Eli Davidson Horton


History of Reedsburg and the Upper Baraboo Valley, By Merton E. Krug, Page 475 - Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Mortimer.

Eli Davidson and Ann Eliza (Sherman) Horton. He was born in Oswego, N.Y., Nov. 27, 1834, son of Gurden and Lucy (Davidson) Horton, and was a lineal descendant of Barnabas Horton, an English immigrant who came to Americia buring the early 1600's. Eli Horton, at an early age, entered the Oneida Community, which was a Shaker Sect, of nineteen, in 1853, he came to Fort Atkinson, where he married, March 28, 1858, Ann Eliza Sherman. She was born April 7, 1838, in Oswego, N. Y., daughter of Leonard and Anne (Whitford) Sherman. On Aug. 15, 1862. Eli Horton enlisted in the Union Army; was wounded June 10, 1864, at Burnt Hickory, Ga.; and mustered out April 8, 1865. Coming to Woodland in 1867, they ever after resided there. He died Feb. 8, 1917; his wife, May 3, 1908.


  • Father : Gurden Horton
  • Mother : Lucy Davidson
  • Birth date : November 27, 1834
  • Born at : Oswego, N.Y
  • Occupation :
  • Married : Ann Eliza Sherman
  • Marriage date : March 28, 1858
  • Married at : Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin
  • Death date : February 8, 1917
  • Buried at :
  • Children :
    Della Horton
    Loren Sherman Horton
    Lucy Arabelle Horton
    Gustaves Adolphus (Gus or Dolph) Horton

    Sources

    Birth-History of Reedsburg and the Upper Baraboo Valley-by Merton E. Krug, page's 474-475 and History of Valton by Gilbert Mortimer.
    Marriage-History of Reedsburg and the Upper Baraboo Valley-by Merton E. Krug, page's 474-475 and History of Valton by Gilbert Mortimer.
    Death-History of Reedsburg and the Upper Baraboo Valley-by Merton E. Krug, page's 474-475 and History of Valton by Gilbert Mortimer.
    Buried-
    History of Reedsburg and the Upper Baraboo Valley-by Merton E. Krug, page's 474-475
    Other-Marilyn Horton Steiner; Della's marriage certificate (2); Loren's marriage certificate; 1881 Sauk County Business Directory page 4; History of Valton by Gilbert Mortimer page's 6, 12 and 13.

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