Part 10

Quite early in life he engaged in mercantile business, selling dry-goods, groceries, hardware, etc., and also various agricultural implements, and generally carried on a successful business.

He was Supervisor of the township of Phelps for eight years in succession, and was one of the most prominent and influential citizens of the town, enjoying the fullest confidence of the people. He was a kind-hearted and upright man, a close figurer, but always just and honorable in his dealings. He was never married, never made a public profession of religion, although he was a man of very correct moral deportment and habits, and practically a Christian gentleman. On the 29 Oct., 1871, as he was riding with a friend in a buggy, the horse became frightened, and ran away, upsetting the wagon, and throwing Mr. Horton upon the ground with great violence, causing his death in a few hours afterwards. He was wholly unconscious, and never spoke after the fall. He was a tall man, over six feet high, of commanding appearance, and urbane and dignified in his manners. He left an estate of about $50,000, with one sister, and a large number of nephews and nieces to inherit it.

XIII. JOSEPH LEE, youngest son of Israel Horton and Anna Van Devort, born in Owego, N. Y., 9 July, 1807. He married the widow ELIZABETH HATFIELD, of Newark, N. J. He was a very quiet, unassuming man, never had any children. He died in Phelps, in Jan., 1871. His wife died in Nov., 1870.

I. URIAH TERRY, son of Jason Horton and Mary Terry (_Israel_, _Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born in Orange Co., N. Y., in 1784; moved with his father to Basking Ridge, N. J., about 1790, and next to Mendham, N. J., where in 1806, he married ELIZABETH FAIRCHILD, daughter of Peter Fairchild, and born 13 June, 1782. They moved from Mendham to White House, Hunterdon Co., N. J., in 1808, and lived there until 1820, when they moved to Lambertville, N. J., and settled there. He was a hatter by trade. He died in the Fall of 1858. She died at Lambertville, 22 Oct., 1864. For her goodness of heart and fidelity to duty in all the relations of life, she had the esteem and respect of all who knew her. She united with the Presbyterian Church in Lambertville, in 1825, and she adorned and illustrated the profession of Christianity, she then made, in the whole of her after life. She was one of the excellent of the earth, and though far advanced in years, still her departure was greatly lamented by the church and congregation.

Children:

1. Mary Jane, born in Mendham, 24 Jan., 1809; married Charles Naylor.

2. Harriet Lacy, born in Mendham, 6 April, 1811; married James Gordon.

3. Andrew Jackson, born in Mendham, 13 May, 1813; left home at 17, never heard of afterwards.

4. Anna Maria, born at White House, 14 April, 1815; unmarried.

5. Brackey, born at White House, 27 Feb., 1819; married Asa Price.

6. Alexander Horace, born at Lambertville, 16 Oct., 1821.

7. Abbey Wilson, born at Lambertville, in 1825; died unmarried.

II. SARAH, daughter of Jason Horton and Mary Terry, born in Basking Ridge, 20 Jan., 1788; married about 1808, to WILLIAM GUEST; he died at White House, N. J., 6 March, 1857.

Children:

1. George, dead.

2. Mary.

3. Elizabeth.

4. Fanny.

5. Phebe.

6. Martha, dead.

7. Sarah Ann.

8. William.

9. Amy.

III. ELIZABETH, daughter of Jason Horton and Mary Terry, born at Basking Ridge, N. J., 6 January, 1790; married 1. in the spring of 1807, to JOHN DENISTON, son of William Deniston and Elizabeth Black, and born about 1780; died in 1815. She married 2. ADAM HUYLER.

Children:

1. George, born near Morristown, N. J., 1808; married Dorothy Smith.

2. Charles, born near Morristown, N. J., 4 April, 1809; married Mary Workman.

3. Anna, born in Trenton, N. J., 12 March, 1812; married Sebra Hough.

4. John Horton, born in Trenton, N. J., 15 Jan., 1815; married 1. Eliza Ricket, 2. Alice Palmer.

By second husband:

5. Elizabeth, born at Bound Brook, N. J., 6 Jan., 1818; married Hiram Allen.

6. Adam, born at Lambertville, N. J., 27 Dec., 1820; married 1. Elizabeth Roberts, 2. Hannah Snyder.

7. Jason Horton, born at New Brunswick, 23 Feb., 1823.

8. Edward Perrine, born at New Brunswick, 22 Aug., 1829.

Adam Huyler died in March, 1846; he was the son of William Huyler and Gertrude Smock; family originally from Holland.

