Houghton Surname Project

Sally Houghton^1,2

F, #11911, b. 20 March 1790, d. 25 February 1872

Biography

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Birth

Mar 20, 1790

Lunenburg, Worcester Co., MA, USA^3,4,5

1870 Census

1870

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, age 80, a housekeeper, property $5000-$1000; with her 3 sisters⁶

Death

Feb 25, 1872

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, JWH, MLM: 2,25, 1872; Whitcomb: 1852^3,7,5

Burial

Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Whitcomb: ae 61y E-26 [CJV: should be 81 not 61]⁷

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517 #3036.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 66 #1740.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517.
[S160] Leominster MA VRs, p. 77.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 66.
[S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, Box 654, p. 279b, line 15, dwl 312-409.
[S75] Whitcomb, Nashaway Burial Grounds, p. 108.

David Houghton^1,2

M, #11912, b. 15 March 1792, d. 1 February 1867

Family: Calista Parker

Marriage Bann*: David Houghton and Calista Parker declared their intentions of marriage on Sep 11, 1828 Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA; JWH: 26 Sep 1828 mar.^3,6,5

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Birth

Mar 15, 1792

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, age 40-50 in 1840 census^3,4,5

Marriage Bann

Sep 11, 1828

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, JWH: 26 Sep 1828 mar^3,6,5

1830 Census

1830

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 7 Total: 1 male 5 to 10 (1821-1825), 1 male 30 to 40 (1791-1800), 1 male 40 to 50 (1781-1790)// 1 female 10 to 15 (1816-1820),1 female 20 to 30 (1801-1810), 1 female 30 to 40 (1791-1800), 1 female 40 to 50 (1781-1790), 1 female 60 to 70 (1761-1770)^7,8

1840 Census

1840

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 4 Total: 1 male 40 to 50 (1790-1799), 1 male 50 to 60 (1780-1789) // 1 female 20 to 30 (1810-1819), 1 female 50 to 60 (1780-1789)⁹

Will

1867

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, W.P. Case # 30941

Death

Feb 1, 1867

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA^3,5

Burial

Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, ae 74y¹⁰

Duplicate

Leominster, MA, USA

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517 #3037.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 66 #1741.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517.
[S160] Leominster MA VRs, p. 76.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 66.
[S160] Leominster MA VRs, p. 216.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1830 US Census, Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, Box 68, p. 19.
[S1224] 1830 U.S. Federal Census , Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: 68; Page: 19.
[S1225] 1840 U.S. Federal Census , Leominster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; Roll: 202; Page: 335.
[S75] Whitcomb, Nashaway Burial Grounds, p. 108.

Lucy Houghton^1,2

F, #11913, b. 12 June 1794

Family: Ebenezer Atherton

Marriage Bann: Lucy Houghton and Ebenezer Atherton declared their intentions of marriage on Nov 24, 1815 Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA.⁷
Marriage*: Lucy Houghton married Ebenezer Atherton on Dec 28, 1815 at Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA.^3,6,5

Biography

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Birth

Jun 12, 1794

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA^3,4,5

Marriage

Dec 28, 1815

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA^3,6,5

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517 #3038.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 66 #1742.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517.
[S160] Leominster MA VRs, p. 77.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 66.
[S160] Leominster MA VRs, p. 217.
[S43] Thomas W. Baldwin, Harvard MA VRs, p. 182.

Abigail Houghton^1,2

F, #11914, b. 26 May 1796, d. 11 January 1876

Biography

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Birth

May 26, 1796

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, age 54 in 1850 census; age 74 in 1870 census; MLM: 1798^3,4,5

Death

Jan 11, 1876

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, unmar.^3,6,5

Burial

Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, ae 79y E-26⁷

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517 #3039.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 66 #1743.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517.
[S160] Leominster MA VRs, p. 77.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 66.
[S886] Unknown compiler address, MA Death Index 1841-1895, 22, #167: p. 283/229.
[S75] Whitcomb, Nashaway Burial Grounds, p. 108.

Relief Houghton^1,2

F, #11915, b. 9 July 1798

Family: Jonas Bessom

Marriage*: Relief Houghton married Jonas Bessom on Mar 20, 1828 at Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA.^3,6,5,7

Biography

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Birth

Jul 9, 1798

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, MLM: Oct. 12, 1800 (CJV: sister's bd)^3,4,5

Marriage

Mar 20, 1828

Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA^3,6,5,7

Newspaper

Mar 22, 1828

Columbian Centenial: marriage⁸

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517 #3040.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 66 #1744.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517.
[S160] Leominster MA VRs, p. 77.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 66.
[S617] MA Centinel Marriage Index 2, p. 1894.
[S95] Newspaper, Marriages Reported in the Boston Recorder and Telegraph, 1827 and 1828.
[S616] MA Centinel Marriage Index 4,.

Eunice Houghton^1,2

F, #11916, b. 12 October 1800

Family: Thomas Houghton

Marriage Bann: Eunice Houghton and Thomas Houghton declared their intentions of marriage on Mar 23, 1823 Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA.⁴
Marriage*: Eunice Houghton married Thomas Houghton, son of Joseph Houghton and Lois Ross, on Apr 14, 1823 at Stow, Middlesex Co., MA, USA.^7,6

Biography

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Birth

Oct 12, 1800

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, age 59 in 1860 census^3,4,5,6

Marriage

Apr 14, 1823

Stow, Middlesex Co., MA, USA^7,6

1860 Census

1860

Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA, age 79, farmer, property $1200-$250⁸

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517 #3041.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 66 #1745.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517.
[S67] Vital Records of Bolton, p. 140, 143.
[S160] Leominster MA VRs, p. 77.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 66.
[S457] Stow MA VRs, p. 164.
[S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , Bolton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; Microfilm: M653; Page: 47, line 20, dwl 361-382.

