Houghton Surname Project

Col. William Hull Houghton^1,2,3,4

M, #38911, b. between 1806 and 1811, d. 15 March 1879

Father*: William Houghton^4,5 d. 1814
Mother*: Elizabeth Crutchfield^4,5 b. 1776, d. 1828

Family: Eliza Ann Bennett b. bt 1811 - 1817

Marriage*: Col. William Hull Houghton married Eliza Ann Bennett.^4,6

Elizabeth Ann Houghton⁶
William Robert Houghton+¹ b. 22 May 1842, d. 30 Jul 1906
Mitchell Bennett Houghton^12,5 b. 14 Sep 1844, d. 4 Nov 1925
Beatrice L. Houghton+⁶ b. 18 Jul 1848, d. 11 Oct 1934
Julia Houghton¹² b. c 1854

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

between 1806 and 1811

Greensboro, Greene Co., GA, USA, age 49 in 1860 census; age 53 in 1861; age 64 in 1870 census; Houghton Smith: 1809^1,2,4,6,5

Immigration

Heard Co., GA, USA¹

Mil. Serv.

1836

in the Indian wars^5,7

Research

1836

Marriage

^4,6

Note

between 1837 and 1838

Wetumka, Autauga Co., AL, USA, commanded a troop in⁵

1840 Census

1840

Autauga Co., AL, USA, 3 Total: 1 male 20 to 30 (1810-1819) // 1 female 5 to 10 (1830-1835), 1 female 20 to 30 (1810-1819)⁸

1860 Census

1860

Newton, Dale Co., AL, USA, age 49, a lawyer, property $100-5000⁹

Residence

1861

Newton, Dale Co., AL, USA, practicing law

1870 Census

1870

Beat. 13, Newton P. O., Dale Co., AL, USA, age 64, a lawyer, personal property $600^10,11

Death

Mar 15, 1879

Union Springs, AL, USA, at home²

Biography

AL Hx: Came from Georgia to Lee County in 1849, the former a lawyer who served in the Indian wars of 1836, was secreatary of the Alabama senate for one term, and died in 1878⁵

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Houghton Smith, 3/1999.
[S1011] AL (Barbour & Henry Co.) VRs, p. 135.
[S415] E-mail from Terry G. Temple, May 8, 2001, in a descendancy chart of Joshua Houghton.
[S415] E-mail from D. Callaway, Sept. 30, 1999.
[S1344] Thomas McAdory Owen, History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, p. 847.
[S1053] Mitchell B. HOUGHTON and William Robert Houghton, Two Boys in the Civil War, p. 16.
[S1346] Unknown compiler, Alabama Memorial Record, p. 281-282.
[S1225] 1840 U.S. Federal Census , Autauga Co., Alabama; Roll: 1; Page: 33.
[S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , Newton PO, Dale Co., AL, p. 537B, line22, dwl 284-284.
[S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, AL 1870 Federal Census Index, p. 190.
[S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , Beat. 13, Newoton PO, Dale Co., AL, p. 190B, line 6, dwl 36-36.
[S1053] Mitchell B. HOUGHTON and William Robert Houghton, Two Boys in the Civil War, p. 12.