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Joseph Griffin Horton was born February 15, 1856, in Wayne County, Tennessee, the son of Nathaniel H. "Than" Horton and Mary Margaret "Peggy" Berry.
Joseph married Mary Catherine "Cassie" Woody on September 26, 1878, in Wayne County. Cassie Woody was born December 14, 1858, in Wayne County, the daughter of Joseph Josiah S. Woody and Mary Ann Margaret Ingram.
Joseph was a farmer, as were most of the Horton men. Cassie died March 6, 1927, in Wayne County. Joseph died April 4, 1930, in Wayne County. They are both buried in the Horton Cemetery located on the Tom Helton Farm on Weatherford Creek, at Lutts, in Wayne County.
Children of Joseph Horton and Cassie Woody
1. Ella Horton, b. Oct 6, 1882, Martin's Mill, Wayne Co, TN; d. 1960, Wayne Co; m. Sam Martin, son of Will Martin and Nancy Weatherford, Jan 14, 1903, Wayne Co.
2. Paralee "Lee" Horton, b. Nov 1885, Wayne Co, TN; d. 1910, Wayne Co; m. James L. Abrams on May 2, 1909, Wayne Co.
3. Annie Mae Horton, b. June 7, 1896, Rose Hollow, Martin's Mill, Wayne Co, TN; m. James L. Abrams (her sister's widower) on Oct 19, 1919, Wayne Co.