Mary Houghton^1,2

F, #11917, b. 10 August 1802, d. 28 May 1812

Biography

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Birth

Aug 10, 1802

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA^3,4,5

Death

May 28, 1812

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, lung fever; a. 9 y. 9m 18d^3,6,5

Burial

Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, ae 9y d/o Ebenezer & Emme Q-14⁷

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517 #3042.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 66 #1746.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517.
[S160] Leominster MA VRs, p. 77.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 66.
[S160] Leominster MA VRs, p. 324.
[S75] Whitcomb, Nashaway Burial Grounds, p. 108.

Rufus Houghton^1,2

M, #11918, b. 22 October 1804

Family: Susan Farnsworth

Marriage*: Rufus Houghton married Susan Farnsworth on Apr 2, 1834.^3,5

Biography

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Birth

Oct 22, 1804

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, age 45 in 1850 census; age 55 in 1860 census; age 65 in 1870 census^3,4,5

Marriage

Apr 2, 1834

^3,5

1840 Census

1840

Rutland, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 4 Total: 1 male 5 to 10 (1830-1835), 1 male 30 to 40 (1800-1809) // 1 female 20 to 30 (1810-1819), 1 female 50 to 60 (1780-1789)⁶

1850 Census

1850

Rutland, Worcester Co., MA, USA, age 45, a farmer; a George Baker, age 13, living with them⁷

1860 Census

1860

Rutland, Worcester Co., MA, USA, age 55, farmer; and George Baker, 16⁸

1870 Census

1870

Rutland, Worcester Co., MA, USA, age 65, a farmer, property $2500-$6590⁹

Will

1875

Rutland, Worcester Co., MA, USA, W.P. Case #31152¹⁰

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517 #3043.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 66 #1747.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517.
[S160] Leominster MA VRs, p. 77.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 66.
[S1225] 1840 U.S. Federal Census , Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: 202; Page: 275.
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_341; Page: 415;
line 2, dwl 218-240.
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: M653_531; Page: 20; line 38, dwl 179-180.
[S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , Rutland, Worcester Co., MA, Box 655, p. 245, line 23, dwl 128-135.
[S409] Probate Records , Worcester, MA.

Louisa Houghton^1,2

F, #11919, b. 3 December 1807, d. 16 November 1893

Biography

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Birth

Dec 3, 1807

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, age 62 in 1870 census; age 68 in 1880 census; JWH: 3 Dec 1808^3,4,5

Guardiansp

1827

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, W.P. Case # 31067⁶

1880 Census

1880

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, age 68, living alone⁷

Residence

between 1883 and 1893

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA⁸

Death

Nov 16, 1893

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Whitecomb: both Laura H. and Louisa; MLM: 1894^3,9,5

Burial

Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Whitcomb, p. 108 gives both: Laura H. d 16 Nov 1893 ae 85y Louisa d 1893 ae 85y (E-27) [same as parents and twin]⁹

Biography

Unmarried; twin to Loenza

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517 #3044.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 66 #1748.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517.
[S160] Leominster MA VRs, p. 77.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 66.
[S409] Probate Records , Worcester, MA.
[S1229] 1880 U.S. Federal Census , Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: 565; Family History Film: 1254565; Page: 491B; Enumeration District: 849; line 12, dwl 265-308.
[S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Leominster, Massachusetts Directories, 1883-95, Sep. 25, 2001.
[S75] Whitcomb, Nashaway Burial Grounds, p. 108.

Loenza Houghton^1,2

F, #11920, b. 3 December 1807, d. 5 January 1871

Biography

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Birth

Dec 3, 1807

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, twin; age 62 in 1870 census; JWH: 3 Dec 1808^3,4

Will

1871

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, W.P. Case #31066⁵

Death

Jan 5, 1871

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA^3,6

Burial

Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, ae 63y E-27⁷

Biography

Unmarried; twin to Louisa

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517 #3045.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 66 #1749.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517.
[S160] Leominster MA VRs, p. 77.
[S683] Guardianship File, Worcester, MA.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 66.
[S75] Whitcomb, Nashaway Burial Grounds, p. 108.

Jane Houghton^1,2

F, #11921, b. 6 March 1810, d. 15 September 1883

Family: William L. Upham

Marriage*: Jane Houghton married William L. Upham on Dec 22, 1836 at Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA.^3,7,5

Biography

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Birth

Mar 6, 1810

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA^3,4,5

Guardiansp

1827

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, W.P. Case # 31014⁶

Marriage

Dec 22, 1836

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA^3,7,5

Death

Sep 15, 1883

⁸

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517 #3046.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 66 #1750.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517.
[S160] Leominster MA VRs, p. 77.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 66.
[S409] Probate Records , Worcester, MA.
[S160] Leominster MA VRs, p. 217.
[S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx

Harriet E. Houghton^1,2,3

F, #11922, b. 18 June 1830, d. 29 May 1894

Family: Charles Henry Wylie

Marriage*: Harriet E. Houghton married Charles Henry Wylie on Sep 10, 1858.⁵

Biography

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Birth

Jun 18, 1830

Bakersfield, Franklin Co., VT, USA, age 26 in 1850 census^4,5,6

Marriage

Sep 10, 1858

⁵

Residence

Spring Prairie, Walworth Co., WI, USA⁶

Death

May 29, 1894

^4,5

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517 #3049.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 123 #4547.
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Lagrange, Walworth, Wisconsin; Roll: M432_1007; Page: 372; line 41, dwl 564-580(574-588).
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 123.
[S601] Family Group Sheet, from Janice Parks to Ellen Uran Wilson, Sept. 1970.

