II. Stephen Overton, son of Hiram Horton and Mary Rose, born at Chester, N. J., 21 July, 1811; married 21 May, 1833, by Rev. Oliver Bryant, to Dency Cooper Horton, daughter of Daniel Horton and Esther Terry.
Children all born at Chester:
1. Alma Cornelia, born 28 April, 1834; married Henry Clay Randolph. 2. Hiram, born 1 May, 1836; died 2 Sept., 1837. 3. Emma Elizabeth, born 25 June, 1838; died 27 June, 1839. 4. Stephen Lester, born 4 Nov., 1841. 5. Esther Emily, born 28 Oct., 1846.
Stephen O. Horton is a farmer, also a contractor on public works. He resides at Plainfield, N. J., and he is a prominent man, possessing good business capacities, and is highly respected.
III. Elizabeth Celina, daughter of Hiram Horton and Mary Rose, born at Chester; married 1. Silas Olney, and had children as follows:
1. Corydon, now a real estate agent in Kansas. 2. Alonzo Schuyler, resides in Dover, N. J. 3. Mary Rose. 4. Hiram Horton, resides in Iowa.
Silas Olney died, and she married Capt. Lemon, being his 2d wife. She was thrown from a wagon a few years ago and instantly killed.
V. Anna, daughter of Maj. John Horton, Jr., and Nancy Miller, (John, Israel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born at Terrytown, 19 Nov., 1825; married at Terrytown, by the Rev. Mr. Brown, to Dr. James De Wolf, son of Giles M. De Wolf and Anna Spaulding.
Children:
1. Mary, married Albert E. Strong, merchant at Vail, Iowa. 2. John H. 3. Geo. H. 4. Anna. 5. James.
Dr. De Wolf practiced medicine successfully at Terrytown, Mehoopany and Meshoppen, Pa. About 1850 he moved to Carroll Co., Ill. He was a member of the Legislature of Illinois, and also County Superintendent of Common Schools of Carroll County, Illinois. He now resides at Vail, Iowa—is a Magistrate and Postmaster. Dr. De Wolf and his wife embraced Christianity in early life, and they, together with their family, are intelligent and active members of the Presbyterian Church.
VI. Lydia Miller, daughter of Maj. John Horton and Nancy Miller, born at Terrytown, Pa., 31 Dec., 1827; married at Terrytown, 30 June, 1852, by Rev. Mr. Huntington, to Rev. Samuel Fisher Colt, M.D., son of Samuel Colt and Phebe Andress, and born in Paterson, N. J., 19 April, 1817. His classic course was at Lafayette College; his theologic at Princeton Seminary. He was ordained by the Presbytery of West Jersey—was for many years the Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Wyalusing, Pa. He founded and built the Susquehanna Collegiate Institute at Towanda, and he is now pastor and practising physician at Laporte, Pa.
Children:
1. Caroline Vansann, born at Towanda, 12 Aug., 1853. 2. Samuel Fisher, born at Towanda, 12 Aug., 1855. 3. Frederika Rowena, born in Wysox, Pa., 4 Oct., 1857; married Earnest V. Ingham, editor of the Press and Standard, Laporte, Pa. 4. John Horton, born at Pottsville, Pa., 17 Jan., 1859; died 19 Jan., 1862. 5. Horace Austin, born at Pottsville, 2 Dec., 1860. 6. Harriet Elmer, born at Pottsville, 24 April, 1863. 7. Susan Kearcher, born at Pottsville, 15 Nov., 1864. 8. William Montelius, born at Troy, Pa., 5 Sept., 1866. 9. Louisa Josephine, born at Towanda, 7 March, 1868. 10. and 11. Joseph and John (twins), born at Towanda, 7 June, 1870; died 24 and 25 July, 1870.
Rowena Nancy, daughter of Maj. John Horton, Jr., and Nancy Miller, born at Terrytown, 4 Dec. 1832; married 16 Aug., 1874, by Rev. A. M. Duboe, of the Baptist Church, Dennison, Iowa, to Capt. William Familton, born in Harrison Co., O., 22 Sept., 1825. The Captain is a very generous-spirited and energetic man, engaged as an agent of Iowa Land Company, in the sale of real estate, receiving a liberal salary. Mrs. Familton was long a teacher; but for a few years past she has kept a fashionable millinery store in Dennison, and has a large business, giving good satisfaction to her customers. She embraced Christianity in early life, and is an esteemed member of the Presbyterian Church.
