Margaret Houghton Hepburn1,2

F, #8821, b. 17 May 1920, d. 20 February 2006

Family: Dr. Thomas Perry PhD b. 11 Sep 1913

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthMay 17, 1920Hartford, Hartford Co., CT, USA, Rootsweb: Apr. 24, 1918 (CJV: sister's)3,4
EducationWent to Miss Baldwin's boarding school and then to Bryn Mawr.5
GraduationBennington College, Bennington, Bennington Co., VT, USA6
MarriageAug 4, 1941Elkton, MD, USA7,4
Divorce8
Notelived a hard physical life, running a cow farm, as a divorcee;
former head of the Canton Public Library8
LivingJul, 2003east of, Hartford, CT, USA, age 839
DeathFeb 20, 2006Canton Center, CT, USA
ObituaryFeb 21, 2006February 21, 2006
PERRY, Margaret ``Peg'' H.

Margaret ``Peg'' (Hepburn) Perry, 85 of Barbourtown Road, Canton Center, died suddenly, Monday, (February 20, 2006) at home. She was born May 17, 1920 in Hartford, daughter of the late Thomas Norval and Katharine (Houghton) Hepburn and has been a resident of Canton Center for the past 60 years. She was a graduate of Bennington College. Mrs. Perry was the librarian at the Canton Public Library for more than 35 years. She is survived by her daughter and three sons, Margaret ``Nome'' Obermeyer of Aspen, CO; Robert G. Perry of Great Barrington, MA, Scott H. and Lansford W. Perry both of Canton Center; and a brother, Robert Hepburn of Canton. She was predeceased by her son, Thomas H. Perry, two sisters, Marion Houghton Hepburn Grant and Katharine Hepburn, a brother, Richard Hepburn and her former husband, Thomas Perry. At Peg's request there will be no services. Vincent Funeral Home, 120 Albany Turnpike, Canton has charge of arrangements. The family specifically requests no flowers. Memorial donations may be made to Friends of the Canton Public Library, P.O. Box 136, Canton, CT 06019-0136.
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S57] Hepburn, Me, Stories of My Life, p. 10.
  2. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 184 #8805.
  3. [S58] Leaming, Katharine Hepburn, p. 189.
  4. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.
  5. [S57] Hepburn, Me, Stories of My Life, 10.
  6. [S254] Anne Edwards, A Remarkable Woman A Biography of Katharine Hepburn, p. 171.
  7. [S254] Anne Edwards, A Remarkable Woman A Biography of Katharine Hepburn, p. 227.
  8. [S1251] A. Scott Berg, Kate Remembered, P. 54.
  9. [S235] U.S. Census, from Marcia Tracy, Jul 29, 2003.

Marion Houghton Hepburn1,2

F, #8822, b. 24 April 1918, d. 3 August 1986

Family: Ellsworth Strong Grant b. 1917, d. 6 Mar 2013

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthApr 24, 1918Hartford, Hartford Co., CT, USA3
NewspaperFeb 3, 1939MARION HEPBURN ENGAGED; Sister of Movie Actress to Be Bride of Ellsworth Grant
February 3, 1939, Friday
GraduationJun, 1939Bennington College, Bennington, Bennington Co., VT, USA4
MarriageJun 12, 1939Hartford, Hartford Co., CT, USA5,6
Living1951Hartford, CT, USA
Author1984The City of Hartford, 1784-1984: An Illustrated History
DeathAug 3, 1986Hartford, CT, USA7
BurialCedar Hill Cmetery, Hartford, CT, USA
BiographyShe went to Miss Baldwin's boarding school and then to Bryn Mawr. She spent one college vacation working at Hull House, a Chicago social center; two years working for John L. Lewis as secretary of the United Federal Works, and again as a picket outside the Hotel Harrington. She graduated from Bennington.
She was involved with Ellsworth from age 15. Her sister Katherine thought she was the most intellectual of her syblings. She was interested in history and active in local historical societies. She was very social. She was a local historian. She was a Connecticut historian and co-founder of the Greater Hartford Urban League. She was the author of seven books on Connecticut history and legend.8,6,9
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S57] Hepburn, Me, Stories of My Life, p. 27.
  2. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 184 #8803.
  3. [S58] Leaming, Katharine Hepburn, p. 183.
  4. [S254] Anne Edwards, A Remarkable Woman A Biography of Katharine Hepburn, p. 171.
  5. [S254] Anne Edwards, A Remarkable Woman A Biography of Katharine Hepburn, p. 170.
  6. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 184.
  7. [S58] Leaming, Katharine Hepburn.
  8. [S57] Hepburn, Me, Stories of My Life, 10.
  9. [S1251] A. Scott Berg, Kate Remembered, P. 54.
  10. [S254] Anne Edwards, A Remarkable Woman A Biography of Katharine Hepburn, p. 234.
  11. [S935] Who's Who, 1958, p. 1560.
  12. [S415] E-mail from Marcia Tracy, Dec 25, 2003.

Thomas Houghton Hepburn1,2

M, #8823, b. 8 November 1905, d. 3 April 1921

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthNov 8, 1905Hartford, Hartford Co., CT, USA, at home; christiened by his grandfather "Brother Hep"3
DeathApr 3, 1921New York, New York Co., NY, USA, He committed suicide by hanging in an attic at age 15 while visiting "Aunt" Mary Towle; found by his sister Katharine . The family, afterwards, never talked about his suicide. He had made an aborted attempt to hang himself a year before.4
NewspaperApr 4, 1921New York, New York Co., NY, USA, New York Times: MYSTERY IN SUICIDE OF SURGEON'S SON; Hartford Schoolboy, 15, Visiting Here, Is Found Hanging in His Room. WAS ATHLETIC AND HAPPY Must Have Killed Himself as Result of Suddenly Developed Insanity, Father Says.
Thomas Houghton Hepburn, 15 years old, a student at the Kingswood School, and son of Dr. Thomas N. Hepburn, of Hartford, Conn., who had been a guest with his sister for a few days at the home of friends of his parents at 26 Charlton Street, committed suicide yesterday under circumstances which at first raised suspicion in the mind of the boy's father that he had been murdered by strangulation and a clumsy effort made to conceal the crime. Investigation showed that no intruder had entered the house during the night and no disturbance had been heard in the student's room.
After he had learned the details connected with the finding of the body of his son, Dr. Hepburn, who came here last night, said he had decided his son had killed himself as the result of a suddeen development of adolescent insanity.
Young Hepburn had entertained the family with a banjo concert before he retired to bed shortly after ten o'clock on Saturday night. When he did not appear for breakfast his sister, Clara [CJV: Katherine Hepburn] thirteen years old, went to his room. Getting no reply to her summons on the door she entered and saw that his bed had been slept in, but the room appeared to be unoccupied. In a dark angle of a closet and a wall she found her brother's body suspended from a noose made from strips of cloth, which had been placed around a beam of the old fashioned ceiling.
The boy's feet rested on the floor, which raised the question of how he succeeded in strangling himself in that position. While the girl's cries brought aid she lifted the body of her brother and held him clear of the floor until Dr. Condy of St. Vincent's Hospital arrived. He said the boy had been dead several hours.
On Tuesday Thomas and his sister, accompanied by their mother, Mrs. Katherine Houghton Hepburn, had gone to the home of Miss Mary R. Towle at 26 Charlton Street to spend the remaining days of their Easter holiday. Later, Mrs. Hepburn, who was a prominent leader in the campaign in Connecticut for woman suffrage, returned home. Miss Towle, who had been a classmate of Mrs. Hepburn at Bryn Mawr College, and is a law partner of Miss Bertha Rembaugh at 165 Broadway, was told by Thomas before he retired for the night that their visit had been the most pleasant experience of his life.
"My son was normal in mind and body, and the taking of his own life can be accounted for only from a medical point, that he was suddenly afflicted with adolescent insanity." said Dr. Hepburn. "He was an athlete, bronzed with health and exercise. He won his colors with the football team of his school last Fall, and had experessed his ambition to finish his studies at the preparatory school and enter Yale University, to study surgery, and as he said "follow in father's footsteps.""
Thomas had packed the suitcases of himself and sister and had bought tickets for their return home today. It is thought he had risen some time between dawn and 7 o'clock to hang himself.
Special to the New York Times.
"Hartford, Conn., April 3. -- "God alone knows why," was the answer given by a relative when inquiry was made tonight at the home of Dr. Thomas N. Hepburn, 352 Laurel Street, this city, as to the probable cause of the suicide of Thomas Hepburn Jr. in New York City. It was explained that the boy was a normal, happy schoolboy, athletic and ambitious, though somewhat nervous in temperament. He had written cheerful letters to his parents, who were certain there was no girl sweethaeart or thwarted vocation or ambition involved, but that the tragedy must have been born of some sudden, irresistable impulse
The boy's mother was for years the aggressive President of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association until she uoined Alice Paul's militant section with her friend and Vice President of the association, Mrs. M. Toscan Bennett, who recently startled her friends by announcing her determination to dispose of her worldly goods and go to live with her husband, a Hartford lawyer in a log cabin in the Katonah Colony of Communists.5
BurialCedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT, USA, ashes buried, after being cremated in New Jersey6
BiographyWhen 6, he developed St. Vitus's dance or chorea (involuntary movements). He had facial tics. After his suicide (Kath found him hanging from a noose made of torn sheeting), his father made a public denial, stating it was "the result of a foolish stunt". The Hepburn family rarely spoke of Tom again.7
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S57] Hepburn, Me, Stories of My Life, p. 20.
  2. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 183 #8801.
  3. [S58] Leaming, Katharine Hepburn, p. 123.
  4. [S58] Leaming, Katharine Hepburn, p. 189.
  5. [S95] Newspaper, New York Times Archives: Apr 4, 1921.
  6. [S58] Leaming, Katharine Hepburn, p. 203.
  7. [S254] Anne Edwards, A Remarkable Woman A Biography of Katharine Hepburn, p. 33.

Richard Houghton Hepburn1,2

M, #8824, b. 8 September 1911, d. 18 October 2000

Family 1: Estelle Morrison

  • Marriage*: Richard Houghton Hepburn married Estelle Morrison on Oct 25, 1954.6,7
  • Divorce*: Richard Houghton Hepburn and Estelle Morrison were divorced.

Family 2: Elizabeth Ballard

  • Marriage*: Richard Houghton Hepburn married Elizabeth Ballard.6
  • Divorce*: Richard Houghton Hepburn and Elizabeth Ballard were divorced.

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthSep 8, 1911Hartford, Hartford Co., CT, USA, at home3
EducationTrinity College, for one year4
GraduationHarvard University, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA, USA4,5
Living1951New York, New York Co., NY, USA
MarriageOct 25, 19546,7
Divorce
Marriage6
Divorce
DeathOct 18, 2000Ivoryton, Middlesex Co., CT, USA8,9
BurialCedar Hill Cmetery, Hartford, CT, USA
BiographyDick was a musician and a playwright, who never made a major name for himself. He lived with and was supported by his sister Katherine after his divorce.5
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S57] Hepburn, Me, Stories of My Life, p. 27.
  2. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 183 #8802.
  3. [S58] Leaming, Katharine Hepburn, p. 145.
  4. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 183.
  5. [S1251] A. Scott Berg, Kate Remembered, P. 54.
  6. [S58] Leaming, Katharine Hepburn.
  7. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.
  8. [S415] E-mail from Marcia Tracy, Jul 29, 2003.
  9. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Hadley/ Houghton/ Olmsted Family Tree (Owner: Jane Preziosi; JPrez123): http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx

Dr. Robert Houghton Hepburn1,2

M, #8825, b. 4 April 1913, d. 26 November 2007

Family: Susanna Floyd b. 4 Oct 1919

  • Marriage*: Dr. Robert Houghton Hepburn married Susanna Floyd on Jan 17, 1943.5,6

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthApr 4, 1913Hartford, Hartford Co., CT, USA3
Occupationa physician
Graduation1939Harvard University, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA, USA4
Research1943
Mil. Serv.between 1943 and 1946Pacific Theater. He was appointed chief of urology aboard the U.S.S. Repose, a naval hospital ship that served at the Battle of Okinawa, and later was stationed at Shanghai serving both the American and British navies.
MarriageJan 17, 19435,6
LivingJul, 2003near, Old Saybrook, CT, USA
DeathNov 26, 2007Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, USA7
ObituaryLegend’s Kid Brother Remembered As Caring Doctor, Anti-Vietnam Activist

Last Hepburn Sibling Dies

Robert Hepburn, the last sibling of actress Katharine Hepburn still alive, died of a heart attack Monday at Hartford Hospital, where he headed the urology department more than 30 years ago. He was 94.

