6. Mary Elizabeth, born 27 Oct., 1835; married Floyd Halstead;
2. Isaac Andrews.
V. EZRA, son of Thomas Horton and Anna Cully (_Thomas_, _Thomas_,
_Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born in New York in 1818; married in
Clearfield Co., Pa., 18 Jan., 1841, by the Rev. Mr. Chapman, to
ELIZA WEAVER, daughter of John Weaver and Ruth Zimmerman, and born in
1820.
Mr. Horton was a farmer and a mason, and resided in Banks Township,
Indiana Co., Pa., where his children were born, and where his widow
now resides. He died 31 Oct., 1852.
Children:
1. Samantha Catherine.
2. Sarah Elizabeth.
3. Ruth Ann.
4. Hannah Amanda.
5. Happylonia Amelia.
6. John F.
VI. JUSTUS ELBERT, son of Justus Horton and Nancy Conklin (_Justus_,
_Barnabas Burnette_, _Barnabas_, _Jonathan I._), born on Shelter
Island, Long Island, 8 July, 1816; married at Southampton, L. I., 9
Dec., 1840, by the Rev. Hugh N. Wilson, to SOPHIA HALSEY, daughter of
Joshua Halsey and Experience Payne, and born in Southampton, 27 May,
1809.
Children:
1. Nancy Halsey, born in East Hampton. L. I., 29 April, 1842;
died 21 July, 1845.
2. Charles Henry, born in East Hampton, L. I., 28 Feb., 1844;
died 2 Aug., 1857.
3. Ann Eliza, born at Greenport, L. I., 22 May, 1846.
4. Schuyler Bogart, born at Greenport, L. I., March, 1849.
Justus E. Horton resides at Greenport. He is an elder in the
Presbyterian Church at Greenport--is a quiet, unassuming and pious
man. He and his son are undertakers, and dealers in all kinds of
household furniture, spring beds, mattresses, &c., Main Street,
Greenport, L. I.
I. JOHN FRANKS, son of Hector Youngs Horton and Dency Tuthill (_Capt.
James_, _Capt. Barnabas_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born in
Southold, 15 Dec.; married in Southold, 19 Nov., 1836, by the Rev.
Abraham Luce, to PHEBE MARIA REEVES, daughter of Dea. Nathaniel
Reeves and Nancy Rogers, and born in Southold, 16 Nov., 1814.
Children:
1. Nancy Rogers.
2. Sophia Reeves; both died in infancy.
Mr. J. F. Horton and his wife are pious people--members of the
Presbyterian Church of Southold, and he is one of the ruling elders
of the church.
II. CAPT. JAMES EDWIN, son of Hector Youngs Horton and Dency Tuthill,
born in Southold, 15 Jan., 1816; married in Mattituck, 10 May, 1848,
by Rev. Abraham Luce, to JERUSHA WORTH, daughter of James Worth and
Nancy Tooker, and born in Mattituck, 7 Jan., 1820.
Children, born in Southold:
1. Theodore Worth, born 7 Oct., 1849.
2. Edwin Willis, born 20 Jan., 1854.
Capt. Horton commenced a sea-faring life when about 19 years old,
with Capt. Nathaniel Case, in the ship _Triad_. With a crew of about
25 men, they made a voyage of about nine months in the South Atlantic
Ocean, in latitude 35 to 40°, and longitude 10 to 20°. The voyage was
prosperous and the business paid well. He afterwards made a voyage
on the Indian Ocean and South Sea. He followed the business for 13
years, and during that time, he circumnavigated the earth four times.
It is a remarkable fact that, notwithstanding all the hazard and
danger of a sea-faring life, they never lost a man by accident or
sickness. They were all temperate men, and this had much to do with
their immunity from danger, sickness and death. The Captain quaintly
remarks that a half gallon demi-john of liquor was not used by the
whole crew, as a beverage, during any one of their voyages. During
the time he followed the sea he visited the Sandwich Islands, the
Society Isles, and also New Zealand. On the island of Owyhee he saw
the place where Capt. Cook was killed by the natives.
