William Hancock Horton was the eighth child of Henry Horton & Sarah Ann Hancock born March 26th, 1865 at Norton in the Moors, Burslem, Staffs.
In 1871 William was living at Bank St, Tunstall, Staffs with his parents & brothers & sisters.
By 1881 William was living at New St, Tunstall with his parents & brother Jeremiah. William was a bricklayer.
In May 1884 William sailed from Liverpool to New York to the US on the ‘Arizona’ with his parents. His occupation was given as joiner on the ship’s manifest. It appears that William had previously emigrated to the US in 1882 as this information appears on the 1900 US census.
William married Hattie Bell Black on June 10th, 1889 at Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho. Hattie was born January 3rd, 1874 at Pleasant Grove, Utah, the daughter of Mary Belinda Bacon & William Genis Black.
In 1900 William owned a farm in Rose, Bingham, Idaho where he lived with his wife Hattie B, sons Harry R (7) & Clarence W (4), & daughter Myrtle (6). All the children were born in Idaho.
William & Hattie were living in Rich, Bingham, Idaho in 1920 where William was still farming. They had 7 children at home. Working with him on the farm were sons Harry R, Clarence W & Frank W (19). Also at home were Hattie G (15), Shirley (12), Russell (7) & Joseph (3 yrs 5 months).
In 1930 William & Hattie were still living in Bingham county, now in the precinct of Aberdeen. William was still a farm owner & working with him was son Harry R. Children also at home were Russell & Joseph, both still scholars. Son Harry had served in the US military in WW1.
William died June 15th, 1954 at American Falls, Idaho & buried June 18th, 1954 at Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho.
Hattie died February 7th, 1955 at Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho & was buried February 10th at Blackfoot.
The children of William Hancock Horton & Hattie Bell Black were:
h.1.10.8.1 Harry Reuben Horton born September 29th, 1892 at Moreland, Idaho,
& christened December 11th, 1892 at Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, died July
5th, 1971 at Salmon, Idaho
h.1.10.8.2 Myrtle Horton born April 9th, 1894 at Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho,
died July 12th, 1973
h.1.10.8.3 Clarence William Horton born January 22nd, 1896 at Groveland, Idaho,
died April 16th, 1959 at Challis, Idaho
h.1.10.8.4 Frank Wayne Horton born December 17th, 1900 at Groveland, Idaho,
died February 21st, 1960 at Salmon, Idaho, buried February 25th, 1960 at American
Falls, Idaho
h.1.10.8.5 Hattie Geneva Horton born June 28th, 1904 at Groveland, Idaho,
died April 27th, 1997
h.1.10.8.6 Shirley Irene Horton born July 19th, 1907 at Groveland, Idaho,
died January 1st, 1991
h.1.10.8.7 Charles Fredrick Horton born February 5th, 1911 at Richland, Bingham,
Idaho, died December 10th, 1911
h.1.10.8.8 Russell Horton born December 10th, 1913 at Pingree, Bingham, Idaho,
died March 26th, 1942
h.1.10.8.9 Joseph Horton born July 28th, 1916 at Pingree, Bingham, Idaho,
died October 18th, 1944 in Germany, buried Aberdeen, Bingham, Idaho
h.1.10.8.10 Mary Kathlene Horton born May 31st, 1921 at Pingree, Bingham,
Idaho, died March 24th, 1922