Howard Valentine1,2

M, #11461, d. before 1910

Biography

Corresponded with author?
A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project?
Birth
Deathbefore 1910young3
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 497 #2690.
  2. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 172A #8100.
  3. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 497.

Almira Valentine1,2

F, #11462

Family: Nathan Trowbridge Pulsifer

Biography

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BirthCambridge, Middlesex Co., MA, USA3
MarriageJWH: Nathan S.4,5
Gen. Soc.DAR: #18280
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 19
page 106

Mrs. Almira Houghton Pulsifer.
DAR ID Number: 18280
Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Wife of Nathan Trowbridge Pulsifer.
Descendant of Capt. Jonathan Houghton, of Massachusetts.
Daughter of Lawson Valentine and Lucy Heywood Houghton, his wife.
Granddaughter of Rufus Houghton (1796-1846) and Martha Pollard, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Rufus Houghton (1769-1853) and Abigail Barnard, his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Jonathan Houghton and Susannah Moore, his wife.
Jonathan Houghton, (1737-1829), served as lieutenant at the Lexington Alarm in the minute company from Bolton, under Capt. Benjamin Hastings. He commanded a company, 1776, in Col. Jonathan Smith's regiment. He was born in Lancaster and died in Bolton, Mass.3
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 497 #2691.
  2. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 172A #8101.
  3. [S28] DAR Lineage Book, V. 19.
  4. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 497.
  5. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 172A.

Mary Campbell Valentine1,2

F, #11463, b. 15 November 1867

Family: Lawrence Frazer Abbott b. 23 Jun 1859

Biography

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A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project?
BirthNov 15, 1867W. Newton, MA, USA3
Marriage4
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 497 #2692.
  2. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 172A #8102.
  3. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 172A.
  4. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 497.

Nathan Trowbridge Pulsifer1,2

M, #11464

Family: Almira Valentine

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project?
Corresponded with author?
MarriageJWH: Nathan S.3,4
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 497 #2691s.
  2. [S28] DAR Lineage Book, V. 19.
  3. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 497.
  4. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 172A.

Lawrence Frazer Abbott1,2

M, #11465, b. 23 June 1859

Family: Mary Campbell Valentine b. 15 Nov 1867

Biography

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BirthJun 23, 1859Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY, USA2
Graduation1881Amherst College, Amherst, Hampshire Co., MA, USA2
Occupationfor the Century and the Christian Union until 1893, when the name was changed to the Outlook Press, The Outlook Co., N.Y.C.2
Marriage3
ParentsSNew York, New York Co., NY, USA, Lyman A. Abbott of NYC3
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 497 #2692s.
  2. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 172A.
  3. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 497.

Alice Sargeant Clark1

F, #11466, b. 27 May 1854, d. 1927

Biography

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BirthMay 27, 1854MA, USA, age 6 in 1860 census; age 26 in 1880 census; JWH: 27 Jun2,1
Death1927
BurialMount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA, USA
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S415] E-mail from Hayward S. Houghton, Mar 26, 2004: Notes of Dr. Arthur Wellington Clark, critiques of JWH's Houghton Genealogy of 1912.
  2. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 497.

Dr. Arthur Wellington Clark M.D.1,2,3,4

M, #11467, b. 7 December 1859, d. 21 July 1927

Biography

NotableY
Corresponded with author?
A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project?
BirthDec 7, 1859Lawrence, Essex Co., MA, USA, age 6/12 in 1860 census; age 20 in 1880 census; Encyl Amer. Biog.: Lawrence KS5,3,6
Education1884Harvard University Medical School, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA, USA
OccupationBoston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA, a physician and surgeon, a professor of obstetrics and gynaecology in the College of Physicians and Surgeons3
Gen. Soc.Apr 6, 1891Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA, he became a member of the Massachusetts Society, Sons of the American Revolution (S.A.R. #949); also a member of the Sons of Colonial Wars (on council)
On Apr. 6, 1891, he became a member of the Massachusetts Society, Sons of the American Revolution, on behalf of the service of his Revolutionary War ancestors, Elijah Clark, Jonathan Houghton, Seth Heywood, Phineas Heywood, Moses Barnard, and Isaac Temple. He transferred his SAR membership to Kansas in 1898.4,7
1900 Census1900Lawrence, KS, USA, age 40, physician
Residence1906Lawrence, KS, USA5,2
Research1906Lawrence, KS, USA, NEHGR: John Houghton of Lancaster, MA genealogy in prep.2,8
LetterNov 19, 1907Topeka, KS, USA, "Lancaster, Mass.
Nov. 19th, 1907

Dear Arth:

J.C.L. Clark of this town asked me the other day if A. W. Clark of Topeka was my Brother. I told him yes. He had read in some historical or genealogical magazine that you were at work on the Houghton family and wished to contribute any information which was at his disposal. He is town-clerk and is a tremendous rank on historic records, etc. If you need any data in regard to Simon Houghton son of Jacob, he claims to be better posted? than anyone. Who was this Simon? Clark also alluded to a New York family of Dutch origin, which suggests the well known chocolate firm, (Van Houten), I think that he would cheerfully furnish you with any data you may require as far as Lancaster or Bolton records go..."9
1910 Census1910Lawrence, KS, USA, age 50, single, physician
ResearchTranscription of handwritten document found among genealogical materials inherited from Hayward S. Houghton

It is a pencil written, 9 page document with a number of corrections and insertions - probably a draft - written by a descendant of John Houghton. It describes Dr. Houghton's book as "a perfect mine of mis-information" and outlines an offer from Dr. Houghton to the writer to be a co-author of the book. It then provides around two dozen additions and corrections to the book - pertaining primarily to the early pages and to the John Houghton portion. It is unsigned, and I have no idea how it came into our possession. I have deduced from the content that the author was probably either Arthur W. Clark (#2694 on page 497) or his brother, Alfred H. Clark (#2695). [CJV: I believe it is the work of Arthur Wellington Clark, M.D.: Alfred notes in a 1907 letter that Arthur was the Houghton family genealogist.]

"As to "The Houghton Genealogy" by Dr. J. W. H, of Wellington, Ohio (1912), the book is a perfect mine of misinformation. A correspondent of mine, a man well fitted by age and experience to properly estimate(?) such a book, speaks of it as "the grossly inaccurate records of Dr. John Wesley Houghton".

     There is a bit of history in connection with the book: Twenty(?)-five years ago, then living in Boston, I started records(?) to make good my claim to membership in the S.A.R. and Sons of Colonial Wars, and my mother having been one of the Houghtons, I naturally put in a good deal of work on that family. After getting a good deal of information and finding the work congenial(?) I decided to constitute myself the family historian, and for 12 or 15 years I worked with that end in view. After coming to Kansas, however, I find it much more difficult to get data, and the work languished. Then I got in a muddle(?) with Dr. Houghton who was apparantly much further along than I was and a part of his book already in print. He offered to combine forces and produce a joint work. This did not appeal to me as it would make me responsible for a large(?) book I had had no hand in and I finally decided to turn over to him all my data to use at his discretion

     This much should be said of Dr. H.: he was suffering heavily from (?) incident to old age, of which he, as one physician to another, gave me the details, and just after sending the last sheets of his book to press, he went to an Eastern hospital for surgical treatment. Under the circumstances I have no doubt that he hurried off the last part of the manuscript without giving it due attention and paid little or no attention to correcting his proof in the fear that otherwise he might not live to see it in the finished form. If this is any excuse at all, I give it for what it is worth.

     Due consideration must be given to the fact that such a family history affords greater opportunity for errors to creep in than almost any other sort of literature and if one reads Dr. H's "Preface" and "In Conclusion", one may feel impelled to be more charitable as to the book's shortcomings I cannot help feeling, also, though the book contains more(?) and glaring errors than ever a genealogical book should, That Dr. H's own words are justified where he says in his Preface: "I have in some measure, aided in saving a large amount of family history from certain destruction in a few years, which in its present form will be preserved for many generations to come". This is undoubtedly true and it is equally probably true that there is more correct than incorrect information. It is also to be hoped that the Ralph Houghton family, in which Dr. H was primarily interested is more correct than that of John's descendants.

Going over the introductory parts of his book, skipping over the Ralph Houghton part entirely,and paying attention only to those parts of John Houghton's descendants in whom I am more intimately interested, I shall make some comments and point out errors which owners of the book should correct by marginal notes.

1. Pages XXIII-IV-V - "Sketch of the Late Lord Houghton" I see no justification whatever for these two pages. Lord H. was not an H. at all, but a Milnes, and his title of nobility giving him a claim to (?) in an H. family record is as far-fetched as it would be to give a (?) sketch of President Lowell of Harvard University in a record of descendants of John Harvard. In the last two lines of page XXIV following on page XXV are statements which the author might have looked up and corrected, for the only son of Lord Houghton did succeed to his father's title in 1885, was created Earl of Crewe in 1895 and has since been made Marquis of Crewe. Also his name is Robert Affley (?) Crewe-Milnes rather than the simple Robin Milnes.

2. Plate facing page 3. "Houghton Coat of Arms". This illustration gives an incorrect picture of the family arms. not only incorrect as not belonging to any branch of the family that I know of, but incorrect according to the heraldic description below the arms, which is "He beareth Argent three Bars Azure within a border by the Name of Houghton". In the technical jargon of heraldry, the arms here given shd be described as a barry(?) of 6 pieces(?) sable and argent within a bordure of the last. The original was doubtless painted with alternate bars of blue and white, but given in black and white as here printed, it must be so described. The plate of arms facing page 5 is described as sable three bars argent and this is the correct arms of most of the living Houghtons.

3. The material from pages 5 to 72 inclusive is interesting in a way, but the effort to connect the subjects Ralph and John H. with the English family fails utterly. Surely, there was a connection but it has not been proven and I doubt that it will ever be.

4. Page 15, 17th line. The word "hooped" should be "hoofed".

5. Page 15, 10th line from the bottom. "ungrailed" should be "engrailed"

6. Page 20, 10th line from the bottom. "Roger de Busti" should read "Roger de Busli"

7. Page 41, 3rd, 4th,7th,8th and 13th lines from the bottom. "Bold" should be "Boldt". (look up in Burke at K.U.) [CJV: wrong]

8. Page 42, 8th line from the bottom. "Coronet" should be "Cornet" A Cornet in the Br. army corresponded to what we call a 2nd lieut. of Cavalry

9. Page 67. Here again, Roger de Busti should be Roger de Busli.

10. Page 74, line 7. "Shanlon" shd be Sholan. The name also appears in old records as Showanon and Shawanon, but usually Sholan.