The last voyage was in 1846-47 and 48, and during this voyage the
Captain had command of the ship. He took but two gallons of spirits
with him on that voyage, and part of that he brought back with him.
The Captain is beautifully situated at Peconic, L. I.--has a
beautiful farm, which he knows how to keep in good order, and his
house, among the best in the township of Southold, is admirably kept
by his amiable and accomplished lady, and nearly every room in it is
richly ornamented with frames and cases of rare, costly and beautiful
sea-shells, most tastefully arranged, and all done by the delicate
hands of Mrs. Horton herself. Great skill and persevering effort were
required to accomplish so much.
I. MARY ELIZABETH, daughter of Osborn Horton and Sally Philips (_Col.
Benjamin_, _Capt. Barnabas_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born at
West Hampton, L. I., 17 March, 1813; married 1. 13 Aug., 1833, by
Rev. Dr. Carroll, of Brooklyn, N. Y., to SAMUEL DRAPER, son of Pliny
Draper, and born in Pompey, N. Y., 26 Oct., 1808--had one son, viz.:
Geo. Horton Draper, born 23 March, 1835. Sam'l Draper died in New
Orleans, in Aug., 1839. She married 2. in Brooklyn, 25 July, 1849,
by the Rev. M. Jacobus, to JOHN LEWIS, son of Benjamin Lewis and
Cynthia Merritt, and born in Canterbury, Conn., 25 April, 1800. They
have:
Osborn Horton Lewis, born in Greenport, L. I., 21 June, 1851.
Mr. John Lewis resides in Brooklyn; he was a merchant, but retired
from business about eight years ago. He is a prominent member of
Plymouth Church.
II. THEODORE KING, son of Osborn Horton and Sally Philips, born in
Brooklyn, N. Y., 12 Aug., 1819; married in Brooklyn, 3 Feb., 1847, by
Rev. Dr. Stone, to MARTHA ALETTA SMITH, daughter of Isaac N. Smith
and Clarissa Talmadge, and born in Ballston, N. Y., 14 Nov., 1823.
Children, all born in Brooklyn:
1. Franklin Munn, born 15 March, 1848.
2. Philip Hallock, born 14 Feb., 1850.
3. Talmadge Baker, born 25 Jan., 1852.
4. Benjamin Theodore, born 26 May, 1856.
5. Grace, born 8 Nov., 1860.
6. Howard, born 7 Oct., 1864.
Mr. T. K. Horton is a first-class merchant in the city of Brooklyn,
and is doing a large business. He visited Europe a few years ago,
and when in England he went to Mousely, the birthplace of the old
puritan, Barnabas. But he found no one there who knew anything of the
ancestry of Barnabas.
Mr. Horton is distinguished for his business capacity, industry,
strict integrity and honorable dealing with his fellow men. He is
highly esteemed as a citizen and Christian gentleman, and is a
liberal supporter of the Gospel.
III. BENJAMIN DE WITT, son of Osborn Horton and Sally Philips,
born in Brooklyn, N. Y., 8 Nov., 1823; married 15 August, 1859, by
Rev. Dr. Thrall, to AMANDA F. WELCH, daughter of William Welch, of
Rockland, Me. Mrs. Horton died 12 Feb., 1871, leaving two daughters:
Florence Isabell and Elizabeth, who survived their mother but
a few days, the former dying the 15th, and the latter the 22d
of Feb., 1871. All died of malignant scarlatina, leaving the
deeply-afflicted father and one son, viz.:--Frederick Osborn,
born 4 July, 1860.
Mr. Horton married 2. in Brooklyn, 20 June, 1872, by Rev. Dr. Dillon,
to LYDIA A. HOLBROOK, daughter of Capt. Samuel Holbrook, of Portland,
Maine (a gentleman who weighs only about 300 lbs.), and Catherine
Rogers, of Liverpool, England, and born in Rockland, Me., 8 Feb.,
1851. Mr. Horton was formerly a partner in the dry goods business of
the old-established firm of Horton & Sons, of Brooklyn. He retired
from business some years ago, and now lives in princely style, with
his amiable and accomplished young wife in Brooklyn, 223 Clermont
Avenue. She is a member of the Episcopal Church.
