| Biography | | Biography on Wikitree by Harry Ide.
Before the War
Charles Woodman Houghton[1][2] was born on 10 March 1837,[3][4][5][6] in Pawlet, Rutland County, Vermont,[3][5][7][8] apparently to Charles Houghton and Eliza Woodman.[9][10][8]
In 1850, he was living in Bennington, Bennington, Vermont. He was living with Charles and Eliza Houghton (presumably his parents), and with Sarah and Susan (presumably his sisters).[9]
He moved to Philadelphia in 1855.[5]
In 1859, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical Department.[4][5]
In 1860, he was an M.D., living in the 19th ward of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was living with his (presumed) parents Charles and Houghton, and a servant.[7]
He married Mary M Hughes, on 25 October 1860, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Their marriage was recorded in the Calvary Presbyterian Church records.[11] They had one child:
Edward Hughes Houghton (1861-1861)
On 27 November 1861, his wife Mary died, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, of puerperal fever. On 29 November, she was buried in South Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[3][12][13][14]
Their son Edward died days later.[15]
During the War
Assistant Surgeon Charles Houghton served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Oct 21, 1861
Mustered out: Sep 11, 1862
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 91st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
On 21 October 1861, he enlisted in the 91st Pennsylvania Infantry, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was mustered into service as assistant surgeon on 6 November 1861, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]
On 29 June 1862, he, along with the other commissioned officers in the regiment (except Colonel Gregory), signed a statement denying accusations that they were on the verge of open mutiny, that the regiment had been reduced to 400 men, and that Colonel Gregory was too lenient to Confederates and too harsh to men in the regiment.[24]
He was discharged for promotion on 11 September 1862.
Surgeon Charles Houghton served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Sep 12, 1862
Mustered out: May 16, 1863
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 124th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
He was transferred and promoted on 12 September 1862 to Major and Surgeon of the 124th Pennsylvania infantry.[16][19][21]
He was mustered into service as Major and Surgeon in the 124th Pennsylvania Infantry on 12 September 1862.[2][25][20][26]
When the regiment was part of the charge up Marye's Heights in Fredericksburg, he operated all night in a house in Fredericksburg.[27]
He was mustered out with the regiment on 16 May 1863, when their term of service expired.[2][25][26]
In May/June 1863, he was registered for the draft. He was living on Frankford Road above York Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He was a surgeon.[28]
Surgeon Charles Houghton served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Mar 21, 1865
Mustered out: Mar 21, 1866
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 214th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
He was mustered into service as surgeon in the 214th Pennsylvania Infantry on 21 March 1865. The 214th Pennsylvania served in guard and provost duty in the Shenendoah Valley until July 1865. It was then ordered to Washington, where it garrisoned the city. This is presumably when he was surgeon-in-chief of the garrison of Washington DC. A detachment was sent to Annapolis, Maryland, in November. He was mustered out with the regiment, at Washington DC, on 21 March 1866.[29][2][5][30]
After the War
On 25 September 1866, he married Emeline C. Davis, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[6][31][32] They had two children:[6]
Horace Dunbar Houghton (1870-1916)[33][34][35][36]
Frank D. Houghton (1874-1905)[37][38][39][40][41][42]
In 1870, Charles Houghton (32, born in Vermont) was a physician, living in the 20th ward of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He owned $1500 in personal property. He was living with his wife Emma, his son Horrace, and two domestic servants.[43]
In 1880, he was living at 1528 North Seventh Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was living with his wife Emeline, his children Horace and Frank, his mother, and two servants. He was a medical doctor.[44]
On 3 May 1882, he was elected to the Pennsylvania Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. He had insignia number 2435.[2][1][45][46][47]
According to the 1906 and 1909 American Medical Directories, he graduated in 1892 from the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to the 1912 and 1914 American Medical Directories, he graduated in 1860 or 1859 from the Pennsylvania Medical College at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.[48][49][50][51]
In 1890, he was living at 1528 North 7th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a physician. He reported one disability: "Ruptured".[52]
He applied successfully for a pension on 3 June 1891 from Pennsylvania, under the Act of 27 June 1890.[53][54][55]
In 1900, he was living at 1578 North 7th Street, ward 20, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was living with his wife Emeline, son Horace and Horace's wife Ethel, son Frank, and a servant. He was a physician.[6]
He was included in a 1904 Who's who in Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. He was then living at 1528 North Seventh Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[2]
On 25 February 1904, his wife Emeline died, at 1528 North 7th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, of cancer of breast. On 27 February, she was buried, in Evergreen Cemetery, Camden, New Jersey.[3] [56][57]
He retired in 1905.[5]
On 18 March 1905, he married Sarah J Whitaker, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[3]
In 1906, he was practicing at 2031 North Front Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. By 1909, he had joined the American Medical Association. He was then practicing at Broad and Girard Avenue.[48][49]
On 2 December 1907, his pension certificate was reissued. Effective 20 March 1907, he received $15 per month, under the Act of 6 February 1907.[53][54][55]
In December 1908, he visited the office of the National Tribune, in Washington, D.C., as he returned home from Fredericksburg. He was retired, but still treated 'old patients who will not let him go.'[27]
On 25 March 1909, his wife, Sarah, died, at the Medico-Chirurgical Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, of carcinoma of the left ovary, with cardi-renal disease, ascites, and left hematothorax contributing. On 29 March, she was buried, in Westminster Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[58][59][60][61]
In 1910, he was living at 855 [North?] Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a physician. He was widowed.[62]
He probably moved to Narberth, Pennsylvania, in 1911. In 1912, he was no longer practicing, and was living in Narberth, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. In 1914, he was living in Wynnewood, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, apparently having moved there in October 1912.[4][50][51]
On 14 October 1911, he married Sally McGlathery, at the Marble Collegiate Church, Manhattan, City of New York, New York. They both lived in Narberth, Pennsylvania, and he was a physician.[8]
Effective 19 March 1912, his pension was increased to $20 per month. The pension certificate was issued on 30 March 1912.[55]
On 15 July 1912, his pension certificate was reissued. Effective 17 May 1912, he received $30 per month, under the Act of 11 May 1912.[55]
On 27 February 1917, his wife, Sallie, died.[63][64][65]
He died on 6 June 1917, at 1709 Green Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died of uremia and chronic myocarditis, with gangrene of the left leg contributing. He was a member, among other organizations, of Integrity, 187 [?], St. John's Lodge of the Masonic Fraternity, the Odd Fellows, Loyal Legion Club, Medical Club, Physicians' Club, Columbia Club, and was surgeon of Meade Post, No. 1, Grand Army of the Republic. On 11 June 1917, he was buried at Westminster Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.[58][5][66][67]
Research Notes
I am currently working on adding his family. Harry A Ide, 6 March 2025
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? 1.0 1.1 Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Register of the Commandery of the State of Pennsylvania from April 15 1865 to May 5 1887 (Philadelphia, 1887), p.123.