11. Page 297, lines 10,11 and 12 need considerable changing. The name "Old Granary Burying Ground" belongs to a famous cemetary in Boston. What is meant is The Old Common Burial Ground, which is in Lancaster, but John H. was not buried there at all, but is in what is known as the Old Burial Field, and there is nothing on his gravestone to show that he died "on the old Common" or that he died at the age of 60. Quite a number of errors to work into 3 lines. The stone is inscribed simply: "John Houghton deceased April 29 Day 1684." I know because I have seen it myself. As far as I am aware, there is nowhere any record of John H.'s age at the time of his death. Reading own toward the end of the paragraph one finds something about an "error because the inscription on the monument given above proves his birth to have been in 1624" - which is not found at all, here again, I believe there is no extant record of the date of his birth.

12. Page 298. middle of last paragraph. "An incidental proof of his (John's) connection with the Houghtons of Lancashire, England, is found in the fact that one of his descendants in this country has now a sword said to have been brought from England by John as the oldest son and heir". It is immaterial since it proves nothing except that someone jumped at a conclusion.

13. Page 301, the fifth line from the bottom gives the name "Zermiah" instead of Zeruiah, or Zerviah as it is sometimes written in the old records. The same mistake occurs on page 306, 3rd line, and page 308, 6th line.

14. Page 302, 19th line. date "1885" shd read 1685.

15. Page 302, 20th and 21st lines. Shd read "He was the first Treasurer of Worcester County" Cities do not have County Treasurers. [CJV: wrong]

16. Page 302 gives the marriage of Jacob, son of John Junior, as having occurred on Dec. 16, 1704 and is correct according to the town records. Turning to page 307 we find him credited (?) with three children born respectively eight, four and one year prior to his marriage. The oldest of these apparent illegitimates, Jacob Junior, is given as "b. in Worcester, Mass., 4,1,1696." etc., wheras the Leicester records give "Jacob Hghton Son of Jacob Hghton and Rebcka his wife was born January 2, 1708", which is much more probable. At about this place is the starting point of my greatest (?) grievance with the Houghton Genealogy. When I sent Dr, Houghton what I believed to have been my own carefully worked out line of descent from John H. the emigrant, I gave it to him as follows: John(1), Benjamin(2), Jonathan(3), Jonathan(4), Rufus(5), Moses Barnard Houghton(6), Joanna Chaplin Houghton(7), A.W.Cook(8), etc. Dr. H. wrote back that he believed it was John(1), John(2), Jacob(3), Jonathan(4), etc. I returned with what I supposed would convince him I was right and believed he was convinced because I heard no more about it until the book appeared where I was astonished to find he had had his own way in the matter and the above is (?) of the result. I still believe my working out of my own descent to be correct. It may be wrong, but Dr. H's certainly is. [CJV: Dr. Clark was wrong about his ancestry; he followed Francis W. Houghton's data; see Lancaster VRs]

17. Page 307,9th line from foot. "Hepsibeth Priest, 1, 13, 1735" should be Hephzibah, 11,13,1735.

18. Page 317,19th line. "Susan" should be Susannah. He has the name correctly given on page 340. Her husband, Jonathan, was my great, great grandfather.

19. Page 318,lines 3 and 4. "Later surgeon of the sloop Republic of the Massachusetts navy." Absolutely wrong. Dr. H. has placed here a part of the war record of Dr. Moses Barnard (another great, great grandfather of mine) who figures on page 341. Dr. Barnard served as Surgeon's Mate of Col.Asa Whitcomb's 23rd Mass. Rgt. and surgeon of the Sloop Republic. He was the Harvard Master of Arts.

19. (repeated) Page 374, 15th line from foot."Mary Augustus Wright" should be Mary Augusta Wright.

20. Page 374, 12th line from foot. "Boston" should be Bolton.

21. Page 375,6th line. An asterisk (preceeding the name) is omitted here. This Francis Houghton had a family - see p.433 and 434 for same mistake.

22. Page 432, 2nd line from foot. My mother, Joanna Chaplin Houghton was born, but not married in Lancaster. She was married in Cambridge.

23. Page 434,1st line, "Charlotte, b. 1837" The date should probably be 1857. Another child of this family is omitted - Frederick Oates Houghton - who was born about 1861, is married and is living in Boston.

24. Page 497, 13th line from foot. Mr. Pulsifer's middle initial is T for (?).

25. Page 497, 8th line from foot. My sister's name should be Alice Sargeant Clark and her birth date 5, 27, 1854, that is May 27, 1854.

I have been asked for a list of the ch. of Jacob, son of John(2). I can give only Jacob, Jr. (already mentioned) that I feel at all sure about. It is probable that the Bolton (?) may afford more light.


Note from Transcriber: I have substituted (?) wherever a word could not be made out.
HSH II [Hayward S. Houghton II]10
LetterDec 5, 1914Hayward S. Houghton: I found three letters written by W. G (?) Snow of Bayonne, NJ to A. W. Clark. The first, dated Dec. 5, 1914, inquires about the book that AWC was reported to have written and comments negatively on Dr. H's work. AWC evidently replied promptly and advised that he had not published - and did not plan to. The second letter, dated Dec. 11, 1914, expresses regret about AWC's decision and proceeds to detail his descent from John and Beatrix (2 lines) and from Ralph and Jane. He also provides several corrections to Dr. H's book. AWC made a couple of marginal notes on this letter. The third letter, dated Dec 18, 1914, contains a correction to letter #2, which effectively negates his ties to Ralph.11
LetterDec 11, 1914"22 Forest Street, Montclair, N.J., Dec. 11, 1914
My dear Kinsman:
I was very glad to get your letter of 7th inst. and beg to thank you for your prompt reply to my inquiry. Although a little late, permit me to felicitate you on having reached another milestone - your 55th. I have traced your recoreds, with much interest back to our common ancester, John Houghton of Lancaster.
My natal day, is Jan 10th, and if I am spared to see the next one, it will be the 70th anniversary of my birth. For many years, I have been connected with the First National Bank of New York, but am now on the retired list. No one regrets more than I, that you did not carry out your intention of writing up the Houghton records. [CJV: implying that A. W. Clark never published his manuscript.] It might haved saved a long suffering public from the atrocities perpetrated by Dr. J.W.H. He must have had many "pipe" dreams."
My descent from 1 John & Beatrix Houghton, is through 2Houghton, Benjamin 3 Houghton Jr, m. Jan 20 1720, Ruth Wheelock, Parnee 4 (printed Paine, in JWH's book) b. Apr 14, 1730, m. Oct 20, 1748, John Brooks. (We know of course that Wid. Beatrix Houghton, did not marry Benj. Bosworth). I am also descended from John & Beatrix thru Robert 2 Houghton, b. Mar 28, 1658, m. 1680 Esther Leppingwell, Joshua 3 Houghton, b. June 30, 1675; m. Apr 8 1719, Elizabeth Bennett. Solmon 4 Houghton b. June 5, 1729, m. Nov 7. 1771, Deliverance Ross. Molly 5 Houghton, b. June 18, 1752; m. Jan 21 1771, Nathaniel Whitney.
My descent from Ralph 1 & Jane (Stowe) Houghton is thru Mary 2 Houghton b. Jan 4 1653, m. June 25, 1658 Capt. Thomas Wilder. JWH says that Mary2 m. Jan 20, 1675 W. Bentlett and that Mary, dau. of John & Beatrix, m. thomas Wilder, June 23, 1688, but inasmuch as the marriage of Thomas Wilder and Mary Houghton was filed in Middlesex Register's office 9.7.1670 by her father Ralph "Clerk of the Writs," and as Mary, dau. of John & Beatx, was not born until Mar 22, 1660/1, the record given by J.W. H. is evidently erroneous. [CVJ: JWH was correct actually, as Mr. Snow, in his next letter, latter agrees]. Furthermore, the Wilder Genealogy confirms the fact that Capt. Thomas m. Mary, dau. of Ralph & Jane.
I am especially interested in the John Houghton ancestry, because of the fact that both my father's and mother's lines unite in John's although they did not know it. The puzzling thing with me is to determine the parentage of Benjamin 3 Houghton, jr., who m. Ruth Wheelock. J.W. H. has assisted in scrambling the eggs, and made it more difficult to unscramble them. he says in his opening address that Benj. jr, who m. Ruth, was son of Benj. sr. and Zeruiah (Moore) Houghton, and that both Benj.s were married the same day. The Vital Records of Lanr (Nourse) show that Benj jr & Ruth were m. July 20.1720, and Benj sr & Zeruiah, July 28, 1720, also, that Benj. sr & Zeruiah, had a son named Benj. b. Nov. 17, 1732, and that Benj. jr & Ruth also had a son named Benj., b. May 10, 1740; also that Ezra Houghton, a son of Ben jr & Ruth b. July 22, 1722; m. Jul 29, 1748, Dinah, dau. of Benj. sr & Zeruiah Houghton, b. Apr 8, 1727.
In the Report of Columbus Smith to the Houghton Assoc., 1869, E. C. Houghton, of Boston, furnished the following: [he lists all children of John & Beatrix Houghton; he notes that son Benjamin, b. 1668 "It is to be presumed that he had a wife, but her name does not appear in any record that I can find. WGS] The descendants of the fourth son, Benjamin are, Jacob, b. 1696; Josiah b. 1698; Benjamin, b 1700; Jonathan; John.
The descendants of his third son Benjamin (jr) by his w. Ruth, are as follows (giving the names and dates of birth of their children practically as they appear in the Vital Records. JWH gives the children of Benj. & Zeruiah (who were m. Jan 28, 1720), as Jacob b. 1696, Josiah b 1698; d. 9.29.1723; Benjamin b. 1700; d. 1774; m. 7.20.1720 Ruth Wheelock; Silas, b. 10.7.1742 Res. Linden, Vt.
He hit it all right on Silas. Further on he gives the names of the children of Benjamin who were the offspring of Benj. sr & Zeruiah (Moore) as shown by the Vital Records, except that Silas is not in the list.
Incidentally he makes one of his "erroneous errors" by stating that Benj (138) son of Benj (50) m. Priscilla Wilder, and d. 4.25.1759 and was a drummer in the Rev. war (what Rev. war?). It was Benj, son of Benj & Zeruiah who m. Priscilla Wilder & d. Apr 25, 1759. The widow m. Nov. 13, 1760, Seth Harrington (not Remington). Various records seem to show the following Benjamins:
Son of John & Beatrix, b. May 25, 1668 (VR)
" John jr & Mary (Farrar), b. Feb 26, 1678 (VR)
" Jonas & Mary (Burbean) b. 1690 (JWH)
" " " bapt. as owning convt Aug 3, 1718 (VR)
" Benjamin & (--), b. 1700, d. 1774 (JWH)
" Jacob & (--) , b 1678 (Lewis G. Houghton), b. 1700 (VR)
" Jacob & Rebecca Whitcomb, bapt on c. c. July 13, 1718 (VR)
" Widow Isabella, bapt. Nov 9, 1718 (VR)
Puzzle -- Pict out the one who m. Ruth Wheelock? [CJV: son of Jacob & Rebecca]
Israel Houghton, son of Jacob & Rebecca, who was bapt. on owning the covenant, Jul 13, 1718, together with his brothers Benjamin & Jonathan (your ancestor. 55) m. July 31, 1723, Martha Wheelock, sister of Ruth , who m. a Benj. Houghton, jr.
It would seem probable that these brothers might have married sisters, but if Benj., the son of Israel, was the "goat", why was he called Benj. "junior", unless possibly to distinguish him from the Benj. called Senior, who m. Zeruiah Moore. Possibly Isabella, was widow of Benj. , son of John, and it was her son who m. Ruth.
While my pen and ink hold out, I will speak of another thing which I do not find referred to in any Houghton records, that have come under my observation. The records of Dedham, Mass., show that a John Houghton, was one of the signers of the Covenant there in 1636. May we not suppose, that this was the John Houghton, said to have been bapt. in Eaton Bray, Eng. May 19, 1593, who m. Damaris Buckminster, and was a passenger in the "Abigail", 1635, (aged 4 , or 40 years!). If born in 1593, he would have been 42 in 1635.
The name constantly recurs in the Selectman records from 1651 to 1677. I find it at least forty times. A John Houghton, was admitted townsman with two others, Jan 1, 1654. Dec 28, 1666, a John Houghton, was allowed to sojourn at house of Leut. Fisher. Mar 1, 1666, John Houlton (afterwards called Houghton, in the records) m. Abigail, dau. of Lieut. Joshua Fisher, and the births of his children of John & Abigail Houghton are recorded -- John, b. Jan 23, 1669, and William b. July 13, 1675. The will of Joshua Fisher Sr, of Medfield, Mass., dated May 2, 1674, bequeaths to Abigail Houghton, wife of John Houghton, my grant child, 5 pounds." Is it unreasonable to suppose that this John Houghton may have been the son of the John of the "Abigail"?
I am much interested in Lancaster and its records as a number of my forbears lived and died there. My maternal grandparents were both descendants of John White, and my paternal grandmother was a descendant of Thomas Ross. One of my brothers married there, a Lancaster girl (Rugg). I have never visited the place, but hope to do so. I have a record of about four hundred of my direct New England ancestors - Lancaster, Watertown, Woburn, and adjacent placws in Mass & N.H.
Another of JWH's gross inaccuracies is in recording Simeon, Jotham & Thaddeus Houghton as sons of Israel & Martha. Simeon & Thaddeus were sons of Daniel & Lydia bapt. Aug. 10, 1718. There are others.
Please excuse this long letter, which you may read in installments, or throw in the waste basket if it does not interest your.
Yours, very truly, W. G. Snow" [Original in possession of CJV]12
Note1915Some American college bookplates: a presentation of plates, old and new By Harry Parker Ward, Winward Prescott: "Through the University of Kansas, however, we made the acquaintance of Dr. Arthur Wellington Clark, of Lawrence, and through him, of that of Mr. Ruthven Deane of Chicago. But for these two gentlemen in addition to Mr. Koch, this book could never have been compiled... Dr. Clark's collection consists of over 7,000 specimens. [He is cited 9 times]
1920 Census1920Lawrence, Douglas Co., KS, USA, age 60, a roomer, a physician13
Notable1924author of an unpublished genealogy of the Houghton Family; gave his data to JWH3
DeathJul 21, 1927Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Lawrence, KS, USA, age 67, of cerebral hemorrhage
BiographyA National Register of the Society, Sons of the American Revolution, 1902:
"Arthur Wellington Clark, Boston, Mass. (949), Son of Alfred Pickering and Joanna Chaplain (Houghton) Clark; grandson of Elijah and Mary Wellington (Lane) Clark; great-grandson of Elijah Clark, private Mass. and New Hampshire troops, pensioned; grandson of Moses Barnard and Almira (Pollard) Houghton; great-grandson of Rufus and Abigail (Barnard) Houghton; great2-grandson of Jonathan Houghton, Captain Mass. Militia; great-grandson of Gardner and Lucy (Heywood) Pollard; great2-grandson of Seth (and Martha Temple) Heywood, Lieutenant Mass. Militia; great3-grandson of Isaac Temple, Member Committee of Inspection; great3-grandson of Moses Barnard, Surgeon's Mate Twenty-third Mass. Militia; great3-grandson of Phineas Heywood, Delegate Mass. Provincial Congress."