The youngest brother of the film legend, Hepburn was one of six children of Katharine Houghton Hepburn, an early proponent for birth control, and Dr. Thomas Hepburn, the head of urology and chief of staff at Hartford Hospital whom Robert would emulate.

A graduate of Harvard Medical School in 1939, Hepburn took an internship at Hartford Hospital and began a residency at Massachusetts General Hospital in 1941, before being fast-tracked into service in the World War II Pacific theater in 1943. He was appointed chief of urology aboard the U.S.S. Repose, a naval hospital ship that served at the Battle of Okinawa, and later was stationed at Shanghai serving both the American and British navies.

After being discharged in 1946, he began practicing at Hartford Hospital, where he was known as a caring doctor who often did surgeries pro bono, once taking shoes as payment from a cobbler and a birdhouse from a woodworker, said his son-in-law Robert Kravitz.

"When he did his rounds, he spent an inordinate amount of time so that he could understand his patients well at the front end," Kravitz said.

Hepburn's political activism peaked during the Vietnam War, when he served as a lead delegate for anti-war presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy in 1968 and wrote several letters to The Courant, including one in 1967 contending that American policy in Vietnam "can never be accepted by Americans who remember their own history."

Hepburn retired from medicine in 1973, staying in a home in West Hartford along the Hart Meadow Brook. A man who once partied with Charlie Chaplin and flew in an airplane with Howard Hughes, Hepburn later moved in with his daughter Susanna and her husband, Kravitz, in Canton.

Kravitz described Hepburn as a humble man who was known for his intelligence and spiritual guidance. Kravitz said that out of all of the Hepburn siblings — which included local historian Marion Hepburn Grant; Margaret Hepburn Perry, former head of the Canton Public Library; playwright Richard Hepburn, and older siblings Thomas and Katharine — Robert was known to his parents as the most focused.

"He [Robert] was probably the glue that held the family together," Kravitz said.

Hepburn is also survived by his son, David P. Hepburn of Glastonbury, and his grandchildren Jarrett, Naomi, Owen and Olivia Kravitz of Canton. There will be no calling hours for Hepburn, and the family will hold a private service.
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Schuyler Ranson Debarthe Grant (Katharine's great niece) has two children-Ondine and Phoebe. She currently resides in NYC and is running http://kulayoga.com/kula/site.html. I'm not sure on the year of the birth of her children, however, I do believe Ondine was born in June of 2006.
BurialCedar Hill Cmetery, Hartford, CT, USA
BiographyLeaming's 'Katharine Hepburn': Harvard educated physician. He was 55 before he knew his grandfather had committed sucide.
circa 1938, completed internship at Boston Hospital; after Harvard and medical school, he assisted his father in the Hartford Hospital.
Physician. The son of the late Katharine Houghton Hepburn and Dr. Thomas N. Hepburn, he was the last survivor among the Hepburn siblings that included actress Katharine Hepburn. He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1939, took a two-year internship at Hartford Hospital, then a residency in Urology at Massachusetts General Hospital from 1941 to 1943, sped up because of World War II. During the war he served in various locations until he was appointed Chief of Urology aboard the American Naval Hospital Ship "Repose," which served in the Pacific. He was at the battle of Okinawa when the Japanese surrendered, after which his ship moved to Shanghai, China, where it became a base hospital for Admiral Kincaid's 7th Fleet and the British Far Eastern Fleet. He was discharged in June 1946 at which time he began his practice at Hartford Hospital. He retired as the director of the Urology department in July 1973.5,8
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S57] Hepburn, Me, Stories of My Life, p. 27.
  2. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 184 #8804.
  3. [S58] Leaming, Katharine Hepburn, p. 156.
  4. [S1251] A. Scott Berg, Kate Remembered, P. 54.
  5. [S58] Leaming, Katharine Hepburn.
  6. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.
  7. [S93] Newspaper Obituary, Courant.Com.
  8. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 184.

Marion Jeanette Houghton1,2

F, #8826, b. 22 November 1882, d. 2 October 1968

Family: Stevens Thompson Mason b. 3 Jul 1880, d. 1950

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthNov 22, 1882Buffalo, Erie Co., NY, USA, MLM: 18814,5,3,6
Education1900Arundell School, Baltimore, Baltimore Co., MD, USA7
Graduation1906Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Montgomery Co., PA, USA, A.B.8,3
Occupationwas head worker in the Guild of St. George, Baltimore, and was volunteer worker in the Association of Charities, Detroit. In 1918 she was secretary, in 1919 vice-pres., in 1919-1920 presid. of the Detroit Equal Suffrage League and President of the League of Women Voters, Detroit. She was an agent of the Federal Labor Bureau, and a teacher in the Americanization work of the Detroit Board of Education. She was a member of the Bryn Mawr Alumnae, League of Women Voters, the Woman's City Club of Detroit, Detroit Country Club, Indian Village Club, and Detroit Fine Arts Society.3
MarriageAug 8, 1911Hartford, CT, USA3
Residence1920Detroit, MI, USA9
Living1951San Bernardino, CA, USA
DeathOct 2, 1968Alhambra, Los Angeles Co., CA, USA10
BurialElmwood Cemetery, Detroit, MI, USA
BiographyWoman's who's who of America, 1914: MASON, Marion Houghton (Mrs. Stevens Thomson Mason), 965 Jefferson Av., Detroit, Mich. Born Buffalo. N.Y; daughter of Alfred Houghton
and Caroline (Garlinghouse) Houghton; ed. Bryn Mawr Col!., A.B. '06; Columbia Univ., M.A. '11; School of Philanthropy, '11; m. Hartford, Conn., Aug. 8, 1911, Stevens Thomson Mason.
Head worker in Guild of St. George. Baltimore, Md; volunteer worker in Ass'n of Charities, Detroit, Mich. Interested in the National Flower and Fruit Guild. Christ Church Guild: mem. Advisory Board of District (S.E. and E.) of Ass'n of Charities; mem. Com. on Vocational Opportunities for Women. Clubs: Country, College, Collegiate Alumnte, Bryn Mawr. Episcopalian.
Favors woman suffrage; mem. Just Government League of Md., N.Y. Woman Suffrage Party, Mich. Equal Suffrage Ass'n, Detroit Equal Suffrage League, Coll. Equal Suffrage League (cornmitte service in each of these).
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 498 #2709.
  2. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 175 #8474.
  3. [S811] Unknown author Am. Biog. Libr.: Amer. Women, p. 364.
  4. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 498.
  5. [S57] Hepburn, Me, Stories of My Life, p. 10.
  6. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 175.
  7. [S58] Leaming, Katharine Hepburn, p. 86.
  8. [S58] Leaming, Katharine Hepburn, p. 95.
  9. [S58] Leaming, Katharine Hepburn, p. 189.
  10. [S58] Leaming, Katharine Hepburn.

Edith Houghton1,2,3

F, #8827, b. 22 December 1879, d. 23 October 1948

Family: Dr. Donald Russell Hooker MD b. 7 Sep 1876, d. 1 Aug 1946

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthDec 22, 1879Canandaigua, Ontario Co., NY, USA, Moser: Buffalo, NY; age 5/12 in 1880 census; Dec. 1879, age 20, in 1900 census5,4,6,7,8
EducationMiss Baldwin's School for Girls, Bryn Mawr, Montgomery Co., PA, USA
1900 CensusJun, 1900Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Montgomery Co., PA, USA, age 20, a student7,9
Graduationbetween 1901 and 1905Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Baltimore Co., MD, USA, studied medicine, but did not finish her degree. She met Tom Hepburn there and became fencing partners.5,10,11,6,12
MarriageJun 14, 1905Baltimore, Baltimore Co., MD, USA, Moser: Buffalo, NY5,13,6,14,15
ResidenceBaltimore, Baltimore Co., MD, USA14
DeathOct 23, 1948Baltimore, Baltimore Co., MD, USA, after being in a coma for almost seven years16,14,17
BurialEvergreen Cemetery, New Haven, CT, USA
BiographyBorn in Buffalo, New York in 1879, Edith Houghton graduated from Bryn Mawr College, and enrolled in the Johns Hopkins University Medical School, one of the first women accepted in that program. There she met Dr. Donald Hooker and, following their marriage and a year of study in Berlin, she returned to Baltimore and began a career in social work. She and Dr. Hooker founded the Guild of St. George, a home for unwed mothers and their babies.

Edith Houghton Hooker became convinced that progressive reform would occur quickly and completely if women achieved the right to vote. Maryland's suffrage movement was experiencing a renaissance, and in 1909, Hooker organized the Just Government League and affiliated her organization with the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). In 1910, the defeat of suffrage in the Maryland General Assembly led Hooker and others to believe that, while they should continue to press the state legislature for suffrage legislation, the answer lay in passage of a national constitutional amendment.

It was clear to organizers like Edith Houghton Hooker and Elizabeth King Ellicott that if reluctant members of state and national lawmaking bodies were to be persuaded to enact women's suffrage, suffragists would have to extend their influence and their argument across the state. They also realized that while there were several local and statewide suffrage organizations, they would have to present a united front in Annapolis. Activists would also have to conduct an effective public information campaign.

The creation in 1912 of the Maryland Suffrage News by Edith Houghton Hooker as the official organ of the Just Government League, addressed each of those needs: unity, a statewide presence, and public information. The News became the weekly voice, not just for the Just Government League, but for the suffrage movement in Maryland, since general circulation newspapers paid little attention to suffrage. The News included such information as the latest count of prosuffrage states, techniques for countering antisuffrage arguments, and helped women feel connected with like-minded women throughout the state. In addition, it informed its subscribers, most of whom were middle class, of the needs and circumstances of working class women, and the problems associated with education, crime and corruption, and negative aspects of industrialization. In 1917, Hooker was asked to serve as editor of The Suffragist, the official publication of the National Women's Party.

Hooker also took to the streets using an automobile, from which she conducted open air meetings in various locations throughout the state. In 1913 alone, the Just Government league held 214 "parlor" meetings, with a total attendance of over 19,000 people, conducted 86 open air meetings, and distributed suffrage literature to more that 114,000 people. By 1915, the Just Government League had 17,000 members.

Although the Maryland Senate passed a suffrage bill in 1916, the House of Delegates continued to defeat the measure.

After the Nineteenth Amendment was passed by Congress in 1919, Hooker, now president of the Maryland Suffrage Party of Baltimore, led an intensive ratification campaign. Even though, she and other suffrage leaders met with new Governor Albert C. Ritchie in February 1920, and presented a petition signed by more than 125,000 people, to the General Assembly, ratification was rejected. Ultimate victory was assured with Tennessee become the thirty-sixth and deciding ratifying state.

