An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., The
Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893, page 295
	
	GEORGE M. HORTON, M.D., medical practitioner of Seattle, Washington, was
born in Shabbona Grove, De Kalb county, Illinois, March 17, 1865.
	His father, Julius Horton, a native of New York, removed, when a young man,
to Shabbona Grove, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was married, in
Shabbona, to Miss Annie E. Bigelow, of Michigan, and continued his merchandising
there until 1869, when, on account of failing health, he was induced to come to
Seattle, where his brother, Dexter Horton, then resided. Upon his arrival here,
he purchased 160 acres of land, a part of the old donation claim of L.M.
Collins, adjoining Seattle, and in the midst of the brush and timber established
his home. In 1890 Mr. Horton platted and subdivided land as the town site of
Georgetown, where he still resides, with health restored and in the enjoyment of
every comfort.
	George M. Horton attended the public schools near Georgetown, and afterward
took a two years' course in the Territorial University at Seattle. He then
engaged in the study of medicine, which he completed at Bellevue Hospital
Medical College, New York city, graduating in 1890. Returning to Seattle, he
entered into partnership with his medical preceptor of three years, Dr. J.S.M.
Smart, also a graduate of Bellevue Hospital Medical College, and with him
continued until the death of Dr. Stuart, in November, 1891, when Dr. Horton
succeeded to the entire practice, which he has since continued. He was elected
Coroner of King county by the Republican party in the fall of 1890, and was
nominated to that office in the convention of 1892, and elected.
	Dr. Horton was married in Portland in December, 1891, to Miss Ethel G.
Benson, a native of New Brunswick.
	Socially, he is a member of the F. & A. M., K. of P., I.O.O.F., Modern
Woodmen of the World, and is president of the Seattle Medical and Library
Association.
	
Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in September 2003 by Jeffrey L. Elmer
	
	
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