Eva Pearl Parrish and Sherman Purdy Houston
SHERMAN PURDY HOUSTON, son of ELLEN MCNEELY and JOHN PURDY HOUSTON, was born March 24, 1865 in Rushville, Schuyler, Illinois,706 and died February 18, 1940 in Grand Pass, Saline, Missouri.706 He is buried in Malta Bend Cemetery, Saline County, Missouri.706
He married EVA PEARL PARRISH on February 27, 1906 in Saline County, Missouri.940 She was born August 9, 1869 in Saline County, Missouri,706 and died September 30, 1954 in Marshall, Saline, Missouri.706 She is buried in Malta Bend Cemetery, Saline County, Missouri.706
Children of EVA PEARL PARRISH and SHERMAN PURDY HOUSTON:
- BABY BOY HOUSTON, b. December 26, 1906;11205 d. December 28, 1906, Saline County, Missouri.11205
- MARY ELLEN HOUSTON, b. May 9, 1908, Saline County, Missouri;706 d. March 10, 1910, Grand Pass, Saline, Missouri;706 bur. Malta Bend Cemetery, Saline County, Missouri.706
- MARTHA VIRGINIA HOUSTON, b. April 13, 1911, Malta Bend, Saline, Missouri;706 d. October 6, 1912, Grand Pass, Saline, Missouri;706 bur. Malta Bend Cemetery, Saline County, Missouri.706
- MADELINE HOUSTON, b. March 15, 1913, Malta Bend, Saline, Missouri;706 d. March 29, 1926, Malta Bend, Saline, Missouri;706 bur. Malta Bend Cemetery, Saline County, Missouri.706
Personal Information
- Eva Pearl Parrish was a member of the Malta Bend Methodist Church, Saline County, Missouri. 11224
Marriage Announcements and News
Saline County Weekly Progress, March 2, 190611204
Huston-Parish
On Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Parish in the northern suburbs of Marshall, Miss Eva Pearl Parish and Mr. Sherman Purdy Houston, two popular young people, were united in marriage by Rev. C. H. Briggs, of the M. E. Church, South, of this city.
The wedding was a very quiet affair, with only the bride's immediate family present.
The groom is an excellent young man of sterling worth, and the bride a modest and refined young woman. Both are prominent in the social circles of the county and have many friends who join the Progress in extending congratulations.
mr. and Mrs. Huston left immediately on the Red Flyer for Burlington, Iowa, where they will be for a brief stay. They will be at home to their friends at the country home of the groom, one mile south of Malta Bend, April 1st. Until that time will be at the home of the groom's mother, near Malta Bend.
Obituaries
Joplin Globe, February 20, 19403861
S. P. Houston Dies.
Sherman P. Houston, prominent farmer and stockman of Malta Bend, Mo., who formerly was active in Missouri republican politics, died Sunday at his home, according to information received here by relatives.
Mr. Houston was an uncle of Mrs. Rice Gunn, 501 North Moffet avenue, and a second cousin of David E. Blair, widely-known Joplin attorney and former state supreme court justice. Mrs. Gunn plans to attend the funeral at Malta Bend today.
Mr. Houston served on the food conservation board under former President Herbert Hoover during the world war.
Daily Democrat-News, October 1, 195411224
Death of Mrs. Sherman P. Houston
Services Will be at 2 o'Clock Sunday at Malta Bend Methodist Church
Mrs. Sherman P. Houston, 85, passed away at 10:30 o'clock Thursday evening at her home, 317 East Arrow. Mrs. Houston had been a semi-invalid since April, 1953, when she suffered a stroke. She had been confined to her bed since August 22, of this year when she sustained a fractured hip.
Funeral services will be at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, October 3, at the Malta Bend Methodist church conducted by Rev. George Hougham, assisted by Rev. Vivian Clark of Aurora, Mo. Interment will be in the Malta Bend cemetery. The body will remain at the Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home until 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon when it will be taken to the church.
Mrs. Eva Pearl Parrish Houston, the daughter of William Ezekal and Laura Elizabeth Gilliam Parrish, was born August 9, 1869, near Miami. She was united in marriage, February 28, 1906 to Sherman Purdy Houston who preceded her in death February 18, 1949. Mrs. Houston was a member of the Malta Bend Methodist church, and, until her illness had been an active member of the D.A.R. and the Monday club.