II. MARY ELIZABETH, daughter of Thomas Jefferson Horton and Eliza
Davids (_Col. Benjamin_, _Capt. Barnabas_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan
I._), born in Southold, 11 Jan., 1832; married in Southold, 26
June, 1856, by the Rev. Mr. White, to STUART TUTHILL TERRY, son
of Daniel Tuthill Terry and Eunice Case, and born in Southold, 20
July, 1831. They reside in Southold near Hallock's Landing. They
are both live members of the Presbyterian Church of Southold, and
he is one of the ruling elders, and they are both wielding a strong
influence for Christianity, and command the respect and esteem of
the community. They own a good farm beautifully situated. Mr. Terry
is a farmer, doing much of his farm-work himself, but still he finds
time for study and reading, and for some years past he has been
engaged in looking up, and collating and compiling the genealogy of
the descendants of Richard Terry I. He has the work in a good state
of forwardness, and much of it ready for the press. They have no
children.
In a recent letter, he says, "I can truly say that I am a descendant
of Barnabas Horton, the Pilgrim, although I do not bear his name. I
descend from him thus:
"I. Stuart T. Terry; D. T. Terry; Esther Tuthill Terry;
Christopher Tuthill; Henry Tuthill, who married Bethia Horton,
grand-daughter of Barnabas I., being the 8th Generation.
"II. Stuart T. Terry; D. T. Terry; Thomas Terry; Lydia Tuthill,
daughter of Mehitabel Bradley Horton, who married Deacon Daniel
Tuthill, and was a daughter of Capt. Jonathan Horton, son of
Barnabas I., 7th Generation.
"III. Stuart T. Terry; D. T. Terry; Eunice Case Terry; Israel
Case, who married Zeruiah Horton, daughter of Joshua Horton,
son of Barnabas I., 7th Generation."
V. HENRY DAVIDS, son of Thomas Jefferson Horton and Eliza Davids,
born in Southold, 23 Jan., 1845; married in New York City, 28 Dec.,
1868, by Rev. J. C. Annan, to MIRIAM REEVES OSBORN, daughter of
Thomas Osborn and Miriam Reeves, and born in Southold, about 1847.
They reside in Southold, and have--
1. Thomas Osborn, born 2 June, 1870.
I. MEHULA, daughter of Barnabas Horton and Anna Hawkins (_Col.
Benjamin_, _Capt. Barnabas_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born
at Mt. Hope, Orange Co., N. Y., 7 April, 1809; married NATHANIEL
CONKLIN; reside in Middletown, N. Y., and have--
1. Charles.
2. De Witt.
3. Robert.
4. Alice.--All born in Middletown.
X. FRANK, son of Barnabas Horton by his 2 wife, Sally Penny, born at
Mount Hope, 28 Sept., 1828; married in Brooklyn, N. Y., 21 Sept.,
1854, by Rev. Mr. Lewis, Rector of Trinity Church, Brooklyn, SARAH
JANE REYNOLDS, daughter of John A. Dayton and Adelia Trowbridge, and
born in New York City, 21 June, 1835.
Children, born in Brooklyn:
1. Franklin Reynolds, born 17 August, 1856.
2. and 3. Twins, Edwin and Ella, born 27 Oct., 1854.
Frank has a jewelry store in New York. His residence is in
Brooklyn. He is an out-spoken, intelligent man, apparently in good
circumstances.
XII. GILBERT, son of Barnabas Horton and Sally Penny, born at Mt.
Hope, 22 March, 1833; married in New York City, 8 March, 1855,
ELIZABETH PARDEE PERKINS, born in Ridgefield, Conn., 19 May, 1834.
