Sarah Louise Bell and Joseph F. Houston

JOSEPH F. HOUSTON, son of ZERVIAH FIELDS and JOHN HOUSTON, was born September 13, 1826 in Vermont,⁶³²⁵ and died April 6, 1913 in Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa.^{3432, 6325} He is buried in Denmark Cemetery, Lee County, Iowa.³⁴³²

He married SARAH LOUISE BELL on June 30, 1858 in Yellow Springs Township, Des Moines, Iowa,^{3404, 1853} daughter of HARRIET HOUSTON and PETER BERNER BELL. She was born in 1838 in Illinois, and died October 3, 1899 in Watertown, Codington, South Dakota.⁸⁵⁶⁸

• Descendant Reports
  • Samuel Houston Descendant Report (Ancestor of Joseph F. Houston)
  • Samuel Fields Descendant Report (Ancestor of Joseph F. Houston)
  • Samuel Houston Descendant Report (Ancestor of Sarah L. Bell)

Children of SARAH LOUISE BELL and JOSEPH F. HOUSTON:

1. HARRIETT J. HOUSTON, b. March 28, 1859;³⁴⁵¹ d. April 23, 1859;³⁴⁵¹ bur. Denmark Cemetery, Lee County, Iowa.³⁴⁵¹
2. HARRIETT BELLE HOUSTON, b. May 14, 1860, Denmark, Lee, Iowa;⁸⁴³ m. JAMES H. DEACRES on December 21, 1880 in Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa¹⁸⁵³; d. November 13, 1946, University Park, Dallas, Texas.⁸⁴³
3. ELLA SARAH HOUSTON, b. July 25, 1863, Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa;⁶³⁰⁰ m. ROBERT ROGERS PALMER on December 20, 1882 in Des Moines County, Iowa¹⁸⁵³; d. November 26, 1938, Los Angeles County, California.^{456, 1323}
4. JOHN H. HOUSTON, b. March 16, 1867;³⁴⁵¹ d. May 10, 1867;³⁴⁵¹ bur. Denmark Cemetery, Lee County, Iowa.³⁴⁵¹
5. EMMA ZERVIAH HOUSTON, b. July 2, 1867, Denmark, Lee, Iowa; m. HENRY EDSON ENGLESBY; d. January 26, 1929, Watertown, Codington, South Dakota.^{3436, 8590}
6. MARTHA SHEDD HOUSTON, b. 1870, Iowa; d. December 13, 1894, Creston, Union, Iowa.¹⁹²⁷
7. GERTRUDE MARY HOUSTON, b. April 7, 1875, Denmark, Lee, Iowa;⁸⁵⁹² m. WILLIAM DEFORREST GAY on March 6, 1895 in Creston, Union, Iowa¹⁸⁵³; d. May 30, 1913, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska.⁸⁵⁹²
8. JOSEPH HOUSTON, b. December 11, 1876;³⁴⁵¹ d. March 12, 1877;³⁴⁵¹ bur. Denmark Cemetery, Lee County, Iowa.³⁴⁵¹
9. FORREST FRANK HOUSTON, b. January 11, 1878, Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa;¹⁸⁰⁶ m. LOTTIE BENNETT BOGER on October 8, 1901 in Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa³⁴³⁴; d. June 20, 1942, Chicago, Cook, Illinois.¹⁸⁰⁶

Marriage Announcements and News

Burlington Hawk-Eye, July 2, 1858³⁴⁰⁴

MARRIED.

In Yellow Springs Township, Jun 30th, by Rev. W. Salter, Mr. JOSEPH HOUSTON, of Denmark, to Miss SARAH L., daughter of Mr. Peter B. Bell.

Newspaper Articles

Burlington Hawk-Eye, February 8, 1860³⁴⁰⁴

FIRE IN DENMARK.—The dwelling house of Mr. Joseph Houston, in Denmark, Lee co., was totally destroyed by fire with its contents on Wednesday evening, 1st inst, while the family were absent at Chruch.

Obituaries

Sioux City Journal, October 6, 1899⁸⁵⁶⁸

Died at Watertown

Watertown, S. D., Oct. 4.—Special: Mrs. J. F. Houston, of Burlington, Io.; died in this city yesterday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Henry Englesby. Mrs. Houston came to this city last April on a visit. The body will be sent to Denmark, Io., for burial.

Daily Gate City, April 8, 1913⁶⁵¹²

Word was received last night by relatives here of the death at Burlington, of Mr. Joseph Houston, an early settler east of Denmark. The body will be brought here tomorrow and laid to rest in Denmark cemetery by the side of his wife and child. He is survived by one son, Forest, of Burlington at whose home he passed away and four daughters. Mr. Houston was well up in the 80's and death came as a relief for the past six months he had been confined to his bed. Mr. Houston was one of the men who made our early school and churches possible We do not like to speak of him as dead for the works of his heart and hands lives on with us and will as long as our present form of schools and government shall last.

Burlington Hawk-Eye, April 11, 1913³⁴³²

Burial of Joseph Houston.

Denmark, Ia., April 10.—The funeral of Mr. Joseph Houston was held here Wednesday afternoon, Rev. H. M. Lyman officiating. The remains were brought from Burlington, where he passed away Sunday. They were accompanied from there by four (of) his children, Mr. Forest Houston, wife and baby, of Burlington; Mrs. Ella Palmer of Creston, Iowa; Mrs. Bell De Aeres, Rake, Iowa. Mrs. Emma Engleby of Watertown, S. D., was not able to be present.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
September 11, 18501712	Division 28, Lee, Iowa	John Houston Zerviah Fields Maria Sturges John Houston Joseph F. Houston Mary Jane Houston
November 5, 18501704	Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa	Zerviah Houston Peter Berner Bell Sarah Louise Bell
August 19, 18701708	Washington, Lee, Iowa	Joseph F. Houston Sarah Louise Bell Harriett Belle Houston Ella Sarah Houston Emma Zerviah Houston
June 17, 18803419	Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa	Joseph F. Houston Sarah Louise Bell Harriett Belle Houston Ella Sarah Houston Emma Zerviah Houston Martha Shedd Houston Gertrude Mary Houston Forrest Frank Houston
June 4, 19003431	Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa	Joseph F. Houston Forrest Frank Houston
April 18, 19103433	Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa	Forrest Frank Houston Lottie Bennett Boger George Frank Houston Joseph F. Houston