The many bound volumes of the Maryland Suffrage News now reside in the Maryland Historical Society, where girls and women of newer generations can understand the drama of the suffrage movement, the dedication of suffragists, and the importance of the result. Without the drive and dynamism of Edith Houghton Hooker, we would have little awareness of the commitment of Maryland suffragists to achieve the right to vote. Edith Houghton Hooker died October 23, 1948.© Copyright Maryland State Archives, 2001

Leaming: p. 148 "tempestuous, passionate, idealistic, argumentative, tomboyish, flamboyant"; suffragette; battled uncle Amory to attend Bryn Mawr. Suspended for a hazing incident (Uncle Amory stated she should be shot, not suspended). Interest in venereal disease education. Joined, with Don and sister Kate, Morrow's Society for Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis (sexual ethics, venereal disease crusade); joined the Equal Suffrage League of Baltimore; was head of the Just Government League and editor of the Maryland Suffrage News; made speeches from her husbands car; lead the Maryland contingent of women (dressed as Amazons) to Alice Paul's Washington DC suffrage march in 1913. She was one of the Silent Sentinels who marched in front of the White House in 1917.
After the suicide of her nephew Tom, she and Don did not return to Fenwick but built their own cottage in Greenville, Maine. She finished her book The Laws of Sex. She worked with Alice Paul for an Equal Rights Amendment.


Edith Houghton Hooker
(1879-1948)

Image of Edith Houghton Hooker from Maryland Women's Hall of Fame program.
Born in Buffalo, New York in 1879, Edith Houghton graduated from Bryn Mawr College, and enrolled in the Johns Hopkins University Medical School, one of the first women accepted in that program. There she met Dr. Donald Hooker and, following their marriage and a year of study in Berlin, she returned to Baltimore and began a career in social work. She and Dr. Hooker founded the Guild of St. George, a home for unwed mothers and their babies.

Edith Houghton Hooker became convinced that progressive reform would occur quickly and completely if women achieved the right to vote. Maryland's suffrage movement was experiencing a renaissance, and in 1909, Hooker organized the Just Government League and affiliated her organization with the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). In 1910, the defeat of suffrage in the Maryland General Assembly led Hooker and others to believe that, while they should continue to press the state legislature for suffrage legislation, the answer lay in passage of a national constitutional amendment.

It was clear to organizers like Edith Houghton Hooker and Elizabeth King Ellicott that if reluctant members of state and national lawmaking bodies were to be persuaded to enact women's suffrage, suffragists would have to extend their influence and their argument across the state. They also realized that while there were several local and statewide suffrage organizations, they would have to present a united front in Annapolis. Activists would also have to conduct an effective public information campaign.

The creation in 1912 of the Maryland Suffrage News by Edith Houghton Hooker as the official organ of the Just Government League, addressed each of those needs: unity, a statewide presence, and public information. The News became the weekly voice, not just for the Just Government League, but for the suffrage movement in Maryland, since general circulation newspapers paid little attention to suffrage. The News included such information as the latest count of prosuffrage states, techniques for countering antisuffrage arguments, and helped women feel connected with like-minded women throughout the state. In addition, it informed its subscribers, most of whom were middle class, of the needs and circumstances of working class women, and the problems associated with education, crime and corruption, and negative aspects of industrialization. In 1917, Hooker was asked to serve as editor of The Suffragist, the official publication of the National Women's Party.

Hooker also took to the streets using an automobile, from which she conducted open air meetings in various locations throughout the state. In 1913 alone, the Just Government league held 214 "parlor" meetings, with a total attendance of over 19,000 people, conducted 86 open air meetings, and distributed suffrage literature to more that 114,000 people. By 1915, the Just Government League had 17,000 members.

Although the Maryland Senate passed a suffrage bill in 1916, the House of Delegates continued to defeat the measure.

After the Nineteenth Amendment was passed by Congress in 1919, Hooker, now president of the Maryland Suffrage Party of Baltimore, led an intensive ratification campaign. Even though, she and other suffrage leaders met with new Governor Albert C. Ritchie in February 1920, and presented a petition signed by more than 125,000 people, to the General Assembly, ratification was rejected. Ultimate victory was assured with Tennessee become the thirty-sixth and deciding ratifying state.

The many bound volumes of the Maryland Suffrage News now reside in the Maryland Historical Society, where girls and women of newer generations can understand the drama of the suffrage movement, the dedication of suffragists, and the importance of the result. Without the drive and dynamism of Edith Houghton Hooker, we would have little awareness of the commitment of Maryland suffragists to achieve the right to vote. Edith Houghton Hooker died October 23, 1948.


© Copyright Maryland State Archives, 2001

Margo Moser:

Edith Houghton was one of the first women to be accepted at the Johns Hopkins Medical School. In her senior year, she married Donald Russell Hooker, a fellow student at Johns Hopkins. She was a graduate of Bryn Mawr College. Mrs. Hooker was an active member of the Suffrage Movement. She and her husband were interested in establishing supervised playgrounds for the underprivileged children of Baltimore, Maryland. She and her husband were also responsible for establishing the Planned Parenthood Clinic in Baltimore. She was the author of some children's stories which were published in the "St. Nicholas Magazine." She also wrote "Life's Clinic."

Her sister was Katharine Houghton who married Dr. Thomas Hepburn of Chestertown, Maryland. One of their daughters, Katharine Hepburn is a well know actress.

My Paternal Grandmother: Edith Houghton Hooker and her ancestors

Edith Houghton (December 22, 1879-October 23, 1948), was born in Buffalo, New York, the second daughter of Alfred Augustus Houghton (1851-1892) and his second wife, Caroline Garlinghouse (1856-1894). Edith Houghton had two sisters: Katharine Martha Houghton (1878-1951), who married Thomas Norvell Hepburn (1879-1962), and Marion Houghton (1884-1968) who married (1) Stevens Mason (d. 1951) and (2) Edwards B Adams. (See Houghton genealogy for their descendents.)

Edith also had a half sister, Mary Francis Houghton (1873-1951), who was the daughter of Alfred Augustus Houghton and his first wife, Olive Chestnutwood Houghton (1852-1873). The Houghton and Chestnutwood families had known each other in Brooklyn, New York before they moved to Buffalo.

Edith's father, Alfred Houghton, was born in East Cambridge, Massachusetts on March 6, 1851. The Houghtons were of old New England stock. They became Capitalists in the glass making business during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods. The Houghtons moved to Brooklyn, New York in 1864 where Alfred's father and older brothers established a glass making company. Fred was a troubled child, moody and lethargic, sometimes hardly able to rouse himself from bed. He read books, studied philosophy, and played Schubert and Chopin on the violin. Alfred started undergraduate work at Harvard University (1969-70), leaving after his father's business failed. Later, he graduated from Columbia University. After receiving his law degree from Columbia in 1872, Alfred went to work for a division of the Corning Glass Company in Brooklyn founded by his family and became an attorney for the family firm. Alfred was soon fired by his older brother Amory Houghton, Jr. because of his tardiness. At that time, he lived on State Street in Brooklyn.

In 1872, Alfred married Olive Chestnutwood. In her letters, Olive documented her husband's peculiar obsessions and night time terrors. When Olive became pregnant and was experiencing a bout of the ague (cold, hot and sweating fits) in Brooklyn, she moved to Buffalo to be with her parents. Olive died in 1873 when the infant Mary was three months old. At age 22, Alfred moved to Buffalo to take care of his child. They lived with Alfred's in-laws, Levy and Mary Jones Chestnutwood on East Eagle Street for three years. Mary Houghton was "adopted" by her maternal aunt, Olive's sister, Mary Francis Chestnutwood Linen ("Frankie") who had just lost a child. Mary Francis Houghton was raised first on Niagara Street and then, after the death of Alfred and Caroline, at the Linen's big Victorian home at 308 Summer Street, Buffalo N.Y. She never married. She knew her half sisters, Katharine, Edith, and Marion but was brought up in a more conservative old fashioned family than her younger half sisters.

The early to mid 1870s was a period of great economic growth in Buffalo. John Linen, Frankie's husband, president of the large and successful Buffalo Scale Company hired Alfred Houghton to work with Levi Chestnutwood in managing the Buffalo Scale Company. Alfred Houghton prospered financially, rising to the position of secretary and then vice-president of the company. Alfred eventually became principal owner of the company, a member of Buffalo's industrial elite. During that period, Alfred's brother Amory, Jr. moved the Houghton family glass factory to Corning New York and renamed it the Corning Glass Works.

On May 7, 1877, Alfred Augustus Houghton married twenty year old Caroline Garlinghouse at the home of her widowed mother, Martha Anne Spaulding Garlinghouse (1818-1880). The brick house (built in the 1850s) is located at 216 Prospect Street, Buffalo, N.Y. The minister who performed the marriage was the Reverend L.B. Van Dyke, Rector of the St John's Grace Evangelical Church, Buffalo, New York. ( I have pictures of the house. Marriage records are at the St. John's Grace Evangelical Church.)

Caroline's family had moved to Canandaigua, New York soon after the War of 1812 with Great Britain. At that time, the area was mostly woodland, broken here and there by a new home site. Transportation was limited to a few roads that were largely former Indian trails. Caroline's father, Leman Benton Garlinghouse (1814-1872), born in Canandaigua, was involved in the canal trade. Martha Spalding's family were Quakers who moved to the area from Rochester, New York. Very intelligent and forward thinking, in the vanguard of thinking following Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson, they moved into "the burned out district" bringing the "reawakening" to the towns they lived in. After the death of her husband Caroline's mother, Martha Anne Spaulding Garlinghouse moved from Canandaigua to Buffalo where Caroline's brother Frederick was employed by the city of Buffalo as a civil engineer.

Following their marriage, Caroline and Alfred Houghton lived for a time with Martha Spaulding Garlinghouse in Buffalo. Alfred was working for the Buffalo Scale Company. After Martha's death they moved to 329 Prospect Street (house no longer there). They spent the winters in Buffalo, where they were members of the Buffalo industrial elite. Caroline was active in the Women's Investigating Club where women discussed issues of the day with the goal of expanding the intellectual horizons of its members. "Caroline was a woman unlike the majority of her social peers. She recognized the intellectual capabilities of women and sought to challenge herself academically. It would be a valuable lesson that she would impart to her daughters." (Information taken from a paper prepared by James Williams, 1993.)

The Houghtons also owned a seven acre summer home in Athol Springs, Hamburg, New York which overlooked Lake Erie. Alfred bought "the Farm" from Franklin Locke, a friend, a lawyer eight years older than Alfred. Franklin Locke had bought the Beach Estate on Lakeside Drive in Athol Springs and sold it in partitions. The Farm was located about 1-2 miles from Cloverbank where Alfred's sister Nellie Houghton Abbott lived during the summer with her husband George Abbott. Nellie was a favorite aunt of Edith, Katharine, and Marion Houghton. (I visited "the Farm" in 2001 with Katharine's granddaughter, Katharine Houghton Grant, my second cousin, and have pictures of the property overlooking Lake Erie.) Harry, the coachman, took Alfred to the Athol Springs train station every morning and picked him up at night. The family swam in Lake Erie, rode horses on the beach, and picked wild strawberries in the fields. The girls had their own pony cart and the first bicycles at the lake. However, recurrent, chronic depression continued to plague Alfred.

Edith's childhood nickname was "Pid." She was called "Pigweed" by her father because she was growing so fast. Her sisters, Katharine and Marion, shortened the name "Pigweed" to "Pid." Her father taught her to play the violin and chess. Edith was slender and angular–a tomboy with dark sandy bangs and long hair. I have one picture of her as a child where she had cut her hair short, like a boy's hair. The photograph, taken at Lake Erie in 1886, shows Edith with her sisters, a black lab named Nero, Minny (the "new girl"), and Helen Blankenburg ("the cook"). There was also a housekeeper named Lany who took the picture. Much later, when she was a mother herself, Edith told her children that her mother (Carrie) had told her that she was "related to kings and queens and princes and princesses," but no one believed her. (I later discovered that about five generations earlier an ancestor named Rebecca Whitcomb Houghton traced her ancestry back to the Plantagenet King John, to King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, and through her to Charlemagne and Pepin, and further back to about 6 A.D. in Eastern Europe or Asia.)

As a child, Edith was educated at home by private tutors. They type of education she and her sisters received was different from most of their peers. They received French lessons from a Professor Sardou as well as a truly academic course of study in all fields. Caroline ordered the latest in history texts for the children's use. "The Houghton children were exposed to the liberal beliefs of their parents that were contrary to the established mores of most of Victorian Buffalo." (Williams, 1993.) They did not attend church, as Alfred and Carrie were more interested in self exploration, following the ideas of the noted free thinker Robert Ingersoll who in the 1800's preached agnosticism and promoted controversial intellectual causes such as evolution.

On Friday, October 28, 1892, following several months of depression, Alfred Houghton committed suicide. He had been so troubled, that Carrie Houghton had sent him from the Farm to Corning to stay with his older brother Amory. On the afternoon of his death, Alfred's sister Nellie had taken him for a ride in her horse and buggy and dropped him off at Amory's massive stone house on Pine Street. Instead of going inside, Alfred walked down a path toward the railroad tracks near a lumber yard at the foot of Cedar Street and shot himself in the head with a gun that he must have been carrying with him all day. Alfred is buried at Prospect Lawn Cemetery, Hamburg, New York (founded 1870) in a plot that he selected, under a stand of large trees. Erie County Surrogate's Court Probate records include Alfred Augustus Houghton's last will and testament dated July 11, 1885, a list of materials in file #10737, an estate inventory, Schedule D: Appraisers Schedule, and a petition for Probate of the will filed November 3, 1892.

After Alfred's death, Edith's mother, Caroline, sold their beloved "Farm" in Hamburg, Alfred's stock in the Buffalo Scale Company, and most of their belongings to ensure a financially secure environment for her children. Carrie turned all of their money over to Amory Houghton, her husband's brother, for investment. Amory invested Caroline's money and greatly increased the value of his brother's estate. (See the Houghton Archives: Receipts of material/money from Caroline Garlinghouse Houghton to Amory Houghton, Jr.-- Dec.3, Dec 4, Dec 22, 1892.) However, Amory made Carrie and the children account for every penny that they spent. Edith was about 12 years old at this time. The family lived at first at their Prospect Street house and later in a rented house on Hodge Street in Buffalo near where Nellie Houghton Abbott lived. (The Hodge Street house is no longer there.)

In early 1894, Caroline was diagnosed with cancerous growths in her abdomen. Although she was treated by Dr. Roswell Park, Buffalo's leading surgeon and cancer specialist, Carrie knew that she had to prepare her children for a future without her. At that time, orphaned children were generally sent to live with relatives which would have meant that the children would be raised in the conservative elite mode rejected by both Caroline and Alfred. Caroline believed in the intellectual capacity of women and had raised her daughters to have faith in their own mental powers, and she did not want them to be raised in a home where the right of women to intellectual and academic growth might be questioned.

During her treatment in Buffalo and convalescence near her childhood home in the Finger Lakes region of New York, Caroline developed a plan to ensure her daughters the liberal, intellectual life that she and Alfred desired for them. Her goals were: (1) to have her girls liberally educated and (2) to have them remain together. She believed that the best place for the girls to get an education was at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania which was known for its advanced ideas about women's education. She picked Bryn Mawr because M. Cary Thomas, President of the College at that time, and Mary Bellinger, heiress of the B&M Railroad who financially supported both Bryn Mawr and Johns Hopkins Medical School, were enthusiastic about women and women's education–an education that was progressive for that time. M. Cary Thomas rejected all aspects of domesticity at the college and created an institution of higher learning similar to prominent men's colleges of the day. (Many of these women were Quakers who first allowed women to speak out in church, and like Caroline's family believed in the value of women's ideas.)

Since Edith and Marion were too young for college, Carrie arranged for them to attend Miss Florence Baldwin's School in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania prior to their application to Bryn Mawr College. To keep the girls together, Caroline rented a home for them in Bryn Mawr. The specifics of her plan were documented in her will, dated shortly before her final surgery in August, 1894. The last words that she said to her daughters was, "Get an education!" They considered this her dying wish.

On September 2, 1894, Carrie Garlinghouse died at age 38 years of stomach cancer at the Hornellsville Sanitarium about 30-40 miles from Corning, New York. She was prepared for burial at the W.L. Froehley Funeral Home at 84 Lake St., Hamburg, New York (founded 1877). She was laid out prior to the funeral at the home of Sarah and Elijah Dean at
45 Park Street, Buffalo. (Elijah Dean was Caroline's first cousin, both of their mothers were Spauldings. Martha Spaulding Garlinghouse's older sister Isabella Babcock Spaulding Dean was Elijah Dean's mother. Sarah and Elijah's daughter Isabel was a friend of Edith and Katharine Houghton.) Carrie was buried next to her husband at the Prospect Lawn Cemetery in Hamburg. Her death certificate is at the City of Hornell, N.Y. Records of her estate are at the Erie County Surrogate's Court; the will is dated August 15, 1894. She named her brother-in-law Amory Houghton, her brother Frederick Garlinghouse, and her maternal first cousin Mack Smith of Canandaigua as executors to her estate. However, she did not name a guardian for her daughters, wanting the girls to have control over their own lives.

Caroline's plan's for her daughters' education were almost immediately challenged by Amory Houghton, the girls' uncle. Amory felt that he, as patriarch of the Houghton family, was responsible for the care of his nieces. However, Amory, like most men of his time, was against the liberal education of women, and he convinced the other executors of Caroline's estate to ignore the clause in Caroline's will concerning the girls' education.

Thus, in September 1894, Edith, Katharine, and Marion were sent to live with Mack Smith and his wife Nettie in Canadaigua. Edith and Marion were sent to the Granger Place School and the issue of Bryn Mawr was no longer discussed. In response, Edith, Katharine and Marion purposely set out to force the executors of their mother's estate to permit them to attend Bryn Mawr. They developed a plan of petty disobedience. Every evening after dinner, while the Smith's relaxed in their parlor, the girls took turns pounding and stomping on the floor over their heads for exactly one hour prior to two hours of reading to further their educations. This did not bring them closer to Bryn Mawr, but made an unpleasant situation even worse. Edith's older sister, Katharine finally wrote to Amory Houghton. Numerous letters were written among all family members which contributed to the turmoil. (Williams, 1993)

Recognizing that it might be impossible to get the executors to agree to her mother's plans for their education, Katherine began legal procedures in June 1985. Katherine (age 17) and Edith (age 16) demanded a legal hearing to appoint a guardian. Amory agreed to the hearing, offering himself as a possible guardian. Katharine and Edith rejected this idea and set out to find their own guardian. They wrote to Franklin D. Locke, their father's friend whom Amory considered a "reprobate." "Faced with the prospect of losing control over his nieces to a man he thought morally unfit, Amory Houghton finally relented. He allowed Katharine to make plans to take the entrance exams to the college." (Williams, 1993) Katharine was conditionally accepted to Bryn Mawr and took rooms in Penbroke West dormitory at the south end of the campus. Edith and Marion moved nearby to Miss Baldwin's School to prepare for Bryn Mawr. While attending Miss Baldwin's Edith acted the role of a handsome soldier in The Heart of the Princess Astra.

Edith entered Bryn Mawr College with the class of 1901 and lived in 33-35 Pembroke West, a three-room, first-floor corner suite that she shared with her sister Katharine. At college she was distinguished in out-door sports, chess and dramatics. While at Bryn Mawr, Edith appeared in She Stoops to Conquer, The Amazons, and numerous other productions. For a time she considered becoming a professional actress. As a sophomore, Edith was suspended for thirty days for hazing two freshmen on Lantern Night by rousing them from bed, blindfolding them, tying them to a tree, and leaving them in an old cemetery for the night. Following her month's suspension spent at Upland (a small country inn in Chester County 30 miles from Philadelphia), Edith worked hard and excelled in all aspects of college life. She was an exceptional student, especially in the sciences. She completed her degree in three years, graduating with the class of 1900 with a major in chemistry and mathematics

On leaving Bryn Mawr she entered Johns Hopkins as a medical student, where she met her future husband, Dr. Donald Russell Hooker, whom she married in 1905. During the summer after her sophomore year at John's Hopkins Edith went to Paris to study acting. She lived with the La Fratte family in the Latin Quarter in Paris. She decided not to become an actress and returned to Baltimore to resume her medical studies at Johns Hopkins. During her course of studies at Johns Hopkins, she became interested in social problems.

After her marriage and a year's travel with D.R.. Hooker in Europe, she returned to Baltimore where founded a home for young unmarried girls left destitute with infants to care for. The home, which was called the "Guild of St. George," was in operation for about five years, during which Edith had more cases than she could handle. She finally became convinced, as she said, "that enfranchisement of women was the first step in improving moral conditions." From that time forth, Edith devoted her life to Women's Suffrage and social work.

From 1910 until 1920 she was President of the Just Government League of Maryland, a suffrage organization affiliated with the National Women's Party; Secretary of the Hampden Woodberry Neighborhood Association, an organization furthering municipal recreation for adults and children; a member of the Executive Committee of the National Women's Party, and of the Advisory Committee of the Maryland Social Hygiene Society. She published: "Life's Clinic," a group of hospital sketches dealing with venereal diseases which was distributed widely by the U.S. Army and Navy during World War I; "A Criticism of Venereal Prophylaxis" and "The Case Against Prophylaxis" published in Social Hygiene; "The Spirit of Christmas" a story for children in St. Nicholas Magazine, and "Municipal Recreation Centers" in The Survey. She was also the Editor of the Maryland Suffrage News, which played an important role in forging the connection between the home, the homemaker, social issues and a woman's right to vote. Beginning in 1912, the Maryland Suffrage News became the weekly voice for the suffrage movement in Maryland.

On March 9, 1999, Edith was honored by the State of Maryland and the Maryland Commission for Women and inducted into the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame, near the State House in Annapolis, Maryland for her significant contributions to women's suffrage. Her daughter, Beatrice Marty made a presentation, as did Dr. Dianne E. Weaver, Ph D, who had nominated Edith Houghton Hooker for this honor. Dr. Weaver also highlighted the work of Edith Houghton Hooker in her Dissertation entitled "Maryland Women and the Transformation of Politics, 1890s-1930."

Her private life was equally productive. She and D.R. Hooker had five children: Donald Houghton Hooker, Russell Houghton Hooker, Edith Houghton Hooker, Jr., Elizabeth Houghton Hooker, and Beatrice Houghton Hooker. (Dates provided above; descriptions to follow.) She was nicknamed "Creakie" by her daughter Beattie. She wanted her daughters to become lawyers and her sons medical doctors. She maintained a close relationship with her sister, Katharine Houghton Hepburn and her family, summering with them in Fenwick, Connecticut for many years. She corresponded regularly with friends and colleagues. She played chess, sometimes even by mail. She met with her children and guests every afternoon for tea. She and D.R. built the Little Island Camp in Greenville, Maine which we continue to enjoy as a family. (More later.)
As an older woman, she had cataracts removed and had to lie in bed with pillows propping her head for three weeks.

