Background
Horton, Thomas Corwin was born on August 3, 1848 in Cincinnati. Son of Henry Victor and Sophia Matilda (Daugherty) Horton.
Horton, Thomas Corwin was born on August 3, 1848 in Cincinnati. Son of Henry Victor and Sophia Matilda (Daugherty) Horton.
Student Farmers’ College, College Hill, O., 1 year.
Trained in office work. Partner in state agency Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machines, Incorporated. Secretary Young Men's Christian Association Indianapoils, 1876, later evangelist Presbyterian Church.
Regularly ordained to ministry, 1884.
Pastor Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1 year. Associate pastor with Review Doctor A. T. Pierson, Bethany Church, Philadelphia, 1885-1889.
Secretary Young Men's Christian Association, Saint Paul, 1890. Pastor Independent Church, Saint Paul, 1894-1900, 1st Congressional Church (now Scofield Memorial Church), Dallas, Texas, 1900-1903, and secretary Young Men's Christian Association, 1904-1906.
Bible Teacher Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles, 1906.
Organizer and president International Fishermen’s Club for Young Men. Organized Bible Institute of Los Angeles, 1907 (superintendent emeritus). Associate pastor Church of the Open Door, 1915-1924.
Editor in chief The King’s Business, 1910-1925.
Married Anna Y. Kingsbury, May 15, 1872 (died 1920). Married second, Harriet L. Ransom, March 16, 1922. Children: Ruth Pierson (Mistress C. L. Wells), Helen (Mistress Paul East. Walker), Margaret (Mistress V. V. Morgan), Jessie Blake (deceased).