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     William Golden was born in 1814. He married Hannah McFall on 1844 per daughter Eunice Sheridan.

     Hannah McFall married William Golden, son of Abraham Golden and Sarah Ann Houghton, on 1844 per daughter Eunice Sheridan.

     Charlotte A. Golden was born in 1818. She married James Robison on Nov 24, 1835 first.

     James Robison married Charlotte A. Golden, daughter of Abraham Golden and Sarah Ann Houghton, on Nov 24, 1835 first.

     Henry Benner married Charlotte A. Golden, daughter of Abraham Golden and Sarah Ann Houghton, on 1850.

     Jeanette Golden was born in 1821. She married James Wilson on 1841.

     James Wilson married Jeanette Golden, daughter of Abraham Golden and Sarah Ann Houghton, on 1841.

     Achsah Golden was born in 1828. She married William White on 1842.

     William White married Achsah Golden, daughter of Abraham Golden and Sarah Ann Houghton, on 1842.

     Sevigna Houghton was born on Dec 1, 1810 in Mason Co., KY, USA, age 1810-1819 in 1840 census; age 39 in 1850 census; age 49 in 1860 census; age 60 in 1870 census; age 70 in 1880 census. He married Charity Dye LaMar on Jun 1, 1837 at Sangamon Co., IL, USA, H. Howard: Jan. 6. Sevigna Houghton appeared in the census of 1840 of Menard Co., IL, USA, 5 Total: 1 male 10 to 15 (1825-1830), 2 male 20 to 30 (1810-1819) // 1 female under 5 (1836-1840), 1 female 20 to 30 (1810-1819.) He and Charity Dye LaMar appeared in the census of 1850 of Menard Co., IL, USA, age 39, farmer. Sevigna Houghton and Charity Dye LaMar appeared in the census of 1860 of Petersburg PO, Menard Co., IL, USA, S. M. Houghton, age 49, property $7400-2759. Sevigna Houghton and Charity Dye LaMar appeared in the census of 1870 of Twp 19 Range 7, Menard Co., IL, USA, age 60, farmer; property $25000, $5000. Sevigna Houghton and Charity Dye LaMar appeared in the census of 1880 of Sand Ridge, Menard Co., IL, USA. Sevigna Houghton died on Jan 31, 1889 at Petersburg, Menard Co., IL, USA, H. Houghton: 1889; Gary Lint: 15 Jan 1888
Gary Lint: the tombstone shows the date of January 15, 1889 which is NOT correct according the the State of Illinois, Menard County, Affidavit of Decease.
On it, it shows the date of death as 22 Jan. 1889 and is signed by his brother, William C. on Jan 31, 1889. (I have a copy of the Affidavit)
So the tombstone mason apparently made a mistake! He was and Charity Dye LaMar were buried at Concord Cemetery, Petersburg, IL, USA, Gary Lint: "The cemetery is surrounded by cornfields and you have to drive up a drainage ditch to get to it. Sevigna's marker is missing or covered over, so I haven't seen it, but all records record him being buried there. Plus if you read Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology, there is a poem "On the Hill" talking about people "sleeping (buried) on the hill". One line of the poem says; "Where are Uncle Isaac and Aunt Emily, And old Towny Kincaid and Sevigna Houghton, And Major Walker who had talked With venerable men of the Revolution, All, All are sleeping on the Hill." The Hill is Old Concord Cemetery! Another interesting note about Old Concord is that Ann Rutledge was (is?) buried there. She was Abe Lincoln's intended, but she died before they were to be married. It is said that Lincoln mourned for weeks in the cemetery at her loss. The rest of the story is, and I got this from the daughter of one of the town fathers when it happened, the town fathers wanted to open a cemetery in Petersburg around the turn of the century, and thought if they had a big name buried there, more people would choose it for their burial spot. So, they went up and dug up poor Ann Rutledge so she could be buried in the new cemetery called Oakland. The only problem was she had decomposed so much, that all they could find were some buttons and 2 shoe buckles!!! So they buried those articles in Oakland Cemetery and have a big monument to Ann, and say this is where she is buried. That is why I still say she is buried in Old Concord. The spot she was buried in is marked by a sign saying "This marks the original grave of Ann Rutledge. Born Jan. 7, 1813 Died Aug. 25, 1835"
2013: Charlie,

I was just surfing your website, and noted that you show Sevigna buried at Old Concord Cemetery. This is info you got from me and is wrong. As I said in my last email, Sevigna is buried in CONCORD Cemetery, which is a couple of miles away from Old Concord. If you go to Find a Grave, Menard Co. Illinois, Concord Cemetery you will see the picture I took of his grave.
Sorry I misled you!!
Gary.

