Part 14

Nathaniel Coe was an honest lawyer and an upright politician. He possessed a superior intellect, and always commanded the respect and esteem of his fellow men. He was long a magistrate, and for four years in succession he represented Livingston and Alleghany Counties in the Legislature of the State of New York. He was often an arbitrator, both in the Church and out of it. In religion he was what was then called, by way of reproach, a _radical_. In 1829 he went to Nevada. In 1851 he was appointed U. S. Mail Agent for Oregon. He finally settled at Hood River, where, on the 10th Oct., 1868, he died. For several years before his death, he carried on an extensive business in raising fruit, and became quite rich. He was a thoroughly anti-slavery man, and while the Liberty party was in existence, he was its firm and warm supporter. Mrs. Coe resides at Hood River, and her son Charles, who was a superior young man, noted for his piety and sound moral and Christian character, carried on successfully his father's business until his death, which occurred 24 Dec., 1874. His mother said of him, "My heart's beloved has left me, nothing can fill the void. He not only filled his father's place on the farm, but also at the family altar, and notwithstanding his youth, older men came to him for advice on matters temporal as well as religious."

Mrs. Coe is an educated, refined and talented Christian lady--an able and finished writer, and the author of many very pretty verses and poems, and though aged, and having suffered much from ill health, yet her penmanship is neat, and her thoughts and words fresh, warm and vigorous. Speaking of her deceased little infant, Susan Amelia, she says, "To whom, like a dew-drop, kissed off by the sun's morning beam, a beauteous existence was given, whose soul seemed to come down to earth in a dream, only to wake up when it ascended to Heaven." She has kindly given much valuable information in regard to the Hortons of New Jersey and their connections, only a small part of which can appear in the "Chronicles." Mrs. Coe's ancestors, both on her father and mother's side, were originally from England.

RACHEL BENNET, daughter of David Bennet and Mary Coe, and grand-daughter of Huldah Horton, is a maiden lady, intelligent, well educated and possesses good social qualities; she is a successful teacher. We are indebted to her for many interesting letters, giving genealogical data of members of the Horton family. Her residence was in Chicago, where she was a teacher a few years ago.

II. JOHN SEWARD, son of Edward Horton and Charlotte Seward (_David_, _Nathaniel_, _Caleb_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Randolph, Morris Co., N. J., 24 Oct., 1801; married 13 March, 1823, by Elder Hough, of Port Byron, N. Y., to PAULINA CARRIER, daughter of Amziah Carrier and Wealthy Hatch, and born in Brutus, N. Y., 29 Sept., 1804.

Children, all born at Conquest, Cayuga Co., N. Y., except Jane A.:

1. Charlotte, born 8 Jan., 1826; died 14 Aug., 1858.

2. Mary Ann, born 1 March, 1828.

3. Hetty M., born June 9, 1830; died 2 Sept., 1830.

4. Edward L., born 28 Aug., 1824; died 28 March, 1839.

5. Paulina E., born 11 Feb., 1842.

6. Jane A., born at Clarence, Calhoun Co., Mich., 7 Nov., 1847.

Mr. Horton moved with his father to Brutus, N. Y., when three years old; moved to Calhoun, Mich., in 1846, and resides now at Marengo, Mich.

III. DAVID, son of Edward Horton and Charlotte Seward, born in Randolph, Morris Co., N. J., 4 July, 1804; married in Conquest, Cayuga Co., N. Y., 19 Jan., 1826, by the Rev. Mr. Twist, to JANE MCCALLAM, daughter of William McCallam and Anna Crowell, all of Conquest, N. Y.

Children, all born in Conquest, N. Y.:

1. Margaret Ann, born 13 June, 1827; resides in Folsom, Cal.

2. Edward W., born 27 Jan., 1831; resides in Helena, Montana Ter.

3. Victoria E., born 1 May, 1839; resides in Conquest, N. Y.

4. David C., born 2 Sept., 1841; he is a merchant, keeps a general country store in Conquest, N. Y., where he resides. He was married in Conquest, N. Y., 19 April, 1871, by Rev. Daniel D. Davis, to Emma A. Slayton, daughter of Joseph Slayton and Nancy Crowell, and born in Conquest, 20 March, 1851; no children.

