Thomas Jefferson (Jeff) Horton

Other Events:

• Education: Quanah, Hardeman County, Texas, USA; Sixth Grade
• Name: Thomas Jefferson (Jeff) Horton
• Occupation: Farmer
• Literacy: 1900; Illiterate (according to census)
• Death: 30 Sep 1940

Thomas married Virginia Caroline (Jennie) Todd on 27 Dec 1883 in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas, USA. Virginia (daughter of George Henry Todd and Margaret Amanda Ross) was born on 5 Dec 1863 in Dyersburg, Dyer County, Tennessee, USA; died on 22 Jan 1935 in Quanah, Hardeman County, Texas, USA; was buried in Johnston Cemetery, Quanah, Hardeman County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Una Mae Horton was born on 14 Nov 1885 in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas, USA; died on 3 Dec 1902 in Quanah, Hardeman County, Texas, USA; was buried in Johnston Cemetery, Quanah, Hardeman County, Texas, USA.
2. Earnest Elmer Horton was born on 12 Jan 1888 in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas, USA; died on 2 Nov 1943 in Quanah, Hardeman County, Texas, USA; was buried in Quanah Memorial Park, Quanah, Hardeman County, Texas, USA.
3. Mary Myrtle Horton was born on 27 Oct 1890 in Quanah, Hardeman County, Texas, USA; died on 16 May 1891 in Quanah, Hardeman County, Texas, USA; was buried in Johnston Cemetery, Quanah, Hardeman County, Texas, USA.
4. Clarence Madison Horton was born on 13 Apr 1893 in Quanah, Hardeman County, Texas, USA; died on 1 Feb 1988 in Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA; was buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles County, California, USA.
5. Viera Annie Horton was born on 27 Apr 1895 in Quanah, Hardeman County, Texas, USA; died in Jan 1984 in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA.
6. Brady Leslie Horton was born on 29 Sep 1897 in Quanah, Hardeman County, Texas, USA; died on 8 Nov 1989 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA; was buried in Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA.

Other Events:

• Occupation: Between 1840 and 1880; Farmer (on 1840-1880 census records)

Notes:

1. His year and location of birth are unknown, and are reported inconsistently in the 5 censuses in which he appears
2.His death date is unknown. His grandchildren said that he died in Fannin County, Texas, where he appeared in the 1880 census.

Birth:
His birth date and location and even his name inconsistently reported in U.S. Censuses, but that's about all we have. He was known to his grandchildren as "Ezra", but it is clear that his first name began with "A"; I have settled on "Azre"

Died:
Presumed before his wife Amanda's next marriage.

Azre married Sarah Hamby before 1837 in Tennessee, USA. Sarah was born between 1810 and 1821 in Tennessee, USA; died about 1871 in Colbert County, Alabama, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Date inconsistently recorded in census records, but that's all we have.

Died:
According to oral family history.

Notes:

Married:
No record. Assumed before birth of first child; in contrast to some trees that list 1840 without a source.