White 
County Courthouse in 1903
White County Historical Society
White County, Arkansas

John Wilson Horton

FATHER (name):  John Wilson Horton
date & place of birth: about 1805 in Georgia
date & place of marriage: around 1935 in Georgia
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date & place of death: Dec. 1859, Valley Springs Township, Van Buren County 
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MOTHER (name): Elva Dickens (possibly Mary Elva Dickenson)
date & place of birth: 1820, Georgia
date & place of marriage: 1835, Georgia
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CHILD 1. (name): William J. Horton
date & place of birth: about 1836, Georgia
married (name):  Minerva Mineram Chamberlain
date & place of marriage:  Dec. 12, 1853 in White County, Arkansas
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CHILD 2. (name): James Horton
date & place of birth: 1838, Georgia
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CHILD 3. (name): Newton R. Horton
date & place of birth: 1840, Georgia
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CHILD 4. (name): Martha Elizabeth Horton
date & place of birth: 1841
married (name): James Harvey Davis 
date & place of marriage:  Cape Girardeau, Missouri
other marriages:  James Farender
date & place of death: March 28, 1895, White County, Arkansas  
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CHILD 5. (name): John Manuel Horton
date & place of birth: April 22, 1845, Carrollton, Carroll County, GA
married (name):  Sarah Ann Cooper
date & place of marriage: 1862-Cape Girardeau, MO 
other marriages: Amelia Barr 
date & place of death: June 25, 1917 in Rose Bud, White County, Arkansas 
where buried: Rose Bud Cemetery, White County, Arkansas
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CHILD 6. (name): Frances Horton
date & place of birth: 1847, GA
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CHILD 7. (name): Benjamin Lemuel Horton
date & place of birth: July 1850, Sidon, White County, Arkansas
married (name): Mary Ellie (Elva) Scott 
date & place of marriage: bet. 1872-1873 
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date & place of death:  bet. 1904-05, Tupelo, Coal County, OK
where buried: Grasshopper Cemetery, Tupelo, Coal County, OK
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CHILD 8. (name): Sarah Horton
date & place of birth: 1854, Sidon, White County, Arkansas
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CHILD 9. (name): Joseph Benjamin Horton 
date & place of birth: Nov. 18, 1856, Sidon, White County,Arkansas
married (name): Josephine Tennessee Crockett 
date & place of marriage: March 7, 1875 in Arkansas 
other marriages: Belle Eastman on Nov. 21, 1909 in Idabel, McCurtain County, OK 
date & place of death:  Feb. 6, 1931, Romance, White County, Arkansas
where buried: Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Joy, White County, Arkansas
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CHILD 10. (name): Elizabeth Odusta Horton
date & place of birth: Feb. 7, 1858
married (name):  John Preston Pickens
date & place of marriage:  Aug. 16, 1877 in Crawford County, Arkansas
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date & place of death: Dec. 9, 1928 in Sidon, White County, Arkansas 
where buried: Sidon Cemetery, Sidon, White County, Arkansas
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NOTES: This information came from my personal  research with other family members

along with what I already had. This information is for my great, great, great grandparents and

their children.

Tonya O'Bannon - tonya257@hotmail.com

Alvarado, Texas