John Houston Jr.

Birth Date

1822-04-14

Death Date

1880-10-02

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

McLean County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of John Houston Sr. and Mary Magdalena Shoemaker Houston. Married to Gillie Bodine Leachman Houston in Daviess County, Kentucky, on September 28, 1848. Father of Mary S. Houston, Matilda F. Houston, Elizabeth M. Houston, John R. Houston, Ida C. Houston, Sarah Z. Houston, Josephine Houston, and Ora L. Houston Ayer. Farmer in Daviess County in 1850. Farmer in McLean County in 1860. Employed John Houston as a farm laborer in McLean County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in McLean County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, District 2, p. 449B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McLean County, p. 44.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, McLean County, p. 431B.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McLean County, Livermore, p. 247A.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #005557639, Daviess County Marriages, p. 190.
"Mrs. Gillie Houston Dead," Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, KY), November 30, 1908, p. 1.
"John Houston (1822-1880)," Find A Grave, Memorial #43384841, accessed April 24, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43384841.

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