Horatio BRITTON

1820 - 1897  (76 years)

• Name	Horatio BRITTON
  Born	3 May 1820	Monongalia Co, (W)VA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Military	(ENLISTED 1864)  [3, 4, 5]
  	Pvt, Co E, 17th W.Va. Infantry, Civil War
  Census	1850, 1860	Monongalia Co, (W)VA
  Residence	1869	Tyler Co, WV   [6]
  Census	1870	Green District, Wetzel Co, WV
  Census	1880	Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV
  	In household of son John Wilson Britton.
  Occupation	farmer  [6, 7, 8]
  Occupation	school teacher  [1]
  Died	14 Feb 1897
  Buried	Toll Gate Baptist Church Cemetery, Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV   [2]
  Person ID	I822	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	15 May 2023

  
  

  Father	Wilson BRITTON,   b. 1765,   d. Aug 1851  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Jane WADE,   b. CA 1787,   d. Bef Sep 1849  (Age ~ 62 years)
  Family ID	F1063	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth HUSK,   b. CA 1825,   d. CA 1865, Monongalia Co, (W)VA  (Age ~ 40 years)
  Married	14 Dec 1841  [1]
  Notes	1850 Census, Monongalia Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 20 1850: Horatio Briton, 30, farmer; Elisabeth, 25; John W, 7; Edah, 5; Andrew O, 3; Asberry S, (?). All born in Virginia except for John, who was born in Pennsylvania. 1860 Census, Monongalia Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 13 1860: Horatio Britton, 40, farm hand; Elizabeth, 35; John W, 17; Eda, 15; Andrew O, 13; Asberry, 10; Mark S, 7; Fernando, 4; Fielding H, 2. 1870 Census, Wetzel Co, WV (Green Twp), enumerated on Jun 27 1870: Horatio Britten, 44, farmer; Martha J, 35; Asberry S, 20; Mark, 17; Fernando D, 14; Fielding H, 12; Almyra V, 10; George B Mc, 7; Ida A Malsed, 7. Following Elizabeth's death, Horatio married Martha J. (Milburn) Malsed, widow of Civil War veteran Andrew J. Malsed, and moved his family to Tyler/Wetzel County. He and Martha had one child together, daughter Viola, but they soon separated. Horatio then relocated to Ritchie County, where he was residing with son John and his family as of the 1880 Census. [1]
  Children	1. John Wilson BRITTON,   b. 27 Jan 1843, Greene Co, PA ,   d. 22 Dec 1912  (Age 69 years)   2. Edah BRITTON,   b. 4 Apr 1845, Wirt Co, (W)VA ,   d. 26 May 1889, Tanner Fork, Gilmer Co, WV  (Age 44 years)   3. Andrew Osborne BRITTON,   b. 17 Feb 1847, Gilmer Co, (W)VA ,   d. 2 Jan 1926, Newberne, Gilmer Co, WV  (Age 78 years)   4. Asberoy Stephen BRITTON,   b. 27 Apr 1850, Monongalia Co, (W)VA ,   d. 24 Mar 1921, Revel, Gilmer Co, WV  (Age 70 years)   5. Mark S. BRITTON,   b. 16 Feb 1854, Monongalia Co, (W)VA ,   d. Bef May 1910  (Age 56 years)   6. Fernando D. BRITTON,   b. 22 Jan 1856, Greene Co, PA ,   d. 25 Jul 1930, East View (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV  (Age 74 years)   7. Fielding H. BRITTON,   b. Feb 1858, Monongalia Co, (W)VA ,   d. 11 Jan 1942, Akron, Summit Co, OH  (Age ~ 83 years)   8. Almira V. BRITTON,   b. Jul 1860, Monongalia Co, (W)VA ,   d. 3 Jan 1945, Weston, Lewis Co, WV  (Age ~ 84 years)   9. George B. McClellan BRITTON,   b. 10 Dec 1862, Monongalia Co, (W)VA ,   d. 1912  (Age 49 years)
  Family ID	F266	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Martha J. MILBURN,   b. 27 Mar 1836, Tyler Co, (W)VA ,   d. 23 Jun 1908  (Age 72 years)
  Married	7 Oct 1869	Wetzel Co, WV   [9]
  Separated	Bef 1880  [10]
  Children	1. Viola V. BRITTON,   b. Nov 1870, Wetzel Co, WV ,   d. 27 Mar 1909, Allister, Wetzel Co, WV  (Age ~ 38 years)
  Family ID	F39010	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Buried - - Toll Gate Baptist Church Cemetery, Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  822_BRITTON_Horatio_1820-1897_TollGateBaptCem_RitchieCoWV.jpg

  
  

  Documents		822_HoratioBritton_MarthaJaneMilburnMalsed_MarriageRecord_7Oct1869.jpg
  		822_BRITTON_Horatio_USCivilWarPensionIndex.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S2654] The Wade Family, Monongalia County, Virginia, now West Virginia, Franklin Marion Brand, (1927), p. 387. [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995). [S2605] U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], (National Park Service , Ancestry.com). [S2619] U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line], (Ancestry.com). [S2654] The Wade Family, Monongalia County, Virginia, now West Virginia, Franklin Marion Brand, (1927), p. 387. At the opening of the Civil War, Horatio Britton organized a company of home guards and became its captain. In 1864, he residgned as captain of the guards and enlisted in the Union Army, Co E, 7th WVa Infantry, and served until the end of the war. [S2292] Wetzel County Marriage Records, New Martinsville, WV. [S2178] 1850 Census, Monongalia County (W)VA. [S2340] 1870 Census, Wetzel County, WV. [S2292] Wetzel County Marriage Records, New Martinsville, WV. Identified as Horatio Britton, widowed, 43, farmer, b. Monongalia Co, res. Tyler Co, son of Wilson & Jane Britton; and Martha J. Malsed, widowed, 34, b. Tyler Co, res. Wetzel Co, dau of John H. & Hannah Milburn. Married Oct 7 1869 "at Martha Jane Malsed." http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11592876&Type=Marriage http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11593222&Type=Marriage [S1710] 1880 Census.