1. Alfred, born at Chester, N. J., 25 Nov., 1813; married Mary Horton. 2. Charles, born at Chester, N. J., 25 Jan., 1816. 3. Harriet, born at Chester, N. J., 13 July, 1817; died at Nunda, N. Y., 25 Jan., 1843. 4. George Washington, born at Chester, N. J., 29 July, 1819. 5. Phebe Ann, born at Chester, N. J., 16 Sept., 1821. 6. Theodore, born at Chester, N. J., 28 Oct., 1823. 7. Elizabeth, born at Pleasant Grove, N. J., 28 Sept., 1827. 8. Stephen Edwin, born at Chester, N. J., 25 Sept., 1829; died at Goshen, N. Y., 9 Feb., 1849. 9. Sarah Ann, born at Morristown, N. J., 10 June, 1832; died at Oswego, Ia., 28 Jan., 1856. 10. Elijah Augustus, born at West Almond, Alleghany Co., N. Y., 15 Dec., 1833. 11. Henrietta, born at West Almond, Alleghany Co., N. Y., 13 June, 1835.
Hon. Elijah Horton's present residence is Oswego, Kosciusko Co., Ia. In a letter bearing date 23d Sept., 1874, he says:
"You ask for a short biographical sketch. This I rather decline, further than to say that my life has been devoted to the judicial profession. I studied law in Morristown, N. J., and practiced there until I removed to Alleghany Co., N. Y., in 1832. I served as first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of that county for about ten years. Soon after moving into the State of Indiana in 1844, I was appointed District Judge, and I have served in that office, and also as a Justice of the Peace ever since, until within a few weeks past when I resigned. In looking over my past life, I see many things that I would not do over again, with my past experience, especially would I say long and loud, No, instead of Yes, as I often did. Your letter brings to my mind views and opinions which I have been learning and experiencing for many years of my past life. Habits have grown upon me imperceptibly from my childhood. I have old diaries written in my younger days, in which I find recorded rules for my own conduct, the strict observance of which, has caused me many miles of travel and hours of labor. For illustration, I recall one or two: 'Have a place for everything, and keep everything in its place' and 'Never put off till to morrow what you can as well do to-day.' I began life under such rules, and I have always been tyrannically ruled by them. If I forgot to do anything that I intended to do through the day, and happened to think of it after I had gone to bed, I could not sleep until I would get up and do it, if possible, and if not possible there would be no sleep for me that night. I have written this letter at one sitting and feel pretty tired."
The letter contained about four pages foolscap, and it is no wonder that he, now just entering his eightieth year, should feel tired. The greater wonder is that he could write at all. It is written in a bold, plain hand, giving no indications of age.
I. Parmenas Howell, son of [Barnabas Horton and Milicent Howell] (Silas, Barnabas, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in Goshen, N. Y., 13 Dec., 1795; married in Minnisink, N. Y., 16 Nov., 1819, by Rev. Henry Ball, to Fanny Cash, daughter of Reuben Cash and Milicent Howell, and born in Minnisink, 11 June, 1799; died 31 March, 1838. He died 21 June, 1868.
Children, all born in Goshen:
1. Mary Emeline, born 12 August, 1820; married William Reeve; died 1 Jan., 1849. 2. Barnabas, born 19 Feb., 1822; died 19 June, 1852; unmarried. 3. Harriet Milicent, born 12 July, 1826; died 15 Nov., 1855; unmarried. 4. [Anna Eliza], born 15 Jan., 1830; married John Wheeler Gardner. 5. Sarah Frances, born 23 Feb., 1836; died 17 August, 1856; unmarried.
III. Dr. Harvey Addison, son of [Barnabas Horton and Milicent Howell], born in Middletown, N. Y., 1 Feb., 1800; married Mary Bennet, born in Goshen, 15 July, 1798; died 27 Sept., 1855. He died.
He was an educated and skillful physician and practiced with good success in Minnisink and adjoining towns, and enjoyed the confidence and respect of all who knew him.
Children, born in Minnisink: