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capacity, and for a number of years was thus engaged in vari- ous business houses in New York City. In 1887 he entered the employ of the H. W. Johns Manufacturing Company, of New York City, serving in the capacity of cashier. After five years of arduous and faithful work in this position, he was, upon the organization of the H. W. Johns-Manville Company, in 1902, made assistant treasurer of the company, an office which he has held up to the present time (1906), to the manifest interest of the corporation. Mr. Horton is a man of very progressive ideas, and is possessed of marked executive ability and energy. It is no doubt owing to these characteristics that the under- takings in which he engages are invariably crowned with suc- cess. He is a highly respected citizen, and has always been prominently identified with the public and social affairs of the community in which he has lived. He is a resident of Cranford, Union county, New Jersey, which he first made his home in 1878; in 1882 he removed to Connecticut, returning in 1890 to Cranford, New Jersey, where he has resided since that time. He has always been an ardent supporter of Republican prin- ciples, and has done all in his power to further the interests of that party. He was elected a member of the township com- mittee of Cranford in 1892, and served four consecutive terms as chairman thereof; in 1902 he was again elected a member of the township committee to serve a term of three years, and in 1905 was re-elected for another term of three years, having served as chairman of the committee to the present time (1906). He is also president of the Board of Health of Cranford. He is a member of the following named organizations: Cranford Council, Royal Arcanum, of which he is past regent; Court Cranford, No. 1651, Independent Order of Foresters, of which he is past chief ranger.
Mr. Horton married (first), October 25, 1866, Harriet
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Moores, born December, 1844, died December 24, 1872, daughter of Charles W. and Susan Ann (Mallory) Moores, and by this marriage had children as follows: 1. Charles Edmund, born September 12, 1867, married Henrietta Judah, October 26, 1892, and has one child: Edmund Judah, born October 22, 1893. 2. Elizabeth Mallory, married Frederick W. Ells, May 29, 1900, and has one child: Elizabeth Sherman, born October 22, 1901. Harriet (Moores) Horton died December 24, 1872. Edmund Burke Horton married (second), November 11, 1874, Kate Crocheron Brownlee, daughter of Rev. James and Henrietta (Crocheron) Brownlee, of Port Richmond, Richmond county, Staten Island, New York, and has one child: Brownlee Horton, born July 26, 1877. Mrs Kate C. (Brownlee) Horton, died De- cember 23, 1903.
Mrs. Kate (Brownlee) Horton was born in the parsonage of the Reformed (Dutch) church at Port Richmond, Staten Island. She was of Scotch ancestry, and her father, the Rev. James Brownlee, was for sixty years pastor of the Port Rich- mond Church. Her mother died when this little daughter, the eldest of a family of five children, was but thirteen years old. She attended the best schools on Staten Island, but by far the most important part of her education was obtained from her father. In early girlhood she joined the church of which her father was the pastor. She had always loved and revered the Reformed church, and after uniting with it became an active worker in the Sunday school and the missionary societies. For a time her membership was withdrawn from this church, but she reunited with it by letter in 1885, and attended each com- munion service when it was at all possible for her to do so. Some years prior to her marriage she spent some months abroad traveling with her father. Before the close of this trip she returned to Scotland and spent about a year among the scenes
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of her father's birthplace. The recollections of this journey were among the pleasantest and brightest in her entire life. Mrs. Horton was of a loving, devoted and hospitable nature. Her friends, and they were legion, were always certain of a warm welcome and cordial sympathy. Mrs. Horton was a most active and indefatigable worker in the field of religious ad- vancement. She gave her life's best effort to further this cause. Besides her manifold duties in connection with church work, Mrs. Horton found time to devote to literary productions. She had a ready, facile pen, and was ever willing to wield it in furtherance of a good cause. She was a member of the Wednes- day. Morning Club of Cranford, New Jersey, was the efficient editor of the Women's Department of The Mission Field, and furnished many enjoyable articles to St. Nicholas, The Youth's Companion, and other well known publications. In 1886 Mrs. Horton became the corresponding secretary of the Women's Executive Committee of Board of Domestic Missions of the Re- formed Church in America, an office she filled in an unusually efficient manner for seventeen years. In the spring of 1903 Mrs. Horton's health began to fail, and though her friends hoped that she would regain her strength during the summer, it soon be- came evident that she was gradually fading away. Her patience, cheerfulness and resignation during these long months of ill- ness aroused feelings of wonder and admiration in all who witnessed them. She was the comforter and consoler of the loved ones who commiserated her sufferings. Almost to the last she hoped to be able to resume her beloved work, but finally passed peacefully away, December 23, 1903, mourned by many loving hearts, whose dark hours she had done her utmost to brighten.
