Valentine Baxter Horton Sr.
Born: January 29, 1802
Birthplace: Windsor, Vermont
Father: Zenas Horton 1773 – 1835
(Buried: Old South Church Cemetery, Windsor, Vermont)
Mother: Nancy Seaver 1770 – 1835
(Buried: Old South Church Cemetery, Windsor, Vermont)
Wife: Clara Alsop Pomeroy 1804 – 1894
(Buried: Beech Grove Cemetery, Pomeroy, Ohio)
Father-in-law of: Major General John Pope 1822 – 1892
(Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri)
Father-in-law of: Brigadier General Manning F. Force 1824 – 1899
(Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio)
Children:
Valentine Baxter Horton Jr. 1826 – 1884
(Buried: Beech Grove Cemetery, Pomeroy, Ohio)
Clara Pomeroy Horton Pope 1834 – 1888
(Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri)
Frances Dabney Horton Force 1837 – 1900
(Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio)
Katherine Horton May 1841 – 1909
(Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Samuel Dana Horton 1844 – 1895
(Buried: Beech Grove Cemetery, Pomeroy, Ohio)
Political Party: Republican Party
Occupation before War:
1830 – 1833: Attorney in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1833 – 1835: Attorney in Cincinnati, Ohio
1835 – 1855: Attorney in Pomeroy, Ohio
1835 – 1855: Businessman with Sale and Transportation of Coal
1835 – 1855: Businessman in the Development in Salut Industry
1855 – 1859: United States Congressman from Ohio
1855 – 1857: Member of House Private Land Claims Committee
1857 – 1859: Member of House Post Offices and Post Roads
1858: Choose not to be a candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress.
1860: Member of Ohio State Constitutional Convention
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1863: United States Congressman from Ohio
1861 – 1863: Member of House Ways and Means Committee
1861: Member of Washington, D.C. Peace Conference
1862: Choose not to be a candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress.
1855 – 1863: In his entire career, he only missed 534 of 1,915 votes.
1863 – 1888: Coal Miner in Pomeroy, Ohio
Died: January 14, 1888
Place of Death: Pomeroy, Ohio
Age at time of Death: 85 years old
Burial Place: Beech Grove Cemetery, Pomeroy, Ohio
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