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    Lucy Prentiss of Tioga, Tioga Co., NY
    By Linus Joseph Dewald Jr., Editor
    Fall 1999 and Revised 3 Sep 2008

    1. William Prentis/Prentiss may have been b. c. 1792 in PA.

    He m. Elizabeth Wells, b. in NY. They had 1 or more children, including:

    1. Lucy Prentiss was b. 3 Jul 1840. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2]

    2. Lucy Prentiss was b. 3 Jul 1840 at an unspecified location and d. 3 Jan 1914, Rolland Twp., Isabella Co., MI (ref: The Hortons in American and Ancestry.com: Public Member Trees ).

    She m. Thomas Goldsmith Horton in 1857 at Tioga, PA (per IGI). He was b. 1831 in Tioga, PA (per IGI) and d. 1897, MI. Tiogo lies close to the NY border and a short distance west of Elmira, NY. Thomas Goldsmith Horton was the son of Daniel Moore Horton (b. c. 1795-1810) and Anna Kimble.

    Lucy Prentiss and and Thomas Goldsmith Horton had the following children per The Hortons in America and Ancestry.com: Public Member Tree:

    1. Hector Alton Horton, b. 7 Jul 1859, NY and d. 21 Apr 1875, Sheridan, Micosta Co., MI.
    2. Jessie F. Horton, dau., b. c. 1862, NY. Living with Charles' family in 1900 census. She m. Mr. Price.
    3. Charles J. Horton, b. 1865, NY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
    4. John C. Horton, b. c. 1865, NY.
    5. Theodora Horton, b. c. 1867, MI.
    6. William A. Horton, b. c. 1869, MI
    7. Eugene M. Horton, b. c. 1870, MI
    8. Thomas Goldsmith Horton, b. 1872, MI. He m. Elizabeth Eymer, 1900. Living with Charles' family in 1900 census.
    9. Isabel/Isabella L. Horton, b. 1874, MI. She m. Earl C. Horton, 1903.
    10. Maud M. Horton, b. 1881. She m. Harry S. Ross in 1906.
    11. Ray D. Horton, b. c. 1885, MI.

    3. Charles J. Horton, b. 25 Jul 1865, Cameron, Stuben Co., NY, and d. 27 Apr 1961, Mecosta, Mecosta Co., MI.. He appears in the 1900 census in Petoskey, Emmet Co., NY, with his wife and family.

    He m. Harriet "Hattie" May Ormsbee in 1888 at Cameron, NY. She was b. 25 May 1870, Martin, MI, and d. 3 Jul 1946, Highland Parki, Wayne Co., MI. She was the dau. of Albert Ormsbee and Carolyn Phelps. Children per Ancestry.com: Public Member Tree :

    1. Edward M. Horton, b. c. 1890, MI. At home in Petoskey in 1900 census.
    2. Carlos G. Horton, b. c. 1893, MI. At home in Petoskey in 1900 census.
    3. Irma L. Horton, b. c. 1896, MI. At home in Petoskey in 1900 census.
    4. Eva Carolyn Horton, b. c. 1897, MI. At home in Petoskey in 1900 census.
    5. Dorothy Horton
    6. Clara/Clarra/Claisa Horton, b. May 1890, MI. At home in Petoskey in 1900 census.

    Living with Charles' family in the 1900 census was his siblings, Thomas and Jessie.

    The Hortons of America also mentions, as a Horton descendant, Marjorie Prentiss Horton, born 1908, who m. Earl Garlow and had one daughter, Noreen Marie Garlow. They all reside at Homer, Mich. It seems likely that Marjorie is a daughter of either Charles or Thomas, above.

    Lucy does not appear in my extracts from the 1850 PA census when she would have been living at home, so it may be that she was lived in NY prior to her 1857 marriage at Tioga, PA.

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