I have no memory of my grandmother Edith Houghton Hooker, as she had a major stroke when I was one year old, and she was hospitalized at Keswick Home for the Incurables in Baltimore, Maryland for seven years until her death October 23,1948 when I was eight years old. However, Edith's daughter, my Aunt Edith Houghton Hooker Ilmanen, and my mother, Margaret Creighton Hooker, have told me many stories of her. One of my favorite stories is that she hated to hear me cry when I was an infant. She insisted that I be picked up and comforted. I have a picture of her pushing me in a wheelbarrow down the back path at the Mainland Camp in Greenville, Maine when I was a year old. I have another picture of me paddling in the water at the edge of Wilson Pond under the watchful eye of "Creakie" and my mother.

My mother describes her mother-in-law as one of the most fascinating women that she has ever known. She has talked to me all my life about how stimulating she was to be with. I can only imagine.



More About Edith Houghton:
Education: Graduated from Miss Baldwin's School and Bryn Mawr College..
Education #2: One of the first women to attend John's Hopkins Medical School. Left before graduation to marry Donald Russell Hooker..
Family: Had one miscarriage, two sons, three daughters, and two foster children..
Lived at #1: As a student at Johns Hopkins lived near the railroad station in Baltimore, MD..
Lived at #2: After returning from a two year honeymoon in Europe, she and her husband moved first to Mt Vernon Place (where son Don was born), then to Govens (where Russell Houghton was born), then moved to the Dixon's house at the end of St George's Rd..
Lived at #3: Built a large stone house called "Upland" at 1016 St. George's Road, Roland Park, Baltimore, Maryland.
Occupation: Interested in social problems. Founded the Guild of St George for unwed mothers, which was in operation for 5 years. Devoted her life to Women's Sufferage. President of the Just Government League of Maryland..
Occupation #2: Editor of the Maryland Suffrage News (1912) and the national magazine "Equal Rights." In 1917, she served as editor of "The Suffragist" the official publication of the National Wonmen's Party..
Occupation #3: Member of the Executive Committee of the National Women's Party and of the Advisory Committee of the Maryland Social Hygiene Society..
Occupation #4: One of the founders, with her husband, of the Planned Parenthood Clinic in Baltimore, Maryland..
Occupation #5: Developed recreation facilities for the poor, including the Roosevelt Recreation Center and the Carroll Mansion Recreation Center. Sec. of the Hampden Woods Recreation Assn..
Publications: Also published "A Criticism of Venereal Prophylaxis" and "The Case Against Prophylaxis" in Social Hygiene; "The Spirit of Christmas" in St Nicholas, and "Municipal Recreation Centres" in The Survey..
Publications #2: She published "Life's Clinic" (hospital sketches about venereal diseases) distributed widely by the U.S. Army and Navy during World War I..
Story: Called "Pid" by her sisters which was a shortening for "Pigweed." Her father called her Pigweed because she was growing so fast..


Woman's who's who of America : HOOKER, Edith Houghton (Mrs. Donald Russell Hooker), Cedar Lawn, Station E., Baltimore, Md.
Social worker; b. Canandaigua, N.Y; ed. Granger Place School, Canandaigua; Miss Florence Baldwin's School, Bryn Mawr, Pa; Bryn
Mawr Coll., A.B. 1900; student in Johns Hopkins Med. School, 1900, 1902-05; m. 1905, Dr. Donald Russell Hooker. Engaged in sociological work in
Berlin, Germany, 1905-06; pres. Guild of St George, Baltimore, since 1906. Actively interested in social hygiene work. Favors woman suffrage

Edith Houghton was one of the first women to be accepted at the Johns Hopkins Medical School.In her senior year, she married Donald Russell Hooker, a fellow student at Johns Hopkins.She was a graduate of Bryn Mawr College.Mrs.Hooker was an active member of the Suffrage Movement.She and her husband were interested in establishing supervised playgrounds for the underprivileged children of Baltimore, Maryland.She and her husband were also responsible for establishing the Planned Parenthood Clinic in Baltimore.She was the author of some children's stories which were published in the "St. Nicholas Magazine."She also wrote "Life's Clinic."

Moser: She was interested in becoming an actress until she and D.R. founded the Guild of St. George, a home for unmarried girls, where she worked for 5 years. She devoted her life to Women's Suffrage and social work. From 1910 to 1920 she was President of the Just Government League of Maryland (a suffrage organization), and many other organizations. When she was 63 she had a massive stroke that left her totally incapacitated for 7 years at the Keswick Home for the Incurables.5,18,19,14
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 498 #2708.
  2. [S57] Hepburn, Me, Stories of My Life, p. 10.
  3. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 175 #8473.
  4. [S235] U.S. Census, 1880 Soundex, Hamburgh, Erie Co., NY, Reel 72, Vol. 18, ED. 94, Sh. 19, Ln. 45.
  5. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 498.
  6. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 175.
  7. [S235] U.S. Census, 1900 Soundex, Lower Merion Twp, Montgomery Co., PA, Reel 221, Vol. 139, E.D. 295, S. 3, Ln. 69.
  8. [S1519] Dr Margaret Houghton Hooker PhD, Then and Now : A Family History, p. 10.
  9. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Lower Merion, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; Roll:T623; Enumeration District: 295; Sheet: 3B; line 69.
  10. [S58] Leaming, Katharine Hepburn, p. 87.
  11. [S254] Anne Edwards, A Remarkable Woman A Biography of Katharine Hepburn, p. 28.
  12. [S1251] A. Scott Berg, Kate Remembered, P. 43.
  13. [S58] Leaming, Katharine Hepburn, p. 121.
  14. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/o/s/…
  15. [S1378] Thomas William Herringshaw, American Elite, p. 339.
  16. [S58] Leaming, Katharine Hepburn, p. 431.
  17. [S1519] Dr Margaret Houghton Hooker PhD, Then and Now : A Family History, p. 9.
  18. [S58] Leaming, Katharine Hepburn, p. 149.
  19. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/educ/exhibits/…
  20. [S58] Leaming, Katharine Hepburn, p. 148.
  21. [S58] Leaming, Katharine Hepburn, p. 189.

Ellsworth Strong Grant1,2

M, #8828, b. 1917, d. 6 March 2013

Family 1: Marion Houghton Hepburn b. 24 Apr 1918, d. 3 Aug 1986

Family 2: Virginia Tuttle b. c 1918, d. May 2012

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Birth1917Wethersfield, CT, USA
Graduation1939Harvard College, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA, USA3
MarriageJun 12, 1939Hartford, Hartford Co., CT, USA3,4
Officebetween 1969 and 1974West Hartford, CT, USA, Mayor
Author1984The City of Hartford, 1784-1984: An Illustrated History
Marriage5
Noteformer president of the Connecticut Historical Society; a state historian of CT; a mayor of Hartford, CT
Author"The City of Hartford: 1784 to 1984," which was one of three books he wrote with his first wife; "The Colt Armory;" "Yankee Dreamers and Doers; The Story of Connecticut Manufacturing" and "The Miracle of Connecticut."
DeathMar 6, 2013Bloomfield, Hartford Co., CT, USA, age 956
ObituaryMar 31, 2013GRANT, Ellsworth S.
A memorial service for Ellsworth Strong Grant, 95, of Bloomfield who died Wednesday, (March 6, 2013) will be held on Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 3 p.m. in the meeting room at Duncaster, 40 Loeffler Rd., Bloomfield. He is survived by his two children, John Barnard Grant of Sebastopol, California, and Katharine Houghton of New York and Los Angeles; two grandchildren, Jason Grant and Schuyler Grant; a great-grandson and five great-granddaughters, three step-daughters, Carolyn Means, Virginia Giddens and Frances Means and one step-son, Clayton Spencer and eight step-grandchildren and nine step-great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his first wife Marion Houghton Hepburn, who died in 1986, their son Toby, who died in 2010 and his second wife, Virginia Tuttle Grant, who died in 2012. Memorial contributions may be made to the Mortensen Library c/o University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Ave., West Hartford, CT 06117, the Connecticut River Museum, 67 Main St., Essex, CT 06426, The Connecticut Historical Society, 1 Elizabeth St., Hartford, CT 06105, The Nature Conservancy, 4245 N Fairfax Dr. #100, Arlington, VA 22203, or the Connecticut Audubon Society, 2325 Burr St., Fairfield, CT 06824. The James T. Pratt Funeral Service, Wethersfield is entrusted with the arrangements.



Published in The Hartford Courant on March 31, 20136
BurialCedar Hill Cmetery, Hartford, CT, USA
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Citations

  1. [S57] Hepburn, Me, Stories of My Life, p. 30.
  2. [S254] Anne Edwards, A Remarkable Woman A Biography of Katharine Hepburn, p. 171.
  3. [S254] Anne Edwards, A Remarkable Woman A Biography of Katharine Hepburn, p. 170.
  4. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 184.
  5. [S415] E-mail from Marcia Tracy, Aug 7, 2004.
  6. [S93] Newspaper Obituary, http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/hartfordcourant/…
  7. [S254] Anne Edwards, A Remarkable Woman A Biography of Katharine Hepburn, p. 234.
  8. [S935] Who's Who, 1958, p. 1560.
  9. [S415] E-mail from Marcia Tracy, Dec 25, 2003.

Thomas Hepburn Perry1,2

M, #8829, b. 19 June 1942, d. 10 May 1968

Family: Sherry Ann Borough

Biography

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A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthJun 19, 19422
MarriageJan 4, 19642
Milit-BegVietnam1
DeathMay 10, 1968Vietnam1,2
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S57] Hepburn, Me, Stories of My Life, p. 49.
  2. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.

Ludlow Ogden Smith1

M, #8830, b. circa 1899

Family: Katharine Houghton Hepburn b. 12 May 1907, d. 29 Jun 2003

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Birthcirca 1899Strafford, PA, USA, age 31 in 1930 census
OccupationPhiladelphia, PA, USA, a broker2
MarriageDec 12, 1928Hartford, Hartford Co., CT, USA, at her parent's home with Grandfather Sewell Hepburn officiating; Dec 6, 1928 marriage certif.3,2
1930 Census1930Manhattan, New York, New York Co., NY, USA, E. 39th St., rent $110, an insurance broker4
Divorce1934Yucatan, Mexico5,2
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S57] Hepburn, Me, Stories of My Life, p. 55.
  2. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 183.
  3. [S58] Leaming, Katharine Hepburn, p. 528.
  4. [S1233] 1930 U.S. Federal Census , Manhattan, Dist. 275, New York, Reel 1559, p. 1A, ED 275, line 19, dwl 146.
  5. [S254] Anne Edwards, A Remarkable Woman A Biography of Katharine Hepburn, p. 126, 239.

Tor Morrison Hepburn1,2

M, #8831, b. 5 March 1957

Family: Marita Dumlas

  • Marriage*: Tor Morrison Hepburn married Marita Dumlas on Nov 17, 1988.2

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthMar 5, 19572
MarriageNov 17, 19882
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S57] Hepburn, Me, Stories of My Life, p. 66.
  2. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.

Marita Dumlas1

F, #8832

Family: Tor Morrison Hepburn b. 5 Mar 1957

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
MarriageNov 17, 19881
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.

Hiram Robert Houghton1,2

M, #8833, b. 24 December 1851, d. 8 July 1936

Family 1: Phila (?)

