William Houston

1779 - 1854  (74 years)

• Name	William Houston
  Born	23 Dec 1779	Sussex, Delaware, United States
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Dec 1854	Olivesburg, Richland, Ohio, United States
  Person ID	I1167579583	Master Tree
  Last Modified	3 May 2006

  
  

  Family	Nancy Mary Hickman,   b. 15 Nov 1780, Sussex, Delaware, United States ,   d. 15 Aug 1853, Olivesburg, Richland, Ohio, United States  (Age 72 years)
  Married	1805	Sussex, Delaware, United States
  Children	+ 1. Robert Houston,   b. 16 Jun 1820, Olivesburg, Richland, Ohio, United States ,   d. 25 Oct 1898, Richland, Ohio, United States  (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F1068897718	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 23 Dec 1779 - Sussex, Delaware, United States Married - 1805 - Sussex, Delaware, United States Died - 13 Dec 1854 - Olivesburg, Richland, Ohio, United States  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Born in Worcester Co., Md. (now Sussex Co., Del.); emigrated to Steubenville, Ohio in 1812, then to Richland Co., Ohio in 1815. Chiefly instrumental in building the first schoolhouse and church (Presbyterian) at Olivesburg, Ohio (1827). Records of Dr. Wm Houston, in 'The Houston Family of the Eastern Shore' show William born in Sussex Co., Delaware. In October 1804, William bought a plantation that had belonged to his great-grandfather, Abel Nottingham, and in 1805, married and brought to live on the plantation, Nancy Mary Hickman. Many of her children were born there, and were baptised at the Coolspring Presbyterian Church in Sussex Co., Delaware.