'1002. CHARLES WOODMAN HOUGHTON.'
'First Lieutenant and Asst.-Surgeon 91st Penna. Infantry Nov. 4, 1861; discharged for promotion Sept. 11, 1862.'
'Major and Surgeon 124th Penna. Infantry Sept. 12, 1862; honorably mustered out May 17, 1863.'
'Major and Surgeon 214th Penna. Infantry March 21, 1865; honorably mustered out March 21, 1866.'
'Elected May 3, 1882. Class 1. Insignia 2435.'
? 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Lewis R Hamersly, ed., Pennsylvanians who are leaders and representatives in various departments of worthy human achievement, First edition (New York: L R Hamersly Co., 1904), p.344.
HOUGHTON, Charles Woodman:
Member of the Pennsylvania Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon Ninety-first Pennsylvania Infantry Nov. 4, 1861; discharged for promotion Sept. 11, 1862; Major and Surgeon 124th Pennsylvania Infantry Sept. 12, 1862; honorably mustered out May 17, 1863; Major and Surgeon 214th Pennsylvania Infantry March 21, 1865; honorably mustered out March 21, 1866. Elected May 3, 1882. Address: 1528 North 7th St., Philadelphia, Pa.
? 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Orphans' Court, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, marriage record, no. 183966 (1905), Charles W Houghton and Sarah Whitaker; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D5LQ-Z8X : accessed 24 February 2025).
Dr Charles W Houghton, born Pawlet, Vermont, 10 Mch 1837, residence 1528 N 7th St Philada, physician, married twice before dissolved by death at Phila about June 1861, 2nd wife at Phila about 25 Feb 1904
Sarah J Whitaker, born Gtn Phila Pa 16 Nov 1847, residence 2031 W Front St Phila, no occupation, married once before, dissolved by death at Phila about 6 years ago
sworn by Charles W Houghton 18 Mch 1905
Carl [??] Coates [??] married Charles W Houghton and Sarah Whitaker on 18 March 1905, at Philadelphia
? 4.0 4.1 4.2 'United States, Deceased Physician File (AMA), 1864-1968', specific entry for Chas W Houghton; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QG-T5HF : accessed 1 February 2025).
'Houghton, Chas. W.
'(1) 1837
'(2) [blank]
'(3) Pa. 3-59 x
'(4) Pa. - 81
'(5) (a) [blank] Philadelphia Pa'
'(b) D 8-6/26/11 Narberth, Pa.'
'(c) 10/12/12 Wynnewood, Pa'
'(d) 12/14/12 Philadelphia, Pa'
'(e) a 6/13 Wynnewood, Pa'
'(f) [blank] [blank]'
'(g) [blank] [blank]'
'(h) [blank] [blank]'
[all the entries on the left half of the card are crossed out, and 'DEAD' is stamped across the middle of the table]
'receiving Journ until further notice at Royal Apts. 1208 N Broad St'
'(6) not in practice Philadelphia Pa Per. F 5/11/17'
['Philadelphia Pa Per. F 5/11/17' is written in a lighter pen, which looks like the preceding line--I suspect it's the end of the 'not in practice' comment]
'P.I.R.'
'A 81 1 2 2 MI x 35 35'
? 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 'Dr Charles W. Houghton', Philadelphia Inquirer, Saturday, 9 June 1917, p.6, col.7; image copy, Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/image/169050821/ : accessed 1 February 2025).
'DR. CHARLES W. HOUGHTON
'Served as Surgeon During Civil War
'Dr. Charles W. Houghton, retired physician and former United States Army surgeon, who died last Tuesday at his home, 1809 Green street, will be buried on Monday. Services will be held at a funeral establishment in the central part of the city.
'Dr. Houghton was eighty years old. He was born March 10, 1837, in Pawbt [sic; perhaps 'Pawlet'?], Vermont, and spent his boyhood in Bennington, in the same State. He came to Philadelphia in 1855 and was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical Department in 1859.
'In 1861 he enlisted in the army as a surgeon and was mustered out in 1866 after performing services of the highest value. For a time he was medical director of a department and later was surgeon-in-chief of the garrison of the city of Washington.
'After being released from service in the army he established a private practice in medicine and surgery. He retired to private life in 1905 because of failing health.
'He was a member of many medical societies, a Fellow of the American Medical Association, a member of the board of managers of the American Stomach Hospital, member of Integrity, 187 [?], St. John's Lodge of the Masonic Fraternity, the Odd Fellows, Loyal Legion Club, Medical Club, Physicians' Club, Columbia Club and surgeon of Meade Post, No. 1, of this city. He also was a member of the New England Society of Philadelphia.'
? 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 1900 U.S. census, ward 20, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, population schedule, enumeration district 429, p.136 B stamped = sheet 8 B penned, family 154; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-67Z3-1C2 : accessed 31 January 2025).
