They reside at Lambertville, N. J.

VII. Alexander Horace, son of Uriah Horton and Elizabeth Fairchild, born at Lambertville, 16 Oct., 1821; married 4 May, 1843, by George Young, Esq., to Catherine Cline Ditmars, daughter of Abraham Ditmars and Anne Moore, and born at Canandaigua, N. Y., 22 Feb., 1822.

Children, all born at Lambertville:

I. George Washington, son of Nathaniel Thompson and Sarah Horton (Jeremiah, Israel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born in Monroe, Orange Co., N. Y., 2 March, 1824; married 5 Jan., 1848, Charity Conklin, daughter of Sylvester Conklin and Charity Reynolds, and born in Monroe, 15 April, 1826.

Children, both born in Monroe:

Mrs. Thompson died 1875; she was a lady of refinement, possessing fine social qualities, tenderness of heart, and correct moral and Christian character. She was greatly afflicted with feeble health for several years before her death; but she always bore her sufferings with cheerfulness and Christian resignation.

I. Sarah Mariah, daughter of Benjamin G. Horton and Sarah Jane Stuart (Jeremiah, Israel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born in Blooming Grove, Orange Co.; married at Blooming Grove, 14 Feb., 1861, by Rev. Austin Craig, to Henry Van Cleft, son of Lewis Van Cleft and Henrietta W. Cooper, and born 25 Nov., 1834. Sarah Mariah H. Van Cleft died 30 Aug., 1871, leaving three children, viz.:

Mr. Van Cleft is a farmer and dealer in cattle.

IV. Carrie S., sister of Sarah Mariah (above), married at Vail's Gate, Orange Co., N. Y., 29 Nov., 1871, to Henry Van Cleft, being his 2d wife.

Children:

VI. Jeremiah Henry, son of Benjamin G. Horton and Sarah Jane Stuart, born in Blooming Grove, 20 Dec., 1844; married in Newburgh, 20 Aug., 1872, by Rev. Andrew Longacre, to Mary Smith Parmelee, daughter of John W. Parmelee and Catharine Cole Smith, and born in Newburgh, 31 March, 1846. Have one child:

J. H. Horton is a retired merchant. He and his wife are both very acceptable members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

I. Jason, son of Ebenezer Horton and Mary Terry (John, Israel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born at Terrytown, Pa., 13 July, 1807; married in Albany, Pa., 29 Dec., 1835, by Thomas Ingham, Esq., to Olivia Ladd, daughter of Horatio Ladd and Asenath Ives, and born 20 May, 1810. She died at Terrytown, 11 Sept., 1847. He married again in Terry, 5 Jan., 1848, by Thos. Ingham, Esq., to Roxey Covey, daughter of John Covey and Mary Sabens, and born in Grafton, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., 15 July, 1819.

Children, all born in the township of Terry. By first wife:

By second wife:

Jason Horton is a farmer, has been a merchant, a hotel keeper and a Justice of the Peace for one term of five years. He made a public profession of Christianity in 1871, and united with the Baptist Church, of Terrytown, Rev. B. Jones officiating at his Baptism.

II. Nathaniel Terry, son of Ebenezer Horton and Mary Terry, born at the old homestead of Ebn'r Horton, in Asylum, now Wilmot, Pa., 5 Jan., 1808; married in Albany, Pa., 15 Dec., 1851, by George Burdick, Esq., to Mehala Hancock, daughter of Amasa Hancock and Delilah Vincent, and born in Terry, about 1833.

Children:

N. T. Horton is a farmer and lumber dealer, was Captain of a militia company in 1835.

III. Julia, daughter of Ebenezer Horton and Mary Terry, born in Wilmot, Pa., 6 Oct., 1810; married in Wilmot, 21 Nov., 1833, by Thomas Ingham, Esq., to Samuel E. Miller, son of John Miller and Lydia Gilbert, and born at Frenchtown, Pa., in 1808.

Children:

IV. Eunice, daughter of Ebenezer Horton and Mary Terry, born in Asylum, now Wilmot, Pa., 7 Sept., 1812; married at the old homestead, 6 July, 1837, by Ephraim Beeman, Esq., to James Horace Turrell, son of Beebe H. Turrell and Olive Turrell, and born 1 Nov., 1809; died in Wilmot, 3 Sept., 1863. She is still living, and has been a worthy member of the Baptist Church for about fifty years.

Children, all born in Wilmot:

Mr. James H. Turrell was a farmer and lumber manufacturer. He was a prompt business man—a Justice of the Peace for five years, and enjoyed the confidence and respect of all who knew him. He began the world with nothing, but at the time of his death he was worth a fine property.

