David Horton is a farmer—was largely engaged in the oil trade—carrying on a large business in the oil region in Pennsylvania a few years ago. He gave the compiler the first account he ever had of the old tombstone of Barnabas I., as we happened to meet on the cars between Lyons and Rochester, in Oct., 1870.
V. Horace, son of [Edward Horton and Charlotte Seward], born in Randolph, N. J., 2 July, 1810; married Melissa Putnam about 1833.
Children, probably all born in Weedsport or Brutus, N. Y.:
1. Isabella, born 1834; married William E. Merrick, of Weedsport. 2. Eliza, born 31 Dec., 1836; married in Weedsport, 28 Sept., 1869, by Rev. A. R. Hewett, to Augustus Harley Whiting, son of Caleb Whiting, and born in Virgil, Cortlandt Co., N. Y.; have one son, Horace Horton Whiting.
Horace Horton died at Weedsport, in Jan., 1869. His widow lives at the homestead with Mrs. Whiting, who is an intelligent, active and lady-like woman. They are in good circumstances. Mr. Whiting holds some position under the United States Government, in Washington City.
Harrison Faulkner Horton, son of [ Gabriel H. Horton and Margaret Faulkner] (Elihu, Silas, Barnabas, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born at Newburgh, Orange Co., N. Y., 11 Sept., 1804; reared at Bloomingburgh, Sullivan Co., N. Y., and educated in the Presbyterian faith, and Democratic political school. Removed to Warwick, Orange Co., N. Y., in Nov., 1825; from thence to Newburgh, Orange Co., N. Y., in March, 1831, and from there to New York City, in Feb., 1841; married 15 Dec., 1829, at New Milford, Orange Co., N. Y., by Rev. William Timlough, to Emily Coleman, daughter of Merritt Coleman and Mary Smith. He is a retired merchant, living in New York City at the present time.
Children:
1. Annie M., born at Amity, Orange Co., N. Y., 7 Nov., 1830; died at St. Augustine, Fla., 9 May, 1852. 2. Mary Helen, born at Newburgh, Orange Co., N. Y., 3 Feb., 1740.
Mary Smith, the mother-in-law of Harrison Faulkner, was the daughter of Deacon Smith and Sally Wisner, of Goshen. Dea. Smith was the father of Dea. William Smith of Florida, Orange Co., N. Y. Margaret Faulkner, the mother of Harrison, was the daughter of Samuel Faulkner and Helen Murray, who were early inhabitants of Orange Co., N. Y., and pioneers in Wallkill Township. Samuel Faulkner was of French origin. His wife, Helen Murray, came from Scotland. Samuel Faulkner and his brother, Col. William Faulkner, were staunch Whigs in 1776.
"So far as my knowledge extends, the Hortons as a family have not been renowned for their attainments in literature, in the fine arts, or in natural science; not distinguished as warriors or statesmen, or in the learned professions. Indeed they have not been celebrated for great heroic achievements of any kind. Nevertheless, with but few exceptions, they have been industrious, peaceable, law-abiding, and very respectable citizens, possessing commendable self-reliance and independence. They belong to the middle class of the people—the class which has always constituted the basis of a good-ordered, well-regulated, and prosperous State and Nation. Let their merits and their virtues be inscribed on the tablets of our memories, and preserved for our veneration and emulation."—Letter of Harrison Faulkner Horton, September, 1872.