Background
Horton, Edward Augustus was born on September 28, 1843 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Marshall and Ann (Leonard) Horton.
Horton, Edward Augustus was born on September 28, 1843 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Marshall and Ann (Leonard) Horton.
Served in S. Atlantic Squadron during Civil War. Student University of Michigan, 1865-1866 (honorary Master of Arts, 1880). Graduate Meadville Theological Seminary, 1868.
Studied at Brunswick and Heidelberg, 1871. (Doctor of Divinity, Tufts College, 1919).
Mistress B. Arthur Bensley). Pastor Leominster, Massachusetts, 1868-1875, Hingham, Massachusetts, 1877-1880, Second Church, Copley Square, Boston, 1880-1892 (emeritus). President Unitarian S.S. Society, and editor, Every Other Sunday, 1892-1910.
Chaplain emeritus of Massachusetts Senate, Massachusetts Grand Lodge Freemasons, Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, and of Kinsley Post G.A.R.
Married Josephine Adelaide Rand, December, 1875.