David Horton is a farmer--was largely engaged in the oil trade--carrying on a large business in the oil region in Pennsylvania a few years ago. He gave the compiler the first account he ever had of the old tombstone of Barnabas I., as we happened to meet on the cars between Lyons and Rochester, in Oct., 1870.

V. HORACE, son of Edward Horton and Charlotte Seward, born in Randolph, N. J., 2 July, 1810; married MELISSA PUTNAM about 1833.

Children, probably all born in Weedsport or Brutus, N. Y.:

1. Isabella, born 1834; married William E. Merrick, of Weedsport.

2. Eliza, born 31 Dec., 1836; married in Weedsport, 28 Sept., 1869, by Rev. A. R. Hewett, to Augustus Harley Whiting, son of Caleb Whiting, and born in Virgil, Cortlandt Co., N. Y.; have one son, Horace Horton Whiting.

Horace Horton died at Weedsport, in Jan., 1869. His widow lives at the homestead with Mrs. Whiting, who is an intelligent, active and lady-like woman. They are in good circumstances. Mr. Whiting holds some position under the United States Government, in Washington City.

HARRISON FAULKNER HORTON, son of Gabriel H. Horton and Margaret Faulkner (_Elihu_, _Silas_, _Barnabas_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born at Newburgh, Orange Co., N. Y., 11 Sept., 1804; reared at Bloomingburgh, Sullivan Co., N. Y., and educated in the Presbyterian faith, and Democratic political school. Removed to Warwick, Orange Co., N. Y., in Nov., 1825; from thence to Newburgh, Orange Co., N. Y., in March, 1831, and from there to New York City, in Feb., 1841; married 15 Dec., 1829, at New Milford, Orange Co., N. Y., by Rev. William Timlough, to EMILY COLEMAN, daughter of Merritt Coleman and Mary Smith. He is a retired merchant, living in New York City at the present time.

Children:

1. Annie M., born at Amity, Orange Co., N. Y., 7 Nov., 1830; died at St. Augustine, Fla., 9 May, 1852.

2. Mary Helen, born at Newburgh, Orange Co., N. Y., 3 Feb., 1740.

Mary Smith, the mother-in-law of Harrison Faulkner, was the daughter of Deacon Smith and Sally Wisner, of Goshen. Dea. Smith was the father of Dea. William Smith of Florida, Orange Co., N. Y. Margaret Faulkner, the mother of Harrison, was the daughter of Samuel Faulkner and Helen Murray, who were early inhabitants of Orange Co., N. Y., and pioneers in Wallkill Township. Samuel Faulkner was of French origin. His wife, Helen Murray, came from Scotland. Samuel Faulkner and his brother, Col. William Faulkner, were staunch Whigs in 1776.

"So far as my knowledge extends, the Hortons as a family have not been renowned for their attainments in literature, in the fine arts, or in natural science; not distinguished as warriors or statesmen, or in the learned professions. Indeed they have not been celebrated for great heroic achievements of any kind. Nevertheless, with but few exceptions, they have been industrious, peaceable, law-abiding, and very respectable citizens, possessing commendable self-reliance and independence. They belong to the middle class of the people--the class which has always constituted the basis of a good-ordered, well-regulated, and prosperous State and Nation. Let their merits and their virtues be inscribed on the tablets of our memories, and preserved for our veneration and emulation."--_Letter of Harrison Faulkner Horton, September, 1872._

VI. NELSON, son of Silas Danes Horton and Mary McClean (_Silas_, _Silas_, _Barnabas_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Wallkill, 5 June, 1807; married in Wallkill, 1 Jan., 1836, by Elder Beebe, to SARAH SHONS, daughter of ----.

Children, all born in Wallkill, N. Y.:

1. Ruth Ann, born 14 June, 1838.

2. Ellen V., born 2 Feb., 1840.

3. Samuel Danes, born 31 Dec., 1843.

4. James M., born 26 April, 1845.

5. Charles Shons, born 3 March, 1850.

6. DeWitt Shons, born 4 Aug., 1857.

Nelson Horton is a well-to-do farmer--resides on the old homestead farm, to which he has made additions and improvements. He possesses fine social qualities--a remarkably retentive memory--tracing his ancestry back to the old Southold home, without the aid of written records.

