|
|
WEBB HORTON who has been an active, progressive and extensive business man, is now eighty two years old, having
been born February 24, 1826, at Colchester, Delaware County. His parents, Isaac and Prudence Knapp Horton, were
married in 1807, and had ten children. Mr. Horton's early education was in the district school, between which and
his father's farm he divided his time, until he was fifteen years of age, when he learned the trade of wood turning
and worked at it ten years. In 1854 he built the tannery at Narrowsburgh, N. Y., which he operated for ten years.
In 1864 he went to Warren County, Pa., and engaged in tanning business with which he has since been connected until
recent years. He married Miss Elizabeth A. Radeker, of the town of Montgomery, in 1855, and they have had three
children: Junius, who died in 1879, while a cadet at the Bisbee Military Academy in Poughkeepsie; Eugene, associated
with the United States Leather Company, of New York City, and Carrie, residing at home. Mr. Horton has been one
of the representative men of Middletown and his comprehensive grasp of large business affairs is shown in the remarkable
success he has achieved. He is now living retired in the enjoyment of a peaceful old age in one of the finest residences
in the state, overlooking Middletown, which he recently built. His wife is a member of the Westminster Presbyterian
Church, and both are highly esteemed by their neighbors and acquaintances.
From:
The History of Orange County New York
Edited by: Russel Headley
Van Deusen and Elms, Publishers
Middletown, N. Y. 1908
Privacy Policy for
OnlineBiographies
|
NAVIGATION
Orange County, NY
Biographies
Online
Biographies
New York
Histories
New York
Biographies
Maine
Histories
Pennsylvania
Histories
Pennsylvania
Biographies
For all your genealogy needs visit Linkpendium
|