misdemeanor. Their social standing has always been good. As to mental capacity, I believe they have generally been people of good common sense. They have not, so far as I know, ever made any special mark in the literary or scientific world. Politically, as a general thing, they embrace and adhere to the _Democratic idea_--the idea of freedom and equal rights. They have mainly followed agricultural pursuits. I believe frugality has ever been a leading characteristic of the family, in all its history, and we find this trait of character still prominent, despite the great amount of prodigality and unthrift witnessed in these times." I. ELWOOD ELY, son of Alexander Horace Horton and Catherine Cline Ditmars (_Uriah T._, _Jason_, _Israel_, _Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born at Lambertville, N. J., 26 Dec., 1844; married in Trenton, N. J., 9 May, 1868, by the Rev. Mr. Bartine, to LYDIA GAMBLE, daughter of Ellis Gamble, and born at Lambertville, 1 April, 1850. She died in Trenton, N. J., 7 May, 1874, leaving one son: William Horton, born 22 Oct., 1869. Elwood E. Horton resides at Lambertville, and is a car painter by occupation. II. CARLTON IRA, son of Ira Joseph Horton and Ruth Howard Spear (_Samuel Todd_, _Joseph_, _Israel_, _Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born in Atlas, Genesee Co., Mich., 3 Sept., 1841; married in Atlas, 1 Oct., 1863, by Isaac Crawford, Esq., to MARIETTA FROST, daughter of Jonathan Frost, and born in Atlas, 17 Sept., 1840. Children, born in Atlas: 1. Sumner Green, born 16 June, 1865. 2. William Henry, born 29 March, 1869. _Third Generation.--Joshua I._ I. JOSHUA, Ensign, son of Joshua Horton I. and Mary Tuthill, born in Southold, 1669; married 1. ELIZABETH GROVER, daughter of Simon Grover and Elizabeth Moore, and born in Southold, 15 Sept., 1672; died in 1713. He married 2. the widow MARY GILLAM. He died about 1744.