Short Biography of Thomas W. Huston

HUSTON THOS. W. Farmer, Sec. 17; P.O. Orion; born in Dearborn Co. Ind., April 17, 1823; came to this county in 1852; Rep; Universalist; owns 130 acres of land, val. $7,500, also 120 acres in Mo.; son of Joseph Huston, who emigrated from N. H. to Ohio in1811, and enlisted in the war of 1812, as drummer-boy, under Capt. Gest; name of wife was Mary A. Horham, of Dearborn Co. Ind., born March 20, 1826; married Sept. 14, 1843, whose father was also in the war of 1812, and was taken prisoner, but escaped, and then emigrated in 1815 to Ind. from Vt.; Mr. Huston has six children: Polly E., born JUy 1, 1844; Indiana, born Jan. 28, 1848; Dearborn, born Nov. 28, 1849; Olive, born May 18, 1851; Mary A., born June 24, 1855; and Delila A. born Dec. 19, 1866.

Source: "Portrait and Biographical Album of Henry County, Illinois" ⁸⁷²⁶