Mrs. Huyler resides at Newark, N. Y., is wonderfully preserved, is active in body and mind, sight and hearing only very slightly impaired, and her memory quite good, and now, at nearly 86, she is getting a new set of natural teeth.

IV. MARY, daughter of Jason Horton and Mary Terry, married GEO. BEEMER, of Beemersville, N. J.

Children:

Sarah,

Horton,

Elton and Halsey (twins),

Abbey,

Harriet and

Jane.

V. ABIGAIL, daughter of Jason Horton and Mary Terry, born in Sommerville, N. J., 6 March, 1795; died 19 August, 1875; she was never married. She made teaching her profession for many years. She was a skillful educator and a great favorite of children. She early professed Christianity, and became a member of the Presbyterian Church. She was a lady of marked piety and intelligence; occasionally wrote articles for the newspapers. In 1872 she writes:

"This is my hand-writing, so, through the mercy of the Lord, my life is yet prolonged, but I am aged (77) and infirm, going the down hill of life, living on borrowed time. Oh, how important to be prepared for the final change!

"Of my sisters, the oldest is gone, taken in her 84th year, departed suddenly, gone, we trust, to 'Heaven above, where all is love,' and where sorrowing and sighing can never enter."

In another letter, she says: "Our home is pleasant, we live in a beautiful village of New Jersey. Yes, little New Jersey,

"'With all thy faults, I love thee still; I see beauties on every hill; Thy rocks in grandeur rise; Thy rills are charming in my eyes.'"

She wrote and published a very pretty obituary of her sister, who died recently.

VI. EUNICE, daughter of Jason Horton and Mary Terry, born at Basking Ridge, N. J., 20 Feb., 1796; married at North Branch, N. J., 15 Sept., 1813, by Rev. Enoch Burt, to GEORGE BOCKOVER, born at Beemersville, Sussex Co., N. J., 3 Jan., 1790; died 30 July, 1870.

Children, all born at Beemersville:

1. Jason Horton, born 18 Oct., 1814; married Mary Insley; had 4 sons and 4 daughters; nearly all his life a wholesale merchant in the city of New York; died 22d April, 1875; he was truly one of the excellent of the earth.

2. John Jackson, born 20 Oct., 1816; married Ruth Coykendull.

3. Maria, born 19 May, 1819; married Jacob H. Todd, merchant.

4. Julia Ann, born 13 Oct., 1821; married John B. Adams.

5. Benjamin Terry, born 8 Aug., 1824; married Sarah E. Hathaway.

6. Miranda, born 20 Aug., 1827; married Charles Good; both dead.

7. and 8. (twins) Harriet, born 8 July, 1830; married Alvah Crone; he died. Jane, born 8 July, 1830; married Henry A. De Poe; he died.

9. Elizabeth, born 5 July, 1833; married Thomas C. Whider.

10. Emma, born 25 Feb., 1838; married Sanford E. Fitch, 15 Sept., 1863, during the very interesting celebration of the "Golden Wedding" of her honored parents.

VII. FANNY, daughter of Jason Horton and Mary Terry, born at Basking Ridge, N. J., 15 Sept., 1799; married, at North Branch, N. J., 14 Feb., 1817, by Rev. Dr. Vadenburg, to JOHN WILLIAMS, born at Redington, N. J., 27 Aug., 1791; a farmer; died 11 Dec., 1867.

Children:

1. George, born 15 Nov., 1818; a merchant in New York City.

2. Jason, born 6 March, 1824, also a merchant in New York.

3. John William Kline, born 15 Sept., 1831; merchant in New York.

4. Samuel, born 29 May, 1833; died 9 March, 1845.

III. EUNICE, daughter of Jeremiah Horton, Esq., and Mary Goldsmith (_Israel_, _Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born in Blooming Grove, Orange Co., N. Y., 2 March, 1791; married EDWARD STRONG, of Blooming Grove.

