Part 15

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:

1. Infant son, stillborn in Nov., 1840.

2. John Horton, born 24 Jan., 1842; married Emily Jones.

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:

1. George Zachary, born 1st March, 1852.

2. Eunice Jennie, born 27 Dec., 1853; married Amasa Davids.

3. Ella Elizabeth, born 30 Sept., 1855.

4. Julia Adela, born 9 August, 1857.

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.:

1. George Hamilton, born 8 August, 1844.

2. Sarah Nancy, born 24 May, 1846.

3. Rowena Eliza, born 19 Oct., 1850; a very acceptable school-teacher.

4. Twins, born 28 Feb., 1849; died at birth.

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:

1. Elmore Horton Wells, born in Braintrem, Pa., 19 April, 1842. He received the degree of A. M. at the Michigan University, and also graduated at Bellevue Medical College, N. Y., in the class of 1872. He was married at Meshoppen, 8 May, 1873, by Rev. Clark Salmon, to Lavinia W. Eppes; born at Petersburg, Va., 12 July, 1853. He resides at Meshoppen, practices medicine, and also keeps quite an extensive drug store.

2. Lydia Louisa, born at Meshoppen, 23 Nov., 1845; married 9 Jan., 1867, at Meshoppen, by Rev. C. R. Lane, to Thos. Alfred Wickham; born at Tioga, Pa. They reside in Tioga. He is a merchant.

3. Mary Helen, born at Meshoppen, 31 Oct., 1850; married at Meshoppen, by Rev. Dr. Colt, 20 Feb., 1872, to Joseph W. Bishop; born at Wysox, Pa., in 1847.

4. Nancy Amanda, born at Meshoppen, 21 Jan., 1853; unmarried.

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.

1. Charles Lewis, born 18 Dec., 1844; married.

2. Rowena Horton, born 23 March, 1847; married; lives in London, Eng.

3. Matthew Armstrong, born 18 Dec., 1850; married.

4. Urania Ann, born 10 Feb., 1844.

5. John Horton, born 16 Feb., 1863; lives with his mother.

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:

1. Henry Bacon, born 30 Sept., 1850; now in U. S. Army.

2. Florence Eudora, born 19 Oct., 1851; died 21 Feb., 1854.

3. Shepherd Bacon, born 28 Aug., 1852; died 22 Aug., 1860.

4. Leonard Moss, born 30 June, 1854; clerk and book-keeper in Scranton; member of Baptist Church.

5. James Bacon, born 26 Sept., 1856; he is clerk in a store at Huntington.

6. John Miller, born Oct., 1861; died when two days old.

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:

1. William Horton, born 22 March, 1862.

2. Eliza Horton, born 5 Dec., 1865.

3. Francis, born 27 August, 1869.

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:

1. Abigail Horton, born 12 March, 1863.

2. George Horton, born 6 Nov., 1868.

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:

1. Charles Beardsley, born 13 April, 1872.

2. Nancy Terry, born 15 May, 1873.

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 diarrhœa, 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:

HILLIS.--On Friday, March 26th, 1869, at the residence of her father, Dr. G. F. Horton, in Terrytown, Mrs. Deborah E., wife of Dr. W. J. Hillis, of Barclay. She was born Nov., 1844, born again Feb., 1866, and has passed from earth to heaven.

The following lines were written by a lady in the West, on the death of Mrs. HILLIS:

LINES ON THE DEATH OF COUSIN DEBBIE.

She faded away in the early spring-time, Ere Nature put on her robe of green, And with a peaceful look in her clear blue eyes, She calmly passed to the land unseen.

Oh, she has gone from us; so young and so fair, Wearing all the charms of youthful bloom, And around our hearts there comes a deep sadness, O'ershadowing us in midnight gloom,

Earth's tenderest ties were twined around her, And fain would we have had her stay; But angels around the throne were beckoning As if to hasten her flight away.

No fear of death could blanch her marble cheek, Nor dim the pure lustre of her eye; Through faith she looked above this fleeting world, Where joys immortal ne'er fade or die.

Her face was radiant with heavenly glory As she murmured a parting prayer, And then we knew, by her saint-like beauty, That the seal of death was written there.

We miss her, yes, we miss the cheerful sunshine That she cast on every side, And we mourn the crushed and blighted hopes, Of a fond and loving bride.

But there's a light to lure us homeward, In this sorrowing world of ours; And we'll strive to meet the dearly loved one Where forever bloom unfading flowers.

E. I. P. S.

Rochelle, Ill., May, 1869.

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HORTON.--In Terrytown, Jan. 7, 1872, Miss Nancy T., daughter of Dr. G. F. and Abigail Horton, aged 25 years.