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mandery, No. 4, Knights Templar, in New York City; he has been an ardent advocate of the Royal Arcanum, and has served as grand warden of the State of New York. He was the or- ganizer of Equality Council, No. 1240, in Brooklyn; of Sub- urban Council, No. 1354, New York City; Utrecht Council, No. 1332, Brooklyn; and of New Amsterdam Council, No. 2038, of New York. He is at present a member of the last named coun- cil. Mr. Horton is a member of Borough Park Presbyterian church, Brooklyn.
Mr. Horton married, January 2, 1884, Katharina Rhein- stein, born October 3, 1864, in Bavaria, Germany, daughter of John and Adamina (Groef) Rheinstein, both natives of Ba- varia, Germany. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Horton are: 1. Mabel Elmore, born October 20, 1884. 2. Ada Matilda, March 25, 1888. 3. Mortimer S., Junior, August 24, 1895. The daugh- ters are both graduates of Erasmus Hall, a noted institution of learning in Flatbush, Long Island.
HARRY LAWRENCE HORTON.
Harry Lawrence Horton, senior member of the banking house of H. L. Horton & Company, of New York City, a man well endowed with rare intellectual attainments, keen discrim- ination, and business ability of a high order, was born in She- shequin, Bradford county, Pennsylvania, July 17, 1832.
The progenitor of the American branch of the Horton family was Barnabas Horton, whose history is written in this work.
Joseph Horton, son of Barnabas Horton, was born in Eng- land, but was brought to this country by his parents when he was an infant. He was reared and educated in the town of Southold, making his home with his parents until 1664, in which year he removed to Rye, Westchester county, New York, where
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he became widely known and highly respected. He was a free- man of the Connecticut Colony in 1662, and during his residence in Rye served in the capacity of selectman, being appointed in 1671; a justice of the peace, being appointed in 1678, and lieu- tenant and captain of the militia. He was united in marriage to Jane Budd, daughter of John Budd, one of the thirteen orig- inal settlers of Southold, and among the children born of this union was David Horton, born in Rye, New York, 1664, married Esther King. Their son, John Horton, born in White Plains, New York, 1696, married Elizabeth Lee. Their son, Richard Horton, born in White Plains, New York, married Jemima Wright. Their son, Elijah Horton, born in Peekskill, New York, 1739, married Jemima Currie, and died in Bradford county, Pennsylvania, 1821.
Elijah M. Horton, son of Elijah and Jemima (Currie) Hor- ton, was born in Peekskill, New York, June 9, 1769. He mar- ried, first, Pamela Ogden, of Columbia county, Pennsylvania, in 1791, and settled at Sheshequin, in that state. She died February 11, 1804, age forty years. He married, second, Abi- gail Bullard, born April 11, 1780, died March 3, 1845. Mr. Hor- ton died August 9, 1835. His children by the first marriage were: 1. Isaac, born June 20, 1792, married Hannah Elliott. 2. Charles, born September 5, 1793, married Sallie Brink, died 1873. 3. John. 4. Lydia, married Rev. Daniel Blackman. 5. Mary, married, first, Smith Horton; married, second, Rufus Cooley. 6. Betsey, married King Shores. 7. Elizabeth, mar- ried Elijah F. Brake. 8. Jane I., married Joseph Elliott. The children by the second marriage were: 1. William Bullard, of whom more hereafter. 2. Charles. 3. Lucinda, married John R. Smith. 4. John, married Sally Stevens.
