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Lily James

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Walter Shurts Horton

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Lily James — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 20 
  • Father:
  • Nathaniel B. Horton 
  • Mother:
  • Emily Adelaide Shurts   
  • Birth Date:
  • 3 Dec 1857 
  • Birth Location:
  • Delavan, Tazewell, Illinois 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 13 Mar 1944 
  • Death Location:
  • Peoria, Peoria Co., Illinois 
  • Burial Date:
  • 15 Mar 1944 
  • Burial Location:
  • Springdale Cemetery and Mausoleum, Peoria, Peoria Co., Illinois 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Alice Cary Jones
  • Marriage Date:
  • 25 May 1882 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Tazewell County, Illinois 
  • Child:

  Walter Clark "Bud" Horton (Ahnentafel No:10 )

  • Notes: 

  • General counsel for the Illinois Central railroad from 1920 to 1927. Alumni of Northwestern University, Princeton University and the University of Michigan where he was the team captain and quarterback for the 1881 Michigan Wolverines football team. He was also a delegate to the 1908 Republican National Convention.

• Sources for Walter Shurts Horton

  • ¹ Chicago Sun (Chicago, Illinois), 14 MAR 1944, p. 12, Obituary for Walter S Horton.
  • ² Federal Census, IL, Tazewell County, 1860, Dillon, p. 220, Image 34 of 34.
  • ³ Federal Census, IL, Tazewell County, 1870, Delavan, p. 26, Image 26 of 50.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, IL, Tazewell County, 1880, Delavan, E.D. 245, p. 25, Image 25 of 42.
  • ⁵ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 08/11/2020).
  • ⁶ Illinois, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1800-1940, Marriage record for Walter S Horton and Alice C Jones.
  • ⁷ Illinois, U.S., Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947, Death record for spouse Alice Cary Horton.
  • ⁸ Illinois, U.S., Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947, Death record for Walter S Horton.
  • ⁹ Illinois, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1772-1999, Tazewell County, Probate file for father Nathaniel B Horton.
  • ¹⁰ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Record for son Walter Clark Horton.
  • ¹¹ Jenks, Margaret R. and Frank Conkling Seymour, Thomas Horton of Milton and Rehoboth, Massachusetts, Volume 2, n. p.: n. p. (1984), 328.
  • ¹² Wikipedia, "Walter S. Horton", (accessed 08/13/2020).

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