1528 North 7th St, rented, house
head Chas [illegible initial] Houghton, white, male, Mch 1837, 63, married 34 years, born Vermont, physician, 0 months out of work
wife Emeline [?] -, white, female, May 1835, 65, married 34 years, 2 children 2 living, born Pennsylvania
son Horace D -, white, male, Oct 1869, 30, married 4 years, born Pennsylvania, bookkeeper, 0 months out of work
d in law Ethel -, white, female, Jun 1875, 24, married 4 years, 1 child, 0 living, born New York
son Frank D -, white, male, Mch 1872, 28, single, born Pennsylvania, clerk auditing, 0 months out of work
servant Nettie Morse, black, female, Nov 1875, 24, single, born Virginia, servant, 0 months out of work
? 7.0 7.1 1860 U.S. census, ward 19, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, population schedule, p.647 stamped = p.177 penned, family 1435; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BS6-KK5 : accessed 31 January 2025).
Charles Houghton, 56, male, M.D., 1600 in real estate, born Vermont
Eliza ", 52, female, born NH
Chas W ", 23, male, MD, born Vermont
Jane McGoulam, 20, female, servant, born Phil
? 8.0 8.1 8.2 Department of Health, City of New York, marriage record, stamped no. 16609 (penned no. 19599), 1911, Charles W Houghton and Sallie McGlathery; image copy, NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (https://a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc.gov/view/8706649 : accessed 25 February 2025).
Charles W Houghton, residence Narberth PA, age 73, white, widower, physician, born Pawlet Vt to Charles Houghton and Eliza Woodman, fourth marriage
Sally McGlathery, residence Narberth Pa, 50, white, divorced, born Philadelphia PA to Richard McGlathery and Mary B Davis, second marriage
married 14 Oct 1911 at the Marble Collegiate Church Manhattan City of New York
? 9.0 9.1 1850 U.S. census, Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont, population schedule, pp.202 verso - 203 recto stamped = pp.384-385 [?] penned, family 340; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DH2S-SBD : accessed 31 January 2025).
Chs Houghton, 45, male, physician, born do [sc. Vt]
Eliza, 41 [?], female, born do
Sarah S, 19, female, born Vt
Susan E, 16, do, born do, attended school
Charles Jun, 13, male, born do, attended school
? 'Marriage—Bride', Eliza Woodman and Charles Houghton, 27 May 1830; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-Y89K-KW : accessed 24 February 2025).
Eliza Woodman, residence Brattleboro
Charles Houghton
married 27 May 1830, officiant Jedh L Stark
town [stamped] Brattleboro
town clerk [stamped] STEPHEN GREENLEAF
[certified correct copy of town records, by] C S Hopkins Town Clerk
? Calvary Presbyterian Church, marriage record, Chas W Houghton and Mary M Hughes, 25 October 1860; image copy, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61048/records/63413 : accessed 24 February 2025); in U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970.
'AT THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, On the twenty fifth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty Charles W. Houghton M. D. and a bachelor of the city aforesaid and Mary M Hughes Spinster, daughter of Joseph B. Hughes deceased and of Leah Ann Somers [?] his wife'
were married by [illegible], Past of the Calvary Presbyterian Church, in the City of Philadelphia
witnesses: Jos B Hughes, F S Switzinger, A B Gannen [?]
? Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, death certificate, Mary M H. Houghton, 27 November 1861; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-67LS-V2T : accessed 24 February 2025).
Mary M. H. Houghton
female, 20 years old, married
died 27 November 1861, of puerperal fever
Henry Hartshorne MD 1433 Arch St
born Philada
ward 19, Frankford Road + York St
buried South Laurel Hill
D P Moore undertaker, 829 Vine St
? Mary M. H. Houghton, death notice, Philadelphia Inquirer, Friday, 29 November 1861, p.5, col.3; image copy, https://www.newspapers.com/image/167246386/ : accessed 24 February 2025).
'HOUGHTON—On Wednesday, Nov. 27th, Mary M. B. Houghton, wife of Dr. Charles W. Houghton, in the 21st year of her age.
'Funeral this (Friday) afternoon, at 1 o'clock, from the residence of her husband, corner of Frankford road and York street. The friends of the family are invited to attend.'
? 'Mary M Houghton', memorial 248812159, created by Susan Menefee, 23 Jan 2023; database, Find a Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/248812159/mary-m-houghton : accessed 24 February 2024); citing Lawnview Cemetery, Rockledge, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Susquehanna sec 77 grave 23.
'From Monument Cemetery records: no age or date of death given, removed from South Laurel Hill & interred March 26, 1926 with Ellen Hughes & Edward Hughes Houghton lot 113 section C in a plot owned by Joseph Hughes, registry no 25225, removed to Lawnview June 29, 1956. Per church records she died age 21 yrs, son Edward Hughes Houghton died 4 days later.'
? Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, death certificate, Edward Hughes Houghton, 1 December 1861; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-67LS-X7F : accessed 24 February 2025).
Edward Hughes Houghton
white, male, about two weeks old, single
died 1 Dec, of debility
R M Pancoast, MD, No 241 North 9th St
born Philada to Charles W Houghton and Mary M H Houghton
ward 19, Frankford Road + York St
buried 3 Dec 61, South Laurel Hill, D P Moore undertaker
? 16.0 16.1 'Regimental Descriptive and Consolidated Morning Report Book' (NAID: 16857534), series 'Regimental and Company Books of Civil War Volunteer Union Organizations', record group 94 (Records of the Adjutant General's Office), National Archives and Records Administration; National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC.
'7 Charles W Houghton [rank] Asst. " [sc. Surgeon] [date of appointment] " [sc. November] 6th /61 [remarks] Transferred as Surgeon to 124th Regt Penna Vols September 12 /62'
? Joseph Welch, 'Address', in Pennsylvania at Gettysburg: Ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Major-General George G. Meade, Major-General Winfield S. Hancock, Major-General John F. Reynolds, and to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle. [Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: W.S. Ray, State Printer], 1914. Volume 1, pp.500-507 at p.501.
