Bernard Vanleer Horton was born in 1838 in Newton Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania. His parents were John Horton Jr. and Jane C. Lindsey who were married in 1825.
Bernard had four older siblings and three younger siblings.
About 1862 Bernard married Hannah Ann Green in Delaware. Together they had three children: William F. Horton, Jane Cochran Horton and Frazier Horton.[1]
Research Notes
The Philadelphia Record; Sunday morning, August 19, 1894, Page 3:
"HORTON - On August 18, 1894, BERNARD V. HORTON, aged 55 years. The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Wednesday, at 10 o'clock, from his late residence, Haverford township, Delaware County. Interment at St. David's, Radnor."
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4HZ-J5Q : 22 December 2020), Bernard Horton in household of John Horton, Newtown Square, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZGK-P65 : accessed 5 April 2016), Bernard Horton, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 24, family 175, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,836.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWFQ-57F : accessed 5 April 2016), Bernard Horton, Radnor, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 1, sheet 10D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1125; FHL microfilm 1,255,125.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWFQ-57F : 14 January 2022), Bernard Horton, Radnor Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKP-VQC9 : 15 December 2021), Bernard Vanleer Horton, ; Burial, Wayne, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Old Saint David's Church Cemetery; citing record ID 50618327, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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