Children:
1. Mary Perkins, born in New York, 7 March, 1856.
2. William Robinson, born in New York, 19 July, 1860.
3. Jessie Pardee, born in New York, 12 August, 1862.
4. Gilbert La Fayette, born in Elizabeth, N. J., 9 July, 1864.
They moved to St. Paul, Minn., where his wife and children now
reside, and where he died 10 Jan., 1873. He was a blacksmith by trade.
XIII. CAROLINE, daughter of Barnabas Horton and Sally Penny, born at
Mt. Hope, 10 Nov., 1837; married in New York City, 14 Sept., 1858,
by Rev. R. G. Dixon, to HENRY ALFRED BRADFORD, of New Jersey, son of
Judge D. Bradford and Ann Brightwell, and born in England in 1830. He
died in New Jersey, 7 April, 1866.
Children:
1. and 2., David and Carrie, twins, born 6 July, 1859, in New
Jersey; David lived to be thirteen months old; Carrie died
twelve hours after her birth.
3. David, born 23 Sept., 1860.
4. Lizzie, born 30 July, 1862, both in New Jersey.
Mrs. Bradford, with her children, now resides in Brooklyn. She is
an intelligent and pious lady, a member of the Presbyterian Church,
and attending faithfully to the proper training and education of her
children.
I. ALMIRA MINERVA, daughter of Erastus Horton and Tryphena Burleigh
(_Dea. Ezra_, _Rev. Ezra_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born at
Union, Ct., 1 June, 1809; died 17 March, 1860; married about 1830,
ANSON RANNEY. They have two children:
Horton and Frances. Horton is now (1875), engaged as Inspector
on the boundary line of Mexico.
II. MARY EMILY, daughter of Erastus Horton and Tryphena Burleigh,
born at Union, Ct., 19 July, 1811; married at Ft. Atkinson, Wis., 5
Jan., 1835, HENRY FRANCISCO, son of John Francisco, who came from
France, and born in Wellstown, Montgomery Co., N. Y., 20 March, 1811;
died 13 April, 1865, at Lake Mills, Wis., where he moved in 1845.
Children, 1, 2, 3, and 4 born in Augusta, Oneida Co., N. Y.; 5, 6,
and 7 born in Oakland, Jefferson Co., Wis.; 8 born at Ft. Atkinson,
Wis.:
1. Philena Theressa, born 28 Sept., 1837.
2. Henry Alonzo, born 2 Sept., 1839.
3. Oscar Newton, born 16 Oct., 1841.
4. John Day, born 25 Sept., 1843.
5. Charles Francis, born 2 Sept., 1845.
6. Horton Erastus, born 25 Nov., 1848.
7. San E., born 29 Sept., 1852.
8. Manley Clayton, born 25 Sept., 1858.
Mrs. Francisco now resides in San Diego, Cal. Her son, Charles
Francis, married Mary Evelyn Harvey, a niece of Gov. Harvey, of
Wisconsin.
III. ALONZO ERASTUS, son of Erastus Horton and Tryphena Burleigh,
born at Union, Ct., 24 Oct., 1813; married in Jefferson, Wis., 22
Dec., 1841, by Charles Rockwell, Esq., to SALLY MILLINGTON WRIGHT,
eldest daughter of William Cobb Wright and Sylvia Shelden, and born
in Russia, Herkimer Co., N. Y., 11 May, 1822. She died in Jefferson,
Wis., 29 Dec., 1846, leaving no issue. He married 2. at Keyport,
N. J., 29 July, 1861, by N. J. Beedle, Esq., to SARAH WILSON BABE,
daughter of Joseph Babe and Margaret Wilson, and born at Sing Sing,
N. Y., 3 Sept., 1824. They have no children.
We are indebted to Mr. J. A. Shepherd, of San Diego, for the
following interesting sketch of the life of Mr. A. E. Horton:
ALONZO E. HORTON.
To a person acquainted with this gentleman our introduction
would sound unfamiliar. "Here is A. E. Horton, of San Diego,"
is all that he would allow to be said before he would be
acquainted with a room-full of strangers. His motto is
"action," and he has practiced it long and faithfully. He would
leave ceremony in the lurch to talk _business_, and never think
apology necessary; and we can think of no better rule to follow
in writing what we know of him.