? 'US, Civil War Service Index (CMSR) - Union - Pennsylvania, 1861-1865', specific entry for Charles W Houghton (91 Pennsylvania Inf); image copy, Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/294090664/ : accessed 25 February 2025); citing Washington, D.C., 'Indexes to the Carded Records of Soldiers Who Served in Volunteer Organizations During the Civil War, compiled 1899 - 1927, documenting the period 1861 - 1866', NARA catalog id 654530, record group 94; NARA microfilm series M554.
'Houghton, Charles W.'
'Co. F. + S., 91 Pennsylvania Inf.'
'Asst. Surg. | Asst. Surg.'
'See also 124" Pa. Vols.'
'GENERAL INDEX CARD.'
? 19.0 19.1 'Muster-Out Roll of Field + Staff Company, the Ninety-first Regiment of Penna Vet Volunteers, commanded by Colonel E M Gregory called into the service of the United States by The President at Philadelphia Pa ... from the Fourth day of December, 1861, (when Mustered) to the 10th day of July, 1865', Charles W Houghton; image copy, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9040/images/41733_0064-00001 : accessed 27 February 2025).
'Transfered'
'Charles W H[...]hton' [letters are missing because of a hole in the page]'
'Ast Surg
[age blank]
'[enrolled] Nov 6 /61 [where] Phila Pa [by] Lt Pearce [period] 3 yrs'
'[mustered into service] Nov 6 /61 [where] Phila Pa [by] Lt Pearce'
[last paid blank]
'Transferred as Surgeon to the 124 Pa 1862'
? 20.0 20.1 Official Army register of the volunteer force of the United States Army for the years 1861, '62, '63, '64, '65. Parts 1-8. Washington, D.C.: Adjutant General's Office, 1865, part 3, pp.916-917 (91st Regiment); image copy, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/31389/images/glh_090351__0002_f_04-00089 : accessed 16 September 2023).
'Promoted'
'Assistant Surgeon Charles W. Houghton, September 12, 1862, to Surgeon 124th regiment Pennsylvania vols.'
? 21.0 21.1 Samuel P. Bates, History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5 (Harrisburg: B. Singerly, state printer, 1869-71), vol.3, p.194; image copy, Making of America (https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/aby3439.0003.001/202 : accessed 3 March 2025).
'C. W. Houghton [rank] As.Sur. [date mustered in] Nov. 6, '61 [term--years] 3 [remarks] Promoted to Surg. 124th reg. P. V., Sept. 15, 1862.'
? 'Camp Chase', Philadelphia Inquirer, Saturday, 30 November 1861, p.8, col.4; image copy, Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/image/167246619/ : accessed 11 February 2025).
...
'The following is a correct list of the officers:--'
...
'Assistant Surgeon--Charles Hough [sic].'
...
? 'Departure of Col. Gregory's regiment', Philadelphia Inquirer, Wednesday, 22 January 1862, p.8, col.4; image copy, Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/image/167442174/ : accessed 15 December 2024).]
'DEPARTURE OF COL. GREGORY'S REGIMENT.--Last evening, at eleven o'clock, Colonel GREGORY's Ninety-first Pennsylvania Regiment, which has for the past few months been located at Camp Chase, near Gray's Ferry, left in the cars for Washington, having struck their tents at noon. They number 948 men, rank and file. It is expected that, after being inspected at Washington, they will be immediately ordered to Kentucky for active service. This regiment was accepted by the Governor on the 2d of August, and on the 20th the first man was mustered into the service of the United States. The following is a list of the officers:--'
'... Assistant Surgeon, Chas. Hough...'
? 'Ninety-first Pennsylvania Regiment', Philadelphia Inquirer, 11 July 1862, p. 2, col.3; image copy, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com/ : accessed 28 December 2023).
? 25.0 25.1 Official Army register of the volunteer force of the United States Army for the years 1861, '62, '63, '64, '65. Parts 1-8. Washington, D.C.: Adjutant General's Office, 1865, part 3, p.962 (One hundred and twenty-fourth regiment); image copy, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/31389/images/glh_090351__0003_b_06-00113 : accessed 3 March 2025).
'This regiment was organized at Harrisburg, Pa., in August, 1862, to serve nine months. It was mustered out May 16, 1863, by reason of expiration of term of service.)'
'Surgeon.'
'Charles W. Houghton ... 12 Sept., 62'
? 26.0 26.1 Samuel P. Bates, History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5 (Harrisburg: B. Singerly, state printer, 1869-71), vol.4, p.92; image copy, Making of America (https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa&cc=moa&sid=778308149b189f58bf191421757c33c6&q1=One+Hundred+And+Twenty-Fourth+Regiment&idno=ABY3439.0004.001&view=image&seq=106&node= : accessed 3 March 2025).
'One Hundred and Twenty-Fourth Regiment'
'*C. W. Houghton [rank] Surg [mustered into service] Nov. 6, '61, [remarks] Promoted from Ass't Surg. 91st reg. P. V., Sept. 15, 1862—mustered out with reg., May 17, 1863.'
* = 3 years
? 27.0 27.1 'A Veteran Surgeon', National Tribune, Thursday, 24 December 1908, p.8, col.3; image copy, Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/image/78234778/ : accessed 22 January 2025).
'A Veteran Surgeon.
'Dr. Charles W. Houghton called at The National Tribune Office on his way home from Fredericksburg. Few man now living had the extensive experience in caring for the wounded and sick that came to Comrade Houghton. He went out first as Surgeon of the 91st Pa., and was with it in the charge upon Marye's Hights [sic], where it suffered so cruelly. He took possession of one of the houses at Fredericksburg on the evening of that dreadful day, and worked all night in his labor of mercy. He was Chief Surgeon on the staffs of Gens. Kane, Warren and William D. Whipple and Surgeon-in-Chief of his division at Gettysburg. He was subsequently Surgeon-in-Chief of a division in Washington in 1864-5, and then as Surgeon of the 214th Pa. was in charge of the Sherbourne Barracks in Washington. He is now retired from practice, except among those of his old patients who will not let him go. He is as bright and alert as ever, but indisposed to accept any new cases and carry on a general practice.'
