Bio of HORTON, Laurence Eustis, Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

L. E. HORTON (Laurence Eustis Horton) - Vol III, pg 789-790
L. E. Horton of Minneapolis is widely known throughout the Northwest. He has the
Cadillac agency for a large territory and has made this car one of the most
popular of the higher priced makes. He has handsome salesrooms in this city and
conducts branch offices in St. Paul and Duluth.
L. E. Horton was born in Cedar Falls, Wisconsin, a son of George Warren and
Katherine (Jewett) Horton. On both paternal and maternal sides he is descended
from old and honored ancestry. His father was born in Mobile, Alabama, while his
mother was a native of Nashville, Tennessee. Mr. Horton's great-uncle at one
time owned Loring park, Minneapolis.
Upon attaining school age L. E. Horton entered the public schools of Minneapolis
and subsequently attended the Duluth Central high school. Upon the completion of
his preliminary education he enrolled in the University of Minnesota, from which
institution he was graduated with the degree of B. Sc. He then entered the farm
implement business, which he followed successfully for a time, and later made
his initial step into the automobile business. He handled the Cadillac car for
three years in North Dakota and opened salesrooms in Minneapolis in 1906. He was
first located on Fourth avenue, opposite the Chamber of Commerce but some three
years later he was forced to move into larger quarters and located at No. 16
South Eighth street. He remained at that location ten years, from the 1st of
January, 1911, to the 31st of December, 1920. On the 1st of January, 1921, he
took a one-hundred-year lease on the ground corner at Tenth & La Salle,
extending to Harmon place. There he built his present beautiful home of the
Cadillac. Mr. Horton may well be called a pioneer in the automobile business and
the success he has achieved is the result of keen foresight, close application
to the thing at hand and innate ability. The best principles of integrity and
honor have always governed him in his transactions and he enjoys universal
confidence and esteem. Aside from his Minneapolis establishment he con­ducts
branches in St. Paul and Duluth.
Mr. Horton married Miss Elsie Hankinson of Minneapolis, and to their union two
children have been born: Herbert and Katherine. Mrs. Horton is a woman of much
personal charm and she is socially prominent.
Mr. Horton has never been very active in party affairs, preferring to devote his
entire time and attention to his business. He is, however, ever cognizant of the
duties and responsibilities as well as the privileges of good citizenship and
his public-spirited-ness is a stimulus and inspiration. He is an active member
of the Civic & Commerce Association and socially he holds membership in the
Minneapolis, Lafayette, Minnkahda and Automobile Clubs. He is essentially a home
man and there he spends the greater part of his spare time, enjoying the company
of his family.