William H. Burleigh, the poet and editor, and Charles C. Burleigh, the eloquent anti-slavery and temperance lecturer, are known throughout the country.
III. Philena, daughter of Dea. [Ezra Horton and Olive May], born 12 June, 1789; married 9 Jan., 1812, Salmon Strong, Esq., of Augusta, N. Y., son of Alexander Strong, and born at Union, 1 March, 1784.
Children:
1. Salmon, born at Union, 25 Oct., 1812; died 18 Jan., 1834. 2. Philena, born at Augusta, N. Y., 14 Sept., 1815; married Oliver Frank Ranney, Nov. 9, 1836, and died without issue, 17 Sept., 1838. 3. Alvin, born 14 Feb., 1817; married Persis S. A. Powers, May, 1838; died 5 Nov., 1866; she was killed by a horse running away, in 1875. 4. Olive Adelpha, born 7 March, 1821; died 14 April, 1842; unmarried. 5. Abigail, born 4 June, 1824; married Sept. 1, 1848, Oliver Brown Kinne; she died. 6. Julius Alexander, born 20 Nov., 1826; married 8 April, 1849, Caroline Miranda Powers, daughter of Walter Powers. 7. Warren Groves, born 30 Oct., 1832; married Sept. 22, 1857, Fanny Smith.
IV. Gurdon, son of Dea. [Ezra Horton and Olive May], born 24 Feb., 1791; married 1 May, 1816, Lucy Davidson, of Wales, Mass.
Children:
1. Roysel, born 31 July, 1819; died 25 Sept., 1820. 2. Theodore Dwight, born 3 Aug., 1821; died in the hospital, Washington, D. C., 13 March, 1863. 3. Charles Riley, born 31 May, 1823; died 10 Sept., 1830. 4. Herman M., born 23 Feb., 1825; died 28 Oct., 1825. 5. Olive, born 23 April, 1827; died 27 August, 1830. 6. [William Morgan], born 6 July, 1829; married Mary Ann Williams. 7. Francis G., born 6 July, 1829; died 26 Oct., 1833. (Twins.) 8. Eli, born 23 Nov., 1834; resides at Oaks, Wis. 9. Philena, born 22 Aug., 1838; married Williams; lives at N. Scriba, N. Y.
Gurdon Horton resides at a Shaker community, Albany Co., N. Y.
V. Lucinda, daughter of Dea. [Ezra Horton and Olive May], born 28 August, 1792; married 28 Jan., 1819, Alfred Moore, son of Thomas Moore, born at Union, 16 Jan., 1796. She died 2 April, 1845, at Smithfield, Madison Co., N. Y.
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