V. Hiram, son of Ebenezer Horton and Mary Terry, born in Wilmot, 7 June, 1815. He is unmarried, and has lived all his life at the old homestead—is a farmer and lumber manufacturer.

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.:

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:

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:

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.:

Elmore Horton and family reside at Sugar Run, Bradford Co., Pa. He is a farmer and lumberman; was an engineer on the Pennsylvania canal when a young man; has some part of his life been engaged in mercantile business. His son is now one of the partners in carrying on a general country store and doing a fair business.

II. Mary, daughter of Maj. John Horton, Jr., and Nancy Miller, born at Terrytown, 19 Nov., 1818; married at Terrytown, 15 June, 1841, by Rev. Geo. Printz, to Dr. Nathan Wells, son of Nathan Wells and Sarah Coleman, and born in Orange Co., N. Y., 15 Oct., 1815. Dr. Wells and wife are esteemed members of the Presbyterian Church. They settled at Meshoppen, Wyoming Co., Pa., soon after their marriage, where they reside at the present time. The Doctor is a first class physician, has done a large business, has accumulated a fine property, and is universally esteemed, both as a physician and worthy citizen. He was Associate Judge of Wyoming Co. for one term of five years.

Children:

III. Orice Miller, daughter of Maj. John Horton, Jr., and Nancy Miller, born at Terrytown, 16 Jan., 1821; married at Terrytown, 1 Sept., 1840, by Rev. Geo. Printz, to Austin Stalford, son of Benjamin Stalford and Urania Turrell, and born in Wyalusing, Pa., 15 Dec., 1812. He settled first in Browntown, Pa., remained there until 1852, when he moved to Rochelle, Ill. He carried on a large farming business. They were both members of the Presbyterian Church, and he was a ruling elder. He died suddenly whilst harnessing his horse to go to the meeting of the Presbytery in Chicago, on the 14 Oct., 1868.

Children: 1, 2, 3, born in Wyalusing; 4, born at Elkhorn, Ill.; 5, born at Rochelle.

The widow and family, except Rowena, reside near the village of Rochelle; are well-to do farmers. Charles L.'s wife is a lady of refinement and education, is a teacher and writer; many of her poetical lines are excellent, and some of them have been published.

IV. John Miller, son of Maj. John Horton, Jr., and Nancy Miller, born at Terrytown, 7 Feb., 1823; married in Huntington, Pa., 13 Nov., 1849, by Rev. E. Wadsworth, to Susan L. Bacon, daughter of Rev. Septimeus Bacon.

Children, all born at Terrytown:

John M. Horton was a shoemaker and hotel-keeper, a very industrious and public spirited man. He built the Terrytown Hotel, and kept it in such a manner as to make it superior to most of the country hotels. He died suddenly in the midst of his usefulness, 24 April, 1861, greatly lamented by all who knew him.

Joseph Homet Horton was born 2 June, 1842, at Terrytown, Bradford Co., Pa., the youngest son of Major John Horton, and the only son of his wife, Lydia Horton, nee Kimball.

In boyhood Joseph possessed a person of rare physical beauty, and evinced a bright and happy disposition. He was frank spoken, open, genial and social. His native industry, all through his childhood and youth, displayed great aptitude for business. In all these respects, as was the boy so is the man.

After availing himself of the schools of his native town, in his 16th year he entered upon the English and the commercial courses of study, in the Susquehanna Collegiate Institute, at Towanda, remaining there through 1858 and 1859. He then continued as an efficient clerk in his father's store until August, 1862.

The war for the Union had burst upon the nation. His heart was ablaze with enthusiasm for the Constitution and the Union. His father was proud of the valor and patriotism of his young son. Joseph had become as his right hand, and was his main-stay in business. The fond father hesitated to spare a son so dear to his heart, and so essential to the success of his affairs. At length, like tens of thousands of other fathers, he made the sacrifice for his country, consented, and allowed Joseph to enlist on the 7th of August, 1862, at Wyalusing, under Captain George W. Jackson, in Company "A," of the 141st Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers. Joseph was a week afterwards (August 14th,) elected 1st Lieutenant of this Company.

In September his Regiment was assigned to the 1st Brigade of Birney's (formerly Kearney's) Division in the 3d Army Corps. It was almost immediately put into most active service. Five days after his first battle (that of Fredericksburg,) Lieut. Horton was made Captain of his Company, viz.: on the 18th of December.

On the 4th day of the following May (1863) Captain Horton was engaged with his Regiment in the battle of Chancellorville, Virginia. The Regiment went into this engagement with 419 men, and during the fight had 234 killed or wounded; and for its firm constancy and bravery was warmly complimented, both by General Birney and General Graham.

At Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in July, 1863, this Regiment was again actively engaged. And of Capt. Horton, Gen. Madill, in his report says: "Capt. Horton, though severely stunned by concussion of shell, remained in the field, and I am greatly indebted to him for his services, as he was the only Captain left with the Regiment." On the 3d of July, at Gettysburg, Capt. Horton commanded the Regiment. At the morning roll-call of this fearful day, 198 men answered to their names; of this number, 136 were either killed or wounded. On the 31st of the following January (1864) Captain Horton was commissioned Major, commanding his Regiment. And on the 28th of the next month (February, 1864,) he was commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel, commanding his Regiment until Lee's surrender, April 9th, 1865.

On the 12th of May, Col. Horton was wounded, during the engagement at Spottsylvania, Virginia, by a gun-shot through his left forearm and in his left hip.

During his wounded condition, he was visited by his uncle, Hon. George F. Horton, M. D., and was tenderly nursed by his sister Louisa, wife of Hon. Uriah Terry. While convalescing, and not yet well enough to take the field, he was appointed on several Courts-Martial, and also had charge of several convoys of new men, conducting them to posts along the southern sea-board.

With his Regiment, he was honorably mustered out of the service at the close of the war, May 28th, 1865.

Of Col. Horton's old Company "A," consisting of 117 members, there were killed, 16; died, 9; discharged for disability, 20; discharged for wounds, 15; transferred to veteran corps for wounds, 7; transferred to 57th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, for unexpired term of service, 14; absent in hospital, wounded, 4; dishonorably discharged, 1; leaving, at the mustering out of the Regiment, of the whole 117, only 31.

Col. Horton was engaged in the following battles, namely: Fredericksburg, Cedars, Chancellorville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, White-Oak Road, Sailors' Creek, and at Lee's surrender; besides participating in many small skirmishes.

Honorably freed from his military service by the happy close of the war, Col. Horton hasted home to be the business stay of his aged father, and was actively engaged in mercantile pursuits up to 1871.

In October (24th) 1866, he was married, at Worcester, Massachusetts, to Abby H. Newcomb, only daughter of Charles and Lucy R. Newcomb, of that city. Miss Lucy Sanderson Horton is their only child; she was born December 18th, 1872.

Since 1871, Col. Horton has been living at Birch Creek (formerly Bernice Colliery), Sullivan County, Pa., and is Superintendent of "The Sullivan Anthracite Coal Company's" works, located at that place.

The high appreciation in which he is held by the Company, is shared by the community under his employ, who have several times combined in tendering to him, as their Superintendent and considerate friend, testimonials of large intrinsic value, but still more valuable as evidences of their cordial and grateful esteem.

The Republicans of his County unanimously urged him as their nominee for Congress in the fall of 1874, but were overruled by the other Counties of the District.

II. Julia, daughter of Geo. F. Horton and Abigail Terry (John, Israel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born at Terrytown, Bradford Co., Pa., 24 Oct., 1834; married at Terrytown, 11 June, 1861, by Rev. D. Cook, of the Presbyterian Church, to Charles Stevens Homet, son of Charles Homet and Lucy Stevens, and grandson of Frederick Nicholas Charles Homet and Maria Theresa Scheilenger, who were born in France, the former being one of the commissaries of the household of Louis XVI., the latter one of the chambermaids of the Queen. At the fall of Louis they made their escape and came to America. They had never had any acquaintance with each other until they found themselves passengers on the same ship to this country. Their acquaintance on the ship soon ripened into a mutual attachment, and on their arrival in New York they were married. After tarrying awhile at Bottle Hill, now Madison, in New Jersey, where Charley, the 1st child, was born, they came to Asylum, settling for two years away back in the wilderness, but at length on the Susquehanna River, where Francis X. Homet, Esq., now resides.

C. S. Homet was born in Asylum 20 May, 1830; settled in Wyalusing in 1861, where he now resides, and is a successful farmer. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, and he is one of the elders.

Children:

III. Jane Elizabeth, daughter of Geo. F. Horton and Abigail Terry, born at Terrytown, 6 June, 1837; married at Terrytown, 11 June, 1861, by Rev. D. Cook, to Rev. David Craft, son of William Craft and Phebe Baker, and born in Carmel, Putnam Co., N. Y., 3 Oct., 1832.

He graduated at Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., in the class of 1857, was Principal of the Susquehanna Collegiate Institute at Towanda during the years 1857-'58-'59; spent some six months in Princeton Theological Seminary in 1859 and '60; commenced his ministry in Terrytown, 1860, was ordained by the Susquehanna Presbytery, in August, 1862, and went into the army as chaplain of the 141st Pa. Volunteers in August, 1862, served for about a year, and then resigned on account of ill-health, and returned to Bradford Co., was installed pastor of the 2d Presbyterian Church, Wyalusing, 28 Feb., 1866, and also installed pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Terrytown, 1st March, 1866.