Children, all born in Blooming Grove:

1. Nancy, married James Madison Smith.

2. Nathan, married Mary Morbin.

3. Edward.

4. Sarah Jane.

5. Benjamin Horton.

IV. SUSAN, daughter of Jeremiah Horton, Esq., and Mary Goldsmith, born in Blooming Grove, 17 Oct., 1793; married HARRY CLARK.

Children, all born in Blooming Grove:

1. Nathan.

2. Walton.

3. Mary.

4. Sarah.

5. Eunice.

V. MARY, daughter of Jeremiah Horton, Esq., and Mary Goldsmith, born in Blooming Grove, 23 Oct., 1795; married 1. SOLOMON GRAY, and had two children, viz.:

Thomas and Leander.

Solomon Gray died about 1845. She married 2. RICHARD GIBSTON, and had:

1. Ann Maria.

2. Edward.

3. Julia.

4. Mary.

VI. SARAH, daughter of Jeremiah Horton, Esq., and Mary Goldsmith, born in Blooming Grove, 15 March, 1797; married 22 Jan., 1818, in Blooming Grove, by Rev. Luther Halsey, to NATHANIEL THOMPSON, son of George Thompson and Elizabeth Gregory, and born in Blooming Grove, 22 Dec., 1792. She died 11 March, 1875, very suddenly.

Children, both born in Monroe, Orange Co., N. Y.:

1. Jeremiah Horton, born 13 Jan., 1821; married 10 Dec., 1845, Mary Webb.

2. George Washington, born 2 March, 1824; married 5 Jan., 1848, Charity Conklin; she died 15 March, 1875.

Sarah H. Thompson was one of the excellent of the earth--faithful, kind, energetic and industrious--exemplifying Christianity in her daily walk and conversation; open, frank and cheerful, she was ever sunshine for the family. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church.

Mr. Thompson is well preserved; has lived a long life of usefulness; an able and efficient farmer; an upright Christian man; began the world with little; is now wealthy. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

VII. LYDIA, daughter of Jeremiah Horton, Esq., and Mary Goldsmith, born in Blooming Grove, 24 April, 1799; married 1. by Rev. Mr. Arbuckle, in Blooming Grove, to ALBERT GALLATIN HILDRETH, son of John Hildreth, of Southampton, L. I.; had one son, died in infancy. Mr. Hildreth died. She married 2. EDWARD STRONG, of Blooming Grove, and had Mary Bethia, born 20 May, 1840, who married, 20 May, 1863, Dr. George Hudson Thompson, a dentist, of Newburgh, and they have Edward Brewster Thompson, born in Newburgh, 9 March, 1844. Edward Strong died, and Lydia, his wife, moved to Newburgh, where she owns property and is very pleasantly situated. She has long been a professor of Christianity, and lived in harmony with its teachings.

IX. AMY, daughter of Jeremiah Horton, Esq., and Mary Goldsmith, born in Blooming Grove, 17 November, 1803; married PALMER WILLIAMSON.

Children:

1. Mary.

2. Susan.

3. Horton.

4. Jennie.

5. Marietta, dead.

6. Oscar.

7. Julia.

8. Harrison.

X. BENJAMIN GOLDSMITH, son of Jeremiah Horton, Esq., and Mary Goldsmith, born in Blooming Grove, 28 Aug., 1807; married 14 Feb., 1832, to SARAH JANE STUART, born in Blooming Grove, about 1809. She died 13 May, 1847.

Children:

1. Sarah Maria, born 23 Jan., 1833.

2. Anna F., born 1 Sept., 1835.

3. John W., born 27 May, 1837; dead.

4. Carrie S., born 30 Nov., 1840.

5. Phebe N., born 30 Aug., 1842; dead.

6. Jeremiah Henry, born 20 Dec., 1844.

Anna F. remains unmarried. John W. and Phebe N. died unmarried.

