JEFFERSON COUNTY NEW YORK CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS' BIOGRAPHIES

George W. Horth

Union Soldier - Distinguished Service

George W. Horth, son of Waterman Horth and Lucy Foster was born in Henderson in 1828 and enlisted at Adams, August 11, 1862, in Company B, 10th New York Heavy Artillery, participated in the battle before Petersburg, was wounded in the left hand by a minie-ball, and served to the close of the war. He was mustered out May 11, 1865. He married Lucy A.,daughter of Archibald and Fanny (Horth) Brown, in 1849, and they have a son, Eddie C., born in 1852. He came to Adams in 1877.

Sources:
Hamilton Child's Gazetteer of Jefferson County, N.Y., published in 1890, TOWN OF ADAMS
Jefferson County Gen Web, US Civil War Service Records, "Electronic," for George Horth

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