Horton Genealogy / or Chronicles of the Descendants of Barnabas Horton, of Southold, L. I., 1640.

Eighth Generation. Joshua I.

III. Harry, son of Joseph Horton and Mary Cox (Dea. Joseph, Joseph, Benjamin, Ephraim, Joshua I.), born in Wallkill, Orange Co., N. Y., 11 April, 1811; moved with his father, when 18 months old (1813), to Newfield, Tompkins Co., N. Y.; married in Newfield, 5 May, 1834, by George Bailey, Esq., to Sarah Smith, daughter of Henry Smith and Anna E. Hufford, and born in Hamilton, Northampton Co., Pa., 12 Oct., 1810.

Children, all born in Newfield, the residence of their parents:

1. William Henry, born 27 Feb., 1835; married Philena Nobles. 2. Stephen Joseph, born 31 May, 1838; married Kate Seabring. 3. Catherine Lonesa, born 14 March, 1841; married Nelson Cutter.

X. James Madison, son of Joseph Horton and Mary Cox, born in Newfield, N. Y., 14 Dec., 1814; married in Newfield, 27 Aug., 1835, by George D. Bailey, Esq., to Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Henry Smith and Nancy Hofford, and born in Newfield, 31 July, 1816.

Children, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 born in Newfield, 9 and 10 in Republic, Ohio:

1. A daughter, born 3 Feb., 1837; died unmarried. 2. Sarah Maria, born 26 Jan., 1838; married David Hubbard Clark. 3. Fannie Minerva, born 12 July, 1840; married Rufus Bishop Hall. 4. Clara Jane, born 20 Aug., 1842; married Harry Axtel Palmer. 5. Francis Asbury, born 22 Oct., 1845; married Marian Chitenden. 6. Levi Wisner, born 8 Dec., 1847; married Alchamedy Lapham. 7. Ann Elizabeth, born 12 Oct., 1850; married William Clink. 8. Matilda Adelia, born 30 May, 1853; unmarried. 9. A son, born in 1856; died without a name. 10. Willie Eugene Seabring, born 29 March, 1858; unmarried.

Mr. Horton and family moved from Newfield to Republic, Seneca Co., Ohio, in Oct., 1855. He has been afflicted with ill-health for nine years past. He resides at Green Springs, Ohio, and stands fair in the community.

II. Levi Decker, son of Benjamin Horton and Phebe Vail (Dea. Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Ephraim, Joshua I.), born in Newfield, N. Y., 22 April, 1811; married in Enfield, Tompkins Co., N. Y., 12 July, 1834, by Rev. Obediah Chase, to Susan Polhamus, daughter of Cornelius Polhamus and Polly Caniff, and born in Ulster Co., N. Y., 18 Feb., 1813.

Children:

1. Amos Curry, born in Newfield, 27 April, 1835; died 6 July, 1862. 2. Ruth Ann, born in Newfield, 20 Nov., 1836; married 30 April, 1860, by the Rev. Volney Powell, to John Hamilton Danthemus. 3. Phebe Jane, born in Newfield, 6 July, 1839; married 12 May, 1858, by the Rev. Volney Powell, to Charles W. Johnson. 4. George Washington, born in Newfield, 6 July, 1841. 5. John Gillett, born in New Milford, Ill., 23 Oct., 1844; died 14 Jan., 1849. 6. Clara Elizabeth, born in New Milford, Ill., 20 Feb., 1848; unmarried. 7. Eva Louisa, born in New Milford, Ill., 12 Jan., 1853; married by Rev. Henry Mahil, 25 Dec., 1871, to Charles Peake.

Levi D. Horton moved from Newfield, about 1842, to New Milford, Ill., where he now resides.

VI. Stephen L., son of Benjamin Horton and Phebe Vail, born in Newfield, Tompkins Co., N. Y., 15 March, 1818; married in Harlem, Winnebago Co., Ill., in 1847, by Rev. Mr. Wilson, to Harriet Newell, born 4 Jan., 1827, in Litchfield, Mass.; died in New Milford, Ill., 23 May, 1868.

Children, by first wife:

1. Haskell V., born in New Milford, Ill., 16 March, 1850; married Celestia Jameson. 2. Harvey, born in New Milford, Ill., 7 August, 1852. 3. Alva, born in New Milford, Ill., 5 Sept., 1856. 4. Wesley Gibbs, born in New Milford, Ill., 25 Sept., 1858.

Married 2. in Newfield, N. Y., 5 Nov., 1868, by Rev. Reuben C. Fox, to Mary Jane Starr, born in Newfield, N. Y., 19 March, 1823.

Children:

1. Starr La Motte, born 19 Feb., 1870.

VII. Benjamin Joseph, son of Benjamin Horton and Phebe Vail, born in Newfield, N. Y., 13 March, 1820; married in Newfield, 19 Oct., 1842, by Rev. P. A. Johnson, to Phebe Perry, daughter of James E. Perry and Susanna Adams, and born in Schoharie Co., N. Y., 13 Oct., 1819.

Children, probably all born in Newfield, N. Y.:

1. Henrietta, born 23 July, 1843; died 25 Sept., 1858. 2. La Fayette, born 12 April, 1846; died 21 Sept., 1849. 3. Augusta Maria, born 24 Feb., 1851. 4. Oscar Perry, born 26 Dec., 1853. 5. Bela Joseph, born 5 Oct., 1856. 6. Elmer Elsworth, born 8 Dec., 1862.