? 'Consolidated List of All Persons of Class I, Subject to do Military Duty in the Third Congressional District, Consisting of the 12th, 13, 16, 16, 18, + 19 Wards of the City of Philadelphia State of Pennsylvania, enumerated during the month of May + June, 1863....'; image copy, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1666/records/3186003 : accessed 5 March 2025); citing National Archives and Records Administration, 'Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865)'; Record Group: 110; NAI: 4213514.
'No. 53H'
'SCHEDULE I.--CONSOLIDATED LIST of all persons of CLASS I, subject to do military duty in the Third Congressional District, consisting of the 12". 13. 16. 17. 18. + 19 Wards of the City of Philadelphia State of Pennsylvania, enumerated during the month [sic] of May + June 1863, under direction of Capt Jacob S. Stretch, Provost Marshal.'
'RESIDENCE. Frankford R. above [illegible] York St'
'NAME. 8 Houghton. Charles W.'
'AGE 1st July 1863. 25'
'WHITE OR COLORED. " [sc. white]'
'PROFESSION ... Surgeon'
'MARRIED OR UNMARRIED Single'
'PLACE OF BIRTH. Vermont'
'FORMER MILITARY SERVICE. was in 124" Reg P.V.'
'REMARKS. Discharged'
? Official Army register of the volunteer force of the United States Army for the years 1861, '62, '63, '64, '65. Parts 1-8. Washington, D.C.: Adjutant General's Office, 1865, part 3, p.1041 (Two hundred and fourteenth regiment); image copy, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/31389/images/glh_090351__0004_a_03-00153 : accessed 3 March 2025).
'(This regiment was organized at Philadelphia, Pa., in March, 1865, to serve one year. It is still in service.)'
'(The official list of battles in which this regiment bore an honorable part is not yet published in orders.)'
'Surgeon.'
'Charles W. Houghton, a. w. m. [sc. Appointed and waiting muster into United States service.]'
? Samuel P. Bates, History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5 (Harrisburg: B. Singerly, state printer, 1869-71), vol.5, p.819; image copy, Making of America (https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa&cc=moa&sid=778308149b189f58bf191421757c33c6&q1=Two%20Hundred%20and%20Fourteenth%20Regiment&idno=ABY3439.0005.001&view=image&seq=00000849 : accessed 3 March 2025).
'Chas. W. Houghton [rank] Surg [mustered in] Mar. 21, '65 [remarks] Mustered out with regiment, March 21, 1866.'
? 'Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013', specific entry for Charles W Houghton and Emeline C Davis (25 Sep 1866); database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2451/images/40162_264315-00090 : accessed 24 February 2025); citing St Philip's Protestant Episcopal Church, Philadelphia; citing Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, reel 1004.
'[date] " [sc. 1866 Sept] 25 [officiating minister] Charles D Cooper [place] 254 Franklin St Phila [names of parties] Charles W Houghton M.D. [and] Emeline C Davis [witnesses] A E [illegible, beginning either 'H' or 'K']'
? 'Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1709-1940', specific entry for Charles W. Houghton and Emeline C. Davis (1866); database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WN-7QBW : accessed 24 February 2025).
Charles W Houghton, 29, born Vermont
Emeline C David, 27, born Phil
married 25 Sep 1866, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
? 'Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Births, 1860-1915', specific entry for Horace Dunbar Houghton (31 Oct 1869); database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBTB-37W : accessed 24 February 2025).
Horace Dunbar Houghton, born 31 Oct 1869, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Charles W Houghton and Emeline C
'Source Details bk 1869 p 197'
? County of New York, New York, marriage record, no. 6016 (1896), Harry D Houghton and Ethel Johnston; image copy, NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (https://a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc.gov/view/7967880 : accessed 24 February 2025).
Harry D Houghton, residence 111 Warmly [??] St, New York, 26, white, single, born Philadelphia Pa to Charles W Houghton MD and Emaline C Davis, first marriage
Ethel Johnston, residence 113 Thomas St, Newark, NJ, 21, white, single, born New York, NY, to Michael Johnston and Bertha Jackson, first marriage
married 13 April 1896, in the City of New York, New York, by Edward Judson
witnesses Antoinette B Judson and James McCormick
? Bureau of Vital Statistics, Pennsylvania, death certificate, file no. 24334 (10 Feb 1916), Horace D Houghton; image copy, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/5164/images/41381_1521003239_0710-02707 : accessed 24 February 2025).
Horace D Houghton
male, white, married, reporter
born 31 Oct 1870, Pa, to Charles W (born Vt) and Emmeline C Davis (born Pa)
informant Dr Chas W Houghton Wynnewood Pa
died 10 Feb 1916, 422 N 7 St, 13th Ward, Philadelphia, of lobar pneumonia, with endocarditis contributing
buried 13 Feb Westminster Cem
undertaker Oliver H Bair, 1800 Chestnut
? 'Horace Davis Houghton', memorial 186884531, created by Crypt Tonight, 25 January 2018; database, Find a Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186884531/horace_davis_houghton : accessed 1 February 2025); citing Westminster Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; Find A Grave: Memorial #186884531.
? 'Pennsylvania, Births and Christenings, 1709-1950', specific entry for Frank D. Houghton (1874); database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HWLS-J9PZ : accessed 24 February 2025).
Frank D. Houghton, born 1874, Philadelphia, PA, to Chas W Houghton and Emeline C, christened at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
'Source Details P 194'
? 'Record of Interments, Westminster Cemetery Co., Philadelphia, Penn.', p.62, Frank Houghton (1905); in 'Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013'; image copy, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2451/images/40355_267448-00069 : accessed 26 February 2025).
'3113 Frank Houghton 2041 No. Lawrence 32 2650 [date of interment] " " [sc. 1905 Oct] 12 [place] High 100 [undertaker] W. J. Stuart Sarah [nearest relative or friend] J. Whitaker'
? 'Succumbed to Gas', Philadelphia Inquirer, Monday, 9 October 1905, p.8, col.4; image copy, Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/image/168532175/ : accessed 26 February 2025).
