"He was a good soldier; his kind and obliging disposition, and his soldierly bearing won for him the respect and good-will of all who knew him. His love for his country overrode all personal considerations, and he was often heard to say, that the life of a civilian had no attractions for him while armed traitors refused to acknowledge the laws and its institutions typified by the Stars and Stripes. He loved his friends and home, but he loved his country more, and he was willing to bid adieu to father and mother, brothers and sisters, and go into the foremost rank of those who were battling for the right, and he battled nobly, and fell at last a martyr for his country's freedom. He died in Millon Prison, Ga., aged 23 years and 10 months."—Extract of Letter of Andrew Horton.
5. Willie Gaylord, born 15 May, 1843; died 30 January, 1849. 6. Mary L., born 26 —— 1847. 7. Willis Bruce, born 19 September, 1850.
IV. Valiant McRea, son of [James Horton and Martha White], born at Lyme, N. Y., 14 May, 1808; married at Adams, N. Y., 30 August, 1837, Delia M. Cook. They moved to Ridgefield, O., in 1837, where they both died, he 14 August, 1857; she 7 August, 1863.
Children all born at Grafton, O., except
1. Charles, born at Ridgefield, O., 18 June, 1838; died 20 May, 1840.
2. William Benton, born 13 —— 1840; married Lavina Edgar, 9 September, 1862. He enlisted, 22 January, 1863, in the 8 Regiment N. Y. Sharpshooters, was taken prisoner at the Weldon Railroad, 19 August, 1864, was confined in Salisbury Prison, N. C., and died for his country, 2 January, 1865.
3. Cornelius C., born 8 January, 1843; died 1 August, 1865.
4. Edward W., born 30 December, 1844; enlisted in the 3d Regiment Ohio Cavalry, 28 March, 1864, was mustered out at Edgefield, Tenn., 4 August, 1865.
5. Eugene W., born 29 May, 1847; died 30 July, 1848.