Children, born in Terrytown:

They reside at the parsonage in Wyalusing, Pa.

IV. William Terry, son of Geo. F. Horton and Abigail Terry, born at Terrytown, 9 April, 1839; married at Auburn, Susquehanna Co., 14 June, 1871, by Rev. G. Greenfield, to Prudence Beardsley, daughter of John Beach Beardsley and Lucy S. Kasson, and born in Auburn, 27 Oct., 1842.

Children, born at Terrytown:

W. T. Horton is a farmer and merchant at Terrytown. He volunteered in the service of his country in July, 1862, assisted in raising Co. A, 141 Regiment Pa. Volunteers, Infantry, and was chosen 2d Lieutenant. He was honorably discharged per order of the Secretary of War, by reason of chronic diarrhoea, in Dec., 1862. He shortly afterwards engaged in the service again as clerk in the Quarter Master's department, at Murfreesboro, Tenn., where he remained until the close of the war.

V. John Burleigh, son of Geo. F. Horton and Abigail Terry, born at Terrytown, 8 Jan., 1842; married at West Danby, Tompkins Co., N. Y., 24 Feb., 1875, by Rev. Wm. Sharp, to Eva Lamira Tupper, daughter of James Sturdevant Tupper and Lamira Truesdell, and born in Rush, Susquehanna Co., Pa., 12 April, 1851.

John B. Horton is a farmer and merchant at Terrytown.

VI. Debbie Emily, daughter of Geo. F. Horton and Abigail Terry, born at Terrytown, 7 Nov., 1843; married at Terrytown, 30 June, 1868, by Rev. D. Craft, to William James Hillis, M. D., son of Richard Hillis and Margaret Nesbit, and born in Herrick, Bradford Co., Pa., in 1841. He commenced the practice of medicine at Barclay, Bradford Co., Pa., where he commenced housekeeping, but his wife's health failing, she returned to Terrytown, where she died from tuberculosis; vide obituary.

VII. Nancy Terry, daughter of Geo. F. Horton and Abigail Terry, born at Terrytown, 15 July, 1846; vide obituary:

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:

V. Hannah, daughter of Milton Horton and Lydia Bennett, born at Belvale, 19 Aug., 1829; married at Milan, Ohio, by Rev. Mr. Barret, to Caleb Oakes.

Children:

VI. Sarah Delia, daughter of Milton Horton and Lydia Bennett, born at Belvale, 3 June, 1831; married at Milan, by Rev. Alfred Wheeler, to A. G. Smith; died 15 July, 1859. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and greatly beloved by her Christian friends. She had one child—Dudley; he also died.

VII. Josephine Deborah, daughter of Milton Horton and Lydia Bennett, born at Belvale, 17 July, 1834. She is an accomplished maiden lady, and a successful teacher in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is a lady of marked piety and much beloved.

VIII. Emma Alma, daughter of Milton Horton and Lydia Bennett, born in Milan, Ohio, 4 Sept., 1836; married at West Salem, by Rev. Mr. Clark, to William Upton, about 1866. One child—Lucius.

II. Capt. Benjamin Jason, son of Nicholas Townsend Horton and Sarah Van Orden (Benjamin, Israel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born in New York City, 13 Feb., 1831; moved with his father to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1832, and here he grew up to manhood, and was married on the 18 April, 1858, by the Rev. Chauncey Giles, to Virginia Yeatman, daughter of Walker M. Yeatman and Eva Ammon, and born in Cincinnati, Ohio, 8 Feb., 1835. Eva Ammon is a sister of Gen. Jacob Ammon, formerly of the U. S. Regular Army, and also of Commodore Daniel Ammon, of the U. S. Navy.

Children:

Capt. B. J. Horton graduated at Yale College, in 1852; read law with the Hon. Timothy Walker, of Cincinnati, closing up with a six months' term at Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass. He was admitted to the bar in 1854. At the breaking out of the great Rebellion he volunteered in the service of his country, and entered the army as 1st Lieutenant of Co. "I," 24th Ohio Vol. Inf., and was placed on the staff of Col. Nelson; and after Gen. Nelson's death, he was on the staff of Maj. Gen. Gilbert. He was in the action at the taking of Nashville; at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, also at the taking of Corinth, and went as far as Athens, Alabama; then came to Kentucky with Gen. Nelson, and was at the battle of Richmond, Kentucky, and at the battle of Perryville, on the staff of Gen. Gilbert, and subsequently in command of Co. "I," 24th Ohio Vol. Inf., at Stone River, where he lost his left leg, and received several other wounds. He was honorably discharged from the service in August, 1863. He is now engaged in the practice of law at Lawrence, Kansas.

