Conecuh County AlArchives Biographies.....Horton, Eliab B. April 4 1824 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
  ELIAB B. HORTON, a successful farmer, son of William and Mary (Turk) Horton,
was born on the farm where he now lives, in Conecuh county, Ala., April 4, 1824.
His father, a man of business sagacity and austere words, was a native of North
Carolina, born about the year 1777. William Horton, was by occupation a farmer,
served for many years as magistrate, and took part in the war of 1812, as
captain of a company, stationed at Savannah, Ga. He was married near
Milledgeville, Ga., about the year 1808 to Mary Turk, and in 1818 emigrated to
Alabama and settled in Conecuh county. William and Mary Horton reared a family
of four sons and five daughters, namely: Helena, deceased wife of Allen Floyd;
Henry W., deceased; Mrs. Mary Stallworth, deceased wife of Wm. M. Stallworth;
Mrs. Cynthia, deceased wife of Jno. Brantley; Mrs. Caroline Coleman, deceased
wife of Peter Coleman; Alfred H., deceased; Mrs. Martha, wife of W. W. Allen,
and Eliab B., all deceased but the subject of this sketch and Mrs. Allen, who
resides at Shreveport, La. The father and mother of this family died in the
years 1844 and 1857, respectively. Hugh Horton, father of William, was a
Revolutionary soldier and an early settler of Georgia, moving to that state from
Pennsylvania, where the family originally located on coming to America from
Ireland. Dosia Turk, the grandfather of Mrs. Mary Horton, was born and raised in
the state of Georgia. Eliab B. Horton has been a resident of Conecuh county all
his life and is justly esteemed one of its most estimable citizens. When but a
lad he lost his father, which fact interfered very materially with his early
education, and at the age of fifteen he was compelled to look after the interest
of the family as manager of the farm, a duty he truly and nobly performed. He
succeeded to the possession of the homestead, to which he added from time to
time until he is now classed among the large and prosperous land owners of
Conecuh county, and one of the leading farmers in his part of the state. Mr.
Horton has traveled extensively over Alabama and adjoining states and has been
an intelligent observer of men and events all of his life. Though frequently
importuned by his many friends throughout the county to accept official
position, he has invariably declined, having no ambition in that direction and
preferring to give his entire attention to his farming interests. He was
originally a whig, but for many years has been a supporter of the democratic
party, and while taking an interest in public affairs is little affected by the
excitement of partisan politics. He was married, January 1, 1862, to Lucinda
Kindall, who has borne him one child, William K., a fine manly young gentleman
who lives with his parents.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 713

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