Alfred Horton Keith, known as Horton, was the oldest child of Alfred Keith (1817-1887?) and Anna Douglass Horton of Sheldon, Vermont. Keith joined the 6th Regiment of the Vermont Infantry, Company K, on October 15, 1861, as a Second Lieutenant. He served through the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse (May 10, 1864) when he was severely wounded. He received a medical discharge in September 1864 and in March 1865 he received the brevet of Lieutenant Colonel.
Horton Keith married first Emily Raymond and had one daughter, Charlotte Douglass. He married second (1887) Henrietta Hyde Shelton by whom he had four children: Kate, Mabel, Alfred Shelton, and Elizabeth. He died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1910 after a career in the steel industry.
From the description of Letters, 1856-1864. (Vermont Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 34774137
