Brief Life History of Henry Caleb
Henry Caleb Horton was born on 31 May 1829, in Beaufort, South Carolina, United States as the son of Joseph Horton. He married Harriet Cornelia Pope about 1849, in South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He died on 13 September 1863, in Lauderdale, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 34, and was buried in Lauderdale, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States.
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- Henry C Horton, "United States Census, 1860"
- Henry Caleb Horton, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1835 · Angry Mob Seizes U-S Mail
On August 31, 1835, in Charleston, South Carolina an angry mob takes control over the U-S mail and burns it in public.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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