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The children of Thomas and Eunice Peaslee were seven, as fol- lows :
I. Thomas Sheldon Peaslee, 1806-1882.
2. Elizabeth Peaslee, 1808-1839.
3. Joseph Babcock Peaslee, 1810-1882, mentioned in a following paragraph.
4. Sarah Peaslee, 1811-1813.
5. Lydia Peaslee, 1813-1814.
6. Isaac Peaslee, 1814-1839.
7. Nathan Smith Peaslee, 1815-1887.
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Of these children, Thomas Sheldon Peaslee, a local preacher in the Methodist church, born June 24, 1806, married Mahala Curtis, Sep- tember 12, 1830. She was a daughter of Joseph Curtis and Amy Conk- lin, born January 23, 1810. Their children were :
Joseph Curtis Peaslee, 1831-1873 ; Susan Peaslee, 1834-1858; Amy Peaslee, 1836-1854; Isaac Peaslee, 1838, now living in California; Elizabeth Peaslee, 1840-1874; Thomas Peaslee, 1843, now living at Stamford, New York; Charles Morgan Peaslee, 1846-1871, died while a student at Wesleyan University, Middleton, Connecticut; Martha Lorena Peaslee, 1850-1854.
Nathan Smith Peaslee, the seventh child of Thomas and Eunice Peaslee, married Ruth Conklin, daughter of Samuel Conklin and Amy Curtis, March 13, 1842. Their children were: Amy Curtis Peaslee, who died at the age of five years, and Fannie Babcock Peaslee, who married W. S. Jones, and is now living on the old Peaslee homestead on Blenheim Hill.
Elizabeth Peaslee, the second child of Thomas and Eunice Peaslee, married Joseph Curtis, son of Stephen Curtis and Lydia Palmer. To them were born three children: Thomas Peaslee Curtis, who served with General Custer; Alva Curtis, a professor in Michigan University ; and Smith Curtis, who died in Libby Prison.
At the time of the funerals of Thomas and Eunice Peaslee, though they resided in the country on a farm and in a sparsely settled district, so great was the respect and esteem in which they were held, that over two thousand people were present to pay honor to their memories. The following fitting tribute to Thomas and Eunice Peaslee is recorded in the "Sketch Book," written in 1859 by Rev. William C. Smith, of Poughkeepsie, New York :
"Uncle Thomas and Aunt Eunice! From my father's house T
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went to the old home of Father and Mother Peaslee, familiarly called Uncle Thomas and Aunt Eunice, but, alas! those venerable forms were not there. These aged veterans have gone to their graves. I found the homestead occupied by their youngest son, Nathan Smith Peaslee. Oh! How many of the old traveling preachers will recollect the kind- ness of this Christian family to them in hours of weariness and hunger ! Uncle Thomas and Aunt Eunice were born the same year, experienced religion in the same meeting, were baptized at the same time, died the same day and both were buried in the same grave. They were born in October, 1782; converted in 1816; died December 13, 1857, in the seven- ty-sixth year of their age. Dutchess county, New York was their birth place, and they died at Blenheim, Schoharie county, New York, where they had resided about a half century. Uncle Thomas was my first Sun- day School teacher, steward and exhorter. But I forbear giving fur- ther account of this righteous pair. Their record is in Heaven and their memories are blessed on Earth."
(VII.) JOSEPH BABCOCK PEASLEE, the second son of Thomas and Eunice ( Babcock) Peaslee, was born at Blenheim, Scho- harie county, New York, January 19, 1810. In 1855 he moved to a farm in the town of Cherry Valley, New York, and this farm is now held in the Peaslee name. He was a wheelwright by trade, but fol- lowed agricultural pursuits the greater part of his lifetime. He was a very prominent and influential man in his town, held public office for eighteen years, was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he was an officer nearly all his life, and was a highly respected citizen, and a kind and obliging neighbor. He was very active in re- ligion and politics, and held many places of trust and responsibility. On March 12, 1834, Joseph B. Peaslee married Magdalena Seeber, who was born in the "Seeber Homestead" on Oak Hill, near Saltspringville,
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New York, in 1815. She was the daughter of Jacob Seeber of Mont- gomery county, New York, a member of a family distinguished for notable service in the Revolutionary army. Magdalena Seeber Peaslee was a woman of strong character, firm will power, and great determina- tion, and throughout her long life was the constant companion and helper of her husband, and his chief adviser and counsellor. Like her husband, she was a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and her door was always open to receive the early itinerant Methodist circuit-rider.
