Brief Life History of Columbus G.
When Columbus G. Horton was born on 17 July 1869, in Canaan, Searcy, Arkansas, United States, his father, William Winthrop Thomas Horton, was 21 and his mother, Tennessee A Parks, was 24. He married Lillie Belle Baker on 6 September 1888, in Searcy, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, United States for about 10 years and Spring Township, Searcy, Arkansas, United States in 1930. He died in July 1934, in Washington, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 65.
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- Columbus Horton, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Columbus G. Horton - Published information: birth-name: Columbus G. Horton
- C G Horton, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1871
Historical Boundaries: 1871: Searcy, Arkansas, United States
1888 · Bauxite Mining Began
Bauxite a rock with relatively high aluminum content, is the main source of aluminum for the world. When it was discovered in Arkansas it changed the state. The city of Bauxite, Arkansas was the site of the discovery.
Name Meaning
English (Staffordshire and Warwickshire): habitational name from one or other of the many places so called, such as those in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Northamptonshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Wiltshire, and Yorkshire. Most of the placenames derive from Old English horh or horu ‘dirt, filth’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, though some may have different origins, including Horton in Gloucestershire, which may derive from Old English heorot ‘hart, stag’ + tūn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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