William Houghton^1,2

M, #11923, b. 12 September 1812, d. 20 September 1812

Biography

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Birth

Sep 12, 1812

not in Leominster VR^3,4

Death

Sep 20, 1812

^3,4

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517 #3048.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 66 #1751.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 66.

Calista Parker¹

F, #11924, b. circa 1799, d. 26 September 1828

Family: David Houghton

Marriage Bann*: Calista Parker and David Houghton declared their intentions of marriage on Sep 11, 1828 Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA; JWH: 26 Sep 1828 mar.^2,3,4

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Birth

circa 1799

dd calc

Marriage Bann

Sep 11, 1828

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, JWH: 26 Sep 1828 mar^2,3,4

Death

Sep 26, 1828

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, a. 29, of fits (Sep. 28); MLM: 1829^5,6,4

Burial

Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, ae 29y w/o David F-28

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517 #3037s.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517.
[S160] Leominster MA VRs, p. 216.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 66.
[S75] Whitcomb, Nashaway Burial Grounds, p. 108.
[S160] Leominster MA VRs, p. 324.

Ebenezer Atherton¹

M, #11925, b. 1 March 1789

Family: Lucy Houghton

Marriage Bann: Ebenezer Atherton and Lucy Houghton declared their intentions of marriage on Nov 24, 1815 Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA.⁶
Marriage*: Ebenezer Atherton married Lucy Houghton, daughter of Ebenezer Houghton Jr. and Emma Jones, on Dec 28, 1815 at Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA.^3,4,5

Biography

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Birth

Mar 1, 1789

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA²

Marriage

Dec 28, 1815

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA^3,4,5

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517 #3038s.
[S43] Thomas W. Baldwin, Harvard MA VRs, p. 10.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517.
[S160] Leominster MA VRs, p. 217.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 66.
[S43] Thomas W. Baldwin, Harvard MA VRs, p. 182.

Jonas Bessom¹

M, #11926

Family: Relief Houghton

Marriage*: Jonas Bessom married Relief Houghton, daughter of Ebenezer Houghton Jr. and Emma Jones, on Mar 20, 1828 at Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA.^2,3,4,5

Biography

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Marriage

Mar 20, 1828

Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA^2,3,4,5

Newspaper

Mar 22, 1828

Columbian Centenial: marriage⁶

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517 #3040s.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517.
[S617] MA Centinel Marriage Index 2, p. 1894.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 66.
[S95] Newspaper, Marriages Reported in the Boston Recorder and Telegraph, 1827 and 1828.
[S616] MA Centinel Marriage Index 4,.

Thomas Houghton^1,2,3

M, #11927, b. 10 February 1781, d. 2 July 1863

Family 1: Asenath Whitney

Marriage: Thomas Houghton married Asenath Whitney on Sep 10, 1803 at Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA.^14,5,6

Family 2: Eunice Houghton

Marriage Bann: Thomas Houghton and Eunice Houghton declared their intentions of marriage on Mar 23, 1823 Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA.²
Marriage*: Thomas Houghton married Eunice Houghton, daughter of Ebenezer Houghton Jr. and Emma Jones, on Apr 14, 1823 at Stow, Middlesex Co., MA, USA.^8,9

Biography

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Birth

Feb 10, 1781

Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA, age 79 in 1860 census^4,5,6

Origin

1823

Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA^7,8

Marriage

Apr 14, 1823

Stow, Middlesex Co., MA, USA^8,9

1830 Census

1830

Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 5 Total: 1 male 20 to 30 (1801-1810), 1 male 40 to 50 (1781-1790)// 1 female 5 to 10 (1821-1825), 1 female 15 to 20 (1811-1815), 1 female 20 to 30 (1801-1810)^10,11

1840 Census

1840

Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 3 Total: 1 male 50 to 60 (1780-1789) // 1 female 15 to 20 (1820-1825), 1 female 30 to 40 (1800-1809); next door to son Sherman

1860 Census

1860

Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA, age 79, farmer, property $1200-$250¹²

Administr

1863

Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA, W.P. Case #31200^13,6

Death

Jul 2, 1863

Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA

Burial

Old Bolton Cemetery, Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA, ae 82y

Research

MLM wrongly attributes parentage for Susan Newell Houghton

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517 #3041s.
[S67] Vital Records of Bolton, p. 140, 143.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 98 #1519.
[S67] Vital Records of Bolton, p. 45.
[S200] Smith, Report to Houghton Association, p. 38 (Family Bible of Oscar Eastman).
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 98.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517.
[S457] Stow MA VRs, p. 164.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 66.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1830 US Census, Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, Box 68, p. 98.
[S1224] 1830 U.S. Federal Census , Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: 68; Page: 98.
[S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , Bolton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; Microfilm: M653; Page: 47, line 20, dwl 361-382.
[S409] Probate Records , Worcester, MA.
[S67] Vital Records of Bolton, p. 143.

