He came to Terrytown when a young man, moved to Farmersville, Cataraugus Co., N. Y., soon after their marriage. Resided in Farmersville till 1837, when they removed to Ellicottville in the same county. He was clerk of Cataraugus Co. for twelve years in succession, was always, and is yet, a staunch Democrat. Cataraugus was largely a Whig county, yet his great popularity always drew Whig votes enough to elect him. He left Cataraugus Co. a few years ago, and went to Black River Falls, Wisconsin, where he now resides. He is a genial, whole-souled, sportive man, and his penmanship, now at the age of seventy-six years, is remarkably beautiful, round and fair, and almost as easily read as print. He is now clerk in the office of Carl C. Pope, Esq., of Black River Falls. He and his wife are both members of the Baptist Church, and if they live until the 30 of Nov. next (1874), they may celebrate their golden wedding.[5]
Children:
1. Harry, born at Farmersville, N. Y., 29 Sept., 1825; died 5 Oct., 1825. 2. John Horton, born at Farmersville, N. Y., 28 Jan., 1827; was a Union soldier; lives in Wisconsin. 3. George Washington, born at Farmersville, N. Y., 1 April, 1829; was Postmaster at Ellicottville, New York, for several years; now lives in Wisconsin. 4. Lydia Jane, born in Farmersville, New York, 24 July, 1831; married A. E. Sawyer; lives at Black River Falls, Wisconsin. 5. Frank, born at Farmersville, 3 Sept., 1833; lives at Black River Falls. 6. Henry, born at Farmersville, 30 April, 1836; died 3 April, 1857. 7. Anna E., born in Ellicottville, New York, 4 March, 1838; died 4 October, 1838. 8. Pamela, born in Ellicottville, 15 Sept., 1839; married Austin; lives at La Crosse, Wisconsin.
VIII. Francis, son of Maj. [John Horton and Deborah Terry], born at Terrytown, Pa., 7 June, 1803. He purchased a farm in Farmersville, N. Y., went there and made the last payment for it. He was taken with inflammation of the stomach and bowels when on his way home, and died at his Uncle Joseph Horton's, at Palmyra, 30 June, 1829, was buried in the East Palmyra Cemetery.
IX. George Firman, son of Maj. [John Horton and Deborah Terry], born at Terrytown, 2 Jan., 1806; married at Terrytown, 4 June, 1832, by Thomas Ingham, Esq., to Abigail Terry, daughter of William Terry and Nancy Sherman, and born at East Palmyra, N. Y., 8 Oct., 1807. He is a physician, was a member of the late Constitutional Convention of Pennsylvania.
They have children as follows, all born at Terrytown:
1. Francis William, born 15 March, 1833; died 22 Dec., 1833. 2. [Julia], born 24 Oct., 1834; married C. S. Homet. 3. [Jane Elizabeth], born 6 June, 1837; married Rev. D. Craft. 4. [William Terry], born 9 April, 1839; married Prudence Beardsley. 5. [John Burleigh], born 8 Jan., 1842; married Eva Tupper. 6. [Debbie Emily], born 7 Nov. 1843; married 30 June, 1868, Dr. W. J. Hillis; died 26 March, 1869, of consumption. 7. [Nancy Terry], born 15 July, 1846; died of consumption, 7 Jan., 1872; unmarried. 8. [Mary Eliza], born 24 April, 1850; married 1 Oct., 1873, to William R. Sutton, of Lyons, N. Y.
X. Edmund, son of Maj. [John Horton and Deborah Terry], born 9 August, 1808; married at Lewistown, Mifflin Co., Pa., 10 Nov., 1834, by Rev. Mr. Wyles, to Martha Ann Robinson, daughter of Robert Robinson and Elizabeth Stalford, and born near Waynesburg, 3 Sept., 1811. Robert Robinson was the son of William Robinson and Martha Houston. He emigrated to this country from Ireland in 1752, and landed at Wilmington, Del., being then nineteen years old. He resided there until 1771, when he moved to Waynesburg, Mifflin Co., Pa., where he remained till the 12 June, 1817, when he died.
Robert Robinson was born 31 July, 1773, on the old farm in Waynesburg, now McVeytown. He was married in Philadelphia 23 Oct., 1810, by an Episcopal clergyman, to Elizabeth Stalford, only daughter of Joseph Stalford and Catharine Pauling. Joseph Stalford was the son of Samuel Stalford and Elizabeth Richardson, of Philadelphia. Catharine Pauling was the daughter of Henry Pauling, who was originally from Germany. Henry Pauling had six sons and two daughters, viz.: John, Henry, Benjamin, Jesse, Nathan, William, Catharine, and Rachael. Robert Robinson died in Lewistown, 18 April, 1832.