Joseph Babcock Peaslee died at the old Peaslee Homestead at Saltspringville, New York, December 27, 1882. His wife died at the same place, April 24, 1898, and their remains are resting in the family plot on the "Seeber Homestead," where she was born. To Joseph Babcock and Magdalena Seeber Peaslee there were born ten children, as follows :
I. Jacob Thomas Peaslee, farmer, Saltspringville, New York, born in the town of Middlefield, Otsego county, New York, September 29, 1836. Married Emily Catharine Diefendorf, December 25, 1861, who was born March 5, 1839, and a daughter of Warner and Chris- tianna ( Wolgemuth) Diefendorf. To Jacob Thomas and Emily Cath- arine (Diefendorf) Peaslee was born one son, William Diefendorf Peas- lee, born at Saltspringville, Otsego county, New York, on August 2, 1865, now residing in Brooklyn, New York.
2. James Oliver Peaslee, born May 8, 1838, died December 17, 1866; married December 28, 1864, to Malinda Barringer, born Janu- ary 2, 1842, a daughter of Aaron Barringer and Eliza Ellwood. James Oliver Peaslee was a soldier of the civil war, a member of the One Hun- dred and Twenty-first New York Infantry, and died from wounds re- ceived at the battle of Gettysburg. To James O. and Malinda Bar-
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ringer Peaslee was born one son, Joseph Peaslee, December 17, 1865, married January 15, 1890, to Anna Blanche Cooke. Children: Mabel H. Peaslee, born August 29, 1892; J. Frank Peaslee, born November 30, 1893; and James Cooke Peaslee, born December 20, 1895, died March II, 1897. Residence, East Springfield, New York.
Rev. Isaac Dorman Peaslee, mentioned in a following para-
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4. Mary Elizabeth Peaslee, Saltspringville, New York, born De- cember 18, 1841; married March 21, 1861, to Sebastian Weller, Jr., born March 28, 1840, son of Sebastian and Elizabeth Weller. Children, six, as follows: I. Jay D. Weller, born March 16, 1862, married Feb- ruary 16, 1898, to Eliza Dussell. 2. Joseph Weller, born April 14, 1863, died January 12, 1903. Married July 14, 1888, to Addie How- ard. Children: Howard Weller, born April 15, 1891; Willis Weller, born December 20, 1892; Thelma Weller, born May 27, 1900; two other children died in infancy. 3. DeForest Weller, born September 2, 1865, died August 19, 1876. 4. James Weller, born October 4, 1866, married March 26, 1896, to Addie Killmer. Children: Delos J. Weller, born June 26, 1897; Annie May Weller, born May 5, 1899. 5. Mary Eliza- beth Weller, born August 28, 1868. Married Victor D. Eckler, April 20, 1893 ; one child, Flora G. Eckler, born March 30, 1897. 6. Homer Weller, born May 5, 1870, married February 18, 1903, to Carrie Richard.
5. Delos Seeber Peaslee, farmer, Saltspringville, New York, born April 15, 1844; married December 29, 1864, to Mary Frances Brown, a daughter of Peter Brown, of the town of Canajoharie, New York, and Fanny Bradford Holmes, of the state of New Hampshire. Delos Seeber Peaslee was a soldier in the civil war and a member of the One Hun- dred and Ninety-second New York Infantry.
6. Dr. John Smith Peaslee, Schodack Landing, New York, born
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March 15, 1849; married October 8, 1879, to Joey Springsteen, born January 24, 1859, died October 4, 1897, a daughter of John Springsteen, born at Schodack Landing, New York, May 25, 1811, and Clarrissa Schermerhorn, born at Rotterdam, New York, March 17, 1815. Chil- dren of John Smith and Joey (Springsteen) Peaslee as follows : I. J. Squire Peaslee, born at Schodack Landing, New York, September I, 1880, died August 4, 1883. 2. Zebeth Peaslee, and 3. Eunice Peaslee, twin daughters, born August 5, 1884. Eunice Peaslee died August 26, 1884. 4. Ruth S. Peaslee, born July 25, 1890.
