BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: Louis Horton was born in Forty Fort, Wyoming Valley, Luzern county, Pennsylvania, March 20, 1799. His father, John Horton, was born on Long Island, in 1747. He is of English extraction. He was married to Miss Mary Matawney, who was of German descent. Soon after his marriage he enlisted in the army of the Revolution and served as lieutenant until peace was declared. He participated in several hard-fought battles, and received a wound which disabled him during life. He had a family of nine children, of whom the subject of this sketch is the youngest. Mr. Horton died at his residence in 1808. His wife, the mother of Lewis, survived him several years. Lewis received his early education in Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania. At the age of twenty-eight he married Miss Priscilla L., daughter of Frederick Cressman. The fruits of that union was a family of eleven children, of whom only five are now living. During the time he resided in Pennsylvania, he was engaged in hotel-keeping, farming, and canal contracting. He also owned a stage-line sixty miles long. He was present at Harrisburg, during the anti-masonic trouble in Pennsylvania. In 1840, he moved to Schuyler county, where he has since resided. He has a fine farm adjoining, on the west, to the village of Littleton. In 1821 he went to Tennessee and resided there for three years. He there become personally acquainted with Gen. Jackson, who at that time was residing twelve miles from Nashville. In 1852, he made an overland trip to California, in company with seven others. He remained there four years and seven months, and then returned by way of Panama and New York, to his home. He brought the first broom-corn seed to Schuyler county which he brought from Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania. He also made the first brooms that were manufactured in Rushville. Mr. Horton is a full-blooded Schuyler county democrat.
SOURCE: "BIOGRAPHIES OF OLD SCHUYLER COUNTY SETTLERS" (written between 1872 and 1878). See also [link]:
http://genealogytrails.com/ill/schuyler/oldsettlersbio1.html#44
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Thus, based upon the text above...
-His father was: John Horton, b.1747 Long Island NY. d.1808, probably in Luzerne Co., PA. John was a soldier in the American Revolution.
-His mother was: Mary Matawney-Horton, b.???? possibly England, d.some years after 1808, probably in Luzerne Co., PA.
-His parents had 9 children, of which, Lewis was the 9th.
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Lewis was a member of the Masonic lodge.
SOURCE: "BIOGRAPHIES OF OLD SCHUYLER COUNTY SETTLERS" (written between 1872 and 1878). See also [link]:
http://genealogytrails.com/ill/schuyler/oldsettlersbio1.html#44
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Thus, based upon the text above...
-His father was: John Horton, b.1747 Long Island NY. d.1808, probably in Luzerne Co., PA. John was a soldier in the American Revolution.
-His mother was: Mary Matawney-Horton, b.???? possibly England, d.some years after 1808, probably in Luzerne Co., PA.
-His parents had 9 children, of which, Lewis was the 9th.
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Lewis was a member of the Masonic lodge.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: Louis Horton was born in Forty Fort, Wyoming Valley, Luzern county, Pennsylvania, March 20, 1799. His father, John Horton, was born on Long Island, in 1747. He is of English extraction. He was married to Miss Mary Matawney, who was of German descent. Soon after his marriage he enlisted in the army of the Revolution and served as lieutenant until peace was declared. He participated in several hard-fought battles, and received a wound which disabled him during life. He had a family of nine children, of whom the subject of this sketch is the youngest. Mr. Horton died at his residence in 1808. His wife, the mother of Lewis, survived him several years. Lewis received his early education in Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania. At the age of twenty-eight he married Miss Priscilla L., daughter of Frederick Cressman. The fruits of that union was a family of eleven children, of whom only five are now living. During the time he resided in Pennsylvania, he was engaged in hotel-keeping, farming, and canal contracting. He also owned a stage-line sixty miles long. He was present at Harrisburg, during the anti-masonic trouble in Pennsylvania. In 1840, he moved to Schuyler county, where he has since resided. He has a fine farm adjoining, on the west, to the village of Littleton. In 1821 he went to Tennessee and resided there for three years. He there become personally acquainted with Gen. Jackson, who at that time was residing twelve miles from Nashville. In 1852, he made an overland trip to California, in company with seven others. He remained there four years and seven months, and then returned by way of Panama and New York, to his home. He brought the first broom-corn seed to Schuyler county which he brought from Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania. He also made the first brooms that were manufactured in Rushville. Mr. Horton is a full-blooded Schuyler county democrat.
SOURCE: "BIOGRAPHIES OF OLD SCHUYLER COUNTY SETTLERS" (written between 1872 and 1878). See also [link]:
http://genealogytrails.com/ill/schuyler/oldsettlersbio1.html#44
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Thus, based upon the text above...
-His father was: John Horton, b.1747 Long Island NY. d.1808, probably in Luzerne Co., PA. John was a soldier in the American Revolution.
-His mother was: Mary Matawney-Horton, b.???? possibly England, d.some years after 1808, probably in Luzerne Co., PA.
-His parents had 9 children, of which, Lewis was the 9th.
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Lewis was a member of the Masonic lodge.
SOURCE: "BIOGRAPHIES OF OLD SCHUYLER COUNTY SETTLERS" (written between 1872 and 1878). See also [link]:
http://genealogytrails.com/ill/schuyler/oldsettlersbio1.html#44
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Thus, based upon the text above...
-His father was: John Horton, b.1747 Long Island NY. d.1808, probably in Luzerne Co., PA. John was a soldier in the American Revolution.
-His mother was: Mary Matawney-Horton, b.???? possibly England, d.some years after 1808, probably in Luzerne Co., PA.
-His parents had 9 children, of which, Lewis was the 9th.
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Lewis was a member of the Masonic lodge.
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