Decided in her convictions, yet with charity for all, amiable in disposition and warm in her affections, she won a large circle of friends, who sympathize with her immediate relatives in this bereavement. She availed herself of every advantage afforded to store her mind with useful knowledge. Diligent as a pupil, she was successful as a teacher, exhibiting unflagging energy and patience in the school room, she surpassed most in securing the love and advancement of her pupils. She was sustained through a long and painful illness by an unfaltering trust in her covenant keeping Saviour, and with her feet firmly set on the Rock of Ages by a living faith, fearlessly entered the dark valley, fearing no evil.

She referred to the following stanzas, as expressing her own hopes when near the close of her earthly existence, and which are inserted for this as well as for their exquisite beauty:

NEARER HOME.

BY ALICE CARY.

One sweetly solemn thought Comes to me o'er and o'er-- I'm nearer to my home to-day Than I have been before.

Nearer my Father's house, Where the many mansions be, Nearer the great white throne, Nearer the crystal sea.

Nearer the bound of life, Where we lay our burdens down, Nearer leaving the cross, Nearer gaining the crown!

But lying darkly between, Winding down through the night, Is the silent, unknown stream That leads at last to the light.

Closer and closer my steps Come to the dread abysm; Closer Death to my lips Presses the awful chrism.

Oh! if my mortal feet Have almost gained the brink; If it be I am nearer home, Even to-day, than I think;

Father, perfect my trust, Let my spirit feel in death That her feet are firmly set On the rock of a living faith.

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[_From the Presbyterian._]

In Terrytown, Pa., on the 7th inst., Miss Nancy T. daughter of Dr. G. F. and Abigail Horton, aged twenty-five years. Born of pious parents, from infancy she enjoyed the advantages of religious culture. In early life she made profession of faith in Christ, and ever after adorned that profession with a consecrated life and godly deportment. She was among the first to unite with the then recently organized Presbyterian church at Terrytown, which she loved with the ardor of a sanctified affection. Possessed of unusual decision of character and strong convictions of the truth of her opinions, she nevertheless exercised a broad charity for those whom she thought conscientiously differed from her. Her amiability, intelligence, purity, and warm affection won her a large circle of friends, over whom she had great influence. Her end was peace, and in full assurance of a blessed immortality. One incident, among many others, may be given as illustrating the ground of her confidence. Shortly before her death, clasping her arms around her brother's neck, she whispered:

"Nothing in my hand I bring, Simply to the cross I cling."

This simple clinging to the cross was her support through the long months of wasting sickness, the secret of her patience in suffering, and the staff of her strength through the valley of the shadow of death.

COM.

VIII. MARY ELIZA, daughter of Geo. F. Horton and Abigail Terry, born at Terrytown, 24, April, 1850, married at Terrytown, 1 Oct., 1873, by Rev. D. Craft, to WILLIAM ROSS SUTTON, son of Oliver C. Sutton and Harriet Maria Ross, and grandson of Robert Blaine Sutton and Juliette Bradley, and born in Lyons, 27 Nov., 1850. He is a farmer, and also engaged in the manufacture and sale of an improved forcing pump. They reside in Lyons, N. Y.

I. JAMES GALLOWAY, son of Samuel Todd Horton and Mary Galloway (_Joseph Lee_, _Israel_, _Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born at Palmyra, N. Y., 23 Feb., 1813; married 26 Jan., 1832, by the Rev. Mr. Allen, to HANNAH MARIA HORTON, daughter of Benjamin Horton and Hannah Vance, and born at Belvale, Orange Co., N. Y., 7 May, 1811. She died at Atlas, Mich., 19 April, 1847, leaving four children, all born in Atlas, viz.:

1. Samuel Townsend, born 25 Nov., 1835, the first white male child ever born in Atlas.

2. Milton Augustus, born 27 Oct., 1838.

3. William Henry, born 1 April, 1842; he was a Union soldier, served three years, and was honorably discharged; died in Flint, Mich., 10 June, 1867.

4. Maria Eloise, born 29 Oct., 1844; died 29 August, 1845.

Married 2. in Atlas, 16 July, 1848, to ADALINE SUSAN DORR BALDWIN, daughter of Dr. Cyrus Baldwin, of Berkshire, Mass., and Susan Dorr, of Boston. Susan Dorr was a daughter of Joseph Dorr, made historic from the fact that he was a prominent man of the party who threw the tea overboard in Boston Harbor. Dr. Baldwin was the founder of the village of Baldwinsville, N. Y. J. G. Horton, in a letter of August 26, 1874, says: "We moved from Palmyra to Michigan when it was yet a territory. We were three miles from any white settlers, but we had plenty of Indians. Where the city of Flint now stands, it was then all a dense wilderness, and when the town of Atlas was organized, forty years ago, we had seventeen votes all told. The county of Genesee has now twelve flourishing villages besides the city of Flint, which has a population of about eleven thousand."

By his 2. wife he has one daughter, Mary Susan, born in Atlas, 22 May, 1851. They moved from Atlas to Flint in 1859, where they now reside. He is a farmer and surveyor.