Dr. John S. Peaslee is a practicing physician, was graduated from Clinton Liberal Institute, Fort Plain, New York, as valedictorian of his class; also from Albany Medical College, Albany, New York.
7. Livingston Babcock Peaslee, LL. B., attorney-at-law, Defiance, Ohio, born August 7, 1851, in the town of Minden, Montgomery county, New York, married December 5, 1877, to Florence Alexandria Latty, daughter of Judge Alexander Latty and Susan Rebecca Latty, of De- fiance, Ohio. To Livingston B. and Florence A. Peaslee was born one son, September 12, 1878, Alexander Sanky Latty Peaslee, electrical engineer, student at Upper Canada College, Toronto, Canada, and grad- uate of Knox College, Gambier, Ohio, an electrician with the Westing- house Electrical Company of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
Livingston Babcock Peaslee is a practicing lawyer, graduated from Michigan University in 1876, cum laude.
8. Eunice Margaret Peaslee, born June 17, 1846, died August 21, 1866.
9. Malinda Catharine Peaslee, Saltspringville, New York, born September 21, 1853 ; married October 9, 1872, to William Diefendorf. Children, twelve, as follows: 1. Rev. Leigh Diefendorf, born March 7, 1874, married Gerta M. Weller, October 23, 1901. Methodist
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preacher in Troy conference. 2. Amy Diefendorf, born January 17, 1875, married Morris G. Herrick, October 22, 1902. Resides at Scho- dack Landing, New York. 3. Annie Diefendorf, born February 9, 1876. 4. Florence Diefendorf, born March 1, 1878, died July 27, 1886. 5. Lulu Diefendorf, born October 24, 1880, died April 4, 1896. 6. Magdalena Diefendorf, born September 24, 1882. 7. Martha Diefendorf, born April 23, 1885, died January 28, 1900. 8. Burke Diefendorf, born March 12, 1887. 9. William Diefendorf, Jr., born December 23, 1889. 10. Myrtle Diefendorf, born June 27, 1890. II. Iva Diefendorf, born May 21, 1893. 12. Lucius Diefendorf, born March 18, 1896.
IO. Joseph Albert Peaslee, farmer, Saltspringville, New York, born July 15, 1856.
(VIII.) REV. ISAAC DORMAN PEASLEE, B. D., third son of Joseph Babcock and Magdalena (Seeber) Peaslee, was born in the town of Minden, Montgomery county, New York, February 22, 1840. His early days were spent on his father's farm with his brothers and sis- ters, where he laid the foundation for the rugged health and energy which enabled him to continue for forty-two years of uninterrupted service as a Methodist Episcopal clergyman. He attended the district school at Salt- springville, the Fort Plain Seminary at Fort Plain, New York, the Cherry Valley Academy at Cherry Valley, New York, and the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, at Lima, New York. His technical education was obtained at the Concord School of Theology, at Concord, New Hamp- shire, now a constituent school of the Boston University, from which institution he was graduated in 1863. In the same year he joined the Oneida Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, and by reason of changes in boundary lines eventually became a member of the North- ern New York Conference. He was ordained deacon at Norwich, New
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York, by Bishop Scott, and was ordained elder by Bishop Kingsley at Utica, New York. He has filled the best and most important appoint- ments in his conference work. Among these charges are Worchester, Cooperstown, Waterville, Hamilton, New Hartford, Norwood, Gouver- neur, Madison, Oswego, Malone, Adams, Boonville, Vernon and Clin- ton. Mr. Peaslee is a pulpit orator of merit and ability and of great power in swaying and persuading audiences. His work has been that of a typical Methodist preacher, witnessed by marked revivals, large missionary collections, and the building of churches and parsonages. He has ever been the friend of education and has many times been appointed by his conference as the official visitor to the Syracuse University, from which institution his three children were graduated. He has also been a frequent contributor to the religious press of his denomination.
After forty-two years of uninterrupted service as a Methodist clergyman, Mr. Peaslee voluntarily took a supernumerary relation to his conference in 1904, and is now enjoying a well-earned rest at his home in Cooperstown, New York, in the same house in which his wife, Martha Anna Browne, was born and married.
