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Gilbert Horton

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Gilbert Horton (c.1840 - July 1894) was an American politician who served as a justice of the peace and a state legislator in Mississippi. A Republican, he served in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1884 and 1885. Horton lived in Greenville, Mississippi with his wife Matilda.

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