Benjamin G. Horton married 2. in the Presbyterian Church, Merry All, Pa., 23 January, 1853, by Rev. Dr. S. F. Colt, to ANNA PAMELA INGHAM, daughter of Thomas Ingham, Esq., and Eunice Horton, and born at Sugar Run, Bradford Co., Pa., 4 May, 1818.

Children:

7. Eunice Louisa, born 10 May, 1854.

8. Thomas Ingham, born 18 Sept., 1856.

9. Charles Herbert, born 5 June, 1860.

His children were all born in the old stone mansion, built by his father, in 1802. It is one of the oldest dwellings in Blooming Grove, and it is still a very comfortable and venerable house. It, together with a good farm, was inherited by Benjamin, he being the only son; and here he lived until his death, which occurred on the 9th of Nov., 1874. He was a kind, unassuming man--always possessing a good moral character, and a few months before his death he made a public profession of Christianity, and became a member of the Blooming Grove Church. His wife early embraced Christianity, and was a member of the Presbyterian Church, of Wyalusing, Pa. She is now a member of the Blooming Grove Church, faithful and active in the work of the Church and Sabbath-school.

I. EBENEZER, son of Maj. John Horton and Deborah Terry (_Israel_, _Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born in Little Britain, Orange Co., N. Y., 9 Jan., 1786; married, at Terrytown, Pa., by Guy Wells, Esq., in Oct., 1805, to MARY TERRY, daughter of Jonathan Terry, Esq., and Abigail Terry, born in Wyalusing, Pa., 5 Dec., 1787. He died 1 May, 1826, of tuberculosis. She died 30 March, 1873, at the advanced age of nearly 86 years. He was one of the constituent members of the first Baptist Church of Asylum, now Terry Township. She was not a public professor of Christianity, but was Old School Baptist in sentiment for many years before she died.

Children, all born at the old homestead, in Wilmot, now occupied by N. T. Horton, except Jason and Nathaniel, who were born at Terrytown:

1. Jason, born 13 July, 1807; married (1) Olivia Ladd, (2) Roxana Cooey.

2. Nathaniel Terry, born 5 Jan., 1808; married Mehala Hancock.

3. Julia, born 6 Oct., 1810; married Samuel E. Miller.

4. Eunice, born 7 Sept., 1812; married James H. Turrell.

5. Hiram, born 7 June, 1815; unmarried.

6. Ebenezer, born 4 April, 1817; married Ellen M. Crandall.

7. Adela, born 13 April, 1819; married C. Schoonover.

8. Jane, born 22 July, 1821; married Lehman Turrell.

9. Lydia Ann, born 4 Feb., 1824; married Moses T. Slotery.

II. ANNA, daughter of Maj. John Horton and Deborah Terry, born in Wyoming Valley, on the farm afterwards owned by Oliver Pettibone, 21 Oct., 1788; died at Terrytown, 27 Aug., 1813, of consumption; unmarried. She was intelligent, truly pious, and of a most amiable disposition.

III. LYDIA, daughter of Maj. John Horton and Deborah Terry, born in Wyoming Valley, 14 March, 1791; married at Terrytown, 12 Nov., 1815, by Rev. M. M. York, to JOHN PAULING STALFORD, son of Joseph Stalford and Catherine Pauling, and born in Perkiomen, Montgomery Co., Pa., 20 Dec., 1788; died in Wyalusing, 27 Jan., 1863. Mrs. Stalford is still living; she is well preserved, resides at the old homestead, also occupied by her son, John B. Stalford. She was a very beautiful girl, always possessed an amiable disposition and fine social qualities, and now, at the age of 84 and upwards, she is active, cheerful and remarkably good looking for one of her age; devotedly attached to her grandchildren, who live with her, and for whom she is untiring in her care. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and has lived a long life of industry, economy and practical piety, beloved by all who know her.

