Edith A. Nichols and Samuel M. Houston
SAMUEL M. HOUSTON, son of MIRANDA HAND TAYLOR and GEORGE BRADFORD HOUSTON, was born August 11, 1883 in Somerset County, New Jersey,1887 and died November 18, 1960.8565
He married EDITH A. NICHOLS in 1917 in New York.
Children of EDITH A. NICHOLS and SAMUEL M. HOUSTON:
- Son
- Daughter
Obituaries
Baltimore Sun, November 19, 19608565
Funeral Set Tuesday For Capt. S. M. Houston
Funeral services will be held Tuesday for Capt. Samuel M. Houston, 77, a retired ship's master, who died yesterday. Time for the services has not yet been set.
Captain Houston, of 3473 Mayfield avenue, sailed ships for 56 years, 43 of them as master, before leaving the maritime service in 1953.
During his career he was involved in the Mexican revolution of 1913 and his ship was sunk by a German submarine in 1942
Picks Up Survivors
A distant relative of Sam Houston of Alamo fame, he picked up the survivors of a ship blown up by rebels in the port of Progresso in 1913 and carried them to safety aboard the Morro Castle.
In 1942 a German submarine torpedoed his freighter, the S. S. Edith, 150 miles of the western end of Haiti.
Captain Houston commanded two liferafts which carried survivors to Jamaica a week later.
Over the years he had visited nearly every port in the Western Hemisphere.
He is survived by his wife, Edith A., two sons, Bradford N. and Carman B., of Hardyville, Va.; a daughter, Mrs. Roberta T. Howes, and a sister, Helena L. Houston, of Verona, N.J.
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| June 2, 19003385 | Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey |
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| April 16, 19103388 | Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey |
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