Biographical Sketch of John C. Horton, Washington County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** John C. Horton, farmer, was born in Washington County, Mo., in 1835, and is the son of John and Susie (Crider) Horton. The father was born and reared in South Carolina, but was married in North Carolina. Hav- ing lived in that State until about 1820 they came to Washington Co., Mo., and here spent the remainder of their days. The father was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was by occupation a farmer. He was always Democratic in his political views, and both he and wife were members of the Baptist Church. The mother was of German descent. Our subject was next to the youngest child of the eleven children born to his parents. He was reared on a farm, and attended the old subscrip- tion schools. At the age of twenty-three (1858) he married Miss Catherine, daughter of Christopher and Lucy (Bryan) Woods. She was born in 1837, near where Belgrade now stands, and by her marriage be- came the mother of nine children, eight now living: Mary J., Ellen D., James C., Jessie L., Elizabeth A., Laura E., Ahigah B. and Birdie N. For fifty-three years Mr. Horton has lived in the county, and for thirty years he has lived on his present farm, which consists of 160 acres, all the result of his own efforts, coupled by that of his good wife. They are both members of the Missionary Baptist Church. Our subject served in the enrolled militia during the war. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================