VI. James, son of [Homer Horton and Jane Davidge], born at Liberty Falls, Sullivan Co., N. Y., 1 August, 1849; married at Hancock, Delaware Co., N. Y., 4 March, 1872, by Rev. J. D. Cornell, to Willimina Gavitt, daughter of Cyrenius Gavitt and Dorothy Burr, and born at Liberty, N. Y., 3 March, 1851.
Children, both born at Hancock, N. Y.:
1. Ruth, born 18 Nov., 1872. 2. Warren Gavitt, born 4 May, 1874.
James Horton is an accomplished clerk and bookkeeper. He resided several years at Hancock, respected and esteemed by all who knew him. He now (1875), resides in Sheffield, Warren Co., Pa., interested in a large tanning establishment.
I. William Nelson, son of [Thomas Hyatt Horton, M. D., and Laura Ann Torance] (Stephen, Thomas, Thomas, David, Joseph I.), born in Jerusalem, Yates Co., N. Y., 5 Sept., 1841. He was a Union soldier, faithful and true, and died for his country in Georgia, 23 May, 1865, being shot by the rebels through the head and instantly killed. He left no issue.
II. Gurdon Bromley, son of [Charles Horton and Betsey Grant] (Isaac, Hon. William, Stephen, Daniel, David, Joseph I.), born at Liberty Falls, N. Y., 8 July, 1845; married in New York City, 27 Dec., 1871, by Rev. Alexander Capron, Rector of Grace Church, Middletown, N. Y., to Mary Amanda Buckley, daughter of William Buckley and Jane ——, his wife, and born in New York City.
They have Bessie Grant, born 18 Nov., 1872, and Jennie, born 27 Oct., 1874, both born in Brooklyn, N. Y., where Mr. Horton resides. He is in the leather business, and is the principal of the firm of "G. B. Horton & Co., 98 Gold Street, New York." We are indebted to him for valuable records of the family.
III. Melvin, son of [Charles Horton and Betsey Grant], born at Liberty Falls, N. Y., 25 May, 1847; unmarried. He deals in hides and leather, and is one of the firm of G. B. Horton & Co., Gold Street, New York. He traveled extensively in Europe, in 1873, possesses fair business capacities, is unassuming in his manners, and is wholly disinclined to "trumpet his own fame and name," as he expressed it, when he declined to get his portrait for the "Chronicles."
III. Edward Augustus, son of Jacob Horton and Charlotte Eugenia Knapp (Caleb, Stephen, Daniel, David, Joseph I.), born at Yorktown, N. Y., 1 May, 1847; married at Middlebury, Scoharrie Co., N. Y., 15 June, 1872, by Rev. Mr. Savage, to Annie Maria Disbrow, daughter of Benjamin N. Disbrow and Sarah Haviland, and born in Croton, Westchester Co., N. Y., about 1848.
Children.