Lawrence KS Medical Society; former Health Officer of Lawrence, KS
Research1906unpublished genealogy of Houghton family
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 497 #2694.
  2. [S96] NEHGR, 60 [1906]: 184.
  3. [S779] Unknown author Encyclopedia of Amer. Biog., Herringshaw's, p. 217.
  4. [S826] Unknown author, Sons of Amer. Revol., #949.
  5. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 497.
  6. [S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , Lawrence Ward 2, Essex, Massachusetts, Roll:     M653_498, Page: 125, line 22, dwl 636-876.
  7. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
  8. [S588] Dr. Arthur Wellington Clark M.D., Houghton, John - Clark.
  9. [S36] Letter, from Hayward S. Houghton Apr 11, 2004: Original document sent to Charles J. Vella.
  10. [S415] E-mail from Hayward S. Houghton, Mar. 26, 2004.
  11. [S415] E-mail from Hayward S. Houghton Apr 3, 2004.
  12. [S36] Letter, from Hayward S. Houghton Apr 11, 2004: Letter from W. G. Snow to Dr. Arthur W. Clark; Original document sent to Charles J. Vella.
  13. [S1232] 1920 U.S. Federal Census , Lawrence, Kansas, Roll: T625_531, Page: 3B, ED:     65, sheet 3B, line 97, dwl 939-83-86.

Alfred Houghton Clark1,2

M, #11468, b. 10 December 1868, d. 27 September 1936

Family 1: Mary Marchant Pierce

Family 2: Mary Pierce Geist

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BirthDec 10, 1868Lawrence, MA, USA, age 11 in 1880 census3,4
Author1902Main Author: Clark, Alfred Houghton.
Title:      Portraits from life.
Imprint:      New York : [s.n.], c1902.
Description:      plates ; cm. (4to, fol.)5
Note1903ALFRED HOUGHTON CLARK. Lawrence. Kan. (950). Son of Alfred Pickering and Joanna Chaplin (Houghton) Clark; grandson of Elijah and Mary Wellington (Lane) Clark; great-grandson of Elijah Clark, private Mass. and New Hampshire troops, pensioned; grandson of Moses Barnard and Almira (Pollard) Houghton; great-grandson of Rufus and Abigail (Barnard) Houghton; great-grandson of Jonathan Houghton, Captain Mass. Militia;
great-grandson of Gardner and Lucy (Heywood) Pollard; great-grandson of eth (and Martha Temple) Heywood, Lieutenant Mass. Militia; great-grandson of Isaac Temple, Member Committee of Inspection; great-grandson of Moses Barnard, Surgeon's Mate Twenty-third Mass. Militia; great-grandson of Phineas Heywood, Delegate Mass. Provincial Congress.
Marriage3
Residence1911Kansas City, MO, USA3
Marriage
Children+3 children
Gen. Soc.Lawrence, KS, USA, SAR2
DeathSep 27, 1936Colorado Springs, El Paso Co., CO, USA
BiographyClark, Alfred M. Houghton. b. Lawrence, MA, Dec. 10, 1868; d. Colorado Springs, CO, Sept. 27, 1936. Painter, spec. portraits. Teacher. Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Boston, MA. Pupil of Joseph Decamp; Edmund Tarbell; Frank Benson. Taught at the Univ. of Kansas from 1893-1900; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Kansas City Art Institute. Married to Mary M. P. Painted portraits of President William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, Univ. of Kansas Chancellors and chairmen of various Univ. of Kansas departments. Illustrated several books including Six American Authors: Plate Proofs of Pastels Drawn from Life (1902) and Grandma’s Book of Rhymes (1925). Exhibitions: Annual Exhibition of the Artists of Kansas City and
Vicinity, 1915; Annual Exhibition of the Artists of Kansas City and Vicinity, 1917 Sain; Newlin; AAA14; Lawrence City Dir. 1898; KSG 94; Annual Exh. KCAI 1915, 1917

Same SAR line as brother Arthur W. Clark; member 959.
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Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 497 #2695.
  2. [S826] Unknown author, Sons of Amer. Revol., #950.
  3. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 497.
  4. [S1229] 1880 U.S. Federal Census , Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts; Roll: T9_530; Family History Film: 1254530; Page: 295A; Enumeration District: 192; sheet 5, line 6, dwl 7-40-48.
  5. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , American Antiquarian Society Online Catalog: http://catalog.mwa.org/

Mary Marchant Pierce1

F, #11469

Family: Alfred Houghton Clark b. 10 Dec 1868, d. 27 Sep 1936

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Marriage2
Relativecousins
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Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 497 #2695s.
  2. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 497.

