Mr. Horton is a successful merchant in the city of Newburgh. He and his wife are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and highly respected in the community.
I. Benjamin Franklin, son of Jonathan Terry Horton and Mehetabel Horton (Maj. Gilbert, Capt. Barnabas, Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born in Southold; married 22 Nov., 1848, Mary Frances Terry, daughter of Gilbert Terry and Nancy Hedges, and born in Southold, about 1826.
Children, all born in Southold:
1. Benjamin Carpenter. 2. Hetty Eliza. 3. Franklin Terry. 4. Edward Barton.
I. Silas Ryneck, son of Dr. [William Horton and Maria Ryneck] (William, Silas, Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born on the old Horton farm, between Goshen and Craigville, Orange Co., N. Y., 26 June, 1820; married 7 August, 1859, at Philipsport, N. Y., by Rev. A. Ackerly, to Sarah Jane Decker, daughter of Jacob J. Decker and Lucretia Cameron, and born near Ellensville, Ulster Co., N. Y., 21 July, 1836. One child, viz.:
Maggie B., born at the old homestead, 10 Dec., 1862.
Silas R. Horton has been for twenty years a noted fire-insurance agent, and he is still engaged in this business for some of the best companies in the country. Mr. Horton, like his father, possesses a fine taste for scientific studies. He is well-known as a geologist and mineralogist. A few years ago he discovered a new and rare mineral, which has since been named by Prof. George J. Brush, of Yale College, "Horton-olite."
II. Eugene, son of Dr. [William Horton and Maria Ryneck], born 27 Sept., 1824; married 7 June, 1867, Anna T. Haley.
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