From the book "City of
Hudson Burying
Grounds Interments 1829-1873" by Arthur C.M. Kelly, Kinship, Rhinebeck, NY, 1986 on page 173:
HORTON, Eliza, died
Hudson, consumption, married, age 34 y.
In the 19 July 1870 Census at
Hudson,
Ward 4, Dwelling 168, family 207 living in the household of Sarah Suffman:
William
Horton, age 45, male, white,
Sexton Ep. Church, born
England.
William Jr., age 10, male, white, born Ireland.
In the
Hudson Orphan Asylum, 25 July 1870 Census,
Ward 4, page 37:
John
Horton, age 7 male, white, born
England, mother and father of foreign birth, attended school
Walter
Horton, age 4, male, white, born
New York.
Then in the 21 June 1880 census, 3rd
Ward Hudson, page 22, ED 18 at 172 Union Street:
William
Horton, white, male, age 45, married, sexton, born
England as were his parents.
Catherine, white, female, age 52, wife, married, keeping house born Ireland as were her parents.
John T., white, male, age 16, son, single, attended school, born
England, parents born
England.
Walter, white, male, age 14, son, single, born
New York, parents born
England.
So it seems after Eliza died two of their children John and Walter lived for a time at the
Hudson Orphan Asylum then after William remarried they joined the family. I couldn't find William Jr. in the 1880 census at
Hudson and there is no death notice in the above mentioned book.
Susan