Russel Channing Houghton1,2,3

M, #11470, b. 13 February 1887, d. 23 August 1973

Family: Dorothy Ferne Remley b. c 1890

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BirthFeb 13, 1887New York City, NY, USA, Feb 1887, age 13 in 1900 census; age 23 in 1910 census; age 32 in 1920 census; age 43 in 1930 census; age 53 in 1940 census4,2
1900 Census1900Yonkers, Westchester Co., NY, USA, age 34, widow; and sister Sarah Russell, Sep 18575
GraduationYonkers High School, Yonkers, NY, USA
Educationbetween 1904 and 1905Harvard University, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Real.3
Residence1905Lewiston, MT, USA3
1910 Census1910Helena, Lewis and Clark Co., MT, USA, age 23, real estate agent6
MarriageApr 6, 1915Fergus, MT, USA, age 28 and 257
1920 Census1920Big Spring, Fergus Co., MT, USA, age 32, court house clerk8
1930 Census1930Helena, Lewis and Clark Co., MT, USA, age 43, federal blg. clerk7
1940 Census1940Helena, Lewis Co., MT, USA, age 53, federal bldg, government clerk9
SSN516-40-4748
Mil. Draft1942Helena, MT, USA, WWII, age 55
DeathAug 23, 1973Sacramento, Sacramento Co., CA, USA, age 862
Biography"Harvard College class of 1908, twenty-fifth anniv., p. 359:
Russel Channing Houghton
BORN: New York, N. Y., Feb. 13, 1887. PARENTS: George Washington Wright Houghton, Ellen Russel.
PREPARED AT: Yonkers High School, Yonkers, N. Y.
Years in College: 1904-05.
OCCUPATION: United States Government, Clerk, Treasury Department (Post Office).
MARRIED: Dorothy Feme Remley, Lewiston, Mont., Apr. 6, 1915. CHILDREN: Janice,
Dec. ao, 1920; Russel Channing, Jr., Jan. 17, 1924.
ADDRESS: (home) 524 Clark St., Helena, Mont; (business) P. O. Box 1, Helena, Mont.
TWENTY-FIVE years have brightened my recollection of fellow members of my class with whom I was fortunate enough to form friendly associations in the short time I was among you. Your names, features, expressions and mannerisms are as familiar to me as of yesterday, while I have great difficulty at times remembering people with whom I have been in close association even two or three years ago. People never change with me, and I would expect to see you all again just exactly as I see you so vividly in memory. And I certainly trust that twenty-five years has not done things to you. It does not seem long in retrospect. May we stand the next twenty-five half as well, for I do admit that the next twenty-five will do plenty to all of us. For this next lap of the journey we will need courage and more courage, because I am sure many of us have taken deep wounds and hurts and disappointments the last three years that mere financial recovery will not heal.
It now seems to me increasingly clear that this great Depression was born out here in the wheatlands of the west over ten years ago. Garet
Garet featured our disasters then with his articles on our bank failures in the famous "Triangle" country. The Depression started with us, is still
with us, and it is my profound belief is passing away from us out here first. In June, 1923, the Quindecennial Report found me working in a bank
in Lewiston, Mont., fifteen years of thrilling life behind me. My great fortune consisted of my wife and little girl of three. The height of my
fame consisted of the prodigies of valor performed on the local golf course, unimaginable drives and countless birdies. In December the
bank was gone. And life has been one beautiful mess ever since, trying vainly to repair the damage and get on one's feet. The next month after
the bank failed my son came to help me over my difficulties. I should send you his picture instead of my own. He is a regular fellow whose
future I am sincerely concerned about. Sometimes I am glad that I am not moving out into the savage, tearing, impersonal battle these children
are going out to meet so soon. We were the lucky ones. After the most serious thought of which I was capable, visioning meanwhile the distinct possibilities of grave world changes and social upheavals and cataclysms, I deliberately turned my ambitions out to pasture and went wholeheartedly "Government." I am still wholeheartedly "Government." I entered the Internal Revenue Service and stayed in that Department nearly three years. But I was approaching the dread age of 40. Changes of administration meant hunting a new job sooner or later, so I finally decided that the best way to get on my feet was at least to get one last job to last me the rest of my life, with a pension attached to it, to keep me out of the poorhouse if the worst came to the worst. I thought it might be possible to build up my fortunes just as well or better with a job as a meal ticket. Whatever capital I may get to use now will not be handicapped with my living expenses. So to meet the hard conditions of life I took the final step, passed a civil service examination
for the postoffice department and here I am, all labelled and ticketed and bound around with red tape for the next nineteen years. I know another
Harvard man in the state of Washington who met the contingency by doing exactly the same thing, though maybe not from my example.
At my age I am not beset with any ambitions or desires for myself, but if I am able I will give my son the graduation from Harvard that I
myself was unable to secure for the basis and ground-work of a more useful and distinguished life. Classmates of mine who have found their
splendid success in life, accept my sincere congratulation!
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Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 497 #2696.
  2. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Rootsweb.Com, Houghton Surname, California Death Records, 1940-1997, Feb. 4, 2002.
  3. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Harvard University Directory
    By Harvard Alumni Association, Harvard Alumni Association:
    http://books.google.com/books
  4. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 497.
  5. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York; Roll: T623; Enumeration District: 189; Sheet: 18A, line 48, dwl 179-255.
  6. [S1231] 1910 U.S. Federal Census , Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana; Roll: T624_833; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 158;
    line 11.
  7. [S1233] 1930 U.S. Federal Census , Helena, Lewis and Clark Co., Montana; Roll: 1258; Enumeration District: 4 Sheet: 6B; line 63, dwl 524-97-157.
  8. [S1232] 1920 U.S. Federal Census , Big Spring, Fergus, Montana; Roll: T625_969; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 85; line 49, dwl 189.
  9. [S1479] 1940 U.S. Federal Census , Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana; Roll: T627_2222; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 25-4; line 10, dwl 524.

Helen Wetmore Houghton1

F, #11471, b. 1 December 1890

Family: Rafael Shortlidge

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BirthDec 1, 1890Yonkers, New York Co., NY, USA, Dec 1890, age 9 in 1900 census; age 19 in 1910 census2
1910 Census1910Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA, USA, age 453
Marriage4
Living1944Keene, NH, USA4
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Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 497 #2697.
  2. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 497.
  3. [S1231] 1910 U.S. Federal Census , Northampton Ward 2, Hampshire, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_593; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 698; line 6, dwl 35-53-55.
  4. [S95] Newspaper, NY Times Archives: Houghton.

Alanson Bigelow Houghton1,2,3,4,5,6,7

M, #11472, b. 10 October 1863, d. 16 September 1941

Family: Adelaide Louise Wellington b. 15 Aug 1867, d. 9 Sep 1945

Biography

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BirthOct 10, 1863Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, "Lansing", age 7 in 1870 census; age, 16, in 1880 census; Oct 1863, age 36 in 1900 census; age 44 in 1910 census; age 56, NY, in 1920 census; age 66 in 1930 census; age 74 in 1940 census10,11,2,3,12,13,4,14,15,16
GraduationJun 25, 1886Harvard College, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, A.B; Mfg; He helped edit "The Crimson" and founded the Harvard Monthly. He was managing editor of the Herald-Crimson. He was a close friend of George Santayana, the future philosopher. He graduated magna cum laude.10,8,14,17,16,18
Educationbetween 1886 and 1889He took postgraduate courses at the Universities of Gottingen, Berlin, and at the Sorbonne in Paris. He gave a lecture on the "Socialism of Karl Marx" in Corning's Baptist Church in 1888. In 1889 he briefly returned to Italy. He wrote "Italian Finances form 1860 to 1884", which was published in Jan. 1889 in Quarterly Journal of Economics.8,14
Office1890In 1890 Gov. Theodore Roosevelt selected him as a trustee of the Willard State Asylum. He was a presidential elector in 1904 for Roosevelt. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1912 supporting Taft. In 1916 he was a presidential elector for Charles Evans Hughes, New York's governor.19
MarriageJun 26, 1891Christ Episcopal Church, Corning, Steuben Co., NY, USA, age 27 and 24; Who Was Who: 1890; JWH: 1891; MLM: 25 Jun 189110,2,13,20,15,21,22
1900 Census1900Corning, Steuben Co., NY, USA, age 36, 2nd V. Pres., Glass Works; and a nurse and 2 servants; at 328 East 5th3,23
1910 Census1910Corning, Steuben Co., NY, USA, age 44, partner Glass works; and 2 servants24
Occupationbetween 1910 and 1918President, Corning Glass, 1910-1918 and then chairman of the board on Jan. 18, 1919 to 192825,8,14,26
1920 Census1920Corning, Steuben Co., NY, USA, age 56, U.S. Congressman; and 4 servants12,27
NewspaperFeb 12, 1920SOCIALISTS MENACE NAVY, SAYS SWEET; Speaker of Assembly Asserts People Would Not Sleep if They Knew Facts. DEFENDS ACTS AT ALBANY Steuben County Society Hears A.B. Houghton and McAdoo Support Free Speech.
February 12, 1920, Thursday, Page 15, 805 words

If the people of the United States realized the extent to which Socialist ideas have permeated the navy they would not sleep nights until every vestige of a Socialist idea was eliminated from the first line of defense, Thaddeus C. Sweet...
Article about socialists: Alanson B. Houghton supported freedom of speech28
Note1928Mr. Houghton was offered the Republican nomination for U. S. Senator from New York. He was defeated by Senator Royal S. Copeland. He returned to his post in London, after Pres. Coolidge revealed that he had not accepted his resignation. His resignation was accepted in 1929.14,29
1930 Census1930Washington, DC, USA, age 66, director Corning Glass Works; and 6 servants30
1940 Census1940Washington, DC, USA, age 74, none, 4 y college; and 5 servants; home value $100,00031
ResidenceCorning, Steuben, NY, USA, & Washington, D.C.
DeathSep 16, 1941South Dartmouth, MA, USA, of a heart attack at his summer home, the Meadows; also Sept. 15, 19412,14,29,32,33,34
ObituarySep 17, 1941New York, New York Co., NY, USA, NY Times:
A.B.HOUGHTONDIES; FORMER DIPLOMAT; Was Ambassador to Germany, 1922-25, and the Court of St. James for Next 3 Years EX-HEAD OF CORNING CLASS Became President of Firm in 1910uRepublican, Ran for U. S. Senate Post in 1928
South Dartmouth, Mass. Sept. 16- Alanson Bigelow Houghton of Corning, N.Y., former Ambassador to Germany and Great Britain, died here today at his Summer home of a heart attack at the age of 78.
A graduate of Harvard University, which conferred a Doctor of Laws degree upon him in 1927, Mr. Houghton was Ambassador to Germany from 1922 to 1925, when he was appointed ambassador to Great Britain. He resigned three years later.
He was president og the Corning Glass Works before entering the diplomatic service, and was Republican candidate for the United States Senate from New york after leaving the Ambassadorship in 1928.
He leaves a widow, the former Miss Adelaide Wellington of Corning, whom he married in 1890, and five children.
Post-War Ambassador
Going to Berlin at America's post-war Ambassador, with only a German college degree and a busiiness man' s training to fit for his delicate task, Alanson Bigelow Houghton established himself as one of America's most capable diplomats, acquitting himself so well of his mission that he was rewarded with
the highest post in American diplomacy, Ambassador to the Court of St. James.
Mr. Houghton's unusual success was due primarily to the fact that he looked upon his mission through the eyes of a business man and not of a diplomat.
Going directly from a former enemy country, where he had gained wide consideration and even popularity, Mr. Houghton, by methods entirely new to diplomatic work, made an equally remarkable success at London.
When he was forced to make a speech he appealed not to the ties of blood and language, but to the fact that America and Britain regard justice, liberty and moral questions alike. "Germany, too," he added, "regards such questions in a similar light. If these three countries should come together, not by alliance but by a community of interests, the peace of the world would be safeguarded for centuries
Harvard Graduate
Mr. Houghton was born at Cambridge, Mass., on Oct. 10, 1863, the son of Amory Houghton Jr. and Ellen Bigelow Houghton. At Harvard he was class poet and editor of The Crimson.. With the objective of becoming a writer on economics, he went to Europe after his graduation in 1886 and studied at Gottingen, Berlin and Paris.
He came of a family of glass manufacturers, and family council ordered him to take up the role of glass-maker. Shelving his ambitions, he entered his father's factory as a shipping clerk at $1.25 a day. in 1903 he was made second vice president and in 1910 president of the company which was located at Corning, N.Y.
Mr. Houghton's entry into public life came with an appintment from Governor Theodore Roosevelt making him one of the Managers of the Willard State Hospital. Twice he served as Republican Presidential Elector, and in 1918 he was elected to Congress, serving tow terms.
He was a strong supporter of Governor Lowden of Illinois for President, and it was his efforts in Lowden's behalf which prompted Lowden to ask President Harding to send him to Germany.
Mr. Houghton reached Berlin at the height of the depression there and immedicately set himself the task of gaining the confidence of the men in power, both politically and industrially.
Was "Suavity Personified"
Although he became known as the "business man diplomat," Mr. Houghton was anything but a "shirtsleeve" one. He was suavity personified. He seemed never to be in a hurry. He spoke in a measured and quiet way and radiated culture.
It was said of him that his was the velvet hand carrying out the dictates of a practical brain. His way of impressing his ideas or the ideas of his government upon foreign statesmen was always forceful but always polite. His elegance, it was said, always remained in a European's mind after an argument.