William Bullard Horton, eldest son and child of Elijah M. and Abigail (Bullard) Horton, was born in Sheshequin, Penn-
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sylvania, September 27, 1807. He married (first) Melinda Blackman, daughter of Colonel Franklin and Sybil (Beardsley) Blackman. William Bullard and Melinda (Blackman) Horton had by their marriage the following children: 1. Harry Law- rence, born July 17, 1832, of whom see later. 2. Horace, mar- ried Mary Smith, of Sheshequin, Columbia county, Pennsyl- vania, and had no issue; he married (secondly) Ellen McMahon, who was a widow, and of this union there was no issue. 3. Elizabeth, married Purley H. Kinney, and had two daughters: Sarah, who married F. D. Buffington, and Flora, who mar- ried James H. Harper. 4. Amazilla, who married Clay Kinney, and has one son, Horace Harper, and one daughter, Helene, who married Howard Conant; she has two children: Blanche and Ruth Conant. 5. Mary, who married William M. Shores, and has two children: Harry and Gertrude Shores; the latter married Brenton Lancaster. William Bullard Horton married, (second) Saloma Kilmer, and of this marriage were born two children: 1. Miles E., born November 18, 1851. 2. Rowena Hortense, born October 23, 1855; she married Theodore Gard- ner Smith, and resides at Sheshequin. Mr. Horton died in his native town in 1867.
Harry Lawrence Horton, eldest son of William Bullard and Melinda (Blackman) Horton, obtained a practical education in the schools adjacent to his home, and the knowledge thus gained thoroughly qualified him to enter upon his mercantile career in Hornbrook, Pennsylvania, at the early age of seventeen years. He subsequently traveled extensively throughout the western portion of the United States, settling in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1856, where he was engaged in the produce business for nine ycars, being also a prominent man of affairs. In 1865 he took up his residence in New York City, establishing the banking house of H. 1 .. Horton & Company, and has since devoted his
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attention exclusively to this enterprise, spending considerable time abroad in the interests of the house. During his residence at New Brighton, Staten Island, he served as president of the board of trustees for three years, and was a potent factor in the promotion of the Staten Island Water Supply Company and the Rapid Transit Company. He has contributed gener- ously to the support of worthy charitable organizations, and is a liberal patron of art and literature. He is a member of the New York Stock Exchange, Produce Exchange, Chicago Board of Trade, Manhattan Club, Union League Club, Lawyers' Club, New York Athletic Club. and Riding Chub.
Mr. Horton has been twice married. He married, first. Nellie Breed, born at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, daughter of A. O. T. Breed, one of the pioneer settlers, and a leading merchant of Milwaukee. By this marriage Mr. Horton had two children : Eugene Henry J., born July 20, 1859, who lost his life at sea at the age of twenty years; Oliver Grant, born June, 1864, mar- ried Mary Ross, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and had one son : Harry L. Horton, the second. Oliver Grant Horton died in 1897. Mrs. Nellie (Breed) Horton died at Milwaukee, Octo- ber 25, 1864.
Mrs. Horton was a lady of education and refinement. She possessed an excellent moral and religious character. She was a worthy member of the St. James Episcopal Church of Mil- waukee, in which she took a lively interest, and was dis- tinguished for her generosity, especially for her many deeds of benevolence to the suffering and the poor. She was a kind and dutiful wife, a most tender and affectionate mother, and her early departure was deeply lamented, not only by her bosom companion and near relatives, but also by the community in general.
