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Michael Houze (Switzerland County, Indiana, farmer and private 83rd IN Vol Inf)

b. 1817-01-16 d. 1867-07-04

Switzerland County, Indiana, farmer. Indiana native. Married to Catharine Fay Houze in Switzerland County on March 10, 1839. Father of Margaret Houze and John W. Houze. Married to Elizabeth Jane Wainscott Roberts Houze in Switzerland County on May 19, 1844. Father of John F. Houze, Albert J. Houze, Mary Elizabeth Houze, Jordan Rudolph Houze, and Viola Estelle Houze. Farmer in Switzerland County in 1850. Farmer in Switzerland County in 1860. Farmer in Switzerland County in 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Indiana, Switzerland County, Cotton, p. 393B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Indiana, Switzerland County, Cotton, p. 101.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Indiana, Switzerland County, Cotton, p. 260A.

Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007, Switzerland County 1837-1840, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis, p. 204, p. 105 of 209 of microfilm (accessed through FamilySearch.org).

Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007, Switzerland County 1841-1846, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis, p. 204, p. 182 of 292 of microfilm (accessed through FamilySearch.org).

Indiana State Board of Health, Death Certificates, 1900–2011, Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, IN, Death Certificates, 1921, Roll 02, Certificate #2823, p. 329 of 2537 of microfilm.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Indiana, 3rd Congressional District, Switzerland County, Posey, Vol. 3 of 3, June 1863, p. 237, p. 203 of 556 of microfilm, (Accessed via ancestry.com on October 15, 2020).

Find A Grave, “Michael Houze (1817-1867)," Memorial #7179835,

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7179835/michael-houze (accessed October 15, 2020).

Citation

Houze, Michael. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199997 (November 12, 2026).

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