  • Marriage*: Hiram Robert Houghton married Phila (?) MLM: w/1.7

Family 2: Flora Louise Simmons b. 26 Aug 1858, d. 22 Dec 1912

  • Marriage*: Hiram Robert Houghton married Flora Louise Simmons on Aug 26, 1878 w/2; mar 22 years in 1900 census.4,6,8

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthDec 24, 1851Lunenburg, MA, USA, age 8 in 1860 census; age 18 in 1870 census; age 28 in 1880 census; Dec. 1851, age 48 in 1900 census; age 58 in 1910 census; age 68 in 1920 census; age 78 in 1930 census3,4,5,6
MarriageMLM: w/17
MarriageAug 26, 1878w/2; mar 22 years in 1900 census4,6,8
1880 Census1880Lunenburg, Worcester Co., MA, USA, age 28, a farmer8,9
1900 Census1900Lunenburg, Worcester Co., MA, USA, age 48, farmer4,10
1910 Census1910Lunenburg, Worcester Co., MA, USA, age 58, farmer11
1920 Census1920Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, age 68, widower, farmer; and Lydia Lawrence, 50, servant5,12
1930 Census1930Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, age 78, a widower13
DeathJul 8, 193614
ResearchMLM: dd Aug. 20, 18647
BiographyAfter his schooling, he went to Fitchburg, MA. For a year he worked for Wright Woodward & Co., Hardware Co; spent one year with the Buckrill Mowing Co., He resided on the farm until 1873, then bought a blacksmith shop; soon after he bought out the heirs of his father's farm, after going to Kansas in 1874. He returned, leased the farm until his father died in 1876. He owned a milk route for a number of years in Fitchburg. He herded cattle on the Kansas plains. He was a Congregationalist, a Republican, and a delegate for Congressional and Senatorial districts. He served Lunenburg 7 years as assessor and selectman. Successful in market, gardening, and fruit culture. He belonged to the Mass. Fruitgrowers Assoc. He farmed 100 acres of land in the south part of Lunenburg on the Leominster road.7
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 386 #1127.
  2. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 105 #4009, 150.
  3. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 386.
  4. [S235] U.S. Census, 1900 Soundex Massachusetts, Box 127, Vol. 89, E.D. 1648, Sh. 10, Ln. 40.
  5. [S235] U.S. Census, 1920 Soundex, Worcester Co., Mass., Box 129, Vol. 137, E.D. 96, Sh. 3, Ln. 91.
  6. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 105, 150.
  7. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 150.
  8. [S235] U.S. Census, 1880 Soundex, Lunenburg, Worcester Co., MA, Box 28, Vol. 33, ED 815, Sh 26, Ln 31.
  9. [S1229] 1880 U.S. Federal Census , Lunenburg, Worcester Co., MA, Box 28, Vol. 33, ED 815, Sh 26, Ln 31, dwl 234-248.
  10. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Lunenburg, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; Roll: T623 693; Enumeration District: 1648; Sheet 10A; line 40, dwl 211-219.
  11. [S1231] 1910 U.S. Federal Census , Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_629; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 1777;
    line 79, dwl 274-295.
  12. [S1232] 1920 U.S. Federal Census , Leominster Ward 1, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll T625_747; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 96; line 91, dwl 1233-79-80.
  13. [S1233] 1930 U.S. Federal Census , Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: T626_964; Enumeration District: 217; page 92; sheet 13A; line 9, dwl 19-138-296.
  14. [S36] Letter, 1967, from Lona Houghton to niece Harriet N. Houghton Snow.
  15. [S1074] Town Records: Haitland?, VT; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30766, VT Vital Records 1909-1941.

Spencer Bonaventure Tracy1,2

M, #8834, b. 4 April 1900, d. 10 June 1967

Family: Katharine Houghton Hepburn b. 12 May 1907, d. 29 Jun 2003

  • Partner*: Spencer Bonaventure Tracy was the long term partner of Katharine Houghton Hepburn for 27 year relationship; never married because Tracy refused to divorce his Episcopalian wife, who cared for his deaf son and worked for the deaf between 1941 and 1967.3

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthApr 4, 1900Milwaukee, WI, USA2
Partnerbetween 1941 and 1967for 27 year relationship; never married because Tracy refused to divorce his Episcopalian wife, who cared for his deaf son and worked for the deaf3
Educationcirca 1945Ripon College, Ripon, WI, USA, after serving 1 year in WWI, 2 years only2
Occupationthe great American actor
WillLouise Tracy was named beneficiary and executrix and received $500,000 and title to her home.4
DeathJun 10, 1967CA, USA
BurialForest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, Los Angeles Co., CA, USA5
BiographyMarried to Louise Treadwell Tracy in 1923. Son John was deaf. She founded John Tracy Clinic for deaf children. Spencer was alcoholic (drinking buddies included Pat O'Brien, Frank McHugh, and James Cagney) and multiple affairs, including Loretta Young, Joan Bennett, Myrna Loy, Joan Crawford, and Ingrid Bergman. Katharine and Spencer had a 26 year relationship; never married6
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S57] Hepburn, Me, Stories of My Life, p. 153.
  2. [S254] Anne Edwards, A Remarkable Woman A Biography of Katharine Hepburn, p. 190.
  3. [S1251] A. Scott Berg, Kate Remembered, P. 34.
  4. [S254] Anne Edwards, A Remarkable Woman A Biography of Katharine Hepburn, p. 348.
  5. [S254] Anne Edwards, A Remarkable Woman A Biography of Katharine Hepburn, p. 344.
  6. [S254] Anne Edwards, A Remarkable Woman A Biography of Katharine Hepburn, p. 189.

Rufus Houghton1

M, #8835, d. 1863

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Birthbefore father's 2nd marriage
Mil. Serv.Union Army
Death1863Chickamauga, TN, USA, killed at the battle2
Alertboth killed in same battle
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 381 #1050.
  2. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 381.

Martha Houghton1

F, #8836, b. 4 August 1822, d. 12 July 1823

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthAug 4, 18222
DeathJul 12, 18232
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 381 #1051.
  2. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 381.

Maria Houghton1

F, #8837, b. 12 February 1820

Family: John Wallace

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthFeb 12, 18202
Marriage2
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 381 #1052.
  2. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 381.

Lewis Houghton1,2

M, #8838, b. 24 February 1827

Family: Lucy (?) b. c 1807

  • Marriage*: Lewis Houghton married Lucy (?)4

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthFeb 24, 1827Canada West, age 23 in 1850 census; age 33 in 1860 census3,2
Occupation1850a tanner, property $8002
Marriage4
1860 Census1860Brookfield, Cook Co., IL, USA, age 33, a farmer, personal property $400; and Philinda D. Moore, 4, IL; Joel N. Moore, 2, IL; infant Moore, 7/12, IL4
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 381 #1053.
  2. [S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Otsego, Allegan, Michigan; Roll: M432_346; Page: 42/84; line 8, dwl 656-695.
  3. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 381.
  4. [S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , Brookfield, LaSalle Co., IL, p. 317, line 39, dwl 3066-3077.

Elihu Houghton1,2

M, #8839, b. 28 December 1824

Family: Joanna (?) d. b 1880

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthDec 28, 1824Canada West, age 40 in 1870 census; age 55 in 1880 census; Dec 1824, age 75 in 1900 census3,2,4
Marriage3
1870 Census1870Rutland, LaSalle Co., IL, USA, age 40, a carriage maker, with S.L. and Jane Gordin5
Immigration18756
1880 Census1880Ottawa, LaSalle Co., IL, USA, age 55, a widower, a harness maker4
Occupation1900harness maker
1900 Census1900Manlius, LaSalle Co., IL, USA, age 35, widow, keeping boarders; 1 child born, 1 living6
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 381 #1054.
  2. [S235] U.S. Census, 1870 US Census, Rutland, LaSalle Co., IL, Reel 244, p. 683, line 4, dwl 42-39.
  3. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 381.
  4. [S1229] 1880 U.S. Federal Census , Ottawa, La Salle, Illinois; Roll: T9_223; Family History Film: 1254223; Page: 510B; Enumeration District: 81; Sheet 2, line 26, dwl 15-19.
  5. [S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , Rutland, LaSalle Co., IL, Roll: M593_244, p. 683; sheet 5, line 4, dwl 42-39.
  6. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Manlius, LaSalle Co., Illinois; Roll: T623 ; Enumeration District: none; Sheet: 16B; line 87, dwl 601-286-285.

Edward Houghton1,2

M, #8840, b. 11 September 1832, d. 26 November 1879

Family: Martha Ramsey Sharpe b. 10 Sep 1846, d. 8 Jan 1915

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthSep 11, 1832Brantford, Ontario, Canada, age 17 in 1850 census; age 27 in 1860 census; GS, 9 Nov 18323,4,2
1850 Census1850Bedford, Calhoun Co., MI, USA, age 17, a laborer5
1860 Census1860Precinct 2, Dallas Co., TX, USA, age 27, carpenter6
Marriage1875Dallas, TX, USA3
DeathNov 26, 1879Eagle Ford near, Dallas, TX, USA, also Sep 18793,4,7
BurialGreenwood Cemetery, Dallas, TX, USA
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 381 #1055.
  2. [S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Otsego, Allegan, Michigan; Roll: M432_346; Page: 42/84; line 8, dwl 656-695.
  3. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 381.
  4. [S28] DAR Lineage Book, 74: 53.
  5. [S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Bedford, Calhoun, Michigan; Roll: M432_348; Page: 95;
    line 7, dwl 637-649.
  6. [S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , Precinct 2, Dallas, Texas; Roll: M653_1292; Page: 323; sheet 112, line 33, dwl 774-774.
  7. [S524] DFPA Lineage Book, 16 [1927]: 9.

Anna E. Houghton1,2,3,4

F, #8841, b. 16 October 1834

Family: E. H. Bryant b. c 1835, d. b 1911

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthOct 16, 1834Canada West, age 15 in 1850 census; age 35 in 1870 census; age 45 in 1880 census5,4
Research1870CVJ: children Anna, Isabella and James are given to Elihu by JWH; 3 children with grandmother Lucy and Anna E. in 1870 census, but not in JWH as her children; not with Elihu in 1870 census; Did Joanna die before 1870, and were given to grandmother or sister Anna?5
1870 Census1870Brookfield Twp, Cook Co., IL, USA, and Benjamin Decker, 65, laborer, PA6
MarriageOct 16, 1874LaSalle Co., IL, USA, Lic. 564, Book E3,5
1880 Census1880Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., IL, USA, age 45, wagonmaker; next door to John and Jane Cole2
Residence1911Peoria, Peoria, IL, USA, 'Widow now a resident of Proctor Endowment Home..."5
Living1917Peoria, IL, USA7
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 381 #1056.
  2. [S1229] 1880 U.S. Federal Census , Tiskilwa, Bureau, Illinois; Roll: T9_177; Family History Film: 1254177; Page: 137.3000; Enumeration District: 12; line 30, dwl 77-81.
  3. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900: Houghton Surname search.
  4. [S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Otsego, Allegan, Michigan; Roll: M432_346; Page: 42/84; line 8, dwl 656-695.
  5. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 381.
  6. [S235] U.S. Census, 1870 US Census, Brookfield Twp, LaSalle Co., IL, Roll 243, p. 36, line 25, dwl 21-21.
  7. [S415] E-mail from Maggie Lee, June 5, 2000.

Olive H. Houghton1,2

F, #8842, b. 28 November 1836, d. 21 August 1865

Family: William C. Lapham d. 27 Dec 1863

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthNov 28, 1836Canada West, age 13 in 1850 census3,2
Marriage3
DeathAug 21, 18653
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 381 #1057.
  2. [S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Otsego, Allegan, Michigan; Roll: M432_346; Page: 42/84; line 8, dwl 656-695.
  3. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 381.