     Charity Dye LaMar was born on Feb 18, 1819 in Mason Co., KY, USA, age 41 in 1860 census; age 51 in 1870 census; age 61 in 1880 census; Feb 1819, age 81 in 1900 census. She married Sevigna Houghton, son of Charles Pickerel Houghton and Elizabeth VanDeventer, on Jun 1, 1837 at Sangamon Co., IL, USA, H. Howard: Jan. 6. Charity Dye LaMar and Sevigna Houghton appeared in the census of 1850 of Menard Co., IL, USA, age 39, farmer. Charity Dye LaMar and Sevigna Houghton appeared in the census of 1860 of Petersburg PO, Menard Co., IL, USA, S. M. Houghton, age 49, property $7400-2759. Charity Dye LaMar and Sevigna Houghton appeared in the census of 1870 of Twp 19 Range 7, Menard Co., IL, USA, age 60, farmer; property $25000, $5000. Charity Dye LaMar and Sevigna Houghton appeared in the census of 1880 of Sand Ridge, Menard Co., IL, USA. Charity Dye LaMar was and Sevigna Houghton were buried at Concord Cemetery, Petersburg, IL, USA, Gary Lint: "The cemetery is surrounded by cornfields and you have to drive up a drainage ditch to get to it. Sevigna's marker is missing or covered over, so I haven't seen it, but all records record him being buried there. Plus if you read Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology, there is a poem "On the Hill" talking about people "sleeping (buried) on the hill". One line of the poem says; "Where are Uncle Isaac and Aunt Emily, And old Towny Kincaid and Sevigna Houghton, And Major Walker who had talked With venerable men of the Revolution, All, All are sleeping on the Hill." The Hill is Old Concord Cemetery! Another interesting note about Old Concord is that Ann Rutledge was (is?) buried there. She was Abe Lincoln's intended, but she died before they were to be married. It is said that Lincoln mourned for weeks in the cemetery at her loss. The rest of the story is, and I got this from the daughter of one of the town fathers when it happened, the town fathers wanted to open a cemetery in Petersburg around the turn of the century, and thought if they had a big name buried there, more people would choose it for their burial spot. So, they went up and dug up poor Ann Rutledge so she could be buried in the new cemetery called Oakland. The only problem was she had decomposed so much, that all they could find were some buttons and 2 shoe buckles!!! So they buried those articles in Oakland Cemetery and have a big monument to Ann, and say this is where she is buried. That is why I still say she is buried in Old Concord. The spot she was buried in is marked by a sign saying "This marks the original grave of Ann Rutledge. Born Jan. 7, 1813 Died Aug. 25, 1835"
2013: Charlie,

I was just surfing your website, and noted that you show Sevigna buried at Old Concord Cemetery. This is info you got from me and is wrong. As I said in my last email, Sevigna is buried in CONCORD Cemetery, which is a couple of miles away from Old Concord. If you go to Find a Grave, Menard Co. Illinois, Concord Cemetery you will see the picture I took of his grave.
Sorry I misled you!!
Gary. Charity Dye LaMar died on Mar 30, 1904 at Petersburg, Menard Co., IL, USA.

     John Houghton was born in IL, USA. He died at IL, USA, in infancy.

     Harriet Houghton was born in IL, USA. She died at IL, USA, in infancy.

     Eliza S. Houghton was born circa 1840 in Menard Co., IL, USA, age 10 in 1850 census. She married Franklin Carey Nance on Mar 18, 1858 at Petersburg, Menard Co., IL, USA, Lic. 1197, Book A, p. 187. Eliza S. Houghton died on Apr 3, 1868 at Menard Co., IL, USA.

     Anna Houghton was born in IL, USA. She died at IL, USA, before age 10.

     Emma J. Houghton was born on Sep 26, 1846 in Menard Co., IL, USA, age 3 in 1850 census; age 13 in 1860 census; age 23 in 1870 census. She married John H. Waring on Apr 3, 1867 at Petersburg, Menard Co., IL, USA, Lic. 2190, Book A, p. 317. Emma J. Houghton and John H. Waring appeared in the census of 1870 of Scott, Champaign Co., IL, USA, age 29, farmer. Emma J. Houghton died on Mar 16, 1908.