On September 17, 1868, Rev. Isaac Dorman Peaslee married Martha- Anna Browne, of Cooperstown, New York, who was born January 23, 1847. She was educated at the select schools of Cooperstown and the Cooperstown Seminary. She is a daughter of Loomis and Emily Jane (Shellner) Browne. Loomis Browne, of English descent, was born February 24, 1816, and died June 12, 1865. He was an architect and contractor, a man of large affairs, and the designer and builder of some of the finest dwellings and public buildings in Cooperstown, New York, notable among which is the "Sunny Side Cottage." He was the son of Levi and Lydia (Webster) Browne; the former named, born April 24, 1784, died August 15, 1833; and the latter named, born December
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4, 1789. died January 25, 1844, and of the stock of Daniel Webster. Emily Jane (Shellner) Browne was born in Cherry Valley, New York, March 14, 1821, and died February 15, 1895. She was a daughter of Jacob and Margaret (Van Seise) Shellner, the latter named having been a native of Ballstown, New York. To Loomis and Emily Jane (Shell- ner) Browne were born two children, Martha Anna Browne, wife of Rev. Isaac D. Peaslee, and Mary Angeline Browne, who died in her child- hood. Emily Jane Browne was a remarkable character, possessed of a strong individuality, a sunny disposition and a ready wit. Her bright view of life remained with her to the end, and her large circle of friends remember her as a cheerful character, full of life's activities.
Martha Anna (Browne) Peaslee has been a devoted mother and the helpmate of her husband in his various fields of labor. Of sound judgment, infinite patience and superior executive ability, she softened the ways of the itinerancy, and in no small degree, through her self sac- rifice and strict economy made it possible to give her three children a university training.
To Isaac D. and Martha A. Peaslee were born three children : I. Clarence Loomis Peaslee, mentioned in a following paragraph.
2. Arthur Browne Peaslee, A. B., LL. B., Oneida, New York, born March 17, 1873, at Hamilton, New York, died January 1, 1904, at Oneida, New York, was graduated from Adams Collegiate Institute, Adams, New York, as valedictorian of his class in 1891 ; from Syracuse University, classical course, in 1898, and from the Syracuse University Law School in 1898: member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity ; admitted to the bar of New York state in June, 1898. Arthur Browne Peaslee was possessed of a keen and analytical mind. He was a brilliant student, a fine musician, and at the time of his early death was just entering upon the opportunities of an expanding and increasing practice as a lawyer,
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and was held in great regard and esteem by all who knew him, for his high and manly ideals.
3. Mary Ethel Peaslee, B. L., Cooperstown, New York, born at Norwood, St. Lawrence county, New York, October 27, 1880: was graduated from Cazenovia Seminary, Cazenovia, New York, in 1898; from Syracuse University, belles lettres course, in 1903: member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority. 1136132
(IX.) CLARENCE LOOMIS PEASLEE, A. B., A. M., eldest son of Rev. Isaac Dorman and Martha Anna ( Browne) Peaslee, was born at Waterville, Oneida county, New York, January 19, 1871. He attended the public schools in New York state, and was graduated from Adams Collegiate Institute in 1889, as valedictorian of his class. In the fall of 1889 he entered Syracuse University as a student from Adams, New York, and was gradu- ated therefrom in the classical course, with the degree of Bach- elor of Arts, in June, 1893; and he received the degree of Master of Arts in June, 1896; was member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity ; editor of University News, 1891-1892 ; calculus orator, June 19, 1893; farewell orator, class 1893. Immediately after graduation from college, Mr. Peaslee taught Latin and Rhetoric in the Williamsport Dickinson Sem- inary at Williamsport, Pennsylvania, in 1893-94; Latin and Greek in the same institution, 1894-97. Simultaneously with teaching, Mr. Peaslee studied law under the tutelage of H. C. & S. T. McCormick, at Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and was duly admitted to the bar of Ly- coming county in Pennsylvania, January 6, 1898; to the supreme court of Pennsylvania, June 3, 1902; to the superior court of Pennsylvania, February 9, 1903 ; to the circuit and district courts of the United States, for the Western District of Pennsylvania, April 9, 1901, and to the cir-
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cuit and district courts of the United States for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, May 6, 1901.
