Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Washington Braden Houser and Florinda L. Graham


Husband Washington Braden Houser 1 2 3 

           Born: 15 Oct 1837 - Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 1 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Mar 1901 - Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
         Buried:  - Graham Cemetery, Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 5


         Father: Peter Houser (1801-1875) 1 4 6
         Mother: Margaret Hill (1807-1865) 1 4 6


       Marriage: 28 Jun 1860 4

Wife Florinda L. Graham 2 7 

           Born: 28 Jan 1842 - Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Feb 1909 - Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
         Buried:  - Graham Cemetery, Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 5


         Father: Robert Graham (1797-1880) 7 8 9
         Mother: Margaret Gordon (1802-1881) 7 9


Children
1 F Mary Elizabeth "Dixie" Houser 1 4 

           Born: 1 Apr 1861 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: A. B. Hultz (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 1881 4

2 F Margaret J. "Maggie" Houser 1 10 

           Born: 1 Nov 1865 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 1947
         Buried:  - Graham Cemetery, Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 11

         Spouse: Joseph T. Foster (1862-1921) 12 13 14
           Marr: 23 Apr 1885 - Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 15

3 F Etta Gertrude Houser 4 

            AKA: Ella G. Houser 1
           Born: 20 Feb 1869 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Dr. David Herman Smith (Abt 1868-      ) 4
           Marr: 10 Jul 1889

4 M George W. Houser 1 16 

           Born: 12 May 1871 - Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 16
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Gertrude C. McKissick (      -      ) 16
           Marr: 14 Aug 1895 16

5 M Frederick P. Houser 1 17 18 

           Born: 21 May 1874 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 May 1942
         Buried:  - Graham Cemetery, Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 5

         Spouse: Margaret Rankin Smith (1877-1905)
           Marr: 29 Nov 1899 - Polk, Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Mary Louella Foster (1874-1964) 12 18 19
           Marr: 27 Apr 1910 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA

6 F Catherine Alice Houser 1 18 20 

            AKA: Katherine Alice Houser
           Born: 17 Sep 1875 - Bully Hill, near Franklin, Venango Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Jan 1951 18
         Buried: 

         Spouse: George W. Foster (1878-1958) 12 18 19
           Marr: 23 Mar 1898 - ? Venango Co, PA 21

7 F Maude Houser 1 4 

           Born: 16 Mar 1878 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 1879
         Buried:  - Graham Cemetery, Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 5

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

8 M Charles A. Houser 1 22 

           Born: 30 Jan 1881 - Venango Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 1956
         Buried:  - Graham Cemetery, Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 5

         Spouse: Edna May Snyder (1890-1961) 22
           Marr: 25 Dec 1906 - ? Venango Co, PA 22

General Notes: Husband - Washington Braden Houser


While receiving such literary instruction as was available in the home locality he helped with the work at home, in the spring rafting on the river to earn what money he could. When the oil excitement broke out here he was employed at the wells for a time, but the principal part of his life was spent in farming, in which he was very successful. He cleared most of his farm, which was half of his father's old property, and improved it systematically, being an industrious and capable worker all his years. For nine years in succession he served as tax collector of his township, elected on the Democratic ticket, which he supported faithfully on purely political issues, though he was strongly inclined to Prohibition principles. He was generous to religious enterprises, supporting both the old Pleasant Grove M. E. Church and the Church of God, whose houses of worship stood on land taken from the Houser farm and donated by him. [CAB, 894]

General Notes: Wife - Florinda L. Graham


Another source gives her date of birth as Jan 30.

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Sources

1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1029.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 750, 894.

3 Virginia Gordon Russell, Gordons of Western Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981), Pg 17g.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 894.

5 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 8, Sandycreek Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1999), Pg 31.

6 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 496.

7 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1027.

8 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 641.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 750.

10 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 577, 894.

11 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 8, Sandycreek Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1999), Pg 36.

12 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1026.

13 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 576.

14 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 125.

15 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 81.

16 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 893.

17 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 793, 894.

18 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 33.

19 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 793.

20 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 794, 894.

21 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 794.

22 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 895.

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