     Elvira Houghton was born on Mar 30, 1865 in Menard Co., IL, USA, age 5 in 1870 census; age 15 in 1880 census; March 1865, age 35 in 1900 census. She married Benjamin Hale Hutcherson on Mar 18, 1884 at Menard Co., IL, USA, Lic. 5229, Book B, p. 27. Elvira Houghton and Benjamin Hale Hutcherson appeared in the census of 1900 of Petersburg, Menard Co., IL, USA, age 37, livery man. Elvira Houghton died on Sep 10, 1921 at Menard Co., IL, USA. She was buried at RoseHill Cemetery, Menard Co., IL, USA.

     Benjamin Hale Hutcherson was born on Mar 15, 1863 in IL, USA, Mar 1863, age 37 in 1900 census. He married Elvira Houghton, daughter of Sevigna Houghton and Charity Dye LaMar, on Mar 18, 1884 at Menard Co., IL, USA, Lic. 5229, Book B, p. 27. Benjamin Hale Hutcherson and Elvira Houghton appeared in the census of 1900 of Petersburg, Menard Co., IL, USA, age 37, livery man. Benjamin Hale Hutcherson died on Jun 28, 1920 at St. Louis Co., MO, USA.

     Mary Ellen Houghton was born on Oct 21, 1855 in Sand Ridge, Menard Co., IL, USA, age 4 in 1860 census; age 14 in 1870 census. She married Isaac Beason Todd on Sep 16, 1879 at Menard Co., IL, USA, Lic. 4651, Book B, p. 32. Mary Ellen Houghton died on Oct 24, 1917 at MT, USA.

     Walter Lynn Houghton was born on Feb 4, 1850 in Menard Co., IL, USA, age 4/12 in 1850 census; age 10 in 1860 census;age 20 in 1870 census; age 30 in 1880 census; Feb 1850, age 50 in 1900 census; age 60 in 1910 census; age 69 in 1920 census. He married Harriet Emily Hutches on Feb 14, 1871 at Petersburg, Menard Co., IL, USA, Lic. 2708, Book B, p. 4. Walter Lynn Houghton and Harriet Emily Hutches appeared in the census of 1880 of Sand Ridge, Menard Co., IL, USA, age 30, a farmer. Walter Lynn Houghton and Harriet Emily Hutches appeared in the census of 1900 of Bourbonnais, Kankakee Co., IL, USA, age 50, day laborer. Walter Lynn Houghton and Harriet Emily Hutches appeared in the census of 1910 of Bourbonnais, Kankakee Co., IL, USA, age 60, factory laborer. Walter Lynn Houghton and Harriet Emily Hutches appeared in the census of 1920 of Bourbonnais, Kankakee Co., IL, USA, age 69, none. Walter Lynn Houghton died on Oct 10, 1921 at Petersburg, Menard Co., IL, USA. He was and Harriet Emily Hutches were buried at Oakland Cemetery, Petersburg, Menard Co., IL, USA.

     Harriet Emily Hutches was born on Aug 6, 1848 in Chandlerville, Cass Co., IL, USA, age 31 in 1880 census; Aug 1848, age 51 in 1900 census; age 60 in 1910 census; age 70 in 1920 census. She married Walter Lynn Houghton, son of Sevigna Houghton and Charity Dye LaMar, on Feb 14, 1871 at Petersburg, Menard Co., IL, USA, Lic. 2708, Book B, p. 4. Harriet Emily Hutches and Walter Lynn Houghton appeared in the census of 1880 of Sand Ridge, Menard Co., IL, USA, age 30, a farmer. Harriet Emily Hutches and Walter Lynn Houghton appeared in the census of 1900 of Bourbonnais, Kankakee Co., IL, USA, age 50, day laborer. Harriet Emily Hutches and Walter Lynn Houghton appeared in the census of 1910 of Bourbonnais, Kankakee Co., IL, USA, age 60, factory laborer. Harriet Emily Hutches and Walter Lynn Houghton appeared in the census of 1920 of Bourbonnais, Kankakee Co., IL, USA, age 69, none. Harriet Emily Hutches died on May 14, 1920 at Petersburg, Menard Co., IL, USA. She was and Walter Lynn Houghton were buried at Oakland Cemetery, Petersburg, Menard Co., IL, USA.

