Background
Horton, Jesse M. was born on March 17, 1889 in Kirksville, Missouri, United States. Son of Minor B. and Nancy (Conner) Horton.
Horton, Jesse M. was born on March 17, 1889 in Kirksville, Missouri, United States. Son of Minor B. and Nancy (Conner) Horton.
Student Kirksville (Missouri) State Teachers College, 1912-1914, Gem City Business College, Quincy, Illinois, 1908-1909, La Grange (Missouri), 1914-1917, Young Men’s Christian Association College Chicago, 1917-1918. Doctor of Divinity, Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1942.
July 1953); children—Gwendolyn (Mistress Jack Stalions), Dorothy (Mistress Edgar O’Rourke), Virginia (Mistress David Roberts). Married second, Elizabeth Ford, August 14, 1954. County work director Illinois State Young Men’s Christian Association, Danville, Illinois, 1919-1921.
Ordained to ministry Baptist Church, Paris, Missouri, 1911. Pastor South Bend, Indiana, 1921-1925, Frankfort, Indiana, 1926, Hammond, Indiana, 1927-1941. Executive secretary Indiana Baptist Convention and director finance and promotion for Northern Baptist Convention in Indiana, headquarters, Indianapolis, since 1941.
Served as physical director with armed forces, Camp Grant, Illinois, 1917-1919. Board of directors Franklin (Indiana) College. Member Northern Baptist Convention (member of council on finance and promotion.
Married Margaret Varney, October 12, 1910 (deceased.; married second, Elizabeth Ford, August 14, 1954. Children: Gwendolyn (Mistress Jack Stalions), Dorothy (Mistress Edgar O’Rourke), Virginia (Mistress David Roberts).