C. P. HORTON - Biography

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This biography appears on pages 665-666 in History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin...
published by the Western Historical Co.: 1879.



C. P. HORTON, farmer, Secs. 4 and 9; P. O. Raymond; was born in
Westchester Co., N. Y., in 1819 came to Wisconsin in 1846; settled in
Raymond, and has resided there ever since. Married, in 1844, Miss Jane
M. Scott, a native of New York; they have seven children- Mary, now Mrs.
Clague; Abiah, now Mrs. Sheard; Charles, Frank, Elmer, Carrie and
Estella. Mr. Horton has held various offices since his residence here;
was Superintendent of Public Schools before the county system commenced,
and, has also served as Supervisor and Town Clerk. Owns 140 acres of
land in Secs. 4 and 9, all in first-class state of cultivation.