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Frank Staples Horton 1927 – 2007 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Aug 1927

Birth Location: Pontiac Oakl, Michigan

Death Date: 10 Nov 2007

Death Location: Russell, Kansas

Father: Leon Horton

Mother: Orpha Piehl

Spouse(s): Lorene Horton

Children(s): David Horton, Donald Horton, Lillian Feldt

According to available records, Frank Staples Horton was born in 1927 in Pontiac Oakl, Michigan, the child of Leon Lukens Horton and Orpha Delphine (twin) Hicks Horton Piehl. Following those early years, Frank Staples Horton married Lorene C. Jacobson Horton, and their family grew to include David Edwin Horton, Donald Horton and Lillian Feldt. In the later years of life, Frank Staples Horton died in 2007 in Russell, Kansas.

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Parents

Leon Horton
1893 – 1939
Birth Location: Gladwin, Gladwin, Michigan
LH
Orpha Piehl
1889 – 1976
Birth Location: Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan
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Spouses(s)

Lorene Horton
1927 – 2014
Birth Location: Topeka, Kansas
LH

Children(s)

David Horton
1951 –
Birth Location: Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
DH
Donald Horton
Birth Location: –
DH
Lillian Feldt
Birth Location: –
LF

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1 Aug 1927
    Event Place: Pontiac Oakl, Michigan
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, 1940 United States Federal Census, 1950 United States Federal Census, U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1, U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Michigan, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 539, Year: 1940; Census Place: Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan; Roll: m-t0627-01801; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 63-110, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File, Year: 1930; Census Place: Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan; Roll: 1017; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0058; Image: 560.0; FHL microfilm: 2340752, Journal News, The; Publication Date: 23/ Dec/ 2007; Publication Place: White Plains, New York, USA, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Minneapolis

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan; Roll: 1017; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0058; Image: 560.0; FHL microfilm: 2340752

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan; Roll: m-t0627-01801; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 63-110

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan; Roll: m-t0627-01801; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 63-110

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Minneapolis

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: Before 1951
    Event Place: Michigan
    Record Source: U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1955
    Event Place: Pontiac, Michigan, USA
    Record Source: U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1993
    Event Place: Hoisington, KS
    Record Source: U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Hoisington
    Record Source: U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current, Journal News, The; Publication Date: 23/ Dec/ 2007; Publication Place: White Plains, New York, USA

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, USA
    Record Source: U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Michigan, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 539

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 10 Nov 2007
    Event Place: Russell, Kansas
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File, Journal News, The; Publication Date: 23/ Dec/ 2007; Publication Place: White Plains, New York, USA

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Hoisington, Barton County, Kansas, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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