Harry L. Horton married, second, October 12, 1875. Sara
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Patten, daughter of John Patten, of New York City. By this marriage Mr. Horton had two children, as follows: 1. Blanche ; she married E. F. Hutton, of New York City, and has one child : Halcott Horton Hutton. 2. Grace, married E. M. Lockwood, of New York City. Sara (Patten) Horton died at Brighton, England, July 21, 1899. She possessed a brilliant mind and high scholarly attainments, which, together with her many ex- cellencies of character, won for her a wide circle of friends both at home and abroad. Mr. Horton and his family reside on West Fifty-seventh street, New York City, and their summer home is located at Monmouth Beach, New Jersey.
CORNELIUS N. HORTON.
The ancestor of this branch of the family was James Hor- ton, who lived in Putnam county, New York, near the village of Garrison. There are several families of this name in Putnam county, and they lived in a locality still known as "Horton Hollow." James Horton married Chloe Budd, of an old Long Island family, who moved to Westchester county at an early date. Their children were Chloe A., born September 5, 1818, and Joshua, born July 20, 1816.
Joshua Horton, still living, at a very advanced age, is a true representative of the ancient family whose history is the history of our country, and has all his life been an industrious mechanic and an honest and respected citizen. Mr. Horton married Ann Parker, daughter of Nicholas and Ann Parker. Their children are: 1. James Edward, born September 7, 1840, died May 17, 1859. 2. Frances, born May 28, 1842, married Stephen Lent. 3. Cornelius N., born at Somerstown August 3, 1845. 4. Eugene, born November 24, 1849, died February 28, 1891; he married Ella Hyatt. 5. Elizabeth, born May 27, 1853, married Albert D. Cypher. 6. Annie, born July 9, 1856, mar-
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ried Frederick Robertson. 7. William E., born December 18, 1859. 8. Ella, born June 30, 1858. 9. Mary Olive, born Octo- ber 27, 1864. Mrs. Ann Horton, the mother of this family, died January 9, 1896.
Cornelius N. Horton, third child, was educated in the schools of Peekskill, Westchester county, and learned the trade of cabinet-making under the tuition of his father, who followed that line of pursuit for a number of years. He then became engaged in the business of pattern-making, for which his rare mechanical ability rendered him peculiarly fitted, and he con- tinned in this line of occupation for several years. In 1896, wishing to improve his opportunities, he came to Brooklyn, where he was employed in the capacity of superintendent for the Gardener Lucas Company, which position he has held until the present time, and has established for himself a good reputation for reliability and straightforward business methods.
Mr. Horton was married in New York City, August 8, 1878, to Isabella M. Richards, who was born March 8, 1850. She is the daughter of William and Maria (Roberts) Richards, both of Putnam county, New York. They are the parents of six children : 1. Harry N., born July 17, 1879, and married Mary Elizabeth Hughes, June 3, 1905. 2. Fanny, born March 10, 1881. 3. Elizabeth, born August 2, 1883. 4. Sarah, born May 27, 1886. 5. Charles, born December 3, 1888. 6. Vincent, born September 5, 1892.
Among other experiences Mr. Horton has had some knowl- edge of seafaring life, for at the age of nineteen years he en- listed in the United States Navy, August 23, 1864. He served his country in this capacity for one year, and was discharged August 29, 1865.
Both Mr. Horton and his wife are consistent members of
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the Presbyterian church in the neighborhood where they reside, and he may justly be reckoned as one who is of the true type of the American citizen.
WILLIAM H. HORTON.
The branch of the family of which this gentleman is a member is one that went from Long Island to Westchester county and from there to the northern part of the state. His parents, Stephen and Beulah Ann (Covell) Horton, were na- tives of Saratoga Springs, New York. The Covell family were among the first settlers at Saratoga Springs. His father re- moved to Glens Falls and engaged in business, and died there at the comparatively early age of forty-five. He left a family of children: Ezra, who died a young man; Covell, who died in Saratoga, aged forty-eight, was a decorator and painter of skill; Lemuel, who enlisted as a drummer boy in an Albany regiment at the beginning of the Civil war, but died within twenty days after his enlistment; Isaac, who died in Saratoga, aged forty-five; Jennie, who married Hamilton Donly, and died in 1901. leaving two children : Arline and Herbert; Beulah, who died young; William Henry. The father of this family died in 1868, aged forty-five.