His parents commenced their westward march in 1815, from
Union, Ct., when Alonzo was two years old. Their home for the
next four years was in Stockbridge, Madison Co., N. Y. Then a
residence of two years in New Haven, Oswego County, where the
first school lessons were taken under the direction of Miss
Patty Woodward. When he was eleven years old the family reached
the shore of Lake Ontario, in the town of Scriba, and moved
into their new log-house.
Then followed a year of muscular as well as mental discipline
to the lad Alonzo. His father was suddenly bereft of sight by
a severe inflammatory attack upon his eyes. School was two
miles away, and to and fro our student made his morning and
evening tramps in pursuit of knowledge. But he was the eldest
boy of the household, and to him after study came toil. His
evenings were spent in basket-making, which assisted largely in
providing for the wants of the family. Thus for about a year he
bravely essayed to lift the burden from his father's shoulders.
From that time until he was half through his twenty-first year,
he was first assistant wood-chopper on the home-lot, where they
filled Oswego orders for hewed timber.
He commenced business for himself by purchasing the remaining
six months of his minority, agreeing to pay $50 to his father
for that purpose. In eight months from that time he had been a
grocery clerk at $12 a month; a lake sailor before the mast;
and the last half of the time owner and captain of the "Wild
Goose," a small vessel he had purchased, and put into the
wheat trade between Oswego and Canada. His marine speculation
proved quite a profitable one for those days; he sold out and
closed business, paid all his obligations, and had $300 in his
pocket. During the winter of 1834-'35 he learned the trade
of a cooper, and his specialty for a time was flour-barrels.
Then the city of Oswego elected him constable, by the largest
majority given to any man on the Whig ticket. The young officer
was too kind-hearted to make his office pay, and he lost all he
made in trade by failing to enforce payment from poor debtors
according to law. Out of office he invested $7 in a contract
for land, and in a month made $336 on the venture. Young Horton
had another strong point, which was often brought into play in
the inevitable wrestling-matches incident to town-meetings of
long ago. His 130 pounds was a most animated and unmanageable
load for his largest companions to handle, and at "square
hold" he was the acknowledged champion of the township. Yet he
was pronounced a consumptive by Dr. Van Schaick, with the
advice "Go West--it may do you good; but I think it probable
you will not live more than six months." He took the doctor's
prescription, and went West.
[Illustration: A. E. Horton]
He landed in Milwaukee, in May, 1836, and soon after was one
of a party of six on the _trail_ for the Rock River country.
There were no roads, and the best inn to be found was to
turn in their blankets under an oak tree. But the mosquitoes
promptly presented bills for their lodgings. After thirty
nights camping, they reached the cabin of Mr. and Mrs. Janes,
the parents of the now lively city of Janesville. Theirs was
the only house, and that about 10x16 feet in size, but immense
in hospitality. After partaking of the latter, the party (among
whom were the names of Churchill, Odell, Ogden and Jewett)
continued on until reaching the foot of Koskonong Lake, where
each one made a quarter-section claim, built a cabin, and went
back to Milwaukee. One of those claims, at least, was left for
another pre-emptor, with the cabin thrown in, for Horton was
soon too busy to think farther about it. Others waited, with
hands in pockets, for the approaching land sales; he took up
the shovel and worked on the new streets. Money was worth too
much to be wasted by idleness. A working-man always gains more
profitable knowledge than a loafer. His capital was labor and
observation, and out of these were to be wrought a fortune.