Susan Farnsworth¹

F, #11928, b. circa 1814

Family: Rufus Houghton

Marriage*: Susan Farnsworth married Rufus Houghton, son of Ebenezer Houghton Jr. and Emma Jones, on Apr 2, 1834.^3,4

Biography

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Birth

circa 1814

MA, USA, age 36 in 1850 census; age 55 in 1870 census²

Marriage

Apr 2, 1834

^3,4

1850 Census

1850

Rutland, Worcester Co., MA, USA, age 45, a farmer; a George Baker, age 13, living with them⁵

1860 Census

1860

Rutland, Worcester Co., MA, USA, age 55, farmer; and George Baker, 16⁶

1870 Census

1870

Rutland, Worcester Co., MA, USA, age 65, a farmer, property $2500-$6590⁷

Residence

between 1889 and 1894

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, widow of Rufus⁸

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517 #3043s.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1850 US Census, Rutland, Worcester Co., MA, Box 341, p. 415.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 66.
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_341; Page: 415;
line 2, dwl 218-240.
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: M653_531; Page: 20; line 38, dwl 179-180.
[S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , Rutland, Worcester Co., MA, Box 655, p. 245, line 23, dwl 128-135.
[S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Leominster, Massachusetts Directories, 1883-95, Sep. 25, 2001.

William L. Upham^1,2

M, #11929

Family: Jane Houghton

Marriage*: William L. Upham married Jane Houghton, daughter of Ebenezer Houghton Jr. and Emma Jones, on Dec 22, 1836 at Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA.^3,2,4

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Origin

1836

Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA²

Marriage

Dec 22, 1836

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA^3,2,4

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517 #3046s.
[S160] Leominster MA VRs, p. 217.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 66.

Lucetta Houghton^1,2

F, #11930, b. 24 April 1832, d. 29 March 1897

Family: Erastus Johnson

Marriage*: Lucetta Houghton married Erastus Johnson.⁵

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Apr 24, 1832

Bakersfield, Franklin Co., VT, USA, age 18 in 1850 census^3,4,5,6

Marriage

⁵

Death

Mar 29, 1897

MLM: Mar. 29, 1847^3,4

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517 #3050.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 123 #4548.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 517.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 123.
[S601] Family Group Sheet, from Janice Parks to Ellen Uran Wilson, Sept. 1970.
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Lagrange, Walworth, Wisconsin; Roll: M432_1007; Page: 372; line 41, dwl 564-580(574-588).

Horace Houghton^1,2,3

M, #11931, b. 11 January 1833, d. 11 February 1918

Family: Elizabeth Hudson Wishart

Marriage*: Horace Houghton married Elizabeth Hudson Wishart on Jun 17, 1858 at La Grange, Walworth Co., WI, USA.^4,5,6,7

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Jan 11, 1833

Bakersfield, Franklin Co., VT, USA, age 16 in 1850 census; age 26 in 1860 census; age 36 in 1870 census; age 46 in 1880 census; Dec 1833, age 66 in 1900 census; age 76 in 1910 census; MLM: Dec. 11^4,5,6,7,3

Occupation

Walworth Co., WI, USA, a school teacher⁷

Marriage

Jun 17, 1858

La Grange, Walworth Co., WI, USA^4,5,6,7

1860 Census

1860

La Grange, Walworth Co., WI, USA, age 26, farmer; next door to father⁸

1870 Census

1870

LaGrange, Walworth Co., WI, USA, next door to father, age 36, a farmer, property $5000-1000⁹

1880 Census

1880

La Grange Twp, Walworth Co., WI, USA^6,10

Biography

1882

MLM: Article by Mrs. Horace Houghton in the Wisconsin Mag. of History, V. 30, p. 310, 1882: "He came to Wisconsin with his father in 1844, who brought along with him from Oriskany, New York to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, John Frances Appleby. Then bought a farm near Whitewater, Wisc." She wrote of the early days at LaGrange, Wisconsin (and vide paper on the early life of J. F. Appleby, dated October 10, 1926. At the unveiling of his marker on the Houghton farm near LaGrange, Walworth County. In 1874 John Appleby formed a partnership in Mazonie? and opened a shop in Beloit where binders where unsuccessfully exploited. In the attic oh his shop he invented a twine binder. In 1875 he shipped to Travis County, Texas, the first twine binder ever sold. Ten years later practically every acre of grain in Lawrence County cut and bound by machinery."¹¹

1900 Census

1900

La Grange, Walworth Co., WI, USA, age 66, none; two servants¹²

1910 Census

1910

La Grange, Walworth Co., WI, USA, age 39, farmer¹³

Death

Feb 11, 1918

La Grange, Walworth Co., WI, USA, age 85^7,14

Burial

Feb, 1918

Round Prairie Cemetery, La Grange, Walworth Co., WI, USA⁷

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 518 #3051.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 123 #4549, 160.
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Lagrange, Walworth, Wisconsin; Roll: M432_1007; Page: 372; line 41, dwl 564-580(574-588).
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 518.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 123, 160.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1880 Soundex, La Grange Twp, Walworth Co., WI, Reel 18, Vol. 29, ED. 229, Sh. 9, Ln. 18.
[S601] Family Group Sheet, from Janice Parks to Ellen Uran Wilson, Sept. 1970.
[S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , La Grange, Walworth, Wisconsin; Roll: M653_1434; Page: 419; sheet 28, line 22, dwl 182-181.
[S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , LaGrange, Walworth Co., WI, Box 1741, p. 169B, line 16, dwl 103-86.
[S1229] 1880 U.S. Federal Census , La Grange Twp, Walworth Co., WI, Reel 18, Vol. 29, ED. 229, Sh. 9, Ln. 18, dwl 4-4.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 160.
[S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , La Grange, Walworth, Wisconsin; Roll T623_1821; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 91; line 21, dwl 48-50.
[S1231] 1910 U.S. Federal Census , La Grange, Walworth, Wisconsin; Roll: T624_1740; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 141; line 11, dwl 42-42.
[S1395] William D. Houghton, Memoirs of Orley Clifton Houghton, p. 4.