Daniel Houghton1,2

M, #8843, b. 28 July 1839

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthJul 28, 1839Canada West, age 11 in 1850 census; age 19 in 1860 census3,2
Milit-BegDallas, TX, USA, "Served in the Confederate Army, going from Dallas, Tex."3
ResearchTX, USA
DeathWheaton College, IL, USA3
DuplicateTX, USA
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 381 #1058.
  2. [S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Otsego, Allegan, Michigan; Roll: M432_346; Page: 42/84; line 8, dwl 656-695.
  3. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 381.

George Lampton Houghton1,2

M, #8844, b. 28 August 1841, d. 25 February 1917

Family: Mrs. Emma L. Roberts b. Mar 1847

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
NotableY
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectY
BirthAug 28, 1841Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, age 8 in 1850 census; age 19 in 1860 census; Finda grave: 26 Aug 18413,4,2,5
Immigration18456
Mil. EnlsAug 12, 1862Brookfield, Cook Co., IL, USA, in the Union Army, Comp. D, 104 Ill. Infantry, a private; Congressional Medal of Honor: "Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 104 Illinois Infantry. Place and date: At Elk River, Tenn., 2 July 1863. Entered service at: Brookfield, Cook County, Ill. Birth: Canada. Date of issue: 27 March 1900. Citation: voluntarily joined a small party that, under a heavy fire, captured a stockade and saved the bridge." ; Lee: He entered service at Brookfield, Cook Co., Illinois.

George L. Houghton was born in Canada. Entered service at: Brookfield, Cook County, Ill. as a Private in Company D of the 104th Illinois Infantry.

At Elk River, Tenn. on the 2nd of July 1863. He Voluntarily joined a small party that, under a heavy fire, captured a stockade and saved the bridge. For this action he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honour on the 27th of March 1900.3,7,4,8,9,10
ResearchAug 12, 1862IL, USA
Mil. Serv.between Aug 12, 1862 and Jun 6, 1865Union Army, Private, Comp D, 104th IL Inf Reg, Length 2 y 10 m 25 d11
NoteAfter the war, he moved to South Dakota (where he received military pension as invalid) and became a lawyer. He then moved to Woodstock, Minn.4,12
NewspaperMar 21, 1880Deadwood, Dakota Territory, SD, USA, CJV: In reviewing Newspapers.com, George L. Houghton appears multiple (20+) times in articles in the Black Hills Daily Times newspaper. He was one of the earliest pioneers of the Black Hills of South Dakota. Articles appeared on the following dates:
1879: George and partners sue 7 individuals of the Chicago Mining and Milling Co. [This beginnings years of suing multiple individuals for perceived wrongs (corruption on the part of members of the bar, falsification of court records, conspiracy to defraud, etc; judges rebuking him and threatening to disbar him; he was disbarred several times; one article notes that he hired halls to tell attendees all his problems; (CJV: he appears to have symptoms of a paranoid personality disorder)]
21 Mar 1880: long article of his early history in SD;
22 Apr 1880: a legal summons regarding title to quartz mill which he believed was stolen from himself
1881:admitted to the legal bar;
1884: news article apologizes for stating he had been disbarred
17 sep 1886: he ran for district attorney, but came in last, receiving only 2 votes; he was involved in purchase of a mill and a mine;
8 Sep 1887: employed as teacher
16 may 1889: he was disbarred as a lawyer
23 nov 1890: quits the Independent newspaper and becomes member of the Pioneer editorial staff;
Mar 1891: disbarred;
1891: states he was crippled by rheumatoid arthritis and went for treatment
1895: publishes his Appealed Cases book, in which he outlines his belief that he has been personally affected by political corruption in Deadwook, SD. It describes his belief that he was swindled out of a rich mining claim in the Black Hills by the machinations of a mining corporation in collusion with the courts and some prominent local lawyers; how he was disbarred from his legal practice and his reinstatement years latter; he charges several judges of corruption. The article notes "Charitablely inclined newspapers will ignore George L. Houghton and his book.", noting that multiple judges had given him the fullest latitude and some lawyers had helped him. A special investigator from the Dept of Justice investigated his case for several months and found the Mr. Houghton's claims were found, time and again, to be absolutely groundless
30 Jan 1897: SD supreme court refuses to take up George's old accusations
20 Mar 1897: again denied his repeated petition to disbar ex-senator Moody and other prominent Deadwood attorneys; writer states "This George L. Houghton should be suppressed."
14 Jan 1897: "Houghton's Petitition Comes Up Again"
19 Jan 1899: visit to Hiawatha, KS noted in The Weekly Pioneer-Times, which notes he was original pioneer of the
16 May 1900: The Weekly Pioneer Times (Deadwood, SD) notes his move to WA
1890 Veterans Census1890Deadwood, Lawrence Co., SD, USA, Year enlisted:     1862; Year discharged:     1865; Rank:     Private11
PensionInxJul 6, 1898MI, USA, 189?, pension application as an invalid
MarriageJul 20, 1898Woodstock, MN, USA, mar 2 y in 1900 census; mar 9 y in 1910 census; her 2nd mar4
NotableMar 27, 1900was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his valor in the Civl War; his brother Daniel served in the Confederate army

Medal of Honor
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private George L. Houghton, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 2 July 1863, while serving with Company D, 104th Illinois Infantry, in action at Elk River, Tennessee. Private Hughton voluntarily joined a small party that, under a heavy fire, captured a stockade and saved the bridge. General Orders: Date of Issue: March 27, 1900 Action Date: July 2, 1863 Service: Army Rank: Private Company: Company D; Division: 104th Illinois Infantry3
Residence1910Thomas, King, WA, USA3
1910 Census1910Christopher, King Co., WA, USA, age 68, house carpenter6
DeathFeb 25, 1917Orting, Pierce Co., WA, USA, age 754
Burial1917Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery (U.S. Soldiers Home Cemetery) (Old Soldiers Home Cemetery), Orting, Pierce Co., WA, USA, Pvt Co D 104th IL Inf;
T18N R5E Section 6
Lat: 47° 04' 50"N, Lon: 122° 13' 29"W;13
BiographyJWH: "Designer and manufacturer of a new style of globes and maps, adopted and used in U. S. Government Schools."; CJV: various sources give teacher, carpenter as occupation, and pensioned as invalid in 189?; not found in any census from 1870 to 1900

Wikitree: George L. Houghton (1841 - 1917)
Pvt George L. Houghton
Born 28 Aug 1841 in Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Son of Rufus Houghton Jr and Lucy (Abell) Houghton
Brother of Lewis Houghton [half]
Died 25 Feb 1917 in Orting, Pierce, Washington, United State

George Houghton was awarded a Medal of Honor.

Biography

Pvt George Houghton was a Prisoner of War during the United States Civil War.

Pvt George Houghton served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Aug 12 1862
Mustered out: Jun 16 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Company D, 104th Illinois Infantry

George Houghton was born in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia in Canada. As a boy, he moved to Michigan, and later to Illinois, where he was educated and became a schoolteacher. During the Civil War, he entered service at Brookfield, Cook County, Illinois, serving with the 104th Illinois Infantry. After the war, he moved to South Dakota and became a lawyer. Moved to Woodstock, Minnesota, where he married Mrs. Emma L. Roberts on July 20, 1898. At the time of his death, he was survived by his wife, a brother named M.D. Houghton of Hillyard, Washington, and two sisters, Mrs. Annie E. Bryant of Peoria, Illinois, and Mrs. Julia Dunn of Moline, Illinois. He is buried in the Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery, Orting, Washington.

Military Service
Pvt. George L. Houghton (August 28, 1841 - February 25, 1917) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War from 1862 - 1865. Pvt. George L Houghton enlisted on Aug 12 1862 on the side of the US Union Forces at Brookfield, Cook Co., Illinois and was assigned to Company D of the 104th Illinois Infantry Regiment. The 104th Illinois Infantry was organized at Ottawa, Illinois, and mustered in for three years duration of service on August 27, 1862. The 104th Regiment was then ordered to Louisville, Ky. and subsequently marched from Louisville to Frankfort, Ky., in September 1862, and duty there until October 25. It then moved to Hartsville, Tenn., on October 26 and saw action at Hartsville December 7.

The Battle of Hartsville, Tennessee

The Battle of Hartsville was fought on December 7, 1862, in northern Tennessee at the opening of the Stones River Campaign. Hartsville Battlefield is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Battle of Hartsville is described as one of the single most decisive battle of the Civil War. During the engagement, Pvt. Houghton's 104th Illinois Infantry Regiment was overwhelmed by Col. John Hunt Morgan, (a descendant of the privateer Henry Morgan) and his Confederate 2nd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment. The Regiment was paroled by Col. Morgan and sent to Camp Douglas, Chicago, Ill., with duty there as paroled prisoners of war until April 1863, CSA president Jefferson Davis happened to be in the vicinity at Murfreesboro and promoted Col Morgan to Brig. Gen in person for his actions and success at the Hartsville battle. The total number of captured Union soldiers were estimated at over 2000 soldiers.

Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois

Pvt. Houghton and his Regiment was sent to Camp Douglas, Chicago, Ill., and performed duty there as paroled prisoners of war until April 1863, when declared exchanged. It is notable that Camp Douglas was a Union Forces Prisoner of War camp for the confinement of captured Confederate soldiers and that the US 104th Illinois Infantry along with the other units captured were all Union prisoners. They were held as paroled prisoners waiting for a Confederate exchange, which occurred during the war. In the aftermath of the war, Camp Douglas eventually came to be described as the North's "Andersonville" for its poor conditions and death rate of between 17 and 23 per cent. it is estimated that from 1862 through 1865, more than 6,000 Confederate prisoners died from disease, starvation, and the bitter cold winters, based in part on an 1880s memorial in Chicago's Oak Woods Cemetery that states 6,000 Confederate dead (4,275 known dead) are buried there in a mass grave.

On release from Camp Douglas in April of 1863, the newly released and reformed 104th Regiment was ordered to Brentwood, Tenn., then to Murfreesboro, Tenn., and duty there until June 1863.

The 104th Illinois Infantry Regiment Battle Engagements

Pvt. Houghton continued his service with The 104th Illinois Infantry Regiment fighting in the following campaigns and battles. No source documentation exist indicating that Pvt Houghton was ever wounded or injured during this long and dangerous period.

