Life History

Notes

• 1850 Federal Census, Washington County, Missouri, 18 September, Concord, page 253 (scan 127), Hse/Fam #537
  Jno Horton 58 M Farmer $100 Real Estate Value b South Carolina
  Susan Horton 54 F b South Carolina
  Christopher Horton 25 M b Missouri Cannot read & write
  Polly C Horton 22 F b Missouri
  Sarah A Horton 20 F b Missouri
  Susan I Horton 17 F b Missouri
  John C Horton 14 M b Missouri
  David L Horton 12 M b Missouri
  
  Missouri Marriages, 1766-1983
  David Lenox Horton
  Spouse Margarett Susannah Lane
  Marriage 24 Dec 1857 St. Clair Missouri
  
  Obituary of David L Horton
  
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  David L Horton was born near Iron Mountain, this county, June 16, 1838.  He departed this life on 4 Feb 1923, aged 84 years, 7 months and 18 days.  Deceased had spent his entire life in this county, where he wa known as one of the county's best and most dependable citizens.
  
  On Dec 25, 1858, he was united in marriage with Margaret Layne.  To this union 9 children were born. ... On March 28, 1904, his wife preceded him in death. ... (No funeral or burial date or place is mentioned.)
  --  Newspaper and exact date unknown, probably 5 Feb 1923;  Clipping courtesy of B K Ling for the article
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  His obituary reports the death date as 4 Feb 1923, but the date of death in the cemetery burial register is 3 Feb 1923.  The later date is probably the date of the funeral and burial.
  
  Doe Run Memorial Cemetery, Doe Run, St Francois, Missouri listings
  Horton  David Lenox  Jun 16 1838 - Feb 03 1923  Section C, 329
  --  RootsWeb, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mostfran/cemeteries/doe_run_memorial_section_c.htm
  
  I established the folloiwng memorial for David on Find a Grave.
  
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  David Lennox Horton
  Birth Jun 16, 1838 St Francois County, Missouri
  Death Feb 3, 1923 St Francois County, Missouri
  
  David is the son of John B Horton Jr, great grandson of Abraham Horton, who moved from Pennsylvania to North Carolina in the 1700s. His grandfather John B Horton Sr married Ann, Anna or Nancy Ann Green, who was of Cherokee descent. For this he was dismissed from the New Garden Friends Monthly Meeting.
  
  John Sr was among Cherokees who signed the 1817 Cherokee treaty with the United States to exchange their lands for new lands in Arkansas, part of the Louisiana Purchase and later Missouri Territory. According to his obituary in February 1923, David was born near Iron Mountain in St Francois County, Missouri, in the southeastern part of Missouri.
  
  David married Margaret Susannah Lane 24 December 1857. (His obituary says the date was 25 Dec 1858.) Some sources say it was in St Clair County, Missouri, others say St Francois County.
  
  His obituary reports that the date of death was 4 February 1923, but the burial register of Doe Run Cemetery reports the date of death as 3 Feb 1923.
  
  Susannah is buried in the Horton Cemetery in Belgrade, Washington County, Missouri
  
  Parents:
  John Brissell Horton (1789 - 1871)
  Susan Crider Horton (1796 - 1868)
  
  Spouse Margaret Susannah Lane Horton (1836 - 1904)
  
  Siblings:
  George Thomas Horton (1815 - 1900)
  Sarah Ann Horton Layne (1821 - 1908)
  Elizabeth Catherine Horton Brown (1824 - 1880)
  Mary Catherine Polly Horton Montgomery (1828 - 1860)
  John Crider Horton (1835 - 1911)
  
  Burial Doe Run Memorial Cemetery, Doe Run, St. Francois County, Missouri, Section C No 349
  
  Created by Orville Jenkins Oct 29, 2015
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #154392021, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=154392021
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Sources

• 1. RootsWeb Cemetery Listings
• 2. Obituaries from Missouri
• 3. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 4. 1850 Federal Census, Washington County, Missouri
  • 18 September, Concord, page 253 (scan 127), Hse/Fam #537
• 5. Missouri Marriages, 1766-1983