When Aristide Briand, after a conference with Houghton, was asked what he had to say regarding the American Ambassador, he replied: "He was wearing a most beautiful boutonniere."
Returning home in 1928, he ran for Senator on the Republican ticket, but was defeated.
Mr. Houghton had been chairman of the National Industrial Conference and of the Institute for Advanced Study, president of the Academy of Political Science, treasurer of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a trustee of Brookings Institution, Hobart College and St. Stephen's College and president of the Board of Religious Education of Western New York35
BurialHope Cemetery Annex, Corning, Steuben Co., NY, USA14,32
WillOct 4, 1942Taunton, MA, USA, NY Times: will filed in probate court. Left money to churches. Widow received real estate in Dartmouth, Washington, & Jekyl Island GA and an annuity of $80,000. His daughter Elizabeth and 9 grandchildren received a trust of $450,000.36
NotableAlanson Bigelow Houghton (1863-1941) was the chief United States diplomat to Germany and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Court of St. James's 1925-1929 (Britain) between the World Wars and was the only Houghton ever to be on the cover of Time Magazine.
BiographyWho Was Who, p. 591: "Houghton, Alanson Bigelow, ambassador; b. Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 10, 1863; s. Amory, Jr., and Ellen Ann (Bigelow) H; B.A., Harvard U., 1886, LL.D., 1927; post-grad. work at Gottingen, Berlin and Paris; m. Adelaide Wellington, June 25, 1890. Began in mfr. of glass at Corning, 1889; 2d vice-pres., 1903-10, pres. 1910-18, chmn. bd., 1918--, Corning Glass Works; dir. Met. Life Ins. Co., etc. Pres. Bd. of Edn., Corning; twice Rep. presdl. elector; mem. 66th and 67th Congresses (1919-1923), 37th N.Y. Dist; resigned to become A.E. and M.P. to Germany, Feb. 1922, resigned, Feb. 1925; apptd. A.E. and M.P. to Great Britain, Apr. 1925; resigned, 1929. Republican candidate for U.S. senator from New York, 1928. Trustee Brookings Instn; chmn. Inst. for Advanced Study; treas. Carnegie Endowment for Internat. Peace. Home: Corning, N.Y., and Washington, D.C. Died Sept. 16, 1941."

Who Was Who, p. 1350: "v.p. Ephraim Creek Coal & Coke Co., W.Va....pres. Bd. od Religious Edn. of Western New York (P.E.)..trustee Hobart Coll., St. Stephen's Coll...Clubs: Corning, Elmira, Elmira Country; Harvard, Metropolitan, University, Calumet, Nat. Golf (New York); Home4: Corning, N.Y. and South Dartmouth, Mass. Office: Corning, N.Y."

Ency. of Biog.: director of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co; ex-president of the Board of Education of Corning, NY;
Biog. Dir. of Amer. Congress: trustee of Stephens College; pres. of the Board of Relig. Educ. of Western NY; dir. of the Bamberger Found; chairman of the Princeton Inst. for Advanced Study.

A treasurer of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; former chairman of the Nat. Industrial Conference Board.former chairman of the Nat. Affairs Committee of the Nat. Repub. Club and a delegate to the Internat. Confer. on Disarmament in Paris in 1931; president of the Acad. of Political Science; president of the Protestant Episcopal Board of Religious Education of Westen NY.

He was credited with persuading Germany to accept the Dawes plan for rehabilitation of its credit and with accomplishing nine-tenths of the post-war rehabiliation that was effected.

Houghton, Alanson Bigelow (1863-1941) -- also known as Alanson B. Houghton -- of Corning, Steuben County, N.Y. Father of Amory Houghton; grandfather of Amory Houghton, Jr.. Born in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., October 10, 1863. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1912, 1924, 1928; U.S. Representative from New York 37th District, 1919-22; U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1922-25; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1925-29; candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1928. Died in South Dartmouth, Bristol County, Mass., September 15, 1941. Interment at Hope Cemetery Annex, Corning, N.Y. See also: congressional biography.


HOUGHTON, Alanson Bigelow, (grandfather of Amory Houghton), a Representative from New York; born in Cambridge, Mass., October 10, 1863; moved to Corning, N.Y., with his parents in 1868; attended the public schools, Corning (N.Y.) Free Academy, and St. Paul’s School, Concord, N.H; was graduated from Harvard University in 1886; took postgraduate courses at Gottingen, Berlin, and Paris from 1886 to 1889; commenced the manufacture of glass at Corning, N.Y., in 1889; vice president of the Corning Glass Works from 1902 to 1910, when he was elected president of the company; president of the board of education of Corning; became trustee of Hobart College in 1917; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses and served from March 4, 1919, to February 28, 1922, when he resigned, having been appointed on February 10, 1922, by President Harding, as Ambassador to Germany, in which capacity he served until April 6, 1925; appointed by President Coolidge as Ambassador to Great Britain on February 24, 1925, and served in that capacity until April 27, 1929; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1928; resumed his interests in the glass manufacturing industry; died at his summer home in South Dartmouth, Mass., September 15, 1941; interment in Hope Cemetery Annex, Corning, N.Y.

Burke's Peerage & Gentry:
THE HON. ALANSON BIGELOW HOUGHTON, of Washington, D.C., USA, Chm (President 1910-18) of Bd of Corning Glass Works, N.Y; Director Metropolitan Life Ins. Company; Tstte Brookings Inst; Director and Treasurer Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Tstte Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.); Member 66th and 67th Congresses (1919-23), 37th N.Y. District, resigned to become Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, to Germany, Feb 1922 to Feb 1925, Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Court of St James, April, 1925, res. 1928; b 10 Oct 1863; educ Harvard, BA (1886), Universities of Göttingen and Berlin, Germany, and U of Paris, France, Hon LL.D, New York U (1925), Harvard (1927), and U of Wisconsin (1930); m 25 June, 1890, •Adelaide Wellington, of Corning, New York, and has issue,
Lineage-JOHN HOUGHTON, went to America in the Abigail in 1635, but returned to England.37,2,38,4,14
ResearchAmerican National Biography.
Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography.
Biographical Dictionary of American Business Leaders.
Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1971.
Biography Index.
Dictionary of American Biography.
Dictonary of American Diplomatic History.
National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. 31.
People in History
Who Was Who in America.
Who Was Who in American Politics.
Gen. Soc.Society of the Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims13
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Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 498 #2698.
  2. [S112] Who Was Who I, p. 591.
  3. [S235] U.S. Census, 1900 US Census, Corning, Steuben, NY, Vol. 237, ED 75, S 17, L51.
  4. [S778] Unknown author Encyclopedia of Biography, XXII, p. 331-332.
  5. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 175 #8250, 185.
  6. [S943] Who's Who, Vol. 21, p. 1401.
  7. [S1301] Jeffrey J. Matthews, Alanson B. Houghton: Ambassador of the New Era.
  8. [S778] Unknown author Encyclopedia of Biography, XXII, p. 331.
  9. [S1092] Hon. Harlo Hakes, Landmarks of Steuben County New York, p. 65.
  10. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 498.
  11. [S103] Who's Who, Vol. 21.
  12. [S235] U.S. Census, 1920 Soundex, Corning, Steuben Co., NY, Film 767, Box 330, Vol. 373, E.D. 99, Sh. 1, Ln. 85.
  13. [S523] Pilgrims Lineages, p. 476.
  14. [S812] Unknown author, Biog. Dir. of the Am. Congress, p. 1333.
  15. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 175, 185.
  16. [S1301] Jeffrey J. Matthews, Alanson B. Houghton: Ambassador of the New Era, p.xv.
  17. [S870] Harvard University, Harvard Univ. Catalogue, p. 1101.
  18. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Harvard University Directory
    By Harvard Alumni Association, Harvard Alumni Association:
    http://books.google.com/books
  19. [S1301] Jeffrey J. Matthews, Alanson B. Houghton: Ambassador of the New Era, p. 31.
  20. [S778] Unknown author Encyclopedia of Biography, XXII, p. 332.
  21. [S1378] Thomas William Herringshaw, American Elite, p. 342.
  22. [S95] Newspaper, New York Times Archives: June 27, 1891.
  23. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Corning, Ward 3, Steuben Co., New York; Roll: T623 1163; Enumeration District: 75; Sheet 17B; line 56, dwl 328-380.
  24. [S1231] 1910 U.S. Federal Census , Corning Ward 3, Steuben, New York; Roll: T624_1079; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 116;
    line 15, dwl 4-25-24.
  25. [S254] Anne Edwards, A Remarkable Woman A Biography of Katharine Hepburn, p. 27.
  26. [S1301] Jeffrey J. Matthews, Alanson B. Houghton: Ambassador of the New Era, p.xvi.
  27. [S1232] 1920 U.S. Federal Census , Corning Ward 3, Steuben, New York; Roll: T625_1267; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 99; line 85, dwl 20-20.
  28. [S95] Newspaper, New York Times Archives: Feb 12, 1920.
  29. [S904] Houghton Family Records;, no page, Newspaper, New York Herald, Sep. 16, 1941.
  30. [S1233] 1930 U.S. Federal Census , Washington, Washington Co., District of Columbia; Roll: 294; Enumeration District: 80; Page 140, Sheet 3A; line 39, dwl 1785-26-64.
  31. [S1479] 1940 U.S. Federal Census , Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia; Roll: T627_563; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 1-305; line 2, dwl 3003.
  32. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 185.
  33. [S1301] Jeffrey J. Matthews, Alanson B. Houghton: Ambassador of the New Era, p.xxii.
  34. [S1304] Davis Dyer and Daniel Gross,, The Generations of Corning: The Life and Times of a Global Corporation, p. 178.
  35. [S95] Newspaper, NY Times Archives: Houghton Obituaries.
  36. [S95] Newspaper, NY Times Archives: Houghton.
  37. [S58] Leaming, Katharine Hepburn, p. 48.
  38. [S114] Who Was Who, 3, p. 1350.
  39. [S1301] Jeffrey J. Matthews, Alanson B. Houghton: Ambassador of the New Era, p. 25.
  40. [S506] Unknown agency, Social Register, Summer 1943, p. 272.

