Rev. Horace Melvin Danforth was the son of Luther and Henrietta (Ellsworth) Danforth. Caroline "Carrie" (Winters) Danforth was his 1st wife. They were married in 1849. Caroline died November 3, 1885. Sarah P. (Jersey) Danforth was his 2nd wife. They were married in 1889. Sarah died February 20, 1910. Rev. Danforth was a minister in the Black River Conference and Northern New York Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He served during the Civil War. He entered the Army November 23, 1863, as 2nd Lieutenant in the 14th Regiment, Heavy Artillery, New York Volunteers; promoted January 19, 1864, to 1st Lieutenant in Company M., 6th Regiment, Heavy Artillery, New York Volunteers; promoted November 11, 1864, to Captain of Company L., serving at Petersburg as Provost Marshall, at the close of the war; returned in March 1866

The Sun
Fort Covington, New York
Thursday, April 19, 1888
Vicinity Notes
The following are the delegates selected at the Methodist Episcopal District Conference at Rome, New York to attend the ensuing General Conference of that body which will convene in New York next month: James Coote, HORACE M. DANFORTH, Wilbur F. Markham, Alexander Bramley and Samuel Call.

Marriage Notice
Northern Christian Advocate
July 11, 1889
DANFORTH-JERSEY
Married at the residence of the bride's mother, in Beekmantown, Clinton County, New York, June 19, 1889, by Rev. George A. Barrett, of Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York, Rev. Horace M. Danforth, of Oswego, Presiding Elder of the Oswego District, Northern New York Conference, and Miss Sarah P. Jersey.

Memoir
Methodist Episcopal Church
Northern New York Conference Journal
1905, Page 85
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Name Horace M Danforth
Death Date 12 Apr 1905
Death Place Camden, New York, USA
Certificate Number 16839
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Cullinan's Funeral Home Record (Oswego, NY):
Rev. H. M. Danforth
died 4/13/1905 [differs from official state death record]
age 79-0-0
burial in Riverside Cemetery
charged to F. S. Thrall