Henry Tremper Horton1,2

#1713, (between 1832 and 1833 - March 1909)
Relationship2nd cousin 2 times removed of Nelle Belle Bridges
Father*Samuel McCrea Horton1 (1805 - 1872)
Mother*Leah Tremper1 (1810 - 1892)

Family

Rachel Doty b. 1845, d. 1910
Children 1.Levi D Horton+12 (c 1862 - 1927)
 2.Estelle Horton12 (c 1866 - )
Birth*between 1832 and 1833He was born between 1832 and 1833.1 
18 July 1850He appeared on the census of 18 July 1850 in the household of Samuel McCrea Horton and Leah Tremper at Lyme Town, Jefferson Co., New YorkG.3 
12 June 1855He appeared on the census of 12 June 1855 in the household of Leah Tremper and Samuel McCrea Horton at Lyme, Jefferson Co., New YorkG, age 21, b. Jefferson Co; neis. Aaron and Nancy Warner, fam. 118; John and Blandina Tremper, fam. 121.4 
Marriage*1 January 1860He married Rachel Doty, daughter of Battis Doty and Eurina _____, on 1 January 1860 at Jefferson Co., New YorkG.2 
18 July 1860He appeared on the census of 18 July 1860 in the household of Samuel McCrea Horton and Leah Tremper at Cape Vincent P.O., Lyme Town, Jefferson Co., New YorkG, age 27; (nei. John Horton, fam. 1029.)5 
27 July 1870He and Rachel Doty appeared on the census of 27 July 1870 at Chaumont P.O., Lyme, Jefferson Co., New YorkG.6 
24 June 1875He and Rachel Doty appeared on the census of 24 June 1875 at Lyme Town, Jefferson Co., New YorkG.7 
before June 1880He and Rachel Doty were divorced before June 1880 at Jefferson Co., New YorkG.8 
1 June 1880He appeared on the census of 1 June 1880 in the household of John McCrea Horton and Mary Jane Shelly at Chaumont, Lyme Town, Jefferson Co., New YorkG, brother, age 45, farm laborer; also James Clark (75), uncle, carpenter.9 
1 June 1900He appeared on the census of 1 June 1900 in the household of John M Tremper Jr at Lyme, Jefferson Co., New YorkG, nephew, age 67, marr. 40 yrs., b. NY Jan 1833, parents b. NY, day laborer.10 
Death*March 1909He died in March 1909 at Center Street, Cape Vincent, Jefferson Co., New YorkG.11 

Citations

  1. [S237] William H. Horton, editor, Geographical Gazetteer of Jefferson County, N.Y 1684–1890 (Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse Journal Company, 1890), Samuel McCrea. The latter [note: actually McCrea from cemetery records] married Leah Tremper, and their children are Henry, Abigail, and John McRea.
  2. [S1865] Geo. F Horton, Horton Genealogy; or Chronicles of the Descendants of Barnabas Horton of Southold, L. I., 1640 (Philadelphia: Home Circle Publishing Vo., 1876), p. 29, giving full name of Henry Tremper Horton, marr. Rachel Doty 1 Jan 1860, two children. Hereinafter cited as Horton Genealogy.
  3. [S20] 1850 U.S. Federal Census. McCrea S (46), farmer; Leah (38); both b. NY.
  4. [S616] 1855 New York State Census. McRea (48), b. Delaware [Co.], farmer, res. 44 yrs.; Leah (46), b. Jefferson Co.
  5. [S19] 1860 U.S. Federal Census. McCrea (53), farmer; Leah (49).
  6. [S18] 1870 U.S. Federal Census. Henry T (38), b. NY, works in stone quarry; Rachel (25), b. NY, keeping house; also William Polly (63), b. NY, shoemaker (William Polly was living at the hotel of Jonathan Phelps in 1860).
  7. [S1225] 1875 New York State Census. Henry T (42), b. Jefferson Co., laborer; Rachel (30), b. Jefferson Co.
  8. [S520] VWH, In the 1880 census, Henry T is living with his uncle John in Lyme, listed as marr.; Rachel is in Sackets Harbor in the hh o fB Walter Camp, listed as div.
  9. [S17] 1880 U.S. Federal Census. John M (47), b. and parents b. NY, farmer; Mary J (45), b. and parents b. NY.
  10. [S5] 1900 U.S. Federal Census. John M (78), b. NY Dec 1821, parents b. NY, capitalist.
  11. [S1869] The Watertown Re-Union, Watertown, New York, online NYSHistoricNewspapers.org.
  12. [S18] 1870 U.S. Federal Census.