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Houston, David Franklin,

col-

«Mlueat(>r,

was horn

autlior.

pre»iilent,

U-^c

b.

17,

Momm',

N.f. In 1S!M llMtJ In- wa:* n |i|-olfssor and lU-an of tli<* faculty of llio iSUti,

in

of

iinivcrHity of

In

Tt-xjis.

Texas; ami

sine**

was

lie

l'.Hii-o."i

agricultural an«l uutI


 * )!fsi«l<'nt at tln'

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He of the university i>l Texas. Critienl Study of Nulliis the autlior ot I, rat ion ill South Carolina. Houston, Edwin James, eleetrie enjjin«< r,

prehiiii'iit

A

author, undria, the of

1844, in Aiewas born July He was one of the inventors N'a.

systfin

Thouinoii-Houston

are

of

He is the author ol l';i«uieiits lighting. of IMiybical ti«'ography ; Dii-tionary of l-Meetrical Wtirds, Tiiiiis and IMirast-s; and Mli'luents of I'hysies. Houston,

Edwin Samuel, was

Immii

in

In lH(»."j he graduated fr»>iii rennsylviinia. the Naval academy and became lieutenant In iH'Xi he was prom«>ted captain in 18<5!».

and was retired

in

m

l!MJ2

Liiited States navy, ton. D.C.

rear

Houston, George Smith,

a«lmiral

NVa»hing-

lie died in

legislator,

eoii-

greHsnian. governor, vva» born .Ian. 17, ISII. ill W illiamson county, Tenn. He began the practice of law in Liinest«Mie county; and was a nieiiilMT ot the state legislature In cprcsciita1S4I-4!) and lS.">l-fil ho was a tivc from .labama to the twenty-scciill. twenty-eighth, twenty ninth, tliiitit th and the t hi ty -second, thirty -third, thirty -fourlli, tliirty-litlli and thirty -sixil: eoiigrrsse.s. Ill ISli.'i lie w.is elected to tie- I iiitcd St;itcs In lS7l-7»! he Henate. but did not >crvi'. He died dan. V'a8 governor of Alab.iina. 17. IS7'.I. in At ens. (a.

or amkuh'an uioauAriiv the hihtorie and :>uburbaii part Philadelphia, Pa. He died dune 21, IS'J.'k Philad>.d]diia, Pa. ill Houston, James, lawyer, jurist, was born .Maryland. ill In 180(i he was appuiiiti-d States judge for the district i»l I nited .Maryland. Houston, John, lawyer, jurist, eolouial iinproiiig ot

governor, v.as born Aug. 31, 1744, in W ayui'sboro, Ijia. in l77r)-77 he was u delegaite from tie«irgia to the continental congress. He was a member of the state eouiieil in 17<7; eohuiial governor of ti«'orgia in 1778.

and

I784-S.");

sit>iier

for

and

settling

meiehant. eoiigressmnn, was iMirii duly U>. 1847. near Since I8S2 he lias been in Millslxno, 1)<'1. eilucat«ir.

A.,

business at Millshor»>. Mcl. he was a repr«-si ntative from Delaware to the lifty-ci;ilitll ceiig|i-s?t af» democrat. Houston, Henry Howard, mentiant. orgiiiii/er, wa-i born '>ct. il. Is2t», in W rightsviHe. Pa. l"or several years he was dexoted to mercantile life in his nativi- town. In IS."iO he was .sel<-c|ed (»rganize tinto the Ill

mercai.tile

l!Ul.'{-0.*)



freight department ol h e Pennsylvania railioad: iind nian-

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•

aged is

it

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owner

pa it

of

twenty-one st«'aii.ei..

iiiteie«.t



o e e a ii tMid has an

in

twenty

steamers on the lakes of the northwest. H«' w as a producer and operator in petroleum: and an inve.-tor in gold and silver mines, He took much interest in d«'velopin<; ami

1787 was comiiiisl>oundary between

Houston. Sam, scddier, st'itesmau, eongiesMiian. riiit<'d Stall's senator, was biun •March 2. 17!»;{, in Kockbridge i-ouiiiy. Va. His mother removed with iier family to tin-

banks

of the

Ten

at that time limit of eivili/jiserveil for tioii. II time .is clerk to a a county trader, ami liessee.

the

I

1

the

ninth, tliirlieth anil tiiirty-rirst eongre.Ht»es. In lH,*il! he was appointed judge of th<> siireiiie court of Didaware; and was a deleI He 18<!l. g.ite to the [leai'e e«»ngr«'ss ol tiled .pnl 21). iMXi, in Wilmington, l)«-l.

i

Houston, Henry

in

In 17t>2 Ik* (eorgia and South Carolina. was appointed lirst jmlge 'jf the supreme lourt ot <;eorgia. He died July 2U, I7".»n, in S.ivannali. Ca. Houston, John Wallace, lawyer. jiiriMl, et ngresstpan, w as born in 1814 in Suhscx He was secrotury of stsile c«d in 184.")-.")I he was a rv>rt' seiitative from Delaware to the twenty-

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mm

taught 181.S he the

><>-liool.

Ill

enlisted

in

army and served

umler (•eneral .l.iek son ill tlr* w ar w it h

the t'roek Indians; distinguished himsidf on sev.'ral o«"casioii->. and, at the etmeliision of tla war. bad liseii to the rank of lieuteni'iit. He com n need the study ol law at N.islivilh*; and I.S2.'{-27 in he was a repi-sviiiativ«' from 'I • iine.s-.e.' to the eighteenth and nineteenth congresses. lS27-2!> he was the si.vth Ill governor of Tennessee. I82!l. before Ill tile expiii*tioii of his gnlHM'n itorial term, h( resigned his ollice and wi-nt t») take up his abode among the Cherokee Imiians in .Arkansas., militia was organized, and .iistin. the founder of th«' colony, was eleitetl rominaiidei -in-chief in which ollice III was .lioitly after surceedeil l.y (i«-iieral lloiistoii. He condiicteil the war with vigor. :iiid liiially brouglit it to a sueees8> fiii termination by the battle ot San -l.ieinto. which was fought in IS.'UJ; in May. iiidependenee of Texas, and in October of the same year was inaugurated the first presiih'iit of the republic: and at the end «
 * S,"UJ. Iu> signed a treaty acknowledging the

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