VIII. JANE, daughter of Silas Danes Horton and Mary McClean, married BRINK. "Her son, Leander, is a warm advocate of the Horton genealogy."--_Ruth A. Horton._

IX. WILLIAM HARRISON, son of Silas Danes Horton and Mary McClean, born in Wallkill, 18 Jan., 1814; married 1. at Mason, Mich., 8 Aug., 1840, by Rev. John W. Burchard, to MATILDA ROLF, daughter of Hazen Rolf and Mary ----, and born in 1814.

On the 27th Sept., 1841, she gave birth to two female babes, and survived but a short time afterwards. He married 2. 16 April, 1846, by the Rev. Bezaleel Hill, to ACHSA SAMISA CHAPIN, daughter of Levi Chapin and Achsa ----, and born in Springfield, Mass., in 1819. They reside in Eden, Mich.

Children:

1. Willis Hall, born in Eden, Mich., 23 July, 1849.

I. REBECCA ROSE, daughter of Hiram Horton and Mary Rose (_Dea. Nathaniel_, _Col. Nathaniel_, _Caleb_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Chester, 29 Dec., 1809; married at Chester, by the Rev. Stephen Overton, 3 May, 1828, to DAVID SCHUYLER DE CAMP, son of Zechariah De Camp and Experience Halsey, and born at Chester, 25 May, 1804.

Children, all born in Chester except Stephen H., born in New York:

1. Hiram Horton, born 6 April, 1829; married Althea Laing; they live in Plainfield, N. J.

2. Stephen Halsey, born 23 May, 1831; married Catherine Maria Crouse. He is a Justice of the Peace; resides in Syracuse, N. Y.

3. Mary Eugenia, born 13 June, 1833; died 4 Oct., 1839.

4. Alonzo Dickerson, born 28 Sept., 1834; married Loretta Dixon; resides at Bound Brook, N. J.

5. Abbey Louisa, born 18 Sept., 1837.

6. Alfred Eugene, born 12 June, 1843; married Catherine McCurry. He is a hotel keeper, at Succasunna Plains, N. J.

7. Harriet Elizabeth, born 2 March, 1847; is a music teacher.

8. Silas Olney, born 3 April, 1849; is a merchant at Kingsland, N. J.

Mr. De Camp is a wealthy farmer; his farm, a little below the surface of the ground, has many valuable beds of iron. He and his wife are intelligent, conscientious people, kind and hospitable; in religion, they are firm Universalists. They reside within about three miles of the borough of Chester, N. J.

I. CLARISSA JANE, daughter of John Horton (_Matthias_, _Silas_, _Barnabas_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Goshen, in 1810; married in 1832, to DAVID CONGER LOCKWOOD, son of Samuel Lockwood, and born in Goshen, in 1806; died in 1860. Samuel Lockwood's maternal great grandmother was JUDITH PECK, who came over in the _May Flower_.

Children, all born in New Windsor, Orange Co., N. Y.:

1. Susan May, married William Allison; resides in New York City.

2. Charles Burrell.

3. Sarah Elizabeth; dead; her family live in Brooklyn, N. Y.

4. Samuel Mann, lives in Indiana.

5. Catherine Arletta, lives in New Jersey, near New Brunswick.

6. Elias Riggs, lives in Indiana.

7. Abbie Anna, lives in New Brunswick.

8. Margaret Julia, lives in New Brunswick.

9. Lewis John, is in College in New Brunswick.

Mrs. Lockwood moved from New Windsor, N. Y., to New Brunswick, N. J., some years ago, where she now resides.

II. ANN, daughter of Jason Horton and Sallie Miller (_Israel_, _Israel_, _Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born in Lansing, Tompkins Co., N. Y., 11 Aug., 1808; married in Reading, N. Y., 26 Dec., 1826, by Rev. Elder Noell, of the Baptist Church, to DANIEL SUTTON. He was born in Ovid, N. Y., 13 May, 1807.

Children:

1. Lucinda, born in Reading, Steuben Co., N. Y., 13 Nov., 1827; married in Phelps, N. Y., 3 July, 1852, to John E. Roberts.