Capt. Chester William Houghton^1,2,3

M, #11932, b. 11 November 1835, d. 19 November 1865

Family: Elisa W. Foster

Marriage*: Capt. Chester William Houghton married Elisa W. Foster at Washington, DC, USA.^5,14,15

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Nov 11, 1835

Bakersfield, Franklin Co., VT, USA, age 14 in 1850 census; age 24 in 1860 census^4,5,6,7,8

Note

W. D. Houghton: "Chester left Wisconsin in the late 1850s, and moved to Detroit, Michigan to study law. Detroit was a busy, thriv-ing city of about 45,000 that was expanding and moderniz-ing rapidly. On November 1, 1860, after attending and graduating from law school, the Circuit Court for Wayne County, Michigan, licensed Chester to practice as an At-torney and Counselor at Law in the courts of the State of Michigan. He would go on to practice law in Port Huron, Michigan..."⁹

Occupation

1860

student at law

Research

1862

Mil. Enls

Aug 14, 1862

Houghton, MI, USA, in the Union Army, Comp. C, 27th MI Infantry, 2nd and 1st Lieut., age 20; Army Register: "Vt. Mich. 1 lt 27 Mich inf 10 Oct 1862; capt 20 Apr 1864; hon dischd 3 Oct 1864; capt c s vols 15 Feb 1865; bvt maj vols 9 Sept 1865 for fai and mer ser; hon must out 9 Oct 1865"; Army Register: 1st Lt., 27th Reg., Col. C. Waite, MI Inf;

Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, p. 65, Vol. 27:
"Houghton, Chester W. Houghton Entered Service in Company C, Twenty-seventy Infantry, at organization, as Second Lieutenant, Aug. 14, 1862, at Houghton [Michigan] for 3 years, age 20. Mustered Oct. 10, 1862. Commissioned First Lieutenant Oct. 10, 1862. Aide-de-Camp on Staff of Colonel Pierce, Commanding Second Brigade, Second Division, Ninth Army Corps, January 1864. Commissioned Captain, Apr. 20, 1864. Discharged for disability, Oct. 3, 1864, on account of wounds received in action at Spotsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864. Captain and Commissary of Substance of Volunteers, Feb. 15, 1865. Discharged Oct. 9, 1865."

WDH: On October 10, 1862, Chester Houghton, age 26, was officially mustered into Company C, 27th Regiment Michi-gan Infantry as a 2nd Lieutenant, in Port Huron, Michigan. He was promoted to a 1st Lt. on December 22, 1862....
Capt. William B. Wright, 1st Lt. Frederick Myers, and 2nd Lt. Chester W. Houghton were the officers in charge of the 152 listed men in the 27 Michigan Infantry, Company C. On April 12, 1863, the regiment proceeded from its rendezvous at Ypsilanti, to Kentucky via Cincinnati, Ohio. The Regiment was stationed at various places in Kentucky, and had one of its first skirmishes with the Confederates at Jamestown on June 2, 1863. They were then assigned to the 3rd. Brigade of the 9th Corp, and then sent to Mississippi to reinforce General Grant‘s Siege of Vicksburg until July 4, 1863...Company Muster Rolls state that for January and February 1864, Chester Houghton was for a time: ?Detailed Acting Aid De Camp Jan. 22, 1864, on the Staff of Colonel E.W. Peirce, Comdg. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps.? On April 20, 1864, Chester Houghton was promoted to a Captain. By the spring of 1864, the 27th Regiment was rested and at full strength of 864 men when it crossed the Rapidan River and took part in the one of the deadliest battle during the Civil War—the Battle of the Wilderness...The Battle of Spotsylvania would be the last battle that Captain Chester Houghton would fight in, as he would become a casualty and nearly lose his life...Captain Chester Houghton, of the 27th Michigan, would be temporarily appointed a Brevet Major when the commander of his unit, Major Samuel Moody, was wounded during the Battle of the Wilderness...have his left arm amputated by surgeons at the same field hospital to save his own life...The military records state that on May 12, 1864, while fighting with his men at the Battle of Spotsylvania, Chester Houghton was severely wounded when a musket ball hit is left arm and shattered it...The surgeon at the field hospital gave Chester the Confederate bullet that they removed from his arm, and he re-tained possession of it and would latter give it to his father, William Houghton, after the war. The descendants of his family still have the Confederate minié ball that cost Chester his left arm and nearly his life...Four days later, on May 16th, 1864, field surgeons in Burnside‘s 9th Corps field hospital amputated Chester‘s left arm at the shoulder joint...Chester, still gravely injured, was then taken to Frede-ricksburg, Virginia, then to nearby Belle Plain. From this port, he was transported and admitted to Armory Square General Hospital in Washington, DC, on May 26th, 1864...Chester Houghton's health did not improve enough that he would be fit for combat duty again, so he was dis-charged for disability on October 3, 1864. Subsequently, he returned to Washington, DC, where he was promoted to Captain and Com. of Subs. US Vol's? on February 15, 1865. The Commissary was in charge of all food or sub-stance supplies at a military post. Such essential food items as pork, salt, candles, coffee, and hard-tack would all be shipped to the troops through the Commissary.
The 27th Michigan's last Company Muster Roll for Chester Houghton is dated July 26, 1865. It states that Chester, age 30, appeared at the Delany House, Washington, DC, and was mustered out on that date, although the official mustered out and honorably discharged date is October 9, 1865. The document further states that he was discharged from S.O. No. 330 by the War Department.^{2,10,11,12,13}

