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Travis Horton Jr.

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Travis Horton Jr.

Birth
Russell County, Virginia, USA
Death
25 Aug 1878 (aged 59)
Bruin, Elliott County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Sandy Hook, Elliott County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953

Name: Travis Horton
Death Date: 25 Aug 1878
Death Location: Elliott
Residence Location: Elliott
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Birth Date: abt 1819
Father's Name: Travis Horton
Mother's Name: Rebecca Horton

Elliott County Deaths 1874,1875,1876 and 1878
usgwarchives.net

Travis Horton, W 59 M
Married
Farming
Died - 8/25/1878
Cause - palzy
Born - Russell Co., VA
Died- Elliott Co, KY
Travis Horton - Born, Scott Co., VA
Rebecca Horton - Born, Tazewell Co., VA.

Travis died at the age of 60 on August 25, 1878; his wife, Rebecca, lived 19 years longer. Both were buried on the Elliott County farm where they spent most of their
married life.

In 1965 the government bought the Horton farm due to construction of Grayson Reservoir and it was necessary to move the graves to new ground, in beautiful Elliott County Memory Gardens near Sandy Hook. Before long the waters of a new lake will lap near the acres where the Horton grandchildren once helped gather sugar maples to make egg shaped candy.One of the four Horton brothers who married four Cox (Cocke) sisters. Originally in the Old Mobley Cemetery which was moved due to building of Grayson Dam in Carter County. Very top of hill in back of cemetery.
Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953

Name: Travis Horton
Death Date: 25 Aug 1878
Death Location: Elliott
Residence Location: Elliott
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Birth Date: abt 1819
Father's Name: Travis Horton
Mother's Name: Rebecca Horton

Elliott County Deaths 1874,1875,1876 and 1878
usgwarchives.net

Travis Horton, W 59 M
Married
Farming
Died - 8/25/1878
Cause - palzy
Born - Russell Co., VA
Died- Elliott Co, KY
Travis Horton - Born, Scott Co., VA
Rebecca Horton - Born, Tazewell Co., VA.

Travis died at the age of 60 on August 25, 1878; his wife, Rebecca, lived 19 years longer. Both were buried on the Elliott County farm where they spent most of their
married life.

In 1965 the government bought the Horton farm due to construction of Grayson Reservoir and it was necessary to move the graves to new ground, in beautiful Elliott County Memory Gardens near Sandy Hook. Before long the waters of a new lake will lap near the acres where the Horton grandchildren once helped gather sugar maples to make egg shaped candy.One of the four Horton brothers who married four Cox (Cocke) sisters. Originally in the Old Mobley Cemetery which was moved due to building of Grayson Dam in Carter County. Very top of hill in back of cemetery.


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