Children, all born in Wyalusing:

1. Samuel, died in infancy.

2. Ellen, born 18 Dec., 1817; married Dr. D. C. Scoville.

3. Elizabeth, born 20 Aug., 1819; married Cornelius Cronin; died at Dushore, Pa., 5 Oct., 1856; left John and Julia.

4. Joseph Horton, born 14 July, 1821; married 1. Mary Deihl; married 2. widow Mary Sturdevant.

5. Benjamin, born 25 July, 1823; unmarried.

6. Jesse Tuxbury, born 8 Dec., 1825; married 1. Catherine Wilcox; married 2. Jane Manly.

7. Deborah Ann, born 15 Oct., 1828; married Hollenback; died in Illinois.

8. John Bradford, born 6 April, 1830; married Emma Martin.

9. George Horton, born 23 May, 1833; married Minerva Jane Hollenback; lives in Iowa.

IV. MAJ. JOHN, JR., son of Maj. John Horton and Deborah Terry, born at Terrytown, 23 March, 1793. He was three times married, 1. 16 July, 1816, to NANCY G. MILLER, daughter of John Miller and Lydia Gilbert. She was born in Connecticut; she died 27 Oct., 1839. He married 2. 3 Aug., 1841, to widow LYDIA MOLTHER, of Nazareth, Pa.; she died 4 June, 1850. Married 3. 9 Aug., 1852, to widow AMANDA CROSS, of Towanda, Pa., daughter of ---- Spaulding and Huldah Kellogg. He died 21 Feb., 1867.

Children, by his first wife:

1. Elmore, born 6 May, 1817; married Mary Stone.

2. Mary, born 19 Nov., 1818; married Dr. Nathan Wells.

3. Orice, born 16 June, 1821; married Austin Stalford.

4. John Miller, born 7 Feb., 1823; married Susan L. Bacon.

5. Anna, born 19 Nov., 1825; married Dr. James De Wolf.

6. Lydia Miller, born 31 Dec., 1828; married Rev. Dr. S. F. Colt.

7. Rowena Nancy, born 4 Dec., 1832; married Capt. Familton.

8. Harry M., born 25 May, 1835; unmarried.

9. Infant, female, stillborn, 1838.

By his second wife:

10. Col. Joseph Homet, born 2 June, 1842; married Abbie Newcomb.

By his third wife:

11. Belle Amanda, born 8 May, 1860. All born at Terrytown, Pa.

Maj. Horton possessed more than an ordinary fund of cheerfulness and joviality; and his humorous and genial nature was an unfailing source of interest and life in the family and in the social circle. He was a careful business man. Though long engaged in mercantile pursuits, he never had occasion to fear financial crises or revulsions, living always prepared at any moment to honor his pecuniary obligations. Punctuality and promptness were marked characteristics of the man. To perform was more pleasing to him than to promise; in enterprises for the public good he was always among the first. He was constable for many years, Justice of the Peace for five years, and declined a re-election; was Treasurer of the County for two years, and was one of the electors on the Democratic electoral ticket in 1848. He was Captain and then Major in the militia, and from 1828 to 1835 Brigade Inspector.

Though not a public professor of Christianity, he was its friend and supporter, and conscientiously and habitually practised its virtues. He was uniformly in attendance upon public worship, and paid more money for the Terrytown Tabernacle (Union meeting-house) than any other person.

He was popular and pleasing in his manners, and politically a man of mark, but never a _politician_--holding office only when the office sought him. His end was quiet and peaceful.

"The 'Angel's Whisper' stole in song upon his closing ear; From his own daughter's lips it came, so musical and clear, That scarcely knew the dying man what melody was there: The last of earth's or first of heaven's pervading all the air."