VIII. The Hon. Dexter Horton, son of Henry W. Horton and Adah Jennings (Joseph, Israel, Israel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born at Groveland, 24 June, 1836; married 25 April, 1861, by O. H. P. Green, Esq., to Lavinia Loseel.

Children, all born at Fenton, Mich., except Mary A., born at Groveland:

Maj. D. Horton is an extensive dealer in flour, grain and wool, and also in farming implements. He was Postmaster at Fenton, in 1861, which office he resigned in 1863, to accept an appointment from President Lincoln as Captain and Commissary of Subsistence in the United States Volunteers, and remained with the armies of Tennessee and Georgia until they were disbanded. While in the army he was promoted to the rank of Major by President Lincoln, for meritorious services. In 1869 he was a member of the Legislature of Michigan.

I. John Waller, son of Miller Horton and Elizabeth Waller (John, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born at South Wilkesbarre, 22 Nov., 1814; married in Kingston, 9 Jan., 1844, by Rev. L. S. Bennet, to Sarah Gates, daughter of Nathaniel Gates and Ruth Richards, and born in Kingston, Pa. He was formerly a contractor, but is now (1873) Ticket Agent of the L. V. R. R., at South Wilkesbarre Depot.

Children:

II. Elizabeth, daughter of Miller Horton and Elizabeth Waller, born in South Wilkesbarre, 14 Oct., 1816; married about 1835, to P. M. C. Gilchrist. He kept the Phenix Hotel, in Wilkesbarre for many years; died a few years ago. She remains his widow, and now keeps a boarding house in Philadelphia.

Children, all born in Wilkesbarre:

III. Mary, daughter of Miller Horton and Elizabeth Waller, born in South Wilkesbarre, 23 Oct., 1818; married William L. Cook, son of William Cook and Martha Lemon. They reside in Washington, D. C. He is a clerk in the U. S. Pension Office.

IV. Nathan Miller, son of Miller Horton and Elizabeth Waller, born at Wilkesbarre, Pa., 5 Jan., 1821; married in Wilkesbarre, in 1840, by the Rev. John Darrom, to Susan Richards, daughter of David Richards and Mary Primer, and born in Wilkesbarre, 15 Feb., 1824. He is a contractor on public works, resides at South Wilkesbarre.

Children, all born in Wilkesbarre:

I. Zephaniah, son of Col. Nathan Horton and Mary Young (Zephaniah, Esq., Capt. Nathan, Caleb, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born 20 Feb., 1818; married 31 Oct., 1841, Charlotte T. Mast, born in Ashe Co., 25 Nov., 1820; died 13 Feb., 1872. Mr. Horton was for several years, Col. commander of the 84th Reg., N. C. Militia.

Children, all born in Yancey Co., N. C.:

II. Martha E., daughter of Col. Nathan Horton and Mary Young, born 16 Sept., 1819; married 16 Aug., 1834, Marcus L. Penland of Buncombe Co., N. C., 6 Feb., 1813.

Children, all born in Yancey Co., except Charles M., born in Buncombe Co.:

III. Malcolm, son of Col. Nathan Horton and Mary Young, born 9 Feb., 1822; married Clarissa A. Westall, of Yancey, and born in Buncombe, 26 July, 1832. He died 4 Nov., 1870.

Children, all born in Yancey:

IV. Locky, daughter of Col. Nathan Horton and Mary Young, born 27 Dec., 1823; married 29 Sept., 1846, William E. Piercy, Esq., of Yancey, formerly high sheriff of that County, and born in Buncombe Co., 2 Sept., 1820.

Children, all born in Yancey:

V. Joshua, son of Col. Nathan Horton and Mary Young, born 21 Oct., 1825; married 20 April 1856, Sarah C. Deyton, of Yancey, and born 12 June, 1833.

Children, all born in Yancey:

VI. Jesse, son of Col. Nathan Horton and Mary Young, born 11 Nov., 1828; married 29 Oct., 1865, Harriet E. McCourry, of Yancey, and born 19 Aug., 1839.

Children, all born in Yancey:

VII. Nathan Young, son of Col. Nathan Horton and Mary Young, born 21 March, 1831; married about 1855, Louisa E. Stuart, of Yancey, and born 11 June, 1840. He died 4 July, 1864.

Children, all born in Yancey:

VIII. Naomi A., daughter of Col. Nathan Horton and Mary Young, born 10 Dec., 1832; married 1 Sept., 1849, Samuel I. Westall, of Yancey, and born in Buncombe, 26 April, 1828.