     Catherine Davis Houghton was born in 1817 in KY, USA. She married Thomas Jefferson Nance on Sep 21, 1836 at Sangamon Co., IL, USA, Sep. 20 also given. Catherine Davis Houghton appeared in the census of 1840 of IL, USA, > T J Nance Menard, Illinois
Schedule of the whole number of Persons within the Division allotted to Thomas J. NANCE aprentice by the Marshal of the
United States for District (or Territory) of Illinois, Pg. #291 No Township Listed
Line 1 T(homas) J(efferson) NANCE
1000100000000-1010100000000-00000-00000-000000-000000- Total 5 - 1 in Agriculture
1 Free White Male under 5
1 Free White Male 20 and under 30 (Thomas 29 b. 17 Sep 1811)
1 Free White Female under 5 (Elizabeth 2 b. abt. 1838)
1 Free White Female of 10 and under 15
1 Free White Female of 20 and under 30 (Catharine D. (HOUGHTON) 23 b. 14 Oct 1817.) She appeared in the census of 1850 of Menard Co., IL, USA, age 33. She died in 1892.

     Thomas Jefferson Nance was born in 1811. He married Catherine Davis Houghton, daughter of Charles Pickerel Houghton and Elizabeth VanDeventer, on Sep 21, 1836 at Sangamon Co., IL, USA, Sep. 20 also given. Thomas Jefferson Nance died in 1842.

     Albert G. Nance was born in 1842 in IL, USA, age 8 in 1850 census. He married an unknown person on 1866.

     Carol Goltra was born.

     Nellora Roebuch Houghton was born on Jul 12, 1903 in Menard Co., IL, USA, age 6 in 1910 census; age 16 in 1920 census; age 35 in 1940 census. She married Richard Abbott.

     Richard Abbott married Nellora Roebuch Houghton, daughter of Charles William Houghton and Ada Keach.

     William C. Houghton was born on Jul 15, 1814 in KY, USA, age 1810-1819 in 1840 census; age 36 in 1850 census; age 45 in 1860 census; age 54, KY, in 1870 census; age 65, KY, in 1880 census. He married Julia Ann Maltby on Nov 13, 1838 at Sangamon Co., IL, USA. William C. Houghton appeared in the census of 1840 of Menard Co., IL, USA, 3 Total: 1 male 20 to 30 (1810-1819) // 1 female 15 to 20 (1820-1825), 1 female 20 to 30 (1810-1819.) He and Julia Ann Maltby appeared in the census of 1850 of Petersburg, Menard Co., IL, USA, age 36, farmer. William C. Houghton and Julia Ann Maltby appeared in the census of 1860 of Petersburg P. O., Menard Co., IL, USA, age 45, farmer, property $2600-1000; near many Maltbys. William C. Houghton and Julia Ann Maltby appeared in the census of 1870 of Tallula, Menard Co., IL, USA, age 54, a farmer, property $8400-2500. William C. Houghton and Julia Ann Maltby appeared in the census of 1880 of Rock Creek, Menard Co., IL, USA, age 65. William C. Houghton died on Dec 6, 1893 at Petersburg, Menard Co., IL, USA.

     Julia Ann Maltby was born on Feb 5, 1818 in NY, USA, age 32 in 1850 census; age 42 in 1860 census; age 50 in 1870 census; age 62 in 1880 census; Feb 1818, age 82 in 1900 census. She married William C. Houghton, son of Charles Pickerel Houghton and Elizabeth VanDeventer, on Nov 13, 1838 at Sangamon Co., IL, USA. Julia Ann Maltby and William C. Houghton appeared in the census of 1850 of Petersburg, Menard Co., IL, USA, age 36, farmer. Julia Ann Maltby and William C. Houghton appeared in the census of 1860 of Petersburg P. O., Menard Co., IL, USA, age 45, farmer, property $2600-1000; near many Maltbys. Julia Ann Maltby and William C. Houghton appeared in the census of 1870 of Tallula, Menard Co., IL, USA, age 54, a farmer, property $8400-2500. Julia Ann Maltby and William C. Houghton appeared in the census of 1880 of Rock Creek, Menard Co., IL, USA, age 65. Julia Ann Maltby died on May 8, 1906 at Petersburg, Menard Co., IL, USA.

     Sylvia A. Houghton was born circa 1843 in IL, USA, age 7 in 1850 census; age 16 in 1860 census; age 27 in 1870 census. She married Henry H. Irwin on Feb 10, 1875 at Menard Co., IL, USA, Lic 4067, Book B, p. 15.