Thomas Houghton  

Thomas Houghton born January 4 1829 Rush county Indiana Death: May 29, 1918 Burial: Burr Oak Cemetery Culver Marshall County Indiana son of James Houghton and Hannah Morris

The following was founf in the Citizen at his death:
He came to Marshall county with his parents in 1836 when he was 8 yeras old. This was just before the Indians had left and ther were frequent visitors to his father's house.

The family came from Rush county Indiana, with ox teams and walked most of the way.

They first lived in a grass thatched shack, then they moved into a log cabin with a dirt floor. The cracks between the logs of the cabin were plugged with hay, but the cattle would come along and pussl th hay out, "then we could look out and see the wolves that came acround this place at night", says "Uncle Tommy"

Logansport was the nearest trading point and the trips were a slow job.

But wild game was so abundant that the settlers were never without vensions, turkeys, prairie chickens. etc.

His marriage occurred March 27, 1851, to Miss Nancy McCormick Mitchell, Birth: Apr 13 1831 - probably, Shelby, Kentucky Death: Mar. 18, 1854 ae 22y-11m-5d. Culver/Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana Burial: Burr Oak Cemetery daughter of James Mitchell & Mary Demaree Children of Thomas Houghton and Nancy McCormick Mitchel

Lorenzo Mitchel "Ren" Houghton Birth: Jan 23 1852 - Culver, Marshall, Indiana Death: Oct 30 1881 - Culver, Marshall, Indiana married 1876 Mamie "Mary " Perkins Birth: 1859 Keokuk, Iowa married 2nd. WIlliam Henry Eggleston Daughter of Vincent T Perkins and Sarah H ---

James Edgbert Houghton Birth: July 12 1853 Marmot (now Culver), Marshall, Indiana Death: Mar 20 1930 San Francisco, San Francisco, California Burial: Cypress Lawn, Colma, San Mateo, California married Dec 24 187 Marmot (now Culver), Marshall, Indiana Elizabeth Hissong Birth: May 5 1852 - Stark Co., Ohio Death: June 15 1899 - Cando, Towner, North Dakota, dau. of John Hissong & Elizabeth ---

married 2nd 6 Apr 1855 in Marshall Co., Indiana Mary Ellen Byrd Birth: Oct. 15, 1836 Death: Apr. 8, 1875. Burial: Burr Oak Cemetery Culver Marshall County Indiana Mrs. Thomas Houghton, of Burr Oaks Flats, in this county, was in the city on Thrusday, at Mr. John B. Bender's and remained in town untl five o'clock in the afternoon, when she started home which is some 12 or 13 miles distant. She arrived home about ten o'clock, and went to bed apparently well as usual, but complained of being tired.

She soon went to sleep, from which she never awoke in this life, it is supposed. About four o'clock her husband heard her moaning as if distrubed in her dreams and attempted to arouse her but failing in that he got up and struck a light, and when he returned to the bed life had departed.

Heart disease is supposed to have caused her death.

Mr. Houghton, husband of the deceased is a brother of Mrs. John S. Bender of the city.

Mrs. Bender went to Mr. Houghton's immediately after the sad tidings reached her. She has not yet returned.

Children of Thomas Houghton and Mary Ellen Byrd

Charles Edmond Houghton Birth: 1857 Death: Sep. 24, 1859ae 1y-10m-26d Burial: Burr Oak Cemetery Culver Marshall County Indiana

Thomas Edward Houghton Jr. Birth: April 19, 1864 Indiana Death: October 18, 1949 Bourbon, Marshall County, Indiana

John Corwin Houghton Birth: 1870 Death: November 16, 1872 Burial: Burr Oak Cemetery

William "Will" L. /Nathan Houghton Birth: Nov 20 1869 - Union, Marshall, Ind Death: May 22 1948 - Burr Oak, Marshall, IN

Thomas Sr. only waited about a year and a half before wedding third wife

married 3rd December 13, 1876 Julia Anne Myers Birth: May 22, 1856 Ohio, Death: Sep. 5, 1909 Burial: Burr Oak Cemetery, Union Twp, Marshall Co, Indiana dau. of Christopher Myers & Elizabeth Pontius

CHildren of Thomas Houghton and Julia A. Myers

Orlando Manfred Houghton Birth: Dec. 23, 1877 Culver Marshall County Indiana Death: Sep. 2, 1956 Burial: Burr Oak Cemetery Culver Marshall County Indiana, married Apr 8 1909 Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana Jessie Olive Rodger/Rogers Birth: May 12, 1888 Fulton, Indiana Death: Aug. 4, 1960 Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana Burial: Burr Oak Cemetery Culver Marshall County Indiana dau of Leroy Rogers & Livonia Sabrina Duddleson