Elk River July 3.
Tullahoma Campaign June 24-July 7.
Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16.
Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga *Campaign August 16-September 22.
Davis Cross Roads, near Dug Gap, September 11.
Battle of Chickamauga September 19–21.
Rossville Gap September 21.
Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November 23.
Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23–27.
Lookout Mountain November 24. Missionary Ridge November 25.
Pea Vine Valley and Graysville November 26.
Taylor's Ridge, Ringgold Gap, November 27.
At Chattanooga until February 1864.
Moved to Nashville, Tenn., February 10, and duty there until March 15.
Moved to Chattanooga March 15–19.
Atlanta Campaign May 1-September 8.
Demonstration of Rocky Faced Ridge May 8–11.
Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8–9.
Near Resaca, Georgia May 13.
Battle of Resaca May 14–15.
Advance on Dallas May 18–25.
Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church, *and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5.
Pickett's Mills May 27.
Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
Pine Mountain June 11–14.
Lost Mountain June 15–17.
Assault on Kennesaw June 27.
Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4.
Chattahoochee River July 5–18,
Peachtree Creek June 19–20.
Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25.
Utoy Creek August 5–7.
Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25–30.
Near Red Oak August 29.
Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1.
Operations against Hood in northern Georgia and northern Alabama September 29 - *November 3.
March to the Sea November 15-December 10.
Siege of Savannah December 10–21.
Carolinas Campaign January to April 1865.
Near Stroud's Mills, S.C., February 26.
Cloud's House February 26.
Near Rocky Mount February 28.
Averysboro, Taylor's Hole Creek, N.C., March 16.
Battle of Bentonville March 19–21.
Occupation of Goldsboro March 24.
Advance on Raleigh April 10–14.
Occupation of Raleigh April 14.
Bennett's House April 26.
Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19.
Grand Review of the Armies May 24.
Pvt George L. Houghton's Medal of Honor Actions at the Elk River Bridge

Pvt. Houghton received his country's highest award for bravery the "Medal of Honor" during combat actions on July 2, 1863 at Elk River, Tennessee. Pvt Houghton volunteered for a dangerous mission that no one expected them to survive. A small volunteer 10 man party was tasked to attack and secure a fortified blockhouse guarding the railroad bridge over the Elk River. The railroad and the intact bridge was critical to the movement of supplies to support The Tullahoma Campaign (or Middle Tennessee Campaign). Along with Houghton, nine other members from Company D of the 104th Illinois Infantry, known as "The La Salle County Regiment" -- received the Medal of Honor for participating in the same heroic action. The below is an account extracted from a Article by Charles Stanley, charless@mywebtimes.com. "7 from 'The La Salle County Regiment' earned Medals of Honor for same deed" [1]

On July 2, 1863, while the nation's eyes were on a battle in Gettysburg, Pa., in Tennessee rebel troops in a blockhouse guarding a railroad bridge across the Elk River were holding up the advance of Union troops. Sgt. George Marsh of Company D was told by his superiors to pick a squad of volunteers to attempt what seemed a suicide attack across the open and burning bridge. "Many offered to go, but I took the first 10 who stepped forward, and started for the fortification," Marsh later recalled. Amazingly, none of the Company D troops were injured and the blockhouse was captured. "No one who saw us go into the fight expected to see us come out alive, but we did, and without the loss of a man," said Marsh.

In 1897, the six known existing members of the unit received Medals of Honor for the deed. The names of all 10 heroes were clearly set forth in the 1895 regimental history of the 104th Illinois Infantry, but four were either dead or believed to be dead. Pvt Houghton was honored with the award on March 27, 1900.
Awarded for actions during the Civil War
Presidential Citation
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private George L. Houghton, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 2 July 1863, while serving with Company D, 104th Illinois Infantry, in action at Elk River, Tennessee. Private Houghton voluntarily joined a small party that, under a heavy fire, captured a stockade and saved the bridge.

General Orders: Date of Issue: March 27, 1900

Action Date: July 2, 1863

Service: Army

Rank: Private

Company: Company D

Division: 104th Illinois Infantry

Home of record: Brookfield Illinois


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PVT. George L. Houghton, Medal of Honor Recipient

PVT. George L. Houghton, Medal of Honor Recipient

Pvt. George L. Houghton, Co D, Illinois 104th Infantry Regiment Roster [2]

Pvt George L Houghton, US 104th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Prisoner of War [3] Regiment captured and paroled. Sent to Camp Douglas, Chicago, Ill., and duty there as paroled prisoners of war until April 1863, when declared exchanged.

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George Houghton, son of Ruffus Houghton, 1850 United States Federal Census [1]

George Houghton, 1860 United States Federal Census,[2]

George L. Houghton, 11th United States Special Census, 1890 Veterans Schedules[3]

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Minnesota Marriages, Records of 1849–1950

Name: George L Houghton
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 20 Jul 1898
Marriage Place: Woodstock, Pipestone, Minnesota
Spouse's Name: Emma L Roberts
Spouse Gender: Female
Event Type: Marriage
FHL Film Number: 1403126
George L Houghton, U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995

Name: George L Houghton
Residence Year: 1906
Residence Place: Seattle, Washington, USA
Occupation: School Supplies
Publication Title: Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1906
Title: Washington State Death Certificate Index Repository: Internet Washington, Select Death Certificates, 1907-1960

Name: George L. Houghton
Gender: Male
Age: 75
Estimated birth year: abt 1842
Death Date: 25 Feb 1917
Death Place: Orting, Pierce, Washington
Father: Rufus Houghton
Mother: Lucy Abil
FHL Film Number: 1992503
Reference ID: cn 78
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George L Houghton, in the U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 Sources: Illinois: Roster of Officers and Enlisted Men, Medal of Honor Recipients 1863-1994

Name: George L Houghton Residence: Brookfield, Cook Co., Illinois, Illinois Age at Enlistment: 20 Enlistment Date:12 Aug 1862 Rank at enlistment: Private Enlistment Place: Brookfield, Cook Co., Illinois State Served: Illinois Survived the War?: Yes Service Record: Enlisted in Company D, Illinois 104th Infantry Regiment on 27 Aug 1862. Mustered out on 16 Jun 1865. Birth Date: 28 Aug 1841 Death Date: 25 Feb 1917


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Father: Rufus Houghton b: 1795 in New York Mother: Lucy Abell b: 28 DEC 1809 in Aylmer, Ontario, CANADA

Title: 1850 Federal Census, United States Repository: Census Page: Michigan, ALLEGAN, Roll 346 Book 1, Page 42b, line 15, 8 years old Home in 1850: Otsego, Allegan, Michigan, USA, Household in the 1850 Census:

Ruffus Houghton 55 Lucy Houghton 42 Lewis Houghton 23 Edward Houghton 17 Anna Houghton 15 Olive Houghton 13 Daniel Houghton 11 George Houghton 8 Lydia Houghton 7 Merrit Houghton 4 Julia Houghton 0

Title: 1860 Federal Census, United States Repository: Census Page: Illinois, LASALLE, Roll 196 Book 1, Page 319, line 2 Home in 1860: Brookfield, LaSalle, Illinois

Lydia Houghton 16 George Houghton 19 Merit D Houghton 14 Julia P Houghton 12

Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Entered the Army at Brookfield, Cook County, Illinois and served as a Private in Company D, 104th Illinois Infantry. At the Elk River, Tennessee on July 2, 1863, he was a member of a volunteer party that under a heavy fire, captured a Confederate stockade and saved the bridge from destruction. His citation was issued on March 27, 1900 and he is one of 24 Canadians awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during the Civil War.

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Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 381 #1059.
  2. [S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Otsego, Allegan, Michigan; Roll: M432_346; Page: 42/84; line 8, dwl 656-695.
  3. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 381.
  4. [S415] E-mail from Maggie Lee, June 5, 2000.
  5. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , www.findagrave.com, Jul 2003.
  6. [S1231] 1910 U.S. Federal Census , Christopher, King, Washington; Roll: T624_1657; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 23; line 24, dwl 121-121.
  7. [S415] E-mail http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/mohciv.htm on Aug. 21, 2000.
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  12. [S1515] Unknown name of person, unknown record type, unknown file number.
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Lydia T. Houghton1,2

F, #8845, b. 5 May 1844, d. 9 January 1880

Family: John Adams Cole d. 27 Dec 1885

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthMay 5, 1844Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, age 7 in 1850 census; age 16 in 1860 census3,2
1860 Census1860Brookfield, Cook Co., IL, USA, with John and Rebecca Davis4
MarriageNov 17, 1861LaSalle Co., IL, USA, Book C, p. 16713,5
DeathJan 9, 1880Leroy, KS, USA3
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 382 #1060.
  2. [S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Otsego, Allegan, Michigan; Roll: M432_346; Page: 42/84; line 8, dwl 656-695.
  3. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 382.
  4. [S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , Brookfield, LaSalle Co., IL, p. 319, line 1, dwl 3075-3077.
  5. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900: Houghton Surname search.

Merritt Dana Houghton1,2,3

M, #8846, b. 31 May 1846, d. 1918

Family: Frances (?) b. May 1850

  • Marriage*: Merritt Dana Houghton married Frances (?) on circa 1875 mar 25 years in 1900 census.6,7

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
NotableY
BirthMay 31, 1846MI, USA, age 4 in 1850 census; age 14 in 1860 census; age 24 in 1870 census; age 33 in 1880 census; Jul 1853, age 46 in 1900 census; age 63 in 1910 census4,5,3
1870 Census1870Waltham, LaSalle Co., IL, USA, age 24, a school teacher, with David and Jane Gammell family5
Marriagecirca 1875mar 25 years in 1900 census6,7
1880 Census1880Rawlins, Carbon Co., MI, USA, age 33, a photographist6
1900 Census1900Laramie, Albany Co., WY, USA, age 46, draftsman7
1910 Census1910Mead, Spokane Co., WA, USA, age 63, illustrative artist8
Residence1911Hillgard, WA, USA4
Living1917Hillyard, WA, USA9
Death19182
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NotableAmerican painter
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 382 #1061.
  2. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI): Houghton Surname.
  3. [S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Otsego, Allegan, Michigan; Roll: M432_346; Page: 42/84; line 8, dwl 656-695.
  4. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 382.
  5. [S235] U.S. Census, 1870 US Census, Waltham, LaSalle Co., IL, Reel 244, p. 780B, line 35, dwl 80-79.
  6. [S1229] 1880 U.S. Federal Census , Rawlins, Carbon, Wyoming; Roll: T9_1454; Family History Film: 1255454; Page: 79C;.
  7. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Laramie, Ward 2, Albany Co., Wyoming; Roll: T623 ; Enumeration District: 8; Sheet: 11A, line 21, dwl 517-225-225.
  8. [S1231] 1910 U.S. Federal Census , Mead, Spokane, Washington; Roll: T624_1669; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 134; line 18, dwl 118-119.
  9. [S415] E-mail from Maggie Lee, June 5, 2000.

Julia E. Houghton1,2

F, #8847, b. 12 December 1849

Family: Capt. William F. Dunn b. 21 Oct 1828

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthDec 12, 1849MI, USA, age 5/12 in 1850 census; age 12 in 1860 census; age 20 in 1870 census; age 30 in 1880 census3,4,2
1870 Census1870Waltham, LaSalle Co., IL, USA, age 20, a school teacher with Charles and Lucy Bennett family5
Marriage3
Residence1910Moline, Rock Island Co., IL, USA, 1914 7th Ave.3
Living1917Moline, IL, USA6
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 382 #1062.
  2. [S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Otsego, Allegan, Michigan; Roll: M432_346; Page: 42/84; line 8, dwl 656-695.
  3. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 382.
  4. [S235] U.S. Census, 1870 US Census, Waltham, LaSalle Co., IL, Reel 244, p. 781, line 36, dwl 87-86.
  5. [S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , Waltham, LaSalle Co., IL, Reel 244, p. 781, line 36, dwl 87-86.
  6. [S415] E-mail from Maggie Lee, June 5, 2000.

John Wallace1

M, #8848

Family: Maria Houghton b. 12 Feb 1820

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
Marriage2
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 381 #1052s.
  2. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 381.

Alexander Wallace1

M, #8849

Biography

ResidenceSalt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT, USA2
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 381 #1052c.
  2. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 381.

Joanna (?)1

F, #8850, d. before 1880

Family: Elihu Houghton b. 28 Dec 1824

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthScotland2
Marriage3
Research1870CVJ: children Anna, Isabella and James are given to Elihu by JWH; 3 children with grandmother Lucy and Anna E. in 1870 census, but not in JWH as her children; not with Elihu in 1870 census; Did Joanna die before 1870, and were given to grandmother or sister Anna?3
Deathbefore 1880husband a widower in 1880 census; not with him in 1870 census
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 381 #1054s.
  2. [S1229] 1880 U.S. Federal Census , Ottawa, La Salle, Illinois; Roll: T9_223; Family History Film: 1254223; Page: 510B; Enumeration District: 81; Sheet 2, line 26, dwl 15-19.
  3. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 381.