William Henry Horton was born at Glens Falls, New York, September 15. 1861. He remained there until he was eleven years of age, having been very early deprived of a father's care. His mother disposed of her husband's business, and with her young children went to Saratoga Springs, where William Henry remained some years. When twelve years of age he en- tered the printing office of the Saratogian. After that he was connected with a grocery store, where he remained a few years. He then went to Canajoharie, and entered a photographic estab- lishment and was there for two years. He then returned to
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Saratoga, and was employed in a hardware business for eleven years. He next connected himself as a traveling salesman for a drug establishment. In his travels he decided to settle in New York. He opened a dairy and grocery business at 803 Columbus avenue, where he has remained for the past nine years.
Mr. Horton married (first) Fanny Arline Patterson, of Bel- fast, Maine, who died in 1901. Their only child, Anina B., died August 23, 1896, at the age of fifteen. His second wife was Lucy Eileen Haley, daughter of Thomas Haley, of Glens Falls.
Mr. Horton is of an exceedingly active temperament, and is one of those peculiarly gifted men who can "turn his hand" to almost any branch of business. Decidedly optimistic in his views, he ever seems to look upon the bright side of things, and takes a very favorable view of life as it is.
BYRON HORTON.
Byron Horton, superintendent of the Packard School, New York, is a grandson of Ovid Horton, son of Isaac and Prudence (Knapp) Horton, who was born May 7, 1821, at Col- chester, New York, and died July 16, 1887, at Byromtown, Penn- sylvania. Ovid Horton married, June 3, 1847, at Bethel, New York, Catharine Graham Holliday, daughter of Rev. Thomas and Elizabeth (MeKay) Holliday. She was born February 28, 1825, at New Scotland, New York. Ovid Horton resided at Liberty Falls, New York, and Sheffield, Pennsylvania, the latter being his home at the time of his death. Mrs. Horton lives at 600 Market street, Warren, Pennsylvania. Children: 1. George Horton, born March 27, 1848, at Liberty Falls, New York. 2. Byron Horton, born December 24, 1851, at same place. 3. Celia Horton, born January 2, 1855, at same place; unmarried; ad- dress, 600 Market street, Warren, Pennsylvania. 4. Catharine
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Horton, born April 24, 1857, at Liberty Falls, New York; unmarried; address 600 Market street, Warren, Pennsylvania. 5. James Holliday Horton, born December 11, 1859, at Liberty Falls, New York.
George Horton, son of Ovid and Catharine G. (Holliday) Horton, was born March 27, 1848, at Liberty Falls, New York, and died March 3, 1893, at Sheffield, Pennsylvania. He mar- ried, August 5, 1872, at Barnes, Pennsylvania, Eunice Letitia Barnes, daughter of Erastus and Eliza J. (Eddy) Barnes. She was born April 6, 1853. Mrs. Horton resides in Sheffield, Penn- sylvania. Children: 1. Byron Barnes Horton, born August 26, 1873. 2. Harry Holliday Horton, born July 11, 1878. Both were born in Sheffield, Pennsylvania, and reside there.
Byron Horton, son of Ovid and Catharine G. (Holliday) Horton, was born December 24, 1851, at Liberty Falls, New York. He graduated from Union College in 1872. He married, July 31. 1877, Elizabeth Swaim Douglas, daughter of Alexander Barwise Douglas and Hannah Louise (Conklin) Douglas, of Brooklyn, New York. Byron Horton is now superintendent of the Packard School, New York, and resides at 421A Hancock street, Brooklyn, New York.
