[p. 421] a representative citizen and capable and successful agriculturist, residing on his valuable farm of seventy-five acres, in Pulaski Township, was born March 15, 1851, in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Hamilton and Sarah (Cooper) Houston.
Hamilton Houston came to Pulaski Township from Mercer County before the native wilderness here had been converted into a civilized section, great forests covering the land at that time and wild animals making them their homes. He cleared his farm, which, in the course of events, descended to his son, William, who completed putting it under cultivation. Hamilton Houston was a Democrat in his political views.
William Houston has lived all his years on his present farm and should misfortune ever condemn him to reside elsewhere, no spot on earth could ever give him the same pleasure as do these old and familiar surroundings. He attended school in District No. 5, of Pulaski Township, through a happy boyhood, and since his early youth has been interested in developing and improving his property. The land is valuable and Mr. Houston carries on a general line of farming, including the raising of some good stock and domestic dairying.
On November 7, 1895, Mr. Houston was married to Mary Johnston, who was born at New Castle and is a daughter of Andrew and Margaret (Carnahan) Johnston. The father of Mrs. Houston was born in Ireland and came to America with his parents when he was fourteen years of age, in 1850. They settled at New Castle and died there. The mother of Mrs. Houston was about fourteen years old when she accompanied her parents from Ireland to America. They settled first in Mifflin County Pennsylvania, where they lived for a few yeas and then moved to New Castle. Mrs. Johnston died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Houston, March 13, 1908. Mrs. Houston has one sister and two brothers: Lyda, who is the wife of Thomas Daryman, of York, Pa.; Archibald C., of New Castle, and William M., of Steubenville, Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. Houston have had two children, one son, Ralph W., surviving. Mrs. Houston is a member of the First Christian Church at New Castle, to which her parents also belonged. Mr. Houston is a broad-minded man and is a recognized good citizen, but he is independent in his views and is attached to no political party.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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