2. Jason, born in Hector, Tompkins Co., N. Y., 25 Feb., 1830; died in Catlin, Chemung Co., (now Schuyler), N. Y., 7 Sept., 1831.

3. Mary Etta, born in Catlin, N. Y., 26 April, 1832; married 28 Aug., 1866, in the City of Lansing, to James Van Kuren; now lives in Wheeling, West Virginia.

4. Emily Ann, born in Phelps, 9 Nov., 1839; married 9 Aug., 1865, in Phelps, to W. W. Minturn; now lives in Williamston, Ingham Co., Mich.

5. Phebe Maria, born in Phelps, 23 Nov., 1845; married in Phelps, 16 March, 1864, to Robert Martin Town; lives in Phelps.

6. Helen Gertrude, born in Phelps, 5 June 1850; unmarried; resides with her mother in Lansing.

III. PHEBE, daughter of Jason Horton and Sally Miller, born in Phelps, N. Y., 11 May, 1811; married to DAVID BEEMAN, 26 March, 1829; died 1 May, 1844, at Leoni, Jackson Co., Mich.

V. ISRAEL, son of Jason Horton and Sally Miller, born in Lansing, N. Y., 26 Feb., 1817; married in the town of Rathbone, Steuben Co., N. Y., 29 April, 1847, to ELIZA ADAMSON, daughter of John Adamson and Minerva Mulford, and born in Lindley, N. Y., 27 Jan., 1827.

Children, all born in Rathbone, except Nellie, born in Watkins, Schuyler Co., N. Y.:

1. Helen, born 29 Feb., 1848; died 9 Jan., 1849.

2. Florence, born 23 April, 1850.

3. Allie W., born 14 Dec., 1852.

4. Samuel B., born 30 June, 1854.

5. Israel, born 25 Dec., 1859.

6. Mary L., born 23 April, 1862.

7. Minnie, born 7 Jan., 1866.

8. Nellie, born 26 March, 1871.

"We moved from Rathbone to Morris Run, Pa., in 1870, and thence to Watkins, N. Y., 15 March, 1871, and 2 November, of the same year, moved back to Rathbone, and next from Rathbone to Merchantsville, N. Y., 1 April, 1872, and lastly to Williamston, Mich., where we are now located. Father's health is quite poor, he has been lame in one ankle from his boyhood, and while in Morris Run, Pa., he was nearly killed by the cars. Brother Israel has the old powder-horn, made by his great grandfather, Israel Horton, of Southold, L. I., N. Y. It descended to my father, by virtue of his name, Israel, and by him to Israel, my brother, who now has it, and it is to be handed down in regular succession to each of the family bearing the name of Israel. It will hold about three pounds of common rifle-powder; nicely carved on it are the words, 'Lieut. Israel Horton, his horn, made at Fort Stanwix, Nov. 3, 1758.' The same paint is yet on it that he put on it, and doubtless it will long be an heir-loom in the family of Israels."--_Letter of Allie W. Horton, 1874._

VII. MINOR THOMAS, son of Jason Horton and Sally Miller, born in Phelps, N. Y., 2 June, 1819; married in Sandstone, Jackson Co., Mich., 7 October, 1841, by J. Haddock, Esq., to LUCINDA SOPHIA SPAULDING, daughter of Joseph Spaulding and Lucinda Spaulding, and born in Sandstone, Mich., 18 Sept., 1820.

Children, all born in Williamston, Mich.:

1. Charles Francis, born 23 Sept., 1842; died in Baltimore, Md., 19 March, 1864.

2. John, born 3 Sept., 1845; died in Williamston, Mich., accidentally shot, 9 July, 1863.

3. Joseph Nephi, born 23 Sept., 1850.

4. Matison B., born 24 Sept., 1852; died 30 Sept., 1858.

5. Mary Ann, born 23 Feb., 1855.

They reside in Williamston, Michigan.

I. JOHN MARTIN, son of John Horton and Rachael Hiler (_Israel_, _Israel_, _Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born in Phelps, N. Y., 30 Dec., 1819; married in Rushville, Ontario Co., N. Y., 25 Nov., 1851, by Rev. Robert Parker, to MARY MARTIN BOARDMAN, born in the town of Goshen, Ontario Co., N. Y., 30 Dec., 1824. She is the daughter of Jesse Churchill Boardman and Mary Bunyan.

