Elizabeth Rand Epps and Ira Houston

IRA HOUSTON, son of MARY BATCHELDER and SAMUEL HOUSTON, was born June 9, 1785 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire,³³ and died February 6, 1872. He is buried in Denmark Cemetery, Lee County, Iowa.⁴⁵⁶

He married ELIZABETH RAND EPPS, daughter of ELIZABETH RAND and JOSEPH EPPS. She was born April 3, 1791, and died May 9, 1873. She is buried in Denmark Cemetery, Lee County, Iowa.⁴⁵⁶

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

Children of ELIZABETH RAND EPPS and IRA HOUSTON:

1. ELIZABETH HOUSTON, b. September 21, 1811, Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; m. JASON WILSON; d. August 11, 1881, Denmark, Lee, Iowa.⁴⁵⁶
2. MARY HOUSTON, b. July 21, 1813, Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; d. May 20, 1816, Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.
3. SAMUEL HOUSTON, b. November 11, 1815, Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; m. CATHERINE HILTON HORNBY on June 20, 1848 in Lee County, Iowa³⁴³⁴; d. October 13, 1891.
4. MARY HOUSTON, b. March 15, 1818, Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; m. FRANCIS BLAKE on November 3, 1842 in Lee County, Iowa³⁴³⁴; d. August 19, 1887.⁴⁵⁶
5. HANNAH HOUSTON, b. March 28, 1820, Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire;⁴⁰ m. WILLIAM DAVIS on September 9, 1840⁴⁰; d. October 9, 1840.⁴⁰
6. RACHEL EPPS HOUSTON, b. July 27, 1822, Lyndeborough, New Hampshire; m. JAMES LIGHTFOOT HORNBY in June, 1847; d. May 4, 1901, Denmark, Lee, Iowa.⁴⁵⁶
7. JOSEPH HOUSTON, b. November 26, 1824, Lyndeborough, New Hampshire; d. September 11, 1826.
8. IRA HOUSTON, b. May 11, 1826, Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire;⁴⁵⁶ m. OLIVIA PHOEBE PORTER on October 12, 1856 in Tallmadge, Ohio³⁴⁸⁸; d. May 17, 1889, Denmark, Lee, Iowa.¹⁹²⁷
9. ANN HOUSTON, b. June 15, 1828, Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; m. COL. GUSTAVUS BENTON BRACKETT on November 14, 1849 in Denmark, Lee, Iowa³⁴⁰⁶; d. March 17, 1886, Montgomery County, Alabama.⁴⁵⁶
10. ROWENA HOUSTON, b. November 11, 1831, Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire;⁴⁵⁶ m. EBENEZER TURNER LEVERETT on May 12, 1858⁴⁴³²; d. February 19, 1902, Denmark, Lee, Iowa.^{3451, 4432}
11. SARAH HOUSTON, b. April 6, 1834, Lyndeborough, New Hampshire; d. September 17, 1834.
12. OLIVE HOUSTON, b. April 6, 1834, Lyndeborough, New Hampshire; d. October 6, 1834.
13. ALBERT P. HOUSTON, b. 1840, Iowa.

Personal Information

• Ira Houston and Elizabeth Rand Epps were charter members of the Denmark Congregational Church, Lee County, Iowa (May 5, 1838). ⁷⁴⁸⁴

Newspaper Articles

Burlington Daily Hawk-Eye Gazette, July 29, 1938³⁴⁰⁹

Study Club Here Selects Some Articles to Be Used to Furnish Log Cabin at Iowa State Fair

Deer Hide Trunk

One of the oldest and most interesting items which the club has definitely secured is a small trunk covered with deerskin, which has been in Iowa 101 years. It was brought here by Ira Houston when he came west with his family in 1837 from Lyndborough, N. G. It is now the property of Mrs. Asa Houston of Denmark, Ia.

A companion piece from the collection of Mrs. Houston is a clock reel. This was used for winding yarn from the spinning wheel into skeins, being constructed so that it would click or strike whenever enough yarn had been wound for a skein. It was used by Royena Houston Leverett, daughter of Ira Houston and mother of the donor.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
September 11, 18501712	Division 28, Lee, Iowa	Ira Houston Elizabeth Rand Epps Ira Houston Rowena Houston Albert P. Houston
June 15, 18604	Denmark, Lee, Iowa	Ira Houston Elizabeth Rand Epps
August 19, 18701708	Denmark, Lee, Iowa	Ira Houston Elizabeth Rand Epps