Of the two hotels then in the new city, he had selected the
Bellevue for his lodgings. Two bits a night paid for his share
of a room, and his own blankets were bed and bedding. His
room-mates were sometimes as many as sixteen; and his rule was
"early to bed." Two nephews of the Receiver at the Land-Office
came in one evening full of an important secret which they must
talk over. The young fellow who worked on the road was the
only one retired, besides themselves, and his hearty snoring
satisfied them that he was beyond hearing. Their authority was
official, so no danger of mistakes. The bills of the Michigan
State Bank and Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank would be taken
at par at the land sales, and consequently would be as good
as gold, and worth the premium of at least 10 per cent. They
would quietly gather it in for the occasion. The next day our
sleeper was _not_ shoveling on the street. He was learning the
whereabouts of holders of certain styles of Michigan currency,
and was soon doing a brisk exchange business with his New York
Safety Fund Savings, amounting to $300. At night he was in
his room, happy in the prospective addition to his funds; but
there were two other persons there who thought they had little
success in securing the coveted currency. It was unaccountable,
for were they not the only individuals to whom the secret had
been imparted?
The sales of Government land commenced the following day, and
Horton was present with his receivable funds. He bought no
land, but his money was in immediate and continuous demand.
Many times during the sale he retired to replenish his bank
stock by exchanging bank notes with numerous parties according
to previous arrangement. The enterprise was a financial
success. Here his quick perception did him good service, for he
was marked as a prize by a thieving gang. One of them formed
his acquaintance on the evening of a profitable day, and tried
to learn his intended movements. Yes, he would soon go to his
lodging-place; but that night he concluded it would be best
_for him_ to remain where he was, and he did so. But another
young man, about his age, and similarly dressed, was waylaid on
the very route Horton was expected to travel, caught, gagged
and carried off to a safe place for robbery. In the dark they
had captured the wrong man, as his empty pockets and the cut of
his coat proved on careful examination.
Thinking the country a safer place, he went out three miles, to
where his uncle, Dwight Foster, was superintending one of the
first saw-mills built in Wisconsin. While there another attempt
was made to entrap him. One, Robinson, came from town to inform
him that a man named Johnson would take a named sum for some
land which he had talked of buying. He must be sharp if the
trade was secured, and should take his money with him for that
reason. Horton promptly decided to take _more_, and quietly
deposited a loaded pistol in each pocket of his hunter's
coat. His caller carried a suspicious-looking hickory cudgel,
altogether too cumbersome for a cane, and explained that he had
been tracking a wild animal, which he hoped they could identify
by the marks. In a low, marshy place, a little off their road,
its tracks were most clearly made. Descending to the spot
indicated, he urged Horton to follow him, and determine what
sort of creature had crossed there. Instead of complying Horton
presented a pistol, told his man if he found no tracks there
as described, he would shoot him without further notice. The
villain was outwitted, and preferred returning to town a short
distance in advance of the ready weapons of his captor. It was
ascertained that Johnson knew nothing of the fellow's errand,
and that the only foot-prints about the miry trap in which
Robinson had hoped to catch his game, were made by himself.
He was next heard of, a few years afterwards, in the Iowa
penitentiary, committed for horse-stealing.
Returning to the East Mr. Horton passed the time until 1840,
in various places and employments, the last being at St.
Mary's with the American Fur Co. His first western _home_ was
purchased in the town of Oakland, Wis., that year, to which
locality his father and family followed not long after. In a
few months more he had established himself matrimonially and
happily. Three years engaged in miscellaneous trade, land
figuring as the principal item, he became a cattle-dealer.
He bought his beef in Illinois, did the largest part of the
driving, and averaged two trips in five weeks. He furnished his
customers so satisfactorily in his own and adjoining counties,
that in one year his original capital of $150 was increased
to $4,000. In St. Louis he saw profits in land-warrants, and
bought sufficient to locate 1,500 acres of land. Out of this
investment grew the village of _Hortonville_, in Outagamie
Co., Wis. His first town was buried in the woods, and he went
to work with eight men to cut a four-mile road to his proposed
mill-site. By the time he had lots to sell, he was sawing
lumber with which to improve them. The prices and payment for
material was of small account with the proprietor. Houses
must be built, whether settlers had money or not. In a year
from the completion of the mill, 150 people were _living_ in
Hortonville, and at the end of two years sold out the remaining
property, being $7,188 better for his enterprise.