Children, all born in Phelps:

1. Ellen Maria, born 25 June, 1853; died 19 Feb., 1859.

2. Cyrus Van Renssalaer, born 7 Oct., 1859.

"Our dear little daughter died where she was born. Should you ever visit the Pine Wood Cemetery, in Phelps, you will find a quite beautiful valley, shaded with evergreens, where she and her Grandpa Horton are buried, and they will be no doubt among those who have a part in the first resurrection, for they were true Christians."--_Letter of Mrs. J. M. Horton._

The little girl whose death is mentioned above, was a remarkable instance of early piety. She possessed a precocious intellect, which very early became deeply pervaded with the religious element soon ripening into genuine Christianity. Her death-bed scene, though she was less than six years old, was like that of a matured Christian, exhibiting a brilliant trophy of Divine grace, deeply impressive and comforting to all who witnessed it.

II. SAMUEL MINNIS, son of John Horton and Rachael Hiler, born in Phelps, 29 Oct., 1836; married in Phelps, 19 March, 1867, by Rev. George Van Alstine, to SYLVIA ANN COLE, daughter of Cyrus Chapman Cole and Charity Boardman.

Children:

1. Julia May, born in Parma, Jackson Co., Mich., 4 May, 1868.

III. VAN RENSSALAER WAUGH, son of John Horton and Rachel Hiler, born in Phelps, N. Y., 11 Aug., 1829; married in Orleans, N. Y., 28 Aug., 1862, by Rev. Jacob Wader, to ROWENA SPENCER RAFTER, daughter of John Rafter and Eleanor Wilson, and born at Orleans, Phelps Township, 15 April, 1841.

Children:

1. Edgar Clayton, born at Clifton Springs, N. Y., 9 Feb., 1864; died 29 March, 1872. He was a wonderfully intellectual little boy. He seemed to pass through childhood and youth in a few months, and become, as it were, a man in intellect at the age of seven years. He died of scarlatina. On the third day, knowing that his sickness would prove fatal, he said, "Oh dear, I wish it would not be so long," and then added, "Methusalah only lived 969 years." At another time, when his father was fixing the pillow under his head, he said, "I would rather have a stone for my pillow, for Jacob, when he had a stone for his pillow, saw a ladder whose top reached to Heaven, and the Angels of God ascending and descending upon it." Just before he died he repeated the Lord's prayer, and then said, "I am ready to die and go to Heaven," and in a solemn tone, added, "I go down into deep water," and soon after, in a cheerful tone, exclaimed, "but I got into the Ark." On the evening of the third day of his sickness, without a struggle or a groan, "He neared the tide,--sunk as to cradle-rest and died."

2. Minerva Inez, born in Arcadia, N. Y., 6 Sept., 1866.

3. Carlton, born in Parma, Mich., 28 Oct., 1872.

IV. PETER DAVIS, son of John Horton and Rachael Hiler, born at Phelps, N. Y., 17 April, 1826; married in Arcadia, Wayne Co., N. Y., 8 Jan., 1855, by Edwin Pultz, Esq., to MARY SOPHIA AIKEN, daughter of William Burr Aiken and Mary Marinda Clark, and born in Arcadia, 3 Jan., 1836. They have one son, an only child:

George, born in Arcadia, 11 Oct., 1857; he graduated at Marshall College in June, 1874, with high honors. For his graduating thesis, he wrote a very pretty poem, which was published. He, also, during the last year of his college course, made a translation of a portion of Virgil, remarkable for its smooth versification, and also for retaining the sublimity of the original.

Mr. P. D. Horton is one of the best masters of penmanship in the country, is widely known as a teacher, and much respected; he resides in Marshall, Michigan.

V. WILLIAM PERSON, son of John Horton and Rachael Hiler, born at Phelps, Ontario Co., N. Y., 26 Dec., 1821; married by E. Jones, Esq., in Huron, Wayne Co., N. Y., 4 March, 1845, to PHEBE ANN BRINK, daughter of John Brink and Catherine Brink; she was born in Huron, Wayne Co., N. Y., 1 July, 1831.