Children, all born in Yancey:

I. Harvey Addison, M. D., son of Dr. Harvey Horton and Mary Bennet (Barnabas, Silas, Barnabas, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born at Greenville, Orange Co., N. Y., 12 March, 1832; married in Middletown, N. Y., in March, 1859, to Fanny Caroline Beebe, daughter of Elder Gilbert Beebe, the distinguished and able editor of the "Signs of the Times," and sister of the Hon. George M. Beebe, member of Congress from Orange Co., N. Y., and born in Middletown, N. Y., exact date not given. Dr. Horton graduated in Albany Medical College, Class of 1856. He established an office and commenced the practice of medicine at Middletown, N. Y., and was very successful. After his marriage he removed to Kansas, and settled at Atchison. On his way returning home from a journey East he was instantly killed, 3 Sept., 1861, by the fall of a bridge with a train of cars upon it, one of which he was in, which spanned the Little Platte River, nine miles east of St. Joseph, Missouri. The bridge had been partly burned by the rebels, but left standing ready to fall when the cars came upon it, for the purpose of killing Union soldiers. Thirteen persons were killed, and over eighty badly injured by this barbarous outrage. The Doctor's corpse was taken to Middletown, and buried in the Hill Cemetery by the side of his father, and mother, and sisters.

They had one child, Mary Evelyn, born 3 Aug., 1861. After the death of her husband, the Doctor's wife returned to Orange Co., where the little child died, 21 Oct., 1861, and was buried by the side of its dead father.

Dr. Horton was a man of superior mental capacity, possessed high literary talent, was deeply learned in his profession, and doubtless, had he lived, would have attained to great eminence in the science of medicine.

III. Hon. Albert Howell, son of Dr. Harvey A. Horton and Mary Bennet, born near Brookfield, in the town of Minnisink, Orange Co., N. Y., 13 March, 1837; married in Middletown, N. Y., by the Rev. Mr. Harris, 26 May, 1864, to Anna Amelia Robertson, daughter of William Wells Robertson and Adaline Sayer, and born in Centerville, Minnisink Township, 2 July, 1840.

Children:

Albert H. Horton attended the public school at West Town, N. Y., until 13 years of age, and then attended the "Farmer's Hall Academy," at Goshen, Orange Co., New York, and was there prepared for college. He entered the "University of Michigan," as a freshman, and remained there two years, but was compelled to leave college on account of inability to study, owing to some trouble with his eyes. In 1857, he entered the law office of Hon. Joseph W. Gott, at Goshen, New York, as a law student, and remained there until December 18th, 1858, when he was admitted as a counsellor and attorney at-law, at a general term of the N. Y. Supreme Court, held in Brooklyn, New York. In 1859, he went West, with his brother, and the Hon. George M. Beebe, now member of Congress from New York State, to engage in the practice of the law. He formed a partnership in the law business with Mr. Beebe, under the firm name of Beebe & Horton, at Macon, Moscow, Mo., in 1859, but both parties soon became tired of Missouri, and removed to Kansas. Mr. Beebe soon became Secretary of the Territory of Kansas, and their acting Governor. Mr. Horton selected Atchison, Atchison Co., Kansas, as his adopted home, and has resided there ever since. In 1860, he was appointed City Attorney of Atchison, by the Mayor, the Hon. Geo. H. Fairchild. In the Spring of 1861, he was elected City Attorney of the same city, on the Union ticket. In September of 1864, he was appointed District Judge of the 2d Judicial District, of Kansas, by the Governor, Hon. Chas. H. Robinson. He was elected and re-elected to the same office, and then resigned in 1865, to continue the practice of his profession. On his entering practice, he was again elected City Attorney of Atchison, and held the position one year. In 1868, he was elected as one of the State Electors on the Republican State ticket in Kansas, and was selected the messenger to take the vote of Kansas to Washington, to be deposited with the Vice-President for Grant and Colfax. From 1861 to 1864, in addition to attending to the duties of Judge of the District Court, he edited, with Hon. John J. Ingalls, the weekly "Champion,"—a newspaper printed and published at Atchison. Mr. Ingalls is now the U. S. Senator from Kansas. In May, 1869, Mr. Horton was appointed, by President Grant, U. S. District Attorney of Kansas, and he held this office till July 18th, 1873, and then resigned the position. Upon the resignation of Judge Delabay, U. S. Judge of Kansas, in 1874, Mr. Horton's name was mentioned very prominently in connection with the vacant Judgeship, and at a State Bar meeting, called to recommend names for the position, Mr. Horton was presented by the majority of the lawyers present for the place. Owing to some difference of opinion among the Kansas delegation in Congress, however, Hon. C. G. Foster, of Atchison, was appointed in his stead. Mr. Horton still continues the practice of his profession at Atchison, and is the local attorney of the Chicago and Rock Island R. R. Co., and the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe R. R. Co., at that place. In March, 1873, Horton was associated with the Hon. Caleb Cushing, of Massachusetts, in the defence of Senator S. C. Pomeroy, before the U. S. Senate Investigating Committee, charged to inquire into certain pretended charges of bribery, connected with the Senatorial election in Kansas, in January, 1873. After a lengthy examination, Senator Pomeroy was acquitted by a majority of the Senatorial Committee. Afterwards the charges against Mr. Pomeroy were dismissed in Kansas, and the case against him never came to trial. In the Fall of 1873, Horton was elected by upwards of 500 majority to the Legislature of Kansas, and took a prominent part in the impeachment of Hon. Josiah E. Hayes, State Treasurer of Kansas. Mr. Horton was chairman of the committee which reported and carried the impeachment through the House, in February, 1874, and was then appointed Chairman of the Board of Managers to prosecute the impeached Treasurer before the State Senate. The State Treasurer then resigned, and the impeachment ended. In politics Mr. Horton is a Republican, but belongs to the Conservative side of the party.

