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William H. Houghtelin

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William H. Houghtelin

Birth
Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
25 Feb 1935 (aged 92)
Marathon, Buena Vista County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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The son of Cornelius & Anna (Cowenover) Houghtlin, in 1860 he was a teacher living in Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, and later studied for the ministry.

A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Gettysburg August 7, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 16 as a private with Co. B, 138th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company June 23, 1865. His name is spelled "Houghtlin" on the company register.

He married Martha Adelaide McMillan March 9, 1865, and fathered Edith K. (b. 05/15/70 - married Orrin Field), David McMillan (b. 01/04/72), Guy Reynolds (b. 12/24/73), Carolyn Grace (b. 05/22/75 - married Walter Dale Goodwin), Laura Cornelia (b. 08/12/77 - married Frederick Figert and George P. Martin), and William Clarence (b. 07/03/80).

In 1880, he lived with his family in Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia, moved to Shawnee, Kansas ca. 1885, and resided in Iowa by 1910.

Martha Adelaide died in 1900, and he married Mary Rushlow La Mountain September 7, 1911, in Marshall, Iowa.

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The son of Cornelius & Anna (Cowenover) Houghtlin, in 1860 he was a teacher living in Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, and later studied for the ministry.

A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Gettysburg August 7, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 16 as a private with Co. B, 138th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company June 23, 1865. His name is spelled "Houghtlin" on the company register.

He married Martha Adelaide McMillan March 9, 1865, and fathered Edith K. (b. 05/15/70 - married Orrin Field), David McMillan (b. 01/04/72), Guy Reynolds (b. 12/24/73), Carolyn Grace (b. 05/22/75 - married Walter Dale Goodwin), Laura Cornelia (b. 08/12/77 - married Frederick Figert and George P. Martin), and William Clarence (b. 07/03/80).

In 1880, he lived with his family in Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia, moved to Shawnee, Kansas ca. 1885, and resided in Iowa by 1910.

Martha Adelaide died in 1900, and he married Mary Rushlow La Mountain September 7, 1911, in Marshall, Iowa.

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H/O Adelaide Houghtelin



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