Families of Caleb Houston

CALEB HOUSTON, son of MARY BATCHELDER and SAMUEL HOUSTON, was born January 24, 1778 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire,²³⁶⁰ and died October 6, 1855.⁴⁵⁶ He is buried in Sugar Grove Cemetery, Schuyler County, Illinois.⁴⁵⁶

He married (1) NANCY HOLMES. She died August 7, 1807 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.²³⁷⁶

He married (2) ELIZABETH PURDY on August 10, 1815 in Mifflintown, Juniata, Pennsylvania.⁶¹³⁵ She was born November 5, 1787 in Mifflin, Bradford, Pennsylvania,⁴⁵⁶ and died January 15, 1876 in Rushville, Schuyler, Illinois.⁴⁵⁶ She is buried in Sugar Grove Cemetery, Schuyler County, Illinois.⁴⁵⁶

• Descendant Reports
  • Samuel Houston Descendant Report (Ancestor of Caleb Houston)

Children of NANCY HOLMES and CALEB HOUSTON:

1. NANCY HOLMES HOUSTON, b. November 3, 1804, Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire;²³⁶⁰ m. STEARNS HUTCHISON on November 11, 1824 in Francestown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire²³⁶³; d. May 15, 1872, Deering, New Hampshire.
2. RODNEY EDWIN HOUSTON, b. December 29, 1805, Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire;²³⁶⁰ m. (1) OLIVIA BRADFORD on October 6, 1830 in Francestown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire¹¹³⁵¹, m. (2) MARGARET ANN WHITLOCK PAISLEY on June 22, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland⁵⁴⁵¹; d. December 19, 1873.¹²⁰⁴⁹
3. GEORGE LEWIS HOUSTON, b. August 3, 1807, Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire;²³⁶⁰ d. November 16, 1882, Hastings, Ontario, Canada.⁸⁵¹²

Children of ELIZABETH PURDY and CALEB HOUSTON:

4. HARRIET HOUSTON, b. May 4, 1816;⁴⁵⁶ m. PETER BERNER BELL on August 23, 1832 in Morgan County, Illinois^{456, 4635}; d. April 27, 1846.⁴⁵⁶
5. SAMUEL DEXTER HOUSTON, b. June 11, 1818, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio;³⁸⁵⁷ m. (1) MARY JANE RANKIN in 1842⁴⁷¹⁸, m. (2) TABITHA KIMBALL on May 20, 1850 in Riley County, Kansas⁴⁷¹⁸; d. February 28, 1910, Salina, Saline, Kansas.⁴⁷¹⁸
6. JOHN PURDY HOUSTON, b. April 25, 1820, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio;⁴⁵⁶ m. (1) ELIZABETH GAY on March 17, 1842 in Schuyler County, Illinois⁷²⁹⁵, m. (2) ELLEN MCNEELY on March 21, 1851 in Schuyler County, Illinois⁷²⁹⁵; d. March 14, 1898, Malta Bend, Saline, Missouri.^{456, 6902}
7. EMILY CLARISSA HOUSTON, b. 1822, Indiana; m. NEWTON BLAIR on November 18, 1841 in Schuyler County, Illinois⁷²⁹⁵; d. August 13, 1906, Riverside, Riverside, California.⁴⁷²²



Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
September 9, 18508960	Ashland, Schuyler, Illinois	Caleb Houston Elizabeth Purdy John Purdy Houston Daughter Sarah Ann Houston Harriet B. Houston
June 8, 18708955	Oakland, Schuyler, Illinois	Elizabeth Purdy Harriet B. Houston