Elizabeth Bigelow Houghton1,2,3

F, #11473, b. 12 April 1861, d. 30 July 1861

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BirthApr 12, 1861Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA, USA4,5
DeathJul 30, 1861Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA, USA4,5
BurialMount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Plot: Fir Avenue Lot 1584
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 175 #8249.
  2. [S1304] Davis Dyer and Daniel Gross,, The Generations of Corning: The Life and Times of a Global Corporation, p. 63.
  3. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Hadley/ Houghton/ Olmsted Family Tree (Owner: JPrez123): http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx
  4. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 498.
  5. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 175.

Arthur Amory Houghton Sr.1,2,3,4

M, #11474, b. 20 October 1866, d. 19 April 1928

Family: Mahitbel Hollister b. 16 Oct 1867, d. 13 Feb 1938

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BirthOct 20, 1866Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY, USA, age 13, NY, in 1880 census; Dec. 1866, NY, age 33 in 1900 census; age 42 in 1910 census; age 53, NY, in 1920 census; Jane Preziosi: Cambridge MA6,7,8,9,10,11,12
EducationConcord, Merrimack Co., NH, USA, St. Paul's School13
Occupation1887joined Corning Glass Works with his brother Alanson. He became assistant to his father in the management of the company.
MarriageApr 9, 1899Rutherford, NJ, USA, First Presbyterian Church; Jane Prezosi: 19 Apr 18992,3,14,10,15
1900 Census1900275 Cedar, Corning, Steuben Co., NY, USA, age 33, Vice Pres. Glass Co; and 2 servants9,16
Gen. Soc.Nov 11, 1908Empire State Society, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution
1910 Census1910Corning, Steuben Co., NY, USA, age 42, glass works manufacturer; and 3 servants17
NoteFeb, 1919president, Corning until spring of 1920, when he retired18
1920 Census1920Corning, Steuben Co., NY, USA, age 53, glass manufacturer; and 3 servants8,19
DeathApr 19, 1928New York, New York Co., NY, USA, in his apartment; age 61; certif. 11200: Apr 19 1928; Gen. of Corning: 29 Apr 192820,21
ObituaryApr 20, 1928ARTHUR HOUGHTON DIES AT AGE OF 61; Glass Manufacturer, Brother of Ambassador to London, Had Long Been Ill. ACTIVE IN CIVIC AFFAIRS Was a Director in Several Banks and Head of a Coal Company-- Member of Many Clubs.
April 20, 1928, Friday

Arthur A. Houghton, glass manufacturer, bank director and a brother of Alanson B. Houghton, Ambassador to England, died at his home, 920 Fifth Avenue, yesterday at 9:45 A.M. after an illness of more than a year. His age was 61. Mr. Houghton is survived by a widow, the former Miss Mabel Hollister of Rutherford, N.J; a daughter, Mrs. Alan G. Rinehart, and a son, Arthur A. Houghton Jr., a student at Harvard University.
Private funeral services will be held at 5 P.M. today at the home. Burial will take place tomorrow afternoon in Corning, N.Y.
Mr. Houghton was a former president of the Corning Glass Company founded by his grandfather, Amory Houghton, a pioneer in the industry of the three members of the concern's executive committee.
He was born in Brooklyn on Dec. 20, 1866, the son of Amory Houghton Jr. and Ellen Anne Bigelow, both of whom traced their ancestry back to 1637 in New England. His mother was a descendant of General Bigelow, who, during the Revolutionary War, won distinction as commander of a brigade in Washington's army.
His education was received in the public schools of Corning and at St. Paul's in Concord, N.H. After leaving St. Paul's he became associated with his father and brother in the management of the Corning Glass Company.
He had served as a Presidential elector and as Alderman and member of the Board of Public Works at Corning. Welfare movements found in him a warm supporter.
He was President of the Ephraim Creek Coal and Coke Company and a director of the Corning Trust Company, the Metropolitan Trust Company of this city, the Chatham and Phenix National Bank and Trust Company of this city, the Macbeth Daylighting Company, Inc., of Pittsburgh and the Hartford Empire Company of Hartford, Conn.
Mr. Houghton was a member of the New bedford (Mass.) City and Country Club, New Bedford Yacht Club, Elmira (N.Y.) Country Club, Union, Metropolitan and Calumet Clubs of New York, the New York Yacht Club, the City and Country Clubs of Corning, and the Metopolitan and Chevy Chase Clubs of Washington.
He had residences in Corning, Washington and Salters Pint, Mass., as well as in New York.12
BurialHope Annex Cemetery, Corning, Stueben Co., NY, USA20
NotableArthur A. Houghton, Sr. (1866–1928), son of Amory Houghton Jr, was a former president of Corning Glass.
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 498 #2700.
  2. [S17] Who's Who, 1958, p. 1338.
  3. [S183] Virkus, Abr. Comp. of Amer. Gen., p. 366.
  4. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 175 #8451.
  5. [S1092] Hon. Harlo Hakes, Landmarks of Steuben County New York, p. 65.
  6. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 498.
  7. [S235] U.S. Census, 1880 Soundex, Corning, Steuben Co., NY, Reel 72, Vol. 93, ED. 170, Sh. 46, Ln. 10.
  8. [S235] U.S. Census, 1920 Soundex, Corning, Steubin Co., NY, Film 767, Box 330, Vol. 373, E.D. 101, Sh. 2, Ln. 14.
  9. [S235] U.S. Census, 1900 US Census, Corning, Steuben, NY, Vol. 237, ED 75, S 15, L 9.
  10. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 175.
  11. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Hadley/ Houghton/ Olmsted Family Tree (Owner: Jane Preziosi; JPrez123): http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx
  12. [S95] Newspaper, New York Times Archives: Apr 20, 1928.
  13. [S1301] Jeffrey J. Matthews, Alanson B. Houghton: Ambassador of the New Era, p. 24.
  14. [S932] Virkus, Abridged Compend. of Amer. Gen. III, p. 265.
  15. [S1304] Davis Dyer and Daniel Gross,, The Generations of Corning: The Life and Times of a Global Corporation, p. 78.
  16. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Corning, Ward 3, Steuben Co., New York; Roll: T623 1163; Enumeration District: 75, Sheet 15A, line 9, dwl 275-270-316.
  17. [S1231] 1910 U.S. Federal Census , Corning Ward 4, Steuben, New York; Roll: T624_1079; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 118;
    line 50, dwl 22-183-198.
  18. [S1304] Davis Dyer and Daniel Gross,, The Generations of Corning: The Life and Times of a Global Corporation, p. 111.
  19. [S1232] 1920 U.S. Federal Census , Corning Ward 4, Steuben, New York; Roll: T625_1267; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 101; line 14, dwl 22-29-31.
  20. [S1304] Davis Dyer and Daniel Gross,, The Generations of Corning: The Life and Times of a Global Corporation, p. 125.
  21. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , www.germangenealogy.group.com.
  22. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Hadley/ Houghton/ Olmsted Family Tree (Owner: JPrez123): http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx
  23. [S235] U.S. Census, 1920 Soundex, Corning, Steuben Co., NY, Film 767, Box 330, Vol. 373, E.D. 101, Sh. 2, Ln. 14.

Annie Bangs Houghton1,2

F, #11475, b. 23 October 1868, d. 31 March 1940

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BirthOct 23, 1868NY, USA, age 2 in 1870 census; age 11 in 1880 census; 1Oct 1869, age 30 in 1900 census; age 51 in 1920 census; age 61 in 1930 census3,4,5,6
1920 Census1920Kinston, Ulster Co., NY, USA, age 51, single, a patient at the Dr. C. O. Sahler Sanitorium7,8
1930 Census1930Queens, Queens Co., NY, USA, age 61, single, none, with a private nurse9
DeathMar 31, 1940Corning, Steuben Co., NY, USA10
BurialHope Cemetery Annex, Corning, NY, USA
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 498 #2701.
  2. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 175 #8452.
  3. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 498.
  4. [S235] U.S. Census, 1900 US Census, Corning, Steuben, NY, Vol. 237, ED 75, S 13, L 39.
  5. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 175.
  6. [S235] U.S. Census, 1880 Soundex, Corning, Steuben Co., NY, Reel 72, Vol. 93, ED. 170, Sh. 46, Ln. 10.
  7. [S235] U.S. Census, 1920 Soundex, Kingston, Ulster Co., NY, Film 767, Box 330, Vol. 381, E.D. 172, Sh. 13, Ln. 53.
  8. [S1232] 1920 U.S. Federal Census , Kingston, Ulster, New York; Roll: T625_1271; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 172; line 53.
  9. [S1233] 1930 U.S. Federal Census , Queens, Queens, New York; Roll: 1610; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 576; line 65, dwl 170-159-159.
  10. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Hadley/ Houghton/ Olmsted Family Tree (Owner: Jane Preziosi; JPrez123):http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx

Clara Mabel Houghton1,2,3

F, #11476, b. 23 August 1870, d. 19 January 1958

Family: William John Tully b. 1 Oct 1870, d. 22 Aug 1930

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BirthAug 23, 1870Corning, Steuben Co., NY, USA, age 9 in 1880 census; Aug 1870, age 29 in 1900 census; age 39 in 1910 census; age 48 in 1920 census4,5,6,7
MarriageOct 5, 1898Corning, Steuben Co., NY, USA2,8,9,7
1900 Census1900Corning, Steuben Co., NY, USA, age 29, lawyer; 2 servants; 2 houses from Clara's aunt Helen Houghton10
1910 Census1910Corning, Steuben Co., NY, USA, age 39, insurance attorney
1920 Census1920Corning, Steuben Co., NY, USA, age 48, Metropolitan Insurance, and sister Josephine Tully, 55
Gen. Soc.1935New York, New York Co., NY, USA, NEGHS2
Residence1935New York, New York Co., NY, USA2
DeathJan 19, 19587
NoteOn the 5th of October, 1898, was solemnized the marriage of
Mr. Tully to Miss Clara Mabel Houghton, of Corning, and though
his business interests are largely centered in New York the family home is still maintained at Corning. Mr. and Mrs. Tully have two children : Alice Bigelow Tully and Marion Gordon Tully.
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 498 #2702.
  2. [S96] NEHGR, 89 [1935]: 133.
  3. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 175 #8453.
  4. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 498.
  5. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 175.
  6. [S235] U.S. Census, 1880 Soundex, Corning, Steuben Co., NY, Reel 72, Vol. 93, ED. 170, Sh. 46, Ln. 10.
  7. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Hadley/ Houghton/ Olmsted Family Tree (Owner: Jane Preziosi;http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx
  8. [S824] Unknown author, Important Men of 1913, p. 465.
  9. [S1378] Thomas William Herringshaw, American Elite, p. 682.
  10. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Corning Ward 3, Steuben, New York; Roll: T623 1163; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 75; line 83, dwl 225-268.
  11. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Hadley/ Houghton/ Olmsted Family Tree (Owner: Jane Preziosi; JPrez123):
    http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx

Adelaide Louise Wellington1,2

F, #11477, b. 15 August 1867, d. 9 September 1945

Family: Alanson Bigelow Houghton b. 10 Oct 1863, d. 16 Sep 1941

Biography

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BirthAug 15, 1867Corning, Steuben Co., NY, USA, Aug 1867, age 32 in 1900 census; age 43 in 1910 census; age 52, NY, in 1920 census; age 56 in 1930 census; age 71 in 1940 census3,4,5
Graduation4 years of high school
MarriageJun 26, 1891Christ Episcopal Church, Corning, Steuben Co., NY, USA, age 27 and 24; Who Was Who: 1890; JWH: 1891; MLM: 25 Jun 18913,6,7,8,9,10,11
1900 Census1900Corning, Steuben Co., NY, USA, age 36, 2nd V. Pres., Glass Works; and a nurse and 2 servants; at 328 East 5th4,12
1910 Census1910Corning, Steuben Co., NY, USA, age 44, partner Glass works; and 2 servants13
Note19105 children born, 4 living
1930 Census1930Washington, DC, USA, age 66, director Corning Glass Works; and 6 servants14
1940 Census1940Washington, DC, USA, age 74, none, 4 y college; and 5 servants; home value $100,00015
Living1943WestChop, MA, USA16
DeathSep 9, 1945Bristol Co., MA, USA5
BurialHope Cemetery Annex, Corning, NY, USA
Author1963London Years, the Diary of Adelaide Wellington Houghton, 1925-1929:

Homemaker. Privately printed diary doumenting her life during the period her husband was in public service, first in Congress, then as U.S. ambassador to Berlin (1922-25) and to London (1925-29), and his return to Washington (1929-41).

Privately printed diary covering the years when Houghton's husband Alanson was involved in public life, from the time he went to Congress in 1918, to serving as U.S. ambassador to Berlin (1922-25) and to London (1925-29), and then his return to Washington (1929-41). The diary ceases on the day of Alanson Houghton's death in 1941. From the Foreward to the diary: "Much of the truth of the diary lies between its lines. It understates the significance of the events it describes. It was not that [Adelaide Houghton] felt them less strongly, but that she accepted life for what it was, quietly, gracefully, imaginatively, with humor, and with more than one grain of salt."17,18
ParentsDQuincy Winthrop Wellington b. Ny, and Matilda Briggs Wickham, b. PA; Quincy was a prominent Corning banker19
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 498 #2698s.
  2. [S17] Who's Who, 1958, p. 1338.
  3. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 498.
  4. [S235] U.S. Census, 1900 US Census, Corning, Steuben, NY, Vol. 237, ED 75, S 17, L51.
  5. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Hadley/ Houghton/ Olmsted Family Tree (Owner: JPrez123): http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx
  6. [S112] Who Was Who I, p. 591.
  7. [S523] Pilgrims Lineages, p. 476.
  8. [S778] Unknown author Encyclopedia of Biography, XXII, p. 332.
  9. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 175, 185.
  10. [S1378] Thomas William Herringshaw, American Elite, p. 342.
  11. [S95] Newspaper, New York Times Archives: June 27, 1891.
  12. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Corning, Ward 3, Steuben Co., New York; Roll: T623 1163; Enumeration District: 75; Sheet 17B; line 56, dwl 328-380.
  13. [S1231] 1910 U.S. Federal Census , Corning Ward 3, Steuben, New York; Roll: T624_1079; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 116;
    line 15, dwl 4-25-24.
  14. [S1233] 1930 U.S. Federal Census , Washington, Washington Co., District of Columbia; Roll: 294; Enumeration District: 80; Page 140, Sheet 3A; line 39, dwl 1785-26-64.
  15. [S1479] 1940 U.S. Federal Census , Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia; Roll: T627_563; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 1-305; line 2, dwl 3003.
  16. [S506] Unknown agency, Social Register, Summer 1943, p. 272.
  17. [S1306] Adelaide Wellington Houghton, The London Years: The Diary of Adelaide Wellington Houghton.
  18. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/sophiasmith/…
  19. [S1068] Gary Boyd Roberts Notable Kin II, p. 11.
  20. [S1301] Jeffrey J. Matthews, Alanson B. Houghton: Ambassador of the New Era, p. 25.
  21. [S904] Houghton Family Records;, no page, Newspaper, New York Herald, Sep. 16, 1941.

Eleanor Wickham Houghton1

F, #11478, b. 13 April 1896, d. 27 February 1986

Family: Glen Walker Cole b. 14 May 1895, d. 18 Oct 1955

Biography

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BirthApr 13, 1896Corning, Steuben Co., NY, USA, Apr 1896, age 4 in 1900 census; age 13 in 1910 census; age 23, NY, in 1920 census2,3,4
Marriage5
Residence1952Corning, Steuben Co., NY, USA, and New York City, 840 Park Ave.6
DeathFeb 27, 1986New York, NY, USA
BurialHope Cemetery, Corning, Steuben Co., NY, USA
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 498 #2698c.
  2. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 498.
  3. [S235] U.S. Census, 1900 US Census, Corning, Steuben, NY, Vol. 237, ED 75, S 17, L51.
  4. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Hadley/ Houghton/ Olmsted Family Tree (Owner: JPrez123): http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx
  5. [S904] Houghton Family Records;, no page, Newspaper, New York Herald, Sep. 16, 1941.
  6. [S95] Newspaper, NY Times Archives: July 22, 1952.
  7. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , Hadley/ Houghton/ Olmsted Family Tree (Owner: JPrez123): http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx
  8. [S95] Newspaper, New York Times, 1951.

Laura Houghton1

F, #11479, b. 20 May 1879, d. 31 August 1925

Family: Jenan Harris d. 18 Dec 1881

Biography

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BirthMay 20, 1879NY, USA, age 1 in 1880 census; May 1879, age 21 in 1900 census2,3
Marriage4
Children+William Rees Harris Sr. (d. 2004) Harriett B. (d.)
Laura H. Harris
William "Bill" R. Harris Jr. m. Adelaide "Addie" H.
Bailey Harris
Willy Harris
Sophie Harris
William Rees Harris Sr. (d. 2004) m. Virginia Lloyd

David F. Harris, m. Jane M.
David F. Harris Jr., m. Dorothy Harris
G. Anne Harris m. Seth Milliken
John M. Harris m. Kathryn L.
Dorsey W. Harris m. Douglas Miller
Henry Miller
Kathryn H. Harris
John Harris5
DeathAug 31, 1925New York, New York Co., NY, USA4
BurialSep 2, 1925Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Tarrytown, NY, USA6
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 498 #2703.
  2. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 498.
  3. [S235] U.S. Census, 1880 Soundex, Corning, Steuben Co., NY, Reel 72, Vol. 93, ED. 170, Sh. 37, Ln. 40.
  4. [S95] Newspaper, New York Times Archives: Sep 1, 1925.
  5. [S601] Family Group Sheet, created by Robert West Houghton, 2021.
  6. [S95] Newspaper, New York Times Archives: Sep 2, 1925.

Florence Houghton1

F, #11480, b. 24 December 1880, d. 18 February 1888

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BirthDec 24, 1880NY, USA2
DeathFeb 18, 1888NY, USA, of typhoid2
BurialHope Cemetery Annex, Corning, NY, USA
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 498 #2704.
  2. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 498.

Mabelle Houghton1,2

F, #11481, b. 22 November 1882, d. 1953

Family: Joseph H. Plumb d. 5 Sep 1951

Biography

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BirthNov 22, 1882Corning, Steuben Co., NY, USA, Apr 1883, age 17 in 1900 census3,4
Death1953
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 498 #2705.
  2. [S58] Leaming, Katharine Hepburn.
  3. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 498.
  4. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Corning, Ward 3, Steuben Co., New York; Roll: T623; Enumeration District: 75; Sheet: 12B, line 74, dwl 205-226-266.