The celebrated York-Pomeroy Bribery Case was brought to a final termination on the eleventh of March, 1875, and the $7,000 historic package was turned over to Mr. Pomeroy's counsel, the Hon. A. H. Horton. Great credit is due Judge Horton for his untiring efforts in having such an unjust and malicious prosecution brought to a close.

IV. Anna Eliza, daughter of Parmenas H. Horton and Milicent Howell (Barnabas, Silas, Barnabas, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in Middletown, N. Y., 15 Jan., 1830; married in Middletown, 23 March, 1859, by the Rev. Daniel F. Wood, to John Wheeler Gardner, son of John Gardner and Elizabeth Wheeler, and born in Warwick, N. Y., 7 Feb., 1827.

Children, born in Middletown:

They reside in Middletown, N. Y., and rank among the first families of that village. Mrs. Gardner says: "Milicent Howell was the name of both my paternal and maternal grandmothers, and yet they were not at all related as we know of; we have often spoken of it as quite a singular coincidence."

Mrs. Gardner was the first to propose a GENERAL GATHERING and SOCIAL UNION and RE-UNION of the Horton family of our country, which is to take place in Philadelphia in July, 1876.

VII. Alson Warren, son of Benjamin Horton and Almira Osborn (Barnabas, Barnabas, Barnabas, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in Onondaga, N. Y., 28 May, 1829; married in DeWitt, N. Y., 10 Feb., 1852, by Elder R. R. Raymond, to Electa Louisa Ainslee, daughter of William Ainslee and Nancy Pinney. He is now living in DeWitt, Onondaga Co., N. Y.; is a farmer.

Children, probably all born in DeWitt:

I. Thomas White, son of Henry Horton and Elizabeth White (Nathan, Richard, Caleb, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born at Broadtop, Pa., 12 June, 1813; married 1. Barbara Barnette; she died, and he married 2. the widow, Elizabeth Wood. Reside at Wells' Tannery, Fulton Co., Pa. He died in 1875.

II. Nathan White, son of Henry Horton and Elizabeth White, born at Broadtop, Pa., 3 May, 1815; married 1. about 1835, to Rosanna Miller; she died about 1860, and he married 2. the widow Susanna Ready. They reside at Spearsville, Fulton Co., Pa.

Children, by 1st wife:

III. Hon. William, son of Henry Horton and Elizabeth White, born at Broadtop, Pa., 4 July, 1817; married at Broadtop, 15 March, 1837, by Rev. Zophar D. Pasco, to Anna Cerathers, daughter of Andrew Cerathers and Ellen Cerathers.

Children, born at Wells' Tannery, Fulton Co., Pa.:

The Hon. William Horton resides at Wells' Tannery, Pa. He is a farmer, intelligent and self educated, and a few years ago was a member of the Pennsylvania Legislature. He is one of the leading men of the county, and he has kindly given his assistance in looking up the Hortons of West Chester, Pa. He remarks in one of his letters,

I. James C., son of Gen. William Horton and Milley Dula (Nathan, Nathan, Caleb, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born on New River, Ashe Co., N. C., 9 March, 1817; married Sarah Dickson, daughter of Col. Dickson, of Caldwell Co., N. C. He is a first class farmer, resides on the Yadkin River one mile below Elkville. He was a volunteer in the Cherokee war, and had command of a company at the age of 19. He was county surveyor for many years.

Children, all born near Elkville:

II. William Leander, son of Gen. William Horton and Milley Dula, married Frances Corpening. They have:

William Leander was also a volunteer in the Cherokee war at the age of 16, and was a Lieut. in his brother's company.

