Elizabeth Thompson and Warren Henderson Houston

WARREN HENDERSON HOUSTON, son of MARIA STURGES and JOHN HOUSTON JR., was born November 23, 1854 in Denmark, Lee, Iowa,^{40, 456} and died November 19, 1911 in Eureka, Greenwood, Kansas.⁴⁵⁶ He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Eureka, Greenwood, Kansas.⁴⁵⁶

He married ELIZABETH THOMPSON on December 26, 1882 in Fayette County, Iowa.³⁴³⁴ She was born August 10, 1852 in Tallmadge, Ohio,¹⁰⁰³⁷ and died November 29, 1930 in Monticello, Jones, Iowa.¹⁰⁰³⁷ She is buried in Clermont, Fayette, Iowa.⁴⁵⁴¹

• Descendant Reports
  • Samuel Fields Descendant Report (Ancestor of Warren H. Houston)
  • Samuel Houston Descendant Report (Ancestor of Warren H. Houston)

Children of ELIZABETH THOMPSON and WARREN HENDERSON HOUSTON:

1. LORA R. HOUSTON, b. November 19, 1889, Nebraska;⁵⁶ d. August 9, 1984, King County, Washington.^{756, 4546}
2. LESTER ARTHUR HOUSTON, b. July 12, 1893, Ellsworth, Nobles, Minnesota;⁸ m. PEARL BROOKS on March 26, 1915 in Greenwood County, Kansas¹⁰⁰³²; d. January 2, 1952, Seattle, King, Washington.³⁶⁶¹

Personal Information

Warren H. Houston

• was baptized on August 5, 1855 at Denmark Congregational Church, Lee County, Iowa³⁴⁸⁷
• was a member of the Denmark Congregational Church, Lee County, Iowa. ⁷⁴⁸⁴

Education

Obituaries

Eureka Herald, November 28, 1911⁴⁵⁶

Mr. W.H. Houston died at his home in the northwest part of Eureka, Sunday, November 19th. He had been sick from typoid fever for several weeks and was unable to withstand the ravages of the disease. Mr. Houston lived in and near Eureka for eight years and his daily life was an example of the vitues that go to make a perfect man. He was a kindly Christian gentleman; an earnest, faithful follower of the Savior whom he loved. He had a smile and a pleasant word for everyone and his greatest ambition was a desire to be of service to his fellowmen. Mr. Houston has gone to his reward and his family and friends are grieved at his departure, but the influence of a noble life will add its blessing to a future generation.

Warren Henderson Houston was born in Denmark, Iowa, Nov. 23, 1854.

He was married to Miss Elizabeth Thompson, of Clermont, Iowa, in 1882. To them were born four children, two dying in infancy, the others, Lora and Lester, with the widowed mother, remaining in the home.

Mr. Houston graduated at Denmark Academy and attended Oberlin College for two years. He afterward graduated at the Iowa State Normal and served for several years as principal of schools in Iowa and Nebraska. While superintendent of the city schools at York, Nebraska, and largely through the influence of Rev. H.S. Harrison, later editor of the Advance, he became interested in missionary work and supplied the church at Randolph, Nebraska. He then resigned his postion in the schools and offered himself for Home Missionary work. He was sent to a number of places in Nebraska and while at Beresford, South Dakota, suffered a nervous breakdown which kept him out of the work for some time. When sufficiently recovered to resume active work he was sent to then for four years and resided at Clermont, Iowa, again taking up ministerial work in Arcadia, Nebraska. From there he came to Kansas and for the past eight years has lived in and near Eureka and engaged in farming, although for nearly two years he supplied the Presbyerian Church at Reece, and he frequently filled the pulpit at the Congregational church at Eureka during the absence of the regular passtor.

Funeral service was held from the church Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. H.O. Judd, of the Congregational church assisted by Dr. I.C. Paugh, of the Methodist church and interment was made in Greenwood cemetery.

Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette and Republican, December 2, 1930¹⁰⁰³⁷

Pioneer Clermont Woman Dies At Age Of 78 In Monticello

MONTICELLO,—Dec. 2.—Funeral services for Mrs. Warren H. Houston, age 78, pioneer church worker, will be held at the home of her daughter, Miss Lora Houston, Jones county health nurse, at 10 a.m. Wednesday. THe Rev. S. G. Gutensohn, pastor of the Congregational church, will be in charge, and burial will be at Mrs. Houston's old home at Clermont.

Mrs. Houston died here Saturday after several years of ill health. As Elizabeth Thompson she was born in Talmadge, Ohio, August 10, 1852, the daughter of Edward and Mary Cobb Thompson, who had come to this country from England a short time before. At the age of two years she came with her parents to Iowa, and settled at Clermont where her childhood and youth were spent. Her early education was received in the schools of Clermont and she was graduated from Upper Iowa university at Fayette.

On Dec. 26, 1882, she was married to Warren H. Houston, then principal of the Clermont schools. Later becoming interested in evangelistic work, Mr. Houston took up training for the ministry and entered into Congregational home missionary work. As the wife of a home missionary, Mrs. Houston shared in the pioneer work of building and maintaining home mission churches. Mr. and Mrs. Houston served home mission fields in Nebraska, Kansas, South Dakota and Minnesota. Being an amateur carpenter Mr. Houston several times aided in the building of the church and parsonage in the community he was serving.

Three sons and one daughter were born to them, two of the sons dying in infancy. The surviving children are Lester A. Houston of Vandalia, Mo., and Lora R. Houston of Monticello. Following Mr. Houston's death in 1911, Mrs. Houston has made her home with her children. Mrs. Houston is also survived by two brothers, George E. Thompson of Tacoma, Wash., and T. A. Thompson of Cedar Rapids, and three grandchildren, Hazel, Harold and Margaret Houston.

Clermont Enterprise, December 11, 1930⁴⁵⁴¹

BROUGHT TO CLERMONT FOR BURIAL

Funeral services for Mrs. Warren H. Houston, age seventy-eight years, and a pioneer church worker, were held at the home of her daughter, Lora Houston, Jones county health nurse, at 10 a. m. Wednesday, Dec. 3. The Rev. S. G. Gutensohn, pastor of the Congregational church was in charge. Immediately after the services at Monticello, the remains were brought to Clermont for burial. Short services were held at the grave. She was laid to rest beside her father, mother and son. Mrs. Houston will be remembered by old settlers as Lizzie Thompson, and many attended schools tuaght by her. Old time neighbors and friends gathered with the relatives at the Clermont cemetery to pay tribute to a dear departed friend. The surviving children are, Lester A. Houston of Vandalia, Mo., and Lora R. Houston of Monticello. Mrs. Houston is survived by three grandchildren, Hazel, Harold and Margaret Houston, and two brothers, Ed Thompson of Tacoma, Wash., and T. A. Thompson of Cedar Rapids.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 13, 18604	Denmark, Lee, Iowa	John Houston Maria Sturges Albert Sturges Houston Zerviah Jane Houston Warren Henderson Houston Laura Maria Houston Mary Emily Houston Zerviah Fields Abigail Fields
June 11, 18803408	Denmark, Lee, Iowa	John Houston Maria Sturges Harriet Abigail Houston Warren Henderson Houston Laura Maria Houston Mary Emily Houston Asa Turner Houston
June 14, 19004538	Elk Township, Osage, Kansas	Warren Henderson Houston Elizabeth Thompson
April 26, 19104537	Eureka, Greenwood, Kansas	Elizabeth Thompson Lora R. Houston Lester Arthur Houston
January 8, 19203413	Denmark, Lee, Iowa	Elizabeth Thompson Lora R. Houston
April 4, 19304545	Paris, Edgar, Illinois	Lora R. Houston Elizabeth Thompson Margaret Lora Houston