Dr. Donald Russell Hooker MD1,2

M, #11482, b. 7 September 1876, d. 1 August 1946

Family: Edith Houghton b. 22 Dec 1879, d. 23 Oct 1948

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BirthSep 7, 1876New Britain, CT, USA, JWH, MLM: Oct 18, 1870, New Haven, CT
Moser: Sep 7, 18763,4,2,5
Graduation1899Yale University, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, USA, BA in physiology; MA in 19016,7
Education1905Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Baltimore Co., MD, USA, M.D.8,7
MarriageJun 14, 1905Baltimore, Baltimore Co., MD, USA, Moser: Buffalo, NY3,9,4,2,10
ResidenceBaltimore, Baltimore Co., MD, USA2
Note1914Gave up teaching at Johns Hopkins to devote time to research and journal editing. In 1914 he was managing editor of American Journal of Physiology. In 1921 he resigned from Johns Hopkins to devote the rest of his life founding and editing Physiological Reviews.
DeathAug 1, 1946Baltimore, MD, USA, of cancer11,2,12
ObituaryAug 3, 1946Dr. Donald Hooker of Baltimore, 70; Ex-Teacher at Johns Hopkins, Editor of Medical Journals, Dies--Was Civic Leader
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES. August 3, 1946, Saturday

BALTIMORE, Aug. 2--Dr. Donald R. Hooker, widely known as a teacher, editor of medical journals and a civic leader, died last night at the Johns Hopkins Hospital after several months' illness. His age was 70.
Dr. Hooker gave up his teaching duties at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1914 to devote his time exclusively to research and to editing of The American Journal of Physiology and later The Physiological Reviews. He was one of the founders of the latter journal in 1921. He served as editor of both journals until his death.
Born in New Haven, Conn., he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from Yale University in 1899, and that of Master of Arts in 1901.
In 1905 he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from Johns Hopkins, after which he spent several years traveling in Europe, observing methods employed at famous physiological laboratories. Upon his return he became an instructor on the Johns Hopkins Medical School staff.
He became an associate professor in 1910, and in the intevening years made many contributions to the field of physiological research. In 1935 he was named secretary of the Federation of American Societies of Experimental Biology.
More than thirty years ago, with Mrs. Hooker, he founded the Roosevelt Park Recreation Center here. In 1941 he and Mrs. Hooker made a gift to the city to go toward the establishment of a recreation center for Negroes.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Edith Houghton Hooker, he leaves two sons, Dr. Donald Houghton Hooker of Annapolis, Md., and Dr. Houghton Russell Hooker of New York, and three daughters, Mrs. peter Gring of Syosset, L.I., and Miss Edith H. Hooker and Mrs. George Westerlind, both of Baltimore.13
BurialEvergreen Cemetery, New Haven, CT, USA14
ParentsSFrank Henry Hooker and Grace Russell2
BiographyJWH: Professor of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md; Leaming: studied venereal disease with genito-urinary specialists Alfred Blaschko and Max Marcuse in Germany; then accepted post in physiology dept. of Johns Hopkins; he and Edith founded the Guild of St. George, a facility for unwed mothers.3,9
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 498 #2708s.
  2. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/o/s/…
  3. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 498.
  4. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 175.
  5. [S1519] Dr Margaret Houghton Hooker PhD, Then and Now : A Family History, p. 3.
  6. [S58] Leaming, Katharine Hepburn, p. 122.
  7. [S1519] Dr Margaret Houghton Hooker PhD, Then and Now : A Family History, p. 5.
  8. [S58] Leaming, Katharine Hepburn, p. 94.
  9. [S58] Leaming, Katharine Hepburn, p. 121.
  10. [S1378] Thomas William Herringshaw, American Elite, p. 339.
  11. [S58] Leaming, Katharine Hepburn, p. 431.
  12. [S1519] Dr Margaret Houghton Hooker PhD, Then and Now : A Family History, p. 3, 166.
  13. [S95] Newspaper, NY Times Archives: Houghton.
  14. [S1519] Dr Margaret Houghton Hooker PhD, Then and Now : A Family History, p. 7.
  15. [S1519] Dr Margaret Houghton Hooker PhD, Then and Now : A Family History, p.7.
  16. [S58] Leaming, Katharine Hepburn, p. 148.
  17. [S58] Leaming, Katharine Hepburn, p. 189.

Dr. Donald Houghton Hooker M.D.1,2

M, #11483, b. 18 September 1908, d. 31 March 1996

Family: Mary Green Harrison b. 18 Sep 1915, d. 6 Sep 2001

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BirthSep 18, 1908At home at Mt Vernon Place, Baltimore, Baltimore Co., MD, USA, JWH: 18 Oct 19084,5,2,6,7
Graduation1932Princeton University, Princeton, Mercer Co., NJ, USA
MarriageJul 5, 1937Baltimore, Baltimore Co., MD, USA8,9
Mil. Enls1942Army Medical Corps. He served almost four years in Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines during WWII, attaining the rank of major.
Research1942
DeathMar 31, 1996Broca Grande, FL, USA, Moser: March 31, 199510
ObituaryDon Hooker died Mar. 31, 1996, at his home in Boca Grande, Fla., after a lengthy illness. We remember him especially as v.p. of our senior class and the undefeated captain of the wrestling team.
Don's distinguished medical career began with his degree from John's Hopkins in 1936. Following an internship in general surgery at Hopkins Hospital and residency in Detroit, Don joined the Army Medical Corps in 1942. He served almost four years in Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines during WWII, attaining the rank of major. He then pursued his career in general surgery in the Baltimore area. He was on the medical staff at Anne Arundel Medical Center, later becoming assistant chief of thoracic surgery at the Veterans Hospital in Baltimore and an assistant professor of surgery at Hopkins. After retiring in 1978, he and his wife, the former Mary Green Harrison, moved to Boca Grande; they were married on July 8, 1937.
Don is survived by his wife, three sons: Donald H. Jr., James H., and Edmund H., a daughter, Mary G. Hanssen, and 10 grandchildren. The class extends its sincere condolences to all of them.
The Class of 1932
BiographyAppearance: Brown wavy hair and dark brown eyes. Tall, athletic build..
Education: Gilman School, Princeton University, University of Michigan Medical School .
Lived in: Detroit when he was doing his Residency; he then moved to Baltimore, Md and (for a time) Annapolis, MD. He spent his later years in Boca Raton, Florida.
Occupation: Thoracic Surgeon.
Summer home: Little Island Camp, Greenville, ME.10
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Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 498 #2708c.
  2. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 175.
  3. [S1519] Dr Margaret Houghton Hooker PhD, Then and Now : A Family History, p.7.
  4. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 498.
  5. [S58] Leaming, Katharine Hepburn, p. 137.
  6. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/o/s/…
  7. [S1519] Dr Margaret Houghton Hooker PhD, Then and Now : A Family History, p. 7.
  8. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/o/s/… Elizabeth Russell Hooker, Handwritten Hooker Family Records in old Bible.
  9. [S1519] Dr Margaret Houghton Hooker PhD, Then and Now : A Family History, p. 166.
  10. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/o/s/… Margaret Houghton Hooker Hoyt Moser, Family Interview Notes and Records of Margaret Houghton Hooker Hoyt Moser, not published.
  11. [S93] Newspaper Obituary, http://webscript.princeton.edu/~paw/memorials/…

Alfred H. Abbott1

M, #11484, b. 5 January 1883

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BirthJan 5, 18832
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Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 498 #2710.
  2. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 498.

Olive C. Abbott1

F, #11485, b. 30 July 1886, d. 18 April 1958

Family: Jacob Schoellkopf b. 3 Mar 1883, d. 16 Dec 1952

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BirthJul 30, 18862
Marriage
DeathApr 18, 1958
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Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 499 #2711.
  2. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 499.

Amory O. Abbott1

M, #11486, b. 24 December 1889, d. 23 May 1890

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BirthDec 24, 18892
DeathMay 23, 18903,2
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Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 499 #2712.
  2. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 499.
  3. [S58] Leaming, Katharine Hepburn, p. 14.

Amory H. Tuttle1

M, #11487, b. 6 December 1887, d. 4 August 1888

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BirthDec 6, 18872
DeathAug 4, 18882
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Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 499 #2713.
  2. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 499.

Annie H. Tuttle1

F, #11488, b. 7 January 1892

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BirthJan 7, 18922
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Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 499 #2714.
  2. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 499.

James Samuel Houghton1,2,3

M, #11489, b. 6 March 1839, d. 18 April 1876

Family: Sybil Deidima Colton b. Dec 1846

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BirthMar 6, 1839Brattleboro, Windham Co., VT, USA, age 11 in 1850 census; age 21 in 1860 census; age 31 in 1870 census; DAR: Agawam, MA4,5,6,7
Occupation1860a carpenter
Research1861
Milit-Begbetween Aug 24, 1861 and Sep 30, 1864Brattleboro, Windham Co., VT, USA, a James S., Houghton, Comp F, 4th Reg. VT. Vols; length 3 y 1 m 6 d8,9
Marriage18685,6
1870 Census1870Westfield, Hampden Co., MA, USA, age 31, a carpenter, property $60010
ResidenceWestfield, Hampden Co., MA, USA11
DeathApr 18, 1876Westfield, MA, USA, 13 April also; ae 37 y 18 d5,12,13
BurialProspect Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, Windham Co., VT, USA, Co. F, 4th VT Vol.13
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Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 285 #1868, 499 #2715.
  2. [S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 51, 92 #1630.
  3. [S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont; Roll: M432_929; Page: 176; line 6, dwl 562-633.
  4. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 285, 499.
  5. [S28] DAR Lineage Book, V. 76.
  6. [S28] DAR Lineage Book, 114: 277.
  7. [S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 51, 92.
  8. [S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 74.
  9. [S1409] Unknown record type, unknown repository address, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; Roll: 14; Page: 7; Enumeration District: 393.
  10. [S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , Westfield, Hampden Co., MA, Reel 616, p. 413b, line 25, dwl 651-901.
  11. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 499.
  12. [S886] Unknown compiler address, MA Death Index 1841-1895, 22, #167: p. 283/373.
  13. [S1269] Marjorie Valliere Howe, GS Listings of Prospect Hill Cem., Brattleboro VT, p. 64.
  14. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Westfield MA Marriages, Henry E. Houghton: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/1042249/photo/…

Mary Jane Houghton1,2,3

F, #11490, b. 10 February 1841, d. 4 April 1877

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BirthFeb 10, 1841Brattleboro, Windham Co., VT, USA, age 9 in 1850 census; age 18 in 1860 census4,5,6
DeathApr 4, 1877Brattleboro, Windham Co., VT, USA, age 36, of fits; JWH, MLM: 6 Feb7,5,3
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Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 285 #1869, 499 #2716.
  2. [S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 51 #1631.
  3. [S1074] Town Records: Brattleboro, VT, p. 1213: VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30546, VT VRs 1871-1904.
  4. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 285, 499.
  5. [S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 51.
  6. [S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont; Roll: M432_929; Page: 176; line 6, dwl 562-633.
  7. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 499.