Surviving are three sisters: Mrs. Hester P. Lacy and Miss Virginia P. Parrish, Marshall; Mrs. E. H. Guitar (Mildred), Columbia, two brothers, George H. Parrish, Hollywood, Calif.; G. Y. Parrish, Tulsa, Okla. She was preceded in death by a son; three daughters; two sisters, Mrs. T. W. Lacy (Peach), Mrs. Frank L. Brown (Willie) and a brother, W. J. Parrish.
Saline County Weekly Progress, January 4, 190711205
Infant Dead
The infant son, born to Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Houston on Wednesday, Dec. 26th, died at the home of the parents, near Malta Bend, Friday, Dec. 28th, at 9:30 o'clock p. m. The infant was a bright, lovable child and the parents and relatives are almost distracted over its death. The funeral was held in Malta Bend Saturday, Dec. 29th. Burial in the Malta Bend Cemetery.
Marshall Republican, March 10, 191011203
MARY ELLEN HOUSTON—The funeral of Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Houston's little daughter, whose death we noted last week was held at the M. E. Church at Malta Bend Saturday March 11th, conducted by Rev. Carter of Appleton City, their former pastor. The little girl was 22 months old and was as a ray of sunshine in the home that has been saddened a second time by the angel of death in the past two years. Her death was caused by pneumonia. Quite a number of Marshall people attended the funeral. The parents have the community's sympathy.
Weekly Democrat-News, October 10, 191211202
LOSE THEIR THIRD CHILD
Little Martha Houston Dies Suddenly at the Home of Her Parents Near Malta Bend.
The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Houston in the city and elsewhere were grieved and shocked to learn of the death of their baby daughter, Martha, which occurred Sunday, Oct. 6 at 9:15 a. m. The little girl who was born April 12, 1911 and was nearly 18 months old was only sick twenty-four hours. She was playing around the house on Saturday morning and was taken suddenly ill with auto inception, that went to the brain. Dr. Eakin of Malta Bend was summoned immediately and that night Dr. G. S. Hardin of this city was called in consultation. The little one was, however, unconscious when the latter reached the home and never regained consciousness.
A number of friends from here went to the house of mourning during the day on Sunday and a large number went today to attend the funeral, which took place from the home at 2 o'clock, after which the burial was in Malta Bend ceremony.
This great burden of sorrow rests heavily upon the parents, who have for the third time passed under this rod of affliction. Their first born, a boy only lived two days and a half, their second a bright beautiful girl baby, Ellen, lived only twenty months. Having lost these two little Martha's advent into the home was like a ray of sunshine and hope and the devoted parents have guarded jealously her health and the time of the mother has been given exclusively almost to the babe. She had been sick very little in her short life and was considered a very healthy child, until attacked with her fatal illness. The parents are almost crushed and heart-broken, but are trying to say from hearts bowed with grief: "Thy Will Be Done." May they be able to look beyond the little vacant chair and desolate home to the Eden land where the babe will grow to the perfect stature of the blessed. There is also comfort in the thought that the little life was theirs for even a brief springtime, for the joy and brightness of the few months, was a benediction in their home and will be always a sweet memory.
It was only week before last that Mrs. Houston with the baby daughter spent several days here with relatives and the mother was very happy in the thought of the child's continued good health. Mrs. Ed Guitar with her children and Mrs. George Parish and daughter spend several days at the Sherman home. The little ones had a good time and they were happy days for the mothers, little dreaming that the shadow of death for one of the children was hovering so near.
Weekly Democrat-News, April 1, 192611201
Madeline Houston, 13 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. SHerman Houston passed away at their home near Malta Bend Monday, March 29 at one a. m. after a four days illness. Because of the severe storm the funeral on Tuesday afternoon was necessarily a very quiet one but the numerous friends of Mr. and Mrs. Houston feel very deep sympathy for them in the death of their only child, even if the storm prevented an expression of it. Burial was at the Malta Bend cemetery.
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| August 19, 18708958 | Grand Pass, Saline, Missouri | |
| June 8, 18808957 | Salt Pond, Saline, Missouri |
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| June 16, 18808957 | Malta Bend, Saline, Missouri |
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| June 1, 19003860 | Grand Pass, Saline, Missouri |
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| January 17, 19203859 | Grand Pass, Saline, Missouri |
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| April 17, 19303858 | Grand Pass, Saline, Missouri |
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