Brief Life History of John
When John Horton was born on 26 March 1911, in Henderson, Tennessee, United States, his father, Jacob F. Horton, was 33 and his mother, Mary L. McPeake, was 29. He died on 21 August 2003, in Lexington, Henderson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Lexington, Henderson, Tennessee, United States.
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Sources (4)
- John Horton, "Tennessee, Birth Records (ER Series), 1908-1912"
- John Horton, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- John Horton, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Age 1
1931 · The Parthenon is Built
Age 20
1935 · The FBI is Established
Age 24
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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