III. Eliza, daughter of Gen. William Horton and Milley Dula, married Jackson Corpening of Burke Co., N. C. He is dead. He was a prominent man and much respected—left several children. One of his daughters married Col. Burgers S. Gaithers, a lawyer and politician, and one of the foremost men in the State.

IV. Theodocia Elvira, daughter of Gen. William Horton and Milley Dula, born at Yadkin River, in Wilkes Co., N. C., 22 Aug., 1825; married at the residence of her father, 23 Jan., 1845, by the Rev. Smith Ferguson, a Baptist minister, to Geo. Haga Hamilton, born at Salem, N. C., 5 Jan., 1814. He is a first class farmer; resides near Jefferson, Ashe Co., N. C.

Children, all born at Jefferson:

V. Rebecca, daughter of Gen. William Horton and Milley Dula, married David E. Bower. They have several children—we only have names of two, as follows:

VI. Nathan, son of Gen. William Horton and Milley Dula. He is a farmer; resides at Beaver Creek, Wilkes Co., N. C.; unmarried.

VII. Phineas, son of Gen. William Horton and Milley Dula. He is a farmer and merchant; resides at Elkville. He was a member of the House of Representatives of North Carolina in 1860-'63-'65 and '67, and in 1872 he was elected Senator.

IX. Lamira Louisa, daughter of Gen. William Horton and Milley Dula, born at Yadkin River, N. C.; married at Elkville, Wilkes Co., N. C., 13 April, 1853, by the Rev. Smith Ferguson, to Wiley Perkins Thomas, son of Stephen Thomas and Rebecca Perkins, and born at Heltore, Ashe Co., N. C., 20 April, 1823. Mr. Thomas resides at Jefferson, Ashe Co. He is a well-to-do farmer, also a merchant and stock dealer.

Children, born at Jefferson:

X. Alexander Hamilton, son of Gen. William Horton and Milley Dula, born at Yadkin River; married Mary Jane Vogler, of Salem, N. C. They reside at Elkville. He is a merchant, in company with his brother, Phineas Horton; he is also Clerk of the Superior Court of Wilkes County.

XI. Rufus Dula, son of Gen. William Horton and Milley Dula, born at Yadkin River. He resides at Elkville, at the old homestead of his father, and his sister Sarah lives with him. He is not married.

I. Hon. William, son of Phineas Horton and Rebecca Councill (Nathan, Nathan, Caleb, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born on New River, 9 March, 1828; married at the residence of his wife's father, near Boone, N. C., 1860, to Nancy Rebecca Blair, only daughter of Henry Blair and Mary ——, and born in Caldwell Co., N. C., 26 Aug., 1835,—the Rev. Joseph Harrison, a deaf preacher, officiating.

Children, all born at New River:

William Horton, at the early age of 18 years, was elected Lieutenant in the militia, and afterwards from one position to another, until he held the office of Colonel, in 1862, and during the war. He also held the office of County Surveyor, from 1849 to 1862, when he was elected to the State Legislature, and re-elected in 1864, and again in 1866. Notwithstanding his official stations, he still claims the honor of being a farmer, and makes his home with his honored father, making the old gentleman's closing years as pleasant as possible.

II. Nathan, son of Phineas Horton and Rebecca Councill, born on New River, 22 Oct., 1829. He was a Captain in the militia before the war, and also held the office of county processioner for several years.

He volunteered in Capt. T. V. Crumpter's Co. A., 1st Reg't, N. C. Troops (cavalry), and was promoted to a Lieutenancy in Capt. Jonathan Horton's Co. (B.), 37 Reg't, N. C. Troops (infantry), in the Fall of 1863. He was in the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., and others which followed, until he reached Gettysburg, where he was severely wounded by a minnie ball, which he yet carries under his shoulder. He was captured and taken to the hospital near Chester, Pa., I think, where he remained about two months. He was then taken to Johnson's Island, Ohio, where he says, that the suffering from hunger was so great that rats were freely eaten by the prisoners. After remaining there about twenty months, he was released on parole, and got home in March, 1865. Soon after his return home he was elected County Surveyor, and he has been re-elected several times, and he still holds the office. He was married 27 May, 1875, by Rev. Dr. Wogg, to Juliett Gentry, daughter of W. H. Gentry, of Jefferson, N. C.

III. Jonathan Fillmore, son of Phineas Horton and Rebecca Councill, born 3 March, 1836. He was a Capt. in the militia before the war. When the war broke out he also volunteered, with his brother Nathan, in Capt. Crumpter's Co. He died from relapse of fever, at Moore's Hospital, Manassas Junction, Va., 2 March, 1862.

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:

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.