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Additional Names

Additional Names	Name
Name at Birth	Valentine Baxter Horton

Partners

Partner	Date of Birth	Children
Clara Alsop Pomeroy	07 Oct 1804	Valentine Baxter Horton Jr. Clara Pomeroy Horton Frances Dabney Horton Edwin Johnson Horton Annie Alsop Horton Catharine Pomeroy Horton Samuel Dana Horton

Person Events

Event Type	Date	Place	Description
Birth	29 Jan 1802	Windsor, Vermont, United States
Marriage	30 Nov 1833	Pomeroy, Meigs, Ohio, United States
Place of Residence	1850	Salisbury Township, Meigs, Ohio, United States
Place of Residence	1860	Salisbury Township, Meigs, Ohio, United States
Place of Residence	1870	Ohio, United States
Occupation			Lawyer
Death	14 Jan 1888	Pomeroy, Meigs, Ohio, United States
Burial	1888	Pomeroy, Meigs, Ohio, United States

Notes


US Congressman. After attending the Partridge Military School, he studied law in Middletown, Connecticut. He was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Pennsylvania and Ohio. An industrialist pioneer, he ventured into business in the coal and salt industries and was responsible for building the first towboat in Meigs County. He was also the president of the Atlantic and Lake Erie Railway. Elected as an Opposition Party candidate, he represented Ohio's 11th District in the United States House of Representatives, served from 1855 to 1859, and again from 1861 to 1863. He was reelected in 1856 and 1860 as a Republican. In 1861, he was a member of the Peace Convention, where he and fellow delegates tried to prevent civil war. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1862 and returned to his home in Meigs County to resume business endeavors. Bio by: K Guy

US Congressman. After attending the Partridge Military School, he studied law in Middletown, Connecticut. He was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Pennsylvania and Ohio. An industrialist pioneer, he ventured into business in the coal and salt industries and was responsible for building the first towboat in Meigs County. He was also the president of the Atlantic and Lake Erie Railway. Elected as an Opposition Party candidate, he represented Ohio's 11th District in the United States House of Representatives, served from 1855 to 1859, and again from 1861 to 1863. He was reelected in 1856 and 1860 as a Republican. In 1861, he was a member of the Peace Convention, where he and fellow delegates tried to prevent civil war. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1862 and returned to his home in Meigs County to resume business endeavors.

Bio by: K Guy

Sources

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US Congressman. After attending the Partridge Military School, he studied law in Middletown, Connecticut. He was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Pennsylvania and Ohio. An industrialist pioneer, he ventured into business in the coal and salt industries and was responsible for building the first towboat in Meigs County. He was also the president of the Atlantic and Lake Erie Railway. Elected as an Opposition Party candidate, he represented Ohio's 11th District in the United States House of Representatives, served from 1855 to 1859, and again from 1861 to 1863. He was reelected in 1856 and 1860 as a Republican. In 1861, he was a member of the Peace Convention, where he and fellow delegates tried to prevent civil war. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1862 and returned to his home in Meigs County to resume business endeavors.	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18838590/valentine-baxter-horton	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know

Valentene Baxter Horton