Children:

1. John Marshall, born at Huron, Wayne Co., N. Y., 4 Dec., 1845.

2. Eunico De Maris, born at Huron, Wayne Co., N. Y., 6 Jan., 1847.

3. Hiler Hossmer, born at Barton, Washington Co., Wis., 22 June, 1858.

VI. EUNICE, daughter of John Horton and Rachael Hiler, born in Phelps, Ontario Co., N. Y., 13 Sept., 1833; married in Phelps, 21 July, 1859, by Rev. John Brown, to EDGAR PHINEAS LAKE, of Shelburn, Vermont, son of Hazleton Lake and Deborah Miller. He died 13 April, 1867.

Children, all born in Shelburn, Vermont:

1. Sarah Ina, born 28 July, 1862.

2. Daniel Horton, born 2 Dec., 1863.

3. Edgar Willie Hazleton, born 12 Aug., 1865.

4. Clara Mary, born 5 Aug., 1867.

Mrs. Lake is a very industrious, intelligent Christian lady, and resides at Shelburn, with her family well cared for.

I. JOSEPH DEMPSTER, son of Peter D. Horton and Hannah Couch (_Israel_, _Israel_, _Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born at Randolph, Portage Co., Ohio, 3 Jan., 1833; married 25 Dec., 1858, by Rev. Geo. Duffield, to FANNY FINLEY, daughter of Richard Finley and Ann Fitzpatrick.

Children:

1. Mary Hannah, born in Detroit, Mich., 16 Dec., 1859.

2. Jesse Ann, born in Detroit, Mich., 4 Nov., 1861.

3. Peter Dempster, born at Ravenna, Ohio, 13 Aug., 1865.

4. Fanny, born at Ravenna, Ohio, 27 Jan., 1870.

Joseph D. Horton is a lawyer of very fair ability and good reputation; he was a member of the recent Constitutional Convention of Ohio; he resides at Ravenna, Ohio.

II. THIRZA ANN, daughter of Peter D. Horton and Hannah Couch, born at Wesleyville, Erie Co., Pa., 12 April, 1836; died at Shalersville, O., 15 March, 1861, and was buried at Nelson, O.; unmarried.

III. CAPT. MARCUS CORNELIUS, son of Peter D. Horton and Hannah Couch, born at Nelson, O., 21 June, 1838. He was Captain of Co. D., 104th Reg. Ohio Vol. Infantry. He died at Dallas, Georgia, 28 May, 1864. He was buried at Nelson, O. He was much esteemed and respected, both as a man and as an officer, and his death was very greatly lamented.

IV. GEORGE WASHINGTON, son of Peter D. Horton and his 2d wife, Ann Chambers, born at Nelson, O., 2 Dec., 1849. He is a farmer, and resides at Nelson, O. He was married 15 Sept., 1875, at Nelson, Portage Co., by the Rev. John Vetter, to ERSIE F. VANDERSLICE, daughter of Benjamin P. Vanderslice and Sylvia W. Llewellen, and born at Hartstown, Crawford Co., Pa., 23 July, 1856.

I. HARRIET LACY, daughter of Uriah Horton and Elizabeth Fairchild (_Jason_, _Israel_, _Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born at Mendham, Morris Co., N. J., 6 April, 1811; married at Lambertville, 13 Sept., 1830, by the Rev. Peter O. Studdiford, to JAMES GORDON, son of David Gordon and Margaret West, and born in Trenton, N. J., 19 Dec., 1809. He died in New Orleans, 25 Nov., 1847.

Children:

1. Anna Elizabeth, born at Lambertville, N. J., 13 Feb., 1831.

2. William West, born at Kingston, N. J., 9 March, 1833.

3. Henry Barker, born at Kingston, N. J., 17 Jan., 1835; died at Uniontown, Pa., 12 Jan., 1841.

4. James, born in Trenton, N. J., 13 March, 1838.

5. Margaret West, born at Uniontown, Fayette Co., Pa., 12 Jan., 1841.

Mrs. Gordon now (1874) resides in Trenton, N. J., and is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

II. ANNA MARIA, daughter of Uriah Horton and Elizabeth Fairchild, born at White House, N. J., 15 April, 1813. She is a maiden lady--a member of the Baptist Church--is intelligent, possesses good social qualities, and is in easy circumstances.