Daughter of William Loyal Horton and Jane Lyons Horton. Her father died when she was just 1 yr old; her grandfather, Hiram Hanmer Horton, Jr became her guardian. He died when she was 12 yrs old. William Almon Wheeler, a lawyer and New York politician, then became her guardian. He was elected vice-president in 1876 under Rutherford B. Hayes when Anna was 16.
Anna first husband, Eugene A Pratt, whom she married 04 Oct 1887, died 09 Jun 1889. She married George Warner Sherwood on 25 Nov 1891. Anna and George left New York and moved to California then; their first child was born in Riverside, just nine months later. She was mother to Arthur Horton, Lawrence Wead, Madeline, Lyman Daniel, and George Warner.
(Info taken from family group sheet, compiled by Madeline Wilson of Paradise, CA in Nov 1988). After Madeline died in the Influenza Pandemic of 1918, Anna and George adopted her son, their young grandson, Max Roberson.
Anna first husband, Eugene A Pratt, whom she married 04 Oct 1887, died 09 Jun 1889. She married George Warner Sherwood on 25 Nov 1891. Anna and George left New York and moved to California then; their first child was born in Riverside, just nine months later. She was mother to Arthur Horton, Lawrence Wead, Madeline, Lyman Daniel, and George Warner.
(Info taken from family group sheet, compiled by Madeline Wilson of Paradise, CA in Nov 1988). After Madeline died in the Influenza Pandemic of 1918, Anna and George adopted her son, their young grandson, Max Roberson.
Daughter of William Loyal Horton and Jane Lyons Horton. Her father died when she was just 1 yr old; her grandfather, Hiram Hanmer Horton, Jr became her guardian. He died when she was 12 yrs old. William Almon Wheeler, a lawyer and New York politician, then became her guardian. He was elected vice-president in 1876 under Rutherford B. Hayes when Anna was 16.
Anna first husband, Eugene A Pratt, whom she married 04 Oct 1887, died 09 Jun 1889. She married George Warner Sherwood on 25 Nov 1891. Anna and George left New York and moved to California then; their first child was born in Riverside, just nine months later. She was mother to Arthur Horton, Lawrence Wead, Madeline, Lyman Daniel, and George Warner.
(Info taken from family group sheet, compiled by Madeline Wilson of Paradise, CA in Nov 1988). After Madeline died in the Influenza Pandemic of 1918, Anna and George adopted her son, their young grandson, Max Roberson.
Anna first husband, Eugene A Pratt, whom she married 04 Oct 1887, died 09 Jun 1889. She married George Warner Sherwood on 25 Nov 1891. Anna and George left New York and moved to California then; their first child was born in Riverside, just nine months later. She was mother to Arthur Horton, Lawrence Wead, Madeline, Lyman Daniel, and George Warner.
(Info taken from family group sheet, compiled by Madeline Wilson of Paradise, CA in Nov 1988). After Madeline died in the Influenza Pandemic of 1918, Anna and George adopted her son, their young grandson, Max Roberson.
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
