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Horton, Joseph H., Buffalo, was born in Terrytown, Pa., June 2, 1842, and after availing himself of the schools
of his native town, he entered the Susquehanna Collegiate Institute at Towanda, remaining there through 1858 and
1859, after which he was associated with his father in business until 1862. The Civil war was in progress at that
time and Colonel Horton enlisted August 7 in the 141st P. V., being chosen first lieutenant of Co. A on August
21. The regiment was assigned to the First Brigade of the Third Corps and entered immediately into active service;
five days after his first battle (Fredericksburg) Colonel Horton was made captain of Co. A. He was engaged in the
following battles: Fredericksburg, Cedars, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Petersburg,
Weldon Railroad, White Oak, Sailor's Creek, and at Lee's surrender. After the war he was again associated with
his father in business until 1869. In October, 1866, he was married at Worcester, Mass., to Abbie H. Newcomb, and
they have one child, Mrs. Grosvenor R. Trowbridge. From 1871 to 1874 Colonel Horton was superintendent of the Sullivan
Anthracite Coal Company. In 1875 he went to Ithaca, N. Y., to take charge of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company's business,
and in 1884 he was appointed general northern sales agent of the same company, with headquarters at Buffalo, which
position he now occupies. Colonel Horton is a member of the Loyal Legion, the Union Veteran Legion, the G. A. R.,
and is a 32° Mason.
Source:
Our County and its people
A descriptive work on Erie County, New York
Edited by: Truman C. White
The Boston History Company, Publishes 1898
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