'SUCCUMBED TO GAS'
'Young Gettsburg Man found Dead in This City'
'Frank Houghton, 33 years old, of 2041 Lawrence street, committed suicide, the police say, by inhaling gas late Saturday night. Houghton is the son of a well-known physician of Gettysburg [sic], Pa. He had been boarding at the Lawrence street address with Joseph Doan for the past five months. He had not done any work, as he received an income from home. The young man's death is attributed to despondency.'
'Houghton retired late Saturday evening. When the Doan family arose yesterday morning they detected an odor of gas coming from Houghton's room. When they tried to enter the apartment the bed placed against he door barred the way. The door was finally broken down, and the man was found lying dead on the bed. All the windows were down and the room was filled with gas.'
? 'Because Frank Houghton Loved His Sister-in-law, He Killed Himself', The Scranton Truth, Scranton, Pennsylvania, Monday, 9 October 1905, p.2, col.1-2; image copy, 'Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/image/50164653/ : accessed 26 February 2025).
'BECAUSE FRANK HOUGHTON LOVED HIS SISTER-IN-LAW, HE KILLED HIMSELF'
'Philadelphia, Oct. 9.—Brooding over his unrequited love for Mrs. Horace Houghton, his sister-in-law, Frank Houghton, 32 years old, son of Dr. Charles W. Houghton, a wealthy physician, committed suicide by inhaling gas at his boarding house yesterday. Houghton was not aware that he was soon to come into possession of his share of an estate valued at $50,000.
'Houghton's desire to take his life was the result of a combination of circumstances, principal of which was his great love for his sister-in-law, who is said to have been engaged to him before she married his brother.
'Frank Houghton was assiduous in his attention to his sister-in-law. He said time and again to his friends that he loved Ethel better than her husband. A friend said that often he had found Frank sitting beside the picture of Ethel Houghton crying bitterly.'
? 'Ignorant That He Was an Heir, Penniless Young Man Suicides', Wilkes-Barre Times, Monday, 9 October 1905, p.6, cols.6-7; image copy, Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/image/119427895/ : accessed 26 February 2025).
'IGNORANT THAT HE WAS AN HEIR, PENNILESS YOUNG MAN SUICIDES'
'PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 9—Not knowing that he had just inherited $50,000, Frank Houghton, the wayward son of Dr. Charles W. Houghton, ended his life by inhaling gas in his room, at 2041 North Lawrence street, early yesterday morning.'
'Houghton's besetting failing was drink. He came home after midnight after his Saturday evening trip around among his boon companions. Mrs. Joseph Doan, with whom he boarded, detected the odor of gas. The door was forced, it being necessary to push away a heavy bed. On the floor beyond the bed was Houghton's lifeless body. The gas jet was wide open and all the windows tightly closed.'
'HEIR TO AUNT'S ESTATE.'
'Every week Houghton received an allowance of $10 from his father, who is living, with his third wife, at 2031 North Grant street. The young man—he was only 32—spent most of his money for drink, and then borrowed to get through the week. He was in arrears for his rent, and Saturday night was in such stress that he borrowed ten cents from a member of the family.'
'Now that the man is dead, it is disclosed that his aunt, Mrs. Craig, of Haddonfield, N.J., died three weeks ago. Her death removed the last life tenant on the estate of Houghton's mother, who was the second wife of Dr. Houghton. Before her death she tied up her property in a life estate, so that her sons could not share until her [page 2] sister was death. The estate was on the point of being divided, and if young Houghton had lived he would have shared in the property to the amount of $50,000.'
'In Houghton's room were found many love letters, treasures of a romance years ago. He had frequently spoken of this love affair to his friends.'
'SAYS HE LOVED SISTER-IN-LAW.
'On the dresser, Houghton had carefully placed his photograph side by side with that of his brother's wife—this being Mrs. Horace Houghton. Houghton often talked of this woman in a strain that indicated that his admiration for her was quite extraordinary. Her first name is "Ethel."'
'Mr. Doan said yesterday that when Houghton was in his cups he had often seen him sitting in front of the picture. He would say:'
'"I love Ethel dearly. She and mother are the only ones I cared for in all this world. Ethel will not have anything more to do with me know. Oh, how I want to die!"'
'Horace Houghton and his wife were believed to be out of the city. They could not be found yesterday. Dr. Houghton was in Gettysburg yesterday and has been telegraphed to return.'
'Frank Houghton was well started in life as a boy. He was sent to the Rutledge school, Seventh and Norris streets. Later, he was expected to study medicine. Instead, he embarked in business pursuits. His mother, almost worried to her grave over her unfortunate son, died eighteen months ago.'
? 'Frank Houghton', memorial 139323601, created by Crypt Tonight, 28 Nov 2014; database, Find a Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139323601/frank-houghton : accessed 26 February 2025); citing Westminster Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; Find A Grave: Memorial #139323601.
? 1870 U.S. census, district 66, ward 20, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, population schedule, p. 430 recto stamped = p.9 penned, family 60; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6WJ7-8WJ : accessed 31 January 2025).
Charles Houghton, 32, male, white, physician, 1500 in real estate, born Vermont, male citizen eligible to vote
Emma -, 30, female, white, keeping house, born Pennsylvania
Horrace -, 7/12, male, white, at home, born Pennsylvania, in October
Annie Rogers, 22, female, white, domestic servant, born Ireland
Rose Morgan, 35, female, white, domestic servant, born Ireland
? 1880 U.S. census, 23rd division, ward 20, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, population schedule, enumeration district 404, p.281 B stamped = p. 14 B penned, family 117; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYB4-WP : accessed 31 January 2025).
