Michael was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania to parents Christian Groff Horst and Susanna Kaufman Nolt. He married Mary Wissler Musser in 1814 and they had about eight known children. He died in 1835 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Sources
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2T-9S22 : 13 December 2015), Michael Horst, 1835; Burial, Leola, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Groffdale Mennonite Brick Church Cemetery; citing record ID 75180331, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Michael by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Michael: