John Frederick Houston and Catharine J. Fisher

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Husband John Frederick Houston ¹

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         Father: William Frederick Houston (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Amy McCorkle (      -      ) 1

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Wife Catharine J. Fisher ¹

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         Father: [Father] Fisher (      -      )
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1 F Georgianna F. Houston ¹

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2 M William F. Houston ¹

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3 M Harry Houston ¹

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General Notes: Husband - John Frederick Houston

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He was born in Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and lived there all his life. He graduated at an early age at Amherst College with high honor; adopted the profession of a civil engineer; was engaged on the construction of the Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad, Gettysburg Railroad, the State works of Pennsylvania, in progress between 1834 and 1839. He abandoned the engineer service and studied law with his brother-in-law, Judge Robert J. Fisher, of York, Pennsylvania. He commenced the practice of law in the counties of York and Lancaster, continuing his home in Columbia, and was fast gaining prominence, when at the early age of thirty-five he was stricken with paralysis, after which he lived nearly thirty years.

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General Notes: Wife - Catharine J. Fisher

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from Pine Ford, Dauphin Co, PA

1 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 590.

2 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 248, 590.