1528 North Seventh [?] Street
Chas Houghton, white, male, 43, married, medical doctor, born Vermont
wife Emeline ", white, female, 40, married, keeping house, born Penna
son Horace ", white, male, 10, single, at home, born Penna
son Frank ", white, male, 8, single
mother Eliza ", white, female, 70, widowed/divorced, at home, born Vermont
servant Kate McGuiley, white, female, 23, single, born Penna
servant Michael Henney, white, male, 15, single, born Penna
? Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Register of the Commandery of the State of Pennsylvania. From April 15, 1865, to July 1, 1882 (Philadelphia: 1882), p.113.
'1002. CHARLES WOODMAN HOUGHTON.'
'First Lieutenant and Asst. Surgeon 91st Penna. Infantry Nov. 4, 1861; honorably discharged Sept. 11, 1862.'
'Major and Surgeon 124th Penna. Infantry Sept. 12, 1862; mustered out May 17, 1863.'
'Major and Surgeon 214th Penna. Infantry March 21, 1865; mustered out March 21, 1866.'
'Elected May 3, 1882. Class 1. Insignia 2435.'
? Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Register of the Commandery of the State of Pennsylvania April 15, 1865--September 1, 1902 (Philadelphia, 1902), p.131.
'1002. CHARLES WOODMAN HOUGHTON.'
'First Lieutenant and Asst. Surgeon 91st Penna. Infantry Nov. 4, 1861; discharged for promotion Sept. 11, 1862.'
'Major and Surgeon 124th Penna. Infantry Sept. 12, 1862; honorably mustered out May 17, 1863.'
'Major and Surgeon 214th Penna. Infantry March 21, 1865; honorably mustered out March 21, 1866.'
'Elected May 3, 1882. Class 1. Insignia 2435.'
? Register of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, compiled from the Registers and Circulars of the Various Commanderies by J. Harris Aubin (Boston: Published under the Auspices of the Commandery of the State of Massachusetts, 1 January 1906), p.117.
'HOUGHTON, CHARLES W.'
'Surgeon, 214th Pa. Inf.'
'Pa.'
? 48.0 48.1 American Medical Directory, first edition, 1906, page 827, under 'Philadelphia, Pennsylvania'
[capital letters = member of state or county societies]
[Pa 2 = Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]
[the numbers in parentheses apparently represent the number of years of practice before the current law, and the year he received his state license]
'HOUGHTON, CHAS. W.--Pa. 2, '92; 2031 N. Front St; 9-11, 2-3, 7-8'
? 49.0 49.1 American Medical Directory, second edition, 1909, page 1015, under 'Philadelphia, Pennsylvania'.
[capital letters = member of state or county societies]
[The symbol (a '+' inside a circle) indicates a member of the American Medical Association]
[Pa 2 = Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]
[the numbers in parentheses apparently represent the number of years of practice before the current law, and the year he received his state license]
'HOUGHTON, CHAS. W [symbol]--Pa. 2 '92; (1 1881); (Royal); Broad and Girard Ave; 9-11, 2-3, 7-8'
? 50.0 50.1 American Medical Directory, third edition, 1912, page 1065, under 'Narberth, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania'.
[capital letters = member of state or county societies]
[The symbol (a '+' inside a circle) indicates a member of the American Medical Association]
[Pa 3 = Penn Med College, Gettysburg]
[the numbers in parentheses apparently represent the number of years of practice before the current law, and the year he received his state license]
'HOUGHTON, CHAS. W. (b '37) [symbol]--Pa. 3 '60; (1 '81); not in practice'
? 51.0 51.1 American Medical Directory, fourth edition, 1914, page 1326, under 'Wynnewood, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania'.
[capital letters = member of state or county societies]
[Pa 3 = Penn Med College, Gettysburg]
[the numbers in parentheses apparently represent the number of years of practice before the current law, and the year he received his state license]
'HOUGHTON, CHAS. W. (b '37)--Pa. 3 '59; (1 '81); not in practice'
? 1890 U.S. census, division 23, ward 20, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, veterans schedule, enumeration district 422, p.3, family 102; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-5TS2-FT : accessed 31 January 2025).
Charles W Houghton, surgeon [no regiment listed], enlisted = Sept 1861, discharged = May 1886, served 4 years 7 months [blank] days, post-office address 1528 N. 7th St Phila Pa, disability Ruptured
? 53.0 53.1 'US, Civil War Pensions Index, 1861-1900', specific entry for Charles W Houghton; image copy, Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/5933997/ : accessed 31 January 2025); 'Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900, compiled 1949 - 1949, documenting the period 1861 - 1942', NARA Catalog ID 2588825, record group 15 ((Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007); NARA microfilm series T289.
Charles W Houghton
late rank A.S F+S 91 Reg't Pa Inf
enlisted 4 Nov 1861 discharged 11 Sept 1862
invalid pension filed 3 June 1891, application 1029295, law J, certificate 752057
invalid pension filed 20 Mar 1907, law Agl
also served Surg 24 [sc. 124] + Surg 214 Pa Inf
died 6 June 1917 at Phila Pa
? 54.0 54.1 'U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934', specific entry for Charles W Houghton; image copy, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/4654/images/32959_032891-04311 : accessed 31 January 2025); citing Washington, D.C., National Archives and Records Administration, 'General Index to Civil War and Later Pension Files, Ca. 1949-Ca. 1949'; National Archives no. 563268; record group 15 (Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007); NARA microfilm series T288.
Charles W Houghton
Asst Surg 91 Pa Inf
Surg 124 + 214 Pa Inf
invalid pension 3 June 1891, application 1029295, certificate 752057, filed from Pa
attorney P J Hoffliger
? 55.0 55.1 55.2 55.3 [U.S., Veterans Administration, pension payment card], Charles W Houghton, certificate 752,047; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-X632-8P : accessed 24 February 2025).
'47. 369'
'NAME: Houghton, Charles W.'
'Certificate No. 752.057'
'ARMY INVALID.'
'Law: ACT OF MAY 11, 1912.'
'[crossed out:] ACT OF FEB. 6, 1907.'
'Service: Surgeon, 214" Pa.'