Children, all born in Brooklyn: 1. Blanche Louise Horton, born June 18, 1879; married, June 21, 1906, Stephen VanRens- selear Trowbridge; address, Aintab, Turkey. 2. Irene Horton, born March 15, 1881; married, April 19, 1906, Clare J. Crary; address, Warren, Pennsylvania. 3. Alice May Horton, born May 10, 1884. 4. Douglas Horton, born July 27, 1891.
James Holliday Horton, son of Ovid and Catharine G. (Holliday) Horton, was born December 11, 1859, at Liberty Falls, New York, and died July, 1900, at Warren, Pennsylvania. He married, October 13, 1884, at Parksville, New York, Carrie Young, daughter of John Newton Young and Mary Ann (Crary)
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Young. Mrs. Horton resides at 501 Market street, Warren, Pennsylvania. Places of residence, Sheffield and Warren, Penn- sylvania. Children, born in Sheffield, Pennsylvania: 1. La- Verne Horton, born November 14, 1886. 2. Joseph Ovid Hor- ton, born July 14, 1888.
JOSEPH BREWSTER HORTON.
Joseph Brewster Horton, a venerable and highly respected citizen of City Island, borough of the Bronx, where he has re- sided for many years, was born at Patchogue, Suffolk county, Long Island, November 14, 1822, son of William and Hannah Maria (Homan) Horton. His father, William Horton, was born aboard ship whilst his parents were on their voyage to the United States. His parents upon their arrival here took up their abode on Long Island, where their son William was reared to manhood and learned the paper making trade, which occupation he followed for a number of years. During the war of 1812 he responded to the call of his country and was stationed with his company at Brooklyn Heights. William Hor- ton died at Patchogue, Suffolk county, New York. He was mar- ried to Hannah Maria Homan, at Patchogue, and of his mar- riage had born to him the following children: 1. William J., married Elizabeth Baker, of Patchogue. 2. Samuel Clark, mar- ried Sarah Jane Mott, of Suffolk county. 3. Alfred Lewis, who became the father of Alfred Lewis Horton, for some years post- master of City Island. 4. Joseph Brewster, see forward. 5. Charles Smith, who lost his life by drowning at Egg Harbor, New Jersey. Upon the death of William Horton his widow married (secondly) Oliver Jackson, and of this marriage were born three children, namely : Walter, Washington W. and Au- gusta Jackson.
Joseph Brewster Horton was educated in the schools of Vol. II-17
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his native county, and at the early age of eleven became par- tially dependent upon his own efforts. In 1839 he came to City Island and here became engaged in the oyster planting business, in which line of pursuit he continued for a period of upward of sixty years. He became well and favorably known in com- mercial circles, and everywhere was regarded by his patrons as a just and upright man in all his affairs. Mr. Horton has taken a great interest during the active years of his life in the social and material welfare of City Island, and has served as assessor and collector of taxes of the town of Pelham for over three years; he was for over eighteen years a member of the school trustees of City Island, and during his term of service did much toward advancing the educational interests of City Island. Mr. Horton has been one of the superintendents of the Sunday school of the Methodist Episcopal church at City Island for over fifteen years.
Joseph Brewster Horton married, at New Rochelle, De- cember 13, 1845, Catherine Matilda Bell, born at Manasquam, New Jersey, July 28, 1829, daughter of Nathan C. and Esther (Cottrell) Bell. Of this marriage has been born to them the following children : 1. Josephine M., born March 15, 1847, mar- ried Frank Bacon, and has children: Lillie and Harry Bacon. 2. Esther, born February 13, 1849, married Samuel Elwell; has no issue. 3. Viola Imogene, born November 9, 1851, married Frank Gregory, and has children: Howard, Charles, Theodore and Kelsey. 4. Jennie Clayton, born October 6, 1853, married John W. Collins; no issue. 5. Charles Lowndes, born January 9, 1856, married Mary V. Jones; no issue.
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