Lapeer County MI Archives Biographies.....Horton, Henry A. 1840 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

HENRY A. HORTON was born in Leeds County, Canada, January 27, 1840. He is a son
of John and Margaret (Horton) Horton. The former was a native of New York, and
the latter of Canada. Our subject's father was a carpenter by trade, although he
spent some time on a farm, and he of whom we write spent his first years in
rural life. He received only a common-school education, and even that was
abridged at the age of sixteen years.

  In 1863 our subject began life for himself as a farmer in Oxford County,
Dereham Township, Ontario. He remained there until 1865, and then came to
Michigan, locating in North Branch Township Lapeer County. He did not, however,
settle upon the place where he now resides until 1869, buying it of Mr. Pitts,
of Detroit. The tract comprises one hundred and twenty acres on section 13, and
forty acres on section 15. Although not so very long ago, on coming to this
place he found it a perfect wilderness, and the work of improvement that
confronted him was almost appalling. He, however, bravely attacked the
difficulty and has succeeded in giving it all the characteristics of a
first-class and thoroughly beautiful rural place. He has improved about eighty
acres, which are under an excellent state of cultivation.

  Our subject lived in a board shanty for a number of years, building his
present house and barns about ten or twelve years ago. His marriage took place
October 5, 1862, at which time he was united for better or worse to Miss Ellen
Chick, of Ontario, Canada. This union has been blessed by the advent of ten
children, seven of whom are living. They are Minnie, Clara, Bertha, Edward,
Ernest, George and Laura. Minnie, a successful teacher, married Robert Lucas, of
North Branch Township; Clara married Alvin Aris, of the same township. The
deceased ones are Walter, Robert and John.

  Mr. Horton has made farming his business since coming to Michigan, and
although his interests in this direction have been general, like the majority of
Michigan agriculturists, he has made a specialty of stock-raising. Our subject
is a Republican in politics, and is one of the able men who can truthfully say
he has never been ambitious to hold office. Mrs. Horton and three of her
daughters are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and are interested
workers in the spread of the Gospel.


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Extracted from:

Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892



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