Marriage

Washington, DC, USA^5,14,15

Death

Nov 19, 1865

Derby, Orleans Co., VT, USA, age 30 y, 16 d; of thyphoid fever; Memoirs of nephew Orley C. Houghton, gives Stamstead, Canada^4,5,14,15,7

Burial

Derby, Orleans Co., VT, USA, 30-16 CSUS^15,16

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 518 #3052.
[S248] Francis B. Heitman, Army Register, p. 544.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 123 #4550, 161.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 518.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 123, 161.
[S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , La Grange, Walworth, Wisconsin; Roll: M653_1434; Page: 419; sheet 28, line 16, dwl 181-180.
[S601] Family Group Sheet, from Janice Parks to Ellen Uran Wilson, Sept. 1970.
[S1394] William D. Houghton, Houghton Ancestors:, p. 155.
[S1394] William D. Houghton, Houghton Ancestors:, p. 157.
[S654] Electronic Web Site, , CivilWarData.Com, Civil War Research and Genealogy Database, Nov. 2001.
[S922] Unknown compiler, Army Register - Volunteers, Vol. V, p. 336.
[S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, American Civil War Soldiers database, Oct. 1, 2001.
[S1394] William D. Houghton, Houghton Ancestors:, p. 163.
[S1074] Town Records: Derby, Orleans Co., VT: VT Division of Records, Middelesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1670-1870.
[S1275] Richard A. Colburn Sr, Derby VT Cemeteries, p. 108.
[S1395] William D. Houghton, Memoirs of Orley Clifton Houghton, p. 5.

Lucy E. Houghton^1,2,3

F, #11933, b. 12 October 1839

Family: Capt. James Kenyon

Marriage*: Lucy E. Houghton married Capt. James Kenyon.⁶

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Oct 12, 1839

Walworth Co., WI, USA, age 10, VT, in 1850 census; age 20, VT, in 1860 census; Parks: Walworth Co., WI^4,5,6,3

Occupation

1860

school teacher

Marriage

⁶

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 518 #3053.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 123 #4551.
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Lagrange, Walworth, Wisconsin; Roll: M432_1007; Page: 372; line 41, dwl 564-580(574-588).
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 518.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 123.
[S601] Family Group Sheet, from Janice Parks to Ellen Uran Wilson, Sept. 1970.

(?) Houghton^1,2

M, #11934, b. 16 June 1843, d. 16 June 1843

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Jun 16, 1843

La Grange, Walworth Co., WI, USA^3,4,5

Death

Jun 16, 1843

as an infant^3,4

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 518 #3054.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 123 #4552.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 518.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 123.
[S601] Family Group Sheet, from Janice Parks to Ellen Uran Wilson, Sept. 1970.

Elizabeth Hudson Wishart¹

F, #11935, b. circa February 1835, d. 8 March 1923

Family: Horace Houghton

Marriage*: Elizabeth Hudson Wishart married Horace Houghton, son of William Houghton and Orilla Elmira Cornish, on Jun 17, 1858 at La Grange, Walworth Co., WI, USA.^4,5,3,6

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

circa Feb, 1835

NY, USA, age 25 in 1860 census; age 35 in 1870 census; age 45 in 1880 census; age 55 in 1900 census; age 74 in 1910 census; age 85 in 1920 census^2,3

Marriage

Jun 17, 1858

La Grange, Walworth Co., WI, USA^4,5,3,6

1880 Census

1880

La Grange Twp, Walworth Co., WI, USA^3,7

Biography

1882

1900 Census

1900

La Grange, Walworth Co., WI, USA, age 66, none; two servants⁹

Death

Mar 8, 1923

La Grange, Walworth Co., WI, USA, age 88⁶

Burial

Round Prairie Cemetery, La Grange, Walworth Co., WI, USA⁶

ParentsD

James Wishart (1804-1880, m. 1831) and Joyce Taylor (1805-1880), both b. England^8,6

Research

The Wishart Family Reunion by James N. Wishart. Printed in the Blue Earth Co. Enterpirse, Mapleton, MN, Oct 23, 1908

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 518 #3051s.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1920 Soundex, Walworth Co., WI, Film 882, Box 64, Vol. 90, E.D. 146, Sh. 7, Ln. 51.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1880 Soundex, La Grange Twp, Walworth Co., WI, Reel 18, Vol. 29, ED. 229, Sh. 9, Ln. 18.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 518.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 123, 160.
[S601] Family Group Sheet, from Janice Parks to Ellen Uran Wilson, Sept. 1970.
[S1229] 1880 U.S. Federal Census , La Grange Twp, Walworth Co., WI, Reel 18, Vol. 29, ED. 229, Sh. 9, Ln. 18, dwl 4-4.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 160.
[S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , La Grange, Walworth, Wisconsin; Roll T623_1821; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 91; line 21, dwl 48-50.