Luther Paul Houghton Birth: May 25 1879 - Culver, Marshall Co, Indiana Death: July 24 1901

Bertha Houghton Birth: February 15, 1881 Culver, Marshall Co, Indiana Death: February 3, 1963 Culver, Marshall, Indiana Burial: Burr Oak Cemetery, Union Twp, Marshall Co, Indiana

Dennis Ralph Houghton Birth: October 22, 1882 Marshall County, Indiana Death: Mar 6 1946 Culver, Marshall, Indiana Place of Burial: Culver Masonic Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana married Apr 18 1908 Culver, Marshall, Indiana Myrtle Alice Overmyer Birth: Feb 3 1890 - Burr Oak, Marshall, Indiana Death: Jan 30 1969 - Buck Creek, Tippecanoe, Indiana she married 2nd George Cowan dau. of William Sherman Overmyer & Ida Emma Sickman

Effie Leola Houghton Birth: 1886 Death: October 17, 1894 Burial: Burr Oak Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana(1886)

Chloe Viola Houghton Birth: Jan. 24, 1889 Marshall County Indiana, Death: Jun. 23, 1959 Burial: Culver Masonic Cemetery Culver Marshall County Indiana married May 21 1915 - Marshall, Indiana Roscoe W Livingston Birth: Mar. 9, 1887 Missouri, Death: Aug. 29, 1939 Indianapolis Marion County Indiana Burial: Masonic Cemetery Culver Marshall County Indiana son of Chas Robt Livingston, Sarah Jane Engleman

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Thomas Houghton A prosperous farmer, stock-raiser and landowner in Union township, Marshall County, Thomas Houghton is a native of Rush County, Indiana, born on the 4th of January 1829.

James Houghton, his father was a pioneer of the township named. He was born in England in 1797, came to the United States when a young man, and locating on a farm in Rush county continued the avocation to which he had been trained, also as a good wagon maker. Here he was married to Miss Hannah Morris, who was born in Ohio, December 8, 1800, and there were nine children of this union, as follows: Phoebe, John, Thomas, Clarissa, Rachael, William, Elvira, Edward and Jefferson, all born in Indiana. The elder Mr. Houghton located in Union township in 1836, when he entered 160 acres of government land; and at once entered upon its improvement. After clearing and putting under the plow a large portion of this tract, he sold the property and purchased a farm near Culver, which remained his homestead until his death; In early life he was a wagon maker, following that trade also while a resident of Rush county. For many years he was a member of the Christian church and was altogether a useful, moral and valued member of the community.

Thomas Houghton received his education primarily in the district schools of Union township, although his father took much interest in his mental improvement and taught him how to read. While still a boy he was apprenticed to a harness maker at Plymouth, and after completing his term returned to his father's farm, of which he assumed the management.

His marriage occurred March 27, 1851, to Miss Nancy McCormick Mitchell, daughter of James Mitchell, a Marshall county farmer. Mrs. Houghton died March 18, 1854, leaving two children - Lorenzo and James Egbert.

In 1855 Mr. Houghton married Miss Mary Ellen Byrd, a native of Marshall County, and to their union were born four sons - Charles E., Thomas E., John C., and William N. The second Mrs. Houghton passed away April 9, 1875,

And on December 13, 1876, our subject was united in marriage to Miss Julia A. Myers, who was born in Ohio, May 22, 1856, and reared in Marshall county, Indiana.

The present wife is a daughter of Chris Myers, a farmer of Union Township, who was born in Germany and came to Ohio with his parents when he was but two years of age. He was reared and married in that state, his wife being Elizabeth Pontias, a native of Ohio.

Mrs. Houghton was reared in Union Township, and received her education in the public schools of that section. The following six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Houghton: Orlando M.; Luther P., deceased; Dennis Ralph; Bertha E.; Effie Leola, deceased; and Cloe Viola, all of whom were born on the old homestead.
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Following his first marriage Mr. Houghton removed to the farm upon which he now resides, which at that time consisted of 160 acres, but which now comprises 327 acres, scientifically cultivated and thoroughly improved. He is also the owner of two other farms of 166 acres, all in Union Township. As to his fine homestead, it may be said the Mr. Houghton has cleared about 320 acres of it and made the improvements, which have made it so valuable and attractive as a country home. He is also a valued citizen in his civic relations to the community, having served for seven years as a trustee of Union Township. He is identified with the Masonic order and the I.O.O.F. in Union Township, and he and his wife are faithful members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Culver, having been heavy contributors in the erection of the beautiful church in Culver. - - A Twentieth Century History of Marshall County, Indiana. Chicago: (The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908). McDonald, Daniel. pg. 434-5