IX. Asa Caldwell, son of Benjamin Horton and Phebe Vail, born in Newfield, N. Y., 1 Jan., 1822; married at Beloit, Wis., in June, 1854, to Sarah Wood, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Wood, and born at Chatham, now Ontario, Canada, 22 June, 1831. They reside at New Milford, Ill.

Children, all born at New Milford, Ill.:

1. Grace Edna, born 27 Dec., 1855. 2. Floyd Wallace, born 4 Nov., 1857. 3. William Wirt, born 16 March, 1861. 4. Amos Curry, born 6 Nov., 1863. 5. Lucy Lura, born 22 Nov., 1868.

I. Wright James, son of Isaac Horton and Margaret Odell (Joshua, Joshua, Joseph, Ephraim, Joshua I.), born in Philipstown, Putnam County, N. Y., 25 October, 1813; married in Fishkill, N. Y., 1 January, 1837, by the Rev. Geo. Horton, of the same place, to Deborah Wilcox, born in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess Co., N. Y., 13 Oct., 1812; she was daughter of Abner Wilcox and Sally ——. He was born 16 March, 1784. She was born 24 Sept., 1787.

Children, all born in Fishkill except Sarah Ann, who was born in Mt. Morris, Genesee Co., Mich.:

1. Rev. Isaac, born in Fishkill, Dutchess Co., N. Y., 29 Aug., 1839. A graduate of Rochester University, class of 1865; also a graduate of Rochester Theological Seminary, class of 1868. 2. Amelia, born 24 Oct., 1841; a teacher. 3. Abner, born 24 June, 1844; a telegraph operator and bookkeeper. 4. Cyrus B. Horton, born 13 Dec., 1846; a farmer. 5. Sarah Ann, born 26 July, 1849; married 3 Sept., 1867, to Prof. Jefferson H. Lewis. Mr. Lewis is the Principal of the Mt. Morris School. They have Nellie E. Lewis, born Sept., 1873.

Wright James Horton moved from Fishkill to Mt. Morris, Mich., in 1848, where he now resides.

I. Ezra James, son of Hon. Cyrus Horton and Sarah Mead (Joshua, Joshua, Joseph, Ephraim, Joshua I.), born 20 July, 1826, in Putnam Valley, Putnam Co., N. Y., about seven miles from Peekskill, his present place of residence. He was married at Cold Springs Village, 8 Sept., 1850, by Rev. S. W. Jones, to Sarah Davenport, only daughter of William Davenport and Euphemia Perry, and born at Cold Springs.

Children, all born in Peekskill, N. Y.:

1. Rushman Davenport, born 7 July, 1853; died 10 Aug., 1854, at Cold Springs. 2. Cyrus William, born 19 June, 1855; is now cadet midshipman, 3d class, Annapolis Academy. 3. Euphemia, born 17 Feb., 1857; died same day. 4. Linda E., born 24 Jan., 1859; died 2 Aug., 1859. 5. Walter, born 24 Sept., 1860; died 31 Oct., 1863, at Philipstown. 6. Annie Woolsey, born 24 Sept., 1863; died at Philipstown. 7. Cornelia Southard Lelia, born 12 Dec., 1864. 8. Charles Davenport, born 16 Sept., 1866, at Peekskill. 9. Ezra James, born 7 Jan., 1869, at Peekskill. 10. Clarence Frost, born 10 Feb., 1871, at Peekskill. 11. Arthur, born 26 Dec., 1872, at Peekskill.

E. J. Horton came to Peekskill in 1844. He has been an editor and publisher for twenty-four years, and he still follows the same occupation, being at present editor and publisher of the "West Chester News," an interesting and useful weekly paper, published at White Plains, the Seat of Justice of West Chester Co., N. Y. He spent two years at the New York University, but by reason of ill-health, he was compelled to leave it. He also studied medicine, but for the same reason he was forced to give this up also, and abandon all ideas of a professional life. Publishing and editing seemed better adapted to his health, and in this occupation he has been successful. He is now (1875) also publishing a paper at Port Jervis, N. Y.

I. Marcus Nelson, son of Leonard Horton and Jemima Conover (Benjamin, John, Jeremiah, Ephraim, Joshua I.), born at Oxford, Chenango Co., N. Y., 6 April, 1830; married at Walton, Delaware Co., 1 July, 1861, by Rev. J. S. Pattingill, to Adaline Mead Brisack, daughter of Sylvester Brisack and Ann Mead, and born in Walton, 22 Feb., 1833.

Children:

1. Edward Bates, born at Watertown, Jefferson Co., N. Y., 30 July, 1862. 2. Ernest Wayne, born at Elmira, N. Y., 4 August, 1871; dead. 3. John Marcus, born No. 25 Park Avenue, Williamsport, Pa., 19 July, 1873.

Mr. M. N. Horton was Superintendent of the public schools of the city of Williamsport for some years past. He is now Superintendent of the public schools of the city of Franklin, Venango Co., Pa. He is a skillful educator, and a gentleman much distinguished for his scholarly attainments, and correct moral habits and principles. He graduated at Williams College, Mass., in 1853. Received his degree of A. M. five years later. Studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1862, but did not continue in practice of law, preferring other pursuits.

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