V. EUNICE, daughter of Maj. John Horton and Deborah Terry, born at Terrytown, 14 Jan., 1796; married in the old log meeting-house at Merry All, Pa., 20 July, 1817, by Rev. Minor Manasseh York, to THOMAS INGHAM, ESQ., son of Joseph Ingham and Pamelia Ellicott, and born in Bucks Co., Pa., 1 April, 1794. The ancestors of Thomas Ingham came from England. Jonas Ingham, the first known ancestor, came to this country about A. D. 1700. By trade he was a clothier. He married a Cheshire woman, who often told her grandson that she landed on the ground where the city of Philadelphia now stands before there was a house on it. They settled in Trenton, N. J., where their son Jonathan was born, in 1709 or 1710. They also had three daughters. Jonathan Ingham resided in Bucks County, at a place known as Ingham's Springs, where he owned a farm and woolen factory. He was a rigid Quaker. A cotemporary, who was well acquainted with him said, "He did not belong to the old aristocracy who governed Bucks County before the Revolution, but his position in life and high intelligence put him in their society." They made him a Justice of the Peace, a Judge of the Court, and a member of the Assembly. He died in 1798 or 1799, aged 89. He had 3 sons and 2 daughters. Jonas, his youngest son, was born in 1746. He learned the business of a clothier. January 3, 1771, he was married to Elizabeth Beaumont, and soon after leased his father's fulling mill, and was running it when the Revolutionary war commenced. When the contesting armies came near, he enlisted, and served first as a Lieutenant and then as a Captain in the militia. He was in service in 1777, and in the battle at Gulf Mills. In the early part of the year 1778 he was taken with a fever and sent home. He afterward purchased land and built a fulling mill near the Delaware River; he there lived some years and educated his children himself. In 1789 he commenced a settlement on the Wyalusing Creek, being the first settler above Lewis', on that stream. He was an ingenious mechanic, and invented the machine for shearing cloth, which afterwards came into general use. He was a good writer and public speaker. In 1804 he was elected a member of the Legislature from Luzerne County. He died October 28, 1820. He had three sons and three daughters.

Joseph, his eldest son, was born January 21, 1773, and his father taught him the common branches of education, including surveying and algebra. While his father was making his first improvements on the Wyalusing, Joseph remained at home in Bucks County, in charge of the business. He learned the trade of a millwright. About the year 1793 he married Pamelia Ellicott, and soon after bought three hundred acres of land on the Susquehanna River, at the mouth of the Sugar Run. He moved his family to this place in 1795, and commenced building a saw mill in the fall of 1801, and finished it in the spring following. Soon afterwards he built a grist mill. His wife, Pamelia Ellicott, died 17 November, 1824. He afterwards married Laura (Whitcomb) Vose, a widow, by whom he had two sons. He had six sons by his first wife--no daughters. He died 11 June, 1829. Thomas, his eldest son, was educated partly by his father at home and partly in the common-school at Wyalusing. He learned his father's business of millwright, running mills and farming. He bought a farm and settled first at Browntown, Pa. But he remained there but a short time, when he sold out and came back to Sugar Run, and lived near his father. After the death of his father, he bought the homestead, and there lived until his death. He re-built the mills, and also erected a store-house, and engaged in the mercantile business. While quite a young man he was appointed a Justice of the Peace, and held that office during the most of his life. His mind was well informed on all general topics; his judgment was excellent, and he was noted for his morality, honesty and truthfulness. He was mild and quiet in his manners, but decided and firm in his purposes. Eunice, his wife, was handsome in her appearance and pleasing in her manners, possessed a lively and cheerful disposition, and was exceedingly energetic. She managed all the affairs of her household with economy and skill, and often assisted her husband in his business. When he was absent she could as readily manage the business out-doors as in the house. She was remarkably generous, and always had a bountiful hand for the poor, and was active in assisting her neighbors who were in sickness or trouble. Without making a public profession, both she and her husband exhibited the virtues of Christianity in her daily walk and character. She died 2 March, 1844. He died 14 August, 1855. They were both buried in the Terrytown Cemetery.

Children, all born in Asylum, now Wilmot, Pa.:

1. Anna Pamelia, born 4 May, 1818; married Benjamin Goldsmith Horton, of Blooming Grove, Orange Co., N. Y., where she now resides.

2. Joseph Washington Ingham, born 21 Oct., 1823; married in Wyalusing, 5 June, 1849, by Rev. Dr. S. F. Colt, to Mary Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of Rev. George Taylor, of Moravia, N. Y., and Abigail Baldwin, of Bloomfield, N. J., and grand-daughter of Maj. John Taylor, of Wyalusing, and born at Moravia, N. Y., 16 Jan., 1830; they have one son, George Taylor Ingham, an only child, born at Sugar Run, 13 Aug., 1851; he is a merchant.