Immediately after his admission to the bar, Mr. Peaslee served for one year, 1898, as clerk in the law offices of his preceptors, H. C. & S. T. McCormick, and the following year, 1899, was admitted to the firm as a partner. On January 1, 1900, Mr. Peaslee formed a co-part- nership with William Ellis Haines, which relationship has existed up to the present time (1905), the firm having a large clientage and being one of the most active in the city of Williamsport.
Mr. Peaslee has always taken an interest in politics and was secre- tary of the Republican county committee in 1896, and has been active as a political speaker in every campaign and on civic and memorial occa- sions. In May, 1905, Mr. Peaslee declined the appointment of attorney for the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission at Washington, D. C., pre- ferring to continue in his private law practice.
On August 19, 1897, Mr. Peaslee married Helen Elizabeth Wilson, born December 14, 1865, a daughter of George Leidy Wilson, born De- cember 10, 1831, and died August 7, 1892, and Sarah Bates (Gray) Wilson, born November 14, 1841. To Clarence Loomis and Helen (Wilson) Peaslee were born three children :
I. Helen Wilson Peaslee, born September 14, 1898.
2. Clarence Loomis Peaslee, Jr., born June 4, 1901, and died August 30, 1901.
3. Isaac Gray Peaslee, born November 23, 1905.
CHARLES SUMNER HORTON.
(I) Barnabas Horton, the founder of the American branch of the family, was born in Mousely, Leicestershire, England, July 13, 1600, a son of Joseph Horton. Barnabas Horton emigrated to America in the
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ship " Swallow," Captain Jeremy Horton, owner and master, in 1635- 1638, and landed at Hampton, Massachusetts. He was accompanied by his wife, Mary, and two children, Joseph and Benjamin. In the year 1640 he came to New Haven, Connecticut, and settled permanently on the east end of Long Island, now Southold, Suffolk county, New York, in October of the same year. They were the parents of ten chil- dren, all of whom, with the exception of the two eldest, were born in Southold. Their children were: Joseph, born about 1632; Benjamin, about 1634; Caleb, about 1640; Joshua, about 1643; Jonathan, about 1648; Hannah, Sarah, Mary, Mercy and Abigail.
(II) Joseph Horton, the eldest son of Barnabas and Mary Hor- ton, was born in Mousely, England, about the year 1632. He came to this country with his parents, and for several years after his marriage resided near his father in Southold, Long Island. He was admitted a Freeman of Connecticut Colony in 1662, and about 1664 moved to Rye, West Chester county, New York. The following year he sold his house and four acres of land to his father, Barnabas Horton, and deeded land to John Youngs. He was chosen one of the selectmen of Rye, and was one of a committee of three to choose a minister. In 1678 he was appointed justice of the peace, later a lieutenant and then captain of a militia company, and was authorized by the general court to issue war- rants and to marry persons. During the years 1690 and 1691 he was devisee of his brother Benjamin's estate, his brother Joshua having been executor of the same. In 1695 he was chosen one of the vestrymen of the church, and four years later was licensed to keep a public house of entertainment. He was a miller by trade, which line of work he fol- lowed throughout the active years of his life. About the year 1655 he married Jane Budd, daughter of John Budd, one of the original thirteen Puritans, who settled in Southold in 1640. Their children were as fol-
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lows : Joseph, born about 1656; John, about 1657; Samuel, about 1658; David, about 1661 ; Jeremiah, about 1666, and several daughters.
(III) David Horton, the fourth son of Joseph and Jane (Budd) Horton, was born in Rye, West Chester county, New York, about the year 1661. About the year 1686 he settled at White Plains, New York, married Esther King, and the following named children were born to them : Joseph, 1687; Thomas, 1690; Daniel. April 23, 1692; Samuel, John, Jeremiah, Abigail and Ambrose.
(IV) Daniel Horton, third son of David and Esther (King) Horton, was born in White Plains, New York, April 23, 1692. About the year 1724 he married Esther Lane, who was born in Rye, New York, May 24, 1704, and after their marriage they settled in York- town, New York. Their children, eight in number, all of whom were born in Yorktown, are as follows: Daniel, born in 1725; Elizabeth ; Rachel; Stephen, April 30, 1731 ; Esther ; Phoebe; Millicent; and Will- iam, January 10, 1743.