Flora Aurilla Houghton¹

F, #11936, b. 27 June 1859, d. 14 January 1920

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Jun 27, 1859

WI, USA, age 1 in 1860 census; age 10 in 1870 census; Jun 1859, age 40 in 1900 census; age 49 in 1910 census; age 60 in 1920 census^2,3,4

Death

Jan 14, 1920

WI, USA, unmarried^5,6

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 518 #3055.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 518.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1920 Soundex, Walworth Co., WI, Film 882, Box 64, Vol. 90, E.D. 146, Sh. 7, Ln. 51.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1880 Soundex, La Grange Twp, Walworth Co., WI, Reel 18, Vol. 29, ED. 229, Sh. 9, Ln. 18.
[S601] Family Group Sheet, from Janice Parks to Ellen Uran Wilson, Sept. 1970.
[S415] E-mail from William D. Houghton, Feb. 5, 2010.

Harley Jewell Houghton¹

M, #11937, b. 22 November 1862, d. 15 January 1886

Family: Nettie Elizabeth Taylor

Marriage*: Harley Jewell Houghton married Nettie Elizabeth Taylor on Sep 15, 1885.²

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Nov 22, 1862

WI, USA, (age 7 in 1870 census; age 17 in 1880 census)^2,3

Marriage

Sep 15, 1885

Death

Jan 15, 1886

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 518 #3056.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 518.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1880 Soundex, La Grange Twp, Walworth Co., WI, Reel 18, Vol. 29, ED. 229, Sh. 9, Ln. 18.

Jessie Elmina Houghton¹

F, #11938, b. 21 March 1867

Family: William D. Duffin

Marriage*: Jessie Elmina Houghton married William D. Duffin.⁴

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Mar 21, 1867

WI, USA, (age 3 in 1870 census; age 13 in 1880 census)^2,3

Marriage

⁴

Author

1935

La Grange Pioneers of Walworth Co. WI was writtenby Aid Society; one of the authors was Jessie Houghton⁵

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 518 #3057.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 518.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1880 Soundex, La Grange Twp, Walworth Co., WI, Reel 18, Vol. 29, ED. 229, Sh. 9, Ln. 18.
[S601] Family Group Sheet, from Janice Parks to Ellen Uran Wilson, Sept. 1970.
[S1332] Walworth Co., WI Ladies Aid Society La Grange, La Grange Pioneers of Walworth Co., WI.

Buell Burell Houghton¹

M, #11939, b. 6 August 1870, d. 24 October 1933

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Aug 6, 1870

WI, USA, age 9 in 1880 census; Aug 1870, age 29 in 1900 census; age 39 in 1910 census; age 49 in 1920 census; age 59 in 1930 census^2,3

Occupation

1900

farmer

Education

Whitewater Teacher's College (now University of Wisconsin), Whitewater, WI, USA⁴

1910 Census

1910

La Grange, Walworth Co., WI, USA, age 39, farmer⁵

1920 Census

1920

La Grange, Walworth Co., WI, USA, age 49, farm operator^3,6

1930 Census

1930

La Grange, Walworth Co., WI, USA, age 59, single, farmer; and Emma Crandell, 60, widow⁷

Death

Oct 24, 1933

La Grange, Walworth Co., WI, USA, at home, unmarried^8,4

Biography

WDH: Buell attended Whitewater Teacher's College, in Whitewater, Wisconsin, that would later become the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. For several years, he served as Superintendent or Bible teacher of the Sunday school at the LaGrange United Methodist Church.
Like all the Houghtons at that time, Buell learned to play at least one instrument and he choose the trumpet. As a lasting memorial to Buell and other Houghtons from La-Grange, the family donated a baby grand piano in the La Grange United Methodist Church, which is still in use at the beginning of the 21st Century.
By all contemporary accounts, he was a true Christian and was respected and loved by all who had dealings with him. He never married, worked hard on the family farm, and passed away at home in October 1933. Before he died, he made his younger sister Cecile promise on his deathbed that she would never sell the Houghton Farm in La-Grange—their home. He is buried in the Houghton family plot at the Round Prairie Cemetery in LaGrange, Wiscon-sin.
Cecile was adamant to keep his dying wish, and never did sell any of the 180-acre farm. After her death, her hus-band, who had inherited everything because she had no will, immediately sold the farm that Cecile had loved so much. This author and his brother, Bruce R. Houghton, Jr., were put in the uncomfortable legal position of buying back the Houghton Homestead from Cecile‘s husband—the same house and land that their family had lived continuous-ly in for over 125 years!⁴

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 518 #3058.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 518.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1920 Soundex, Walworth Co., WI, Film 882, Box 64, Vol. 90, E.D. 146, Sh. 7, Ln. 51.
[S1394] William D. Houghton, Houghton Ancestors:, p. 265.
[S1231] 1910 U.S. Federal Census , La Grange, Walworth, Wisconsin; Roll: T624_1740; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 141; line 11, dwl 42-42.
[S1232] 1920 U.S. Federal Census , La Grange, Walworth, Wisconsin; Roll T625_2019; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 146; line 51, dwl 89-93.
[S1233] 1930 U.S. Federal Census , La Grange, Walworth Co., Wisconsin; Roll: 2615; Enumeration District: 16; Page 132, Sheet: 1A; line 45, dwl 12-13.
[S601] Family Group Sheet, from Janice Parks to Ellen Uran Wilson, Sept. 1970.

