--The Blount County News and Dispatch,
15 Nov 1888:
There's Life In the Old Land Yet
An old man aged sixty-eight years, is made supremely happy by the arrival of twins, who in the course of human events will call him Papa.
Despite the result of the election, there's joy in the household of Mr. Jeffrey Horton who owns the mill on Scarem Creek, six miles south of Blountsville. The birth of twin daughters accounts for it.
Mr. Jeffrey Horton, the father, is 68 years old. Mrs. Horton is about 36, and is his second wife; they were married about a year ago. The only thing that mars Mr. Horton's happiness is the fact, that upon the arrival of the little ones Dr. Clapp announced boys; but upon closer scrutiny by Mrs. Drake and Mrs. Richards, who were present, they turned out to be of the feminine gender, and the old man, for his very life, cannot understand how the transformation took place.
Each of the little ones weighed nine and a half pounds, and mother and babes are doing well, while the old man is jubilant. Mr. Horton is the father of sixteen children by his first wife, twelve of whom are living.
A son of his, Mr. T. M. Horton, of Nectar, is now in his fortieth year, became a happy father recently for the twelfth time, and the little fellow is named Grover Cleveland. Mr. and Mrs. Horton are both good looking, young and vigorous.
15 Nov 1888:
There's Life In the Old Land Yet
An old man aged sixty-eight years, is made supremely happy by the arrival of twins, who in the course of human events will call him Papa.
Despite the result of the election, there's joy in the household of Mr. Jeffrey Horton who owns the mill on Scarem Creek, six miles south of Blountsville. The birth of twin daughters accounts for it.
Mr. Jeffrey Horton, the father, is 68 years old. Mrs. Horton is about 36, and is his second wife; they were married about a year ago. The only thing that mars Mr. Horton's happiness is the fact, that upon the arrival of the little ones Dr. Clapp announced boys; but upon closer scrutiny by Mrs. Drake and Mrs. Richards, who were present, they turned out to be of the feminine gender, and the old man, for his very life, cannot understand how the transformation took place.
Each of the little ones weighed nine and a half pounds, and mother and babes are doing well, while the old man is jubilant. Mr. Horton is the father of sixteen children by his first wife, twelve of whom are living.
A son of his, Mr. T. M. Horton, of Nectar, is now in his fortieth year, became a happy father recently for the twelfth time, and the little fellow is named Grover Cleveland. Mr. and Mrs. Horton are both good looking, young and vigorous.
--The Blount County News and Dispatch,
15 Nov 1888:
There's Life In the Old Land Yet
An old man aged sixty-eight years, is made supremely happy by the arrival of twins, who in the course of human events will call him Papa.
Despite the result of the election, there's joy in the household of Mr. Jeffrey Horton who owns the mill on Scarem Creek, six miles south of Blountsville. The birth of twin daughters accounts for it.
Mr. Jeffrey Horton, the father, is 68 years old. Mrs. Horton is about 36, and is his second wife; they were married about a year ago. The only thing that mars Mr. Horton's happiness is the fact, that upon the arrival of the little ones Dr. Clapp announced boys; but upon closer scrutiny by Mrs. Drake and Mrs. Richards, who were present, they turned out to be of the feminine gender, and the old man, for his very life, cannot understand how the transformation took place.
Each of the little ones weighed nine and a half pounds, and mother and babes are doing well, while the old man is jubilant. Mr. Horton is the father of sixteen children by his first wife, twelve of whom are living.
A son of his, Mr. T. M. Horton, of Nectar, is now in his fortieth year, became a happy father recently for the twelfth time, and the little fellow is named Grover Cleveland. Mr. and Mrs. Horton are both good looking, young and vigorous.
15 Nov 1888:
There's Life In the Old Land Yet
An old man aged sixty-eight years, is made supremely happy by the arrival of twins, who in the course of human events will call him Papa.
Despite the result of the election, there's joy in the household of Mr. Jeffrey Horton who owns the mill on Scarem Creek, six miles south of Blountsville. The birth of twin daughters accounts for it.
Mr. Jeffrey Horton, the father, is 68 years old. Mrs. Horton is about 36, and is his second wife; they were married about a year ago. The only thing that mars Mr. Horton's happiness is the fact, that upon the arrival of the little ones Dr. Clapp announced boys; but upon closer scrutiny by Mrs. Drake and Mrs. Richards, who were present, they turned out to be of the feminine gender, and the old man, for his very life, cannot understand how the transformation took place.
Each of the little ones weighed nine and a half pounds, and mother and babes are doing well, while the old man is jubilant. Mr. Horton is the father of sixteen children by his first wife, twelve of whom are living.
A son of his, Mr. T. M. Horton, of Nectar, is now in his fortieth year, became a happy father recently for the twelfth time, and the little fellow is named Grover Cleveland. Mr. and Mrs. Horton are both good looking, young and vigorous.
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