'Disability: [blank]'
'ISSUES.'
'[class] REISSUE [rate] 15 [date of commencement] Mch. 20 07 [date of certificate] Dec. 2 /07'
'[class] INCREASE [rate] 20 [date of commencement] Mch. 19 12 [date of certificate] Mch. 30 12'
'[class] REISSUE [rate] 30 [date of commencement] May 17 /12 [date of certificate] July 15/12'
'Fees: [blank]'
'Transferred from: PHILADELPHIA PA.'
'Transferred to: [blank]'
'Died: June 6 1917'
'Bureau notified: AUG 16 1917 Check No. 4767978 Dated AUG 4 1917 Canceled.'
'Remarks: From ACT OF JUNE 27, 1890.'
'Former Roll No. [blank]'
'Home: [blank]'
? Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, death certificate, no. 5784 [?], Emeline C Houghton (25 Feb 1904); image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-67Q4-T6 : accessed 26 February 2025).
Emeline C Houghton
white, female,
age 65 years
died 25 Feby 1904
cause of death: cancer of breast
C W Houghton MD 1528 N 7 St
born Phila, parents both born Phila [names not given]
died at 1528 N 7th St, 20th ward
buried 27 Feb 1904, 1528 N 7, Evergreen Cambden [sic]
C R Hartranft undertaker 3621 Gtn Av
? 'Emiline C Davis Houghton', memorial 186884590, created by Crypt Tonight, 25 Jan 2018; image copy, Find a Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186884590/emiline-c.-houghton : accessed 27 Feb 2025); citing Westminster Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; Find A Grave: Memorial #186884590; note: 'No burial record in Westminster. Death cert has burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Camden, NJ'.
? 58.0 58.1 Bureau of Vital Statistics, Pennsylvania, death certificate, file no. 30915 (25 March 1909), Sarah J Houghton; image copy, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/records/229279 : accessed 24 February 2025).
Sarah J Houghton
female, white, married
usual residence Royal Apartnments
born 16 Nov 1844, Pa, parents born Pa (names blank)
informant, O H Bair
died 25 March 1909, MedicoChi Hos, ward 10, Phila, of carcinoma of left ovary, with cardi-renal disease, ascites, left hematothorax contributing
buried 29 March 1909, Westminster
undertaker O H Bair, 1820 Chestnut St
? Sarah J Houghton, death notice, Philadelphia Inquirer, Sunday, 28 March 1909, sec. 2, p.15, col.7; image copy, Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/image/168436335/ : accessed 24 February 2025); citing p.47.
HOUGHTON.—On March 25, 1909, SARAH J. wife of Charles W Houghton, M D. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services, on Monday morning, at 10 o'clock, at the parlors of Oliver H Bair, 1820 Chestnut st. Interment private. Kindly omit flowers'.
? 'Sarah J. Houghton', memorial 195570381, created by Crypt Tonight, 26 Dec 2018; database, Find a Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195570381/sarah-j-houghton : accessed 24 February 2025).
? 'Record of Interments, Westminster Cemetery Co., Philadelphia, Penn.', p.109; image copy, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2451/records/4413028 : accessed 24 February 2025).
'[no. of interment] 5433 [name] Sarah J. Houghton [place] Med. Chi. Hosp. [age] 64 [permit] 4511 [date of interment] " " [sc. 1909 March] 29 [location] Highland 100 [undertaker] O. H. Bair [nearest relative or friend] Sarah J. Whitaker'
? 1910 U.S. census, ward 14, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, population schedule, enumeration district 209, p.134 A stamped = sheet 5 A penned, family 94; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RK2-S8J : accessed 31 January 2025).
855 Broad
boarder Charles W Houghton, male, white, 72, widowed, born Vermont, physician, working on own account
[head of household was] William McLaughlin, male, white, 39, single, born New Jersey, secretary, boiler component co, rented, house
? Bureau of Vital Statistics, Pennsylvania, death certificate, file no. 17855 (27 February 1917), Sarah M Houghton; image copy, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/records/610031 : accessed 25 February 2025).
Sarah M Houghton
female, white, married
born 27 July 1855, Penna, to Richard (born Penna) and Mary B Davis (born Penna)
informant: C W Houghton, 282 Hathawway Ave
died 27 February 1917, 282 Hathaway Lane, Lower Merion, Montgomery, of cardio-renal disease with uraemia; contributory, La Grippe and multiple neuritis
buried 2 March 1917, Riverview Cemy, Trenton, NJ
undertaker Oliver H Bair, 1820 Chestnut
? 'Sarah McGlathery English Houghton', memorial 218870703, created by Samuel Lyon McGlathery II; database, Find a Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218870703/sarah_english_houghton : accessed 1 February 2025); citing Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey; Find A Grave: Memorial #218870703
? Sarah M Houghton, death notice, Philadelphia Inquirer, Saturday, 3 March 1917, p.7, col.3; image copy, Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/image/169039564/ : accessed 25 February 2025).
'HOUGHTON.—Entered into rest, Feb. 27 SARAH M. HOUGHTON. Funeral services, Fri., 11 A. M., residence, 282 Hathaway lane. Wynnewood, Pa. Int. private.'
? death notice, Philadelphia Inquirer, Saturday, 9 June 1917, p.7, col.2; image copy, Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/image/169050890/ : accessed 1 February 2025).
'HOUGHTON.--June 6. Dr. CHARLES W. HOUGHTON. Relatives and friends, also General George G. Meade Post, No. 1, G.A.R., and members of Loyal Legion, are invited to services, Mon., 10 A.M. at Oliver H. Bair Bldg, 1829 Chestnut st. Int. Westminster Cem.'
? 'Dr Charles Woodman Houghton', memorial 94573073, created by Margaret Orthodox, 31 July 2012; database, Find a Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94573073/charles-woodman-houghton : accessed 24 February 2025); citing Westminster Cemetery, plot Highland 100, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; Find A Grave: Memorial #94573073; includes photo, added by Peter D, presumably of Houghton. |