Orley Clifton Houghton^1,2

M, #11940, b. 19 March 1877, d. 12 February 1965

Family 1: Marion Maude Robertson

Marriage*: Orley Clifton Houghton married Marion Maude Robertson on Apr 15, 1914 at Chicago, Cook Co., IL, USA.^4,8

Family 2: Faith Haines

Marriage*: Orley Clifton Houghton married Faith Haines on Jun 29, 1929.^11,8

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Mar 19, 1877

La Grange, Walworth Co., WI, USA, age 3 in 1880 census; age 42 in 1920 census; age 52 in 1930 census; age 63 in 1940 census^3,4,5

Note

1893

Chicago, Cook Co., IL, USA, visited World's Fair⁶

Education

1898

Madison, WI, USA, college to study drafting^7,6

Residence

circa 1900

Harvey, IL, USA, an inventor of farm equipment and machinery⁷

Marriage

Apr 15, 1914

Chicago, Cook Co., IL, USA^4,8

Mil. Draft

Sep 13, 1918

Chicago, Cook Co., IL, USA, age 41, farmer⁹

1920 Census

1920

La Grange, Walworth Co., WI, USA, age 42, farm operator;
and father in law William Robertson, 62, Canada, mother in law Elizabeth Robertson 54, Scotland, and daughters Clara 30, Canada, and Davina, 24, IL^4,10

Photograph

circa 1928

Orley C. Houghton and some of his farm equipment. Top Left (OCH handwriting):This at Ralls, Texas in January when you (Mary Grace) were about six years old. – Dad Houghton (probably 1928 since MGH was born in 1922)

Top Right – Dad and some other men in Texas

Bottom Left (OCH handwriting): Also at Ralls, Texas, about 50 mi. S.W. of Childress – Dad Houghton

Bottom Right – Daddy Houghton in Texas with his white team (standing)

Marriage

Jun 29, 1929

^11,8

1930 Census

1930

Racine, Racine Co., WI, USA, age 52, factory farm impliments inventive engineer; and mother in law Harriet Jane Chamberlain, 66, IL, NH, WI¹²

1940 Census

1940

La Grange, Walworth Co., WI, USA, age 63, farmer¹³

Death

Feb 12, 1965

Lakeland Hospital, Elkhorn, WI, USA, age 87, of a stroke¹⁴

Obituary

Feb 13, 1965

See exhibits

Burial

Round Prairie Cemetery, La Grange, Walworth Co., WI, USA, Orley was buried at Round Prairie Ceme-tery, in LaGrange, Wisconsin, next to his beloved wife, mother, and father.^15,16

Biography

2009

Memoirs of Orley Clifton Houghton by his grandson William D. Houghton; see also his Houghton Ancestors

Orley and Faith moved to 1237 McArthur Avenue, in Racine Wisconsin, and then to Chicago, Illinois, as Faith was a teacher and Orley found work as a draftsman and en-gineer.
As mentioned in the previous chapter, Orley Houghton drafted a 40-page, hand-written autobiography to his son Bruce Robertson Houghton, Sr., in the late 1940s...
Orley would work as a draftsman, engineer, and inven-tor on many different types of mechanized farm equipment, including a cotton picker and a tractor he invented with tank-like treads that he called a ?Creeping Crawler? or ?Creeping Tractor.? This piece of equipment would be the predecessor of the Caterpillar tractor.
Orley‘s younger brother Buell B. Houghton (1870-1933) would take over the family farm from their father, Horace Houghton, who died in 1913. Horace would buy back the house and 40 acres that Orley had owned from a railroad company that held the mortgage, and give the house back to his brother, Orley. Orley was eternally grateful to his brother, and always mentioned him fondly. Orley‘s father in law, William Robertson of Scotland, rebuilt the house from the ground up and lived for many years with the Orley and his family.^15,2

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Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 518 #3059.
[S1394] William D. Houghton, Houghton Ancestors:, p. 230.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 518.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1920 Soundex, Walworth Co., WI, Film 882, Box 64, Vol. 90, E.D. 146, Sh. 7, Ln. 43.
[S1395] William D. Houghton, Memoirs of Orley Clifton Houghton, p. 1.
[S1394] William D. Houghton, Houghton Ancestors:, p. 231.
[S1395] William D. Houghton, Memoirs of Orley Clifton Houghton, p. 2.
[S1395] William D. Houghton, Memoirs of Orley Clifton Houghton, p. 3.
[S1308] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, online http://content.ancestry.com, Roll: 1613747.
[S1232] 1920 U.S. Federal Census , La Grange, Walworth, Wisconsin; Roll T625_2019; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 146; line 43, dwl 88-92.
[S601] Family Group Sheet, from Janice Parks to Ellen Uran Wilson, Sept. 1970.
[S1233] 1930 U.S. Federal Census , Racine, Racine, Wisconsin; Roll: 2607; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 35; Image: 912.0; FHL microfilm: 2342341; line 52, dwl 1227.
[S1479] 1940 U.S. Federal Census , La Grange, Walworth, Wisconsin; Roll: T627_4531; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 64-17; line 68, dwl 154.
[S415] E-mail from William D. Houghton, Feb. 5, 2010.
[S1395] William D. Houghton, Memoirs of Orley Clifton Houghton.
[S1394] William D. Houghton, Houghton Ancestors:, p. 260.