Bio of LEIGHTON, Horace Newell (b.1853), 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
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Vol II, pg 438-441
HORACE NEWELL LEIGHTON
For forty-seven years Horace Newell Leighton has continuously resided in
Minneapolis and throughout the greater part of this period has been closely
asso­ciated with building operations as one of the foremost contractors of the
city, being at the head of the H. N. Leighton Company. His high standing is
evidenced in the fact that he has been chosen to the presidency of the northwest
branch of the Associated General Contractors of America. Such has been his
success that he now ranks among the capitalists here and as he has prospered in
his undertakings he has embraced the opportunity to aid in the city's growth and
development by the support he has given to all those civic interests and
enterprises which feature in the welfare of the community. Early in his career
he came to a realization of the fact that industry wins and industry has been
the beacon light of his life. Its potency is shown in his prosperity and his
example should well serve as a source of encouragement and inspiration to
others.
Horace Newell Leighton comes to the Mississippi valley from New England, his
birth having occurred in Machias. Washington county, Maine, on the 8th of
January, 1853. He spent his youthful days there and acquired his education in
the public schools, and when his textbooks were put aside he worked in the shop,
the mill and the office, where his varied experiences prepared him for the
activities and duties of his later life. In the university of hard knocks he
learned many valuable lessons concerning the estimate and value of his own
powers and of those things which make up life's contacts, experiences and
opportunities. He was twenty-three years of age when in 1876 he came to
Minneapolis, where through the intervening period he has made his home. His
progress in the business world has been continuous. He took up contracting and
building and throughout the inter­vening period has directed his efforts along
those lines. Steadily he has forged to the front and has long since occupied a
commanding position in his chosen field of labor. It was in association with his
three brothers-Eben E., Fred A. and J. LeRoy Leighton-that he organized the firm
of H. N. Leighton & Company, under which style their operations were carried on
until 1892, when the business was Incorporated under the present name of the H.
N.