Thomas Grimes Horton

Brief Life History of Thomas Grimes

When Thomas Grimes Horton was born on 23 August 1826, in Jefferson, Indiana, United States, his father, John Henry Horton II, was 33 and his mother, Jane Byrd Holcombe, was 28. He married Harriet M. Fenimore on 10 April 1849, in Miami, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Union Township, Miami, Indiana, United States in 1850 and Allen Township, Miami, Indiana, United States in 1860. He died on 26 March 1916, in Macy, Allen Township, Miami, Indiana, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Wagoner, Allen Township, Miami, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Grimes Horton
1826–1916
Harriet M. Fenimore
1826–1874
Marriage: 10 April 1849
John T. Horton
1850–1860
Emily J. Horton
1851–1860
Mary E. Horton
1856–1860
Laura M. Horton
1858–1860
William Franklin Horton
1852–1916
Joseph Nelson Horton
1854–1935
Charles Grimes Horton
1861–1948
Adison Ellsworth Horton
1862–1949
Julia Ellen Horton
1864–1906

Sources (19)

  • Thomas Horton, "United States Census, 1850" (Union Twp, Miami, Indiana)
  • Thomas G. Horton & Harriet M. Fenimore marriage license, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007" (Miami Co.: 1849)
  • Thomas Grimes Horton, "Find A Grave Index" (Wagoner, Fulton, Indiana: 1916)

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1837

Historic Boundaries 1837: Miami, Indiana, United States

1860

Historical Boundaries: 1860: Miami, Indiana, United States

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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