(V) Hon. William Horton, the youngest child of Daniel and Esther (Lane) Horton, was born in Yorktown, New York, January 10, 1743. In 1789 he removed from the town of Sommers, formerly Stephentown. to Colchester, Delaware county, New York. He was a tanner and currier by trade, and tanned the first leather ever manufac- tured in Delaware county. He purchased large tracts of land, built saw-mills and grist-mills, and conducted a large business in the manu- facture and sale of lumber and provisions, as well as of leather. He was a man of sound judgment and industry, and by patience and per- severance was instrumental in transforming the town of Colchester, which was a wilderness when he went there, into a well cultivated and beautiful place. He served as justice of the peace for many years, and was a member of the state legislature in 1794. At the time that Ulster
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and Delaware counties were formed into one he was serving in the ca- pacity of president judge of Ulster county. In 1768 he married Eliza- beth Covert, a descendant of a French ancestry, and their children were : John, born 1769; Henry, November 7, 1771 ; James, January 23, 1773 ; Sarah, 1775 : Micajah, 1777; Isaac, April 13, 1780; and Hattie, 1783. Both Mr. and Mrs. Horton were active workers in the Baptist church, and the entire family held membership in the same.
(VI) Isaac Horton, youngest son of William and Elizabeth (Covert) Horton, was born in Sommers, New York, April 13, 1780. He was married in Colchester, New York, January 1, 1807, to Prudence Knapp, and their family of ten children were all born in that town, with the exception of the youngest. The births of their children were as follows: Homer, June 28, 1809; Ray, April 8, 1811; James, June 5, 1813; Charles, February 25, 1815; Esther, August 4, 1817; Clarissa, May II, 1819; Ovid, May 7, 1821; Annis, January 16, 1824; Webb, February 24. 1826; and Emily, December 1I, 1829. This large family is remarkable for the few deaths which have occurred in their midst, for when the youngest was forty-six years of age the rest of the family were all living. In 1837 Mr. Horton had thirty-seven grandchildren, all of whom were living but two. Mr. Horton was a member of the Baptist church at Colchester, but after his removal to Liberty, Sullivan county, New York, in April, 1826, he became a member of the Episcopal church. He built a grist mill at Liberty Falls in 1828, another in 1841, and for a number of years was extensively engaged in the manufacture of bed posts and other turned work, including wooden bowls, also in shipping curled and birdseye maple. He was a Whig in politics, and ably supported Clay and Webster during their campaigns.
(VII) Homer Horton, eldest son of Isaac and Prudence (Knapp) Horton, was born in Colchester, New York, June 29, 1809. He was
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united in marriage to Jane Davidge, in Liberty, New York, and seven children were the issue, all of whom were born in Sullivan county, New York. Walter, born in 1832; Lucien, December 14, 1836; Elizabeth, November 15, 1838; Rachel, July 3, 1843; James, August 1, 1849; Isaac, in 1851 ; Sarah, about 1854.
(VIII) Lucien Horton, second son of Homer and Jane (Davidge) Horton, was born in Bethel, Sullivan county, New York, December 14, 1836. He was a tanner by trade, and was extensively engaged in that line of work in the states of New York and Pennsylvania throughout the active years of his life. He resided at Berkshire, Tioga county, New York, and was one of the principals of the firm of Davidge, Hor- ton & Co., sole leather tanners of Berkshire. He was a man of com- manding form, and possessed good, sound qualities. At Liberty, New York, November 12, 1861, Mr. Horton was married to Harriet Burr, daughter of Bradley and Polly (Sherwood) Burr, who was born Au- gust 21, 1836, and died in April, 1882. Their children were: Charles Sumner, born at Lake Como, Pennsylvania, January 3, 1863; Jessie Belle, born at Lake Como, May 1I, 1864; Cora Burr, born at Berkshire, November 26, 1865; Lillian May, born at Berkshire, August 24, 1870; Leroy, born at Berkshire, April 28, 1873 ; Emma Davidge, born at Berk- shire, December 19, 1875; Jane McNair, born at Berkshire, January 6, 1879. For his second wife Mr. Horton married Althea M. Ball, daugh- ter of Asa Ball, in 1884, at Berkshire, New York. Their children were: James Davidge, born in December, 1885, and Lucien Ball, born in De- cember, 1887. The